We seem to be having issues with Fluid Splitters (both variants). They aren't doing anything? Output is not blocked and the machine has power, but nothing happens. I've tried with and without pumps, and with different pipe types, and still it won't pump Sulfuric Acid. A buddy also tried using a 2 ...

Error loading mods

Failed to load mods: __angelspetrochem__/data-final-fixes.lua:1:...gelspetrochem__/prototypes/petrochem-global-override:38:attempt to index field 'ores' (a nil value)

Mods to be disabled:
*angelspetrochem

That's happening with only petrochem (0.5.7) and refining (0.7.9 ...

Error loading mods

Failed to load mods: __angelspetrochem__/data-final-fixes.lua:1:...gelspetrochem__/prototypes/petrochem-global-override:38:attempt to index field 'ores' (a nil value)

Mods to be disabled:
*angelspetrochem

That's happening with only petrochem (0.5.7) and refining (0.7.9 ...

I'll pack future versions with plain old "concrete" as the whitelisted version
only "concrete" literally? or also "stone" and (eg via wildcard matching when you check or setup the whitelist) all other floor names that have "concrete" in them (to include all those colored concrete, etc)

The ...

Have you tried using event.tick instead of game.tick?

Also, it's slightly faster, and also easier to read and maintain, if you localize your handler, doing something like this:

local function checkCycle (event)
if event.tick % (60 * seconds) == 0 then
work()
end
end

script.on_event(defines ...

Nexela wrote:Awesome findings. Thanks for looking into it.

You're welcome. You may find those results interesting, too: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=39069

According to this local jobCount, report = ret[0], ret[1] should be several times faster than using unpack

Well, your statement made me curious, about if all those performance tests would hold the same result inside Factorio's customized Lua interpreter. So I've made a test harness and time ...

So, internally, this is what each check looks like:
(Depending on system, might be some memory copy to working register instructions here)
subtract one number from the other.
check a flag bit.
goto for true.
goto for false.

That's 4 instructions specifically for the check. for all checks. The only ...

Could you try profiling another 'countdown' code which is something like this:

All right, I did it. Nexela also sent me a PM with another implementation, which gives the flexibility of performing a different action each time actionTick comes up - in my test harness I went on and performed the ...

Dividing ist difficult. It's better to multiply, or adding something. For example adding -1.

The problem is apparently not in the math operation, but In table accessing. Doing some caching for global.tick, etc shaves some milliseconds off, but the module approach is still cheaper, due to no table ...

New version:

require "socket"

local fileName = "loop.log"
local input

-----------------------
-- Utility functions --
-----------------------
local function write(dt, line)
local lineOut = string.format("%09.3f: %s", dt, line)
io.write(lineOut .. "\n")
print(lineOut)
io.flush()
end

local ...

Ok, call me a stubborn OCD'ed person ;), but I went and time profiled it.

This is the harness:

require "LOGGER"

local function tickCounter(tick)
global.tickswait = global.tickswait - 1
if global.tickswait == 0 then
global.tickswait = 60
global.counter = global.counter + 1
end

end

local ...

function on_tick(event)
if global.tickswait < 1 then
--do code here
else
global.tickswait = global.tickswait - 1 -- 60 ticks pro second
end
end


Don't forget to create it.

"if event.tick % WAIT_TICKS == 0" is way less expensive, performance-wise.

No it's not. That's about 6 times slower ...

Rseding91 wrote:

Articulating wrote:

Rseding91 wrote:For 0.15 you can register your own console commands in mods.

Will this be available in scenarios? Or will it have to be registered in the data section?

It's done the same way custom events are done now.

Nice!

Adil wrote:Armor has a grid, not inventory.

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if armor.grid then
    armor.grid.put({name="fusion-reactor-equipment"})
end

Have a look at https://mods.factorio.com/mods/arumba/A ... ated_Start code.

Basically, it does armor.grid.put, but has some nice tricks there.

darkfrei wrote:

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function on_tick(event)
  if global.tickswait < 1 then
    --do code here
  else
    global.tickswait = global.tickswait - 1 -- 60 ticks pro second
  end
end

Don't forget to create it.

"if event.tick % WAIT_TICKS == 0" is way less expensive, performance-wise.

Hey everyone!

Since code says more than 100 words - I'm trying to achieve something like this:
local pos = player.position
local startingSurface = player.surface
local tiles = {}
for i = -1000, 1000 do
for j = -1000, 1000 do
tiles[#tiles + 1] = {
name = ((i < -10 or i > 10) or (j < -10 or j ...

I guess, I dunno I just would have thought more people (especially those creating the mods) would follow what the documentation or information regarding what a method says, perhaps hiding the method behind some massive warning banner would work in the documentation, I know its a little more work ...

Nebelwolfi wrote:

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local jobCount, report = unpack(remote.call(...))

Very elegant. I will adopt it, thank you. I was using an interface callback, which though not performance relevant (real tail calls, yay Lua!!!), were quite ugly hacks.

Most entities (at least the ones that matter) all have a unit_number which is unique.

Nice to know, thank you, it's not clear from the documentation.

But I need a human readable Id, so it will work with the GUI. What I've done was add a simple counter-generated unique number to all backer names ...