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by Stringweasel
Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:21 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: [1.1.91] Can't create game without active internet
Replies: 2
Views: 423

Re: [1.1.91] Can't create game without active internet

Is this because i host a game instead of create a single player game? Yes Is there something i can do to still play today? Yes. I'm not at my personal laptop so not 100% sure of the menu items. But you would have to go "Single Player" -> "Load Game" and then find your save-file ...
by Stringweasel
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #376 - Research and Technology
Replies: 365
Views: 62862

Re: Friday Facts #376 - Research and Technology

The names are the easiest thing to change. Maybe I don't take myself and the game too seriously and found it amusing, but if we had a very good counter-proposal which feels good and is clear when it comes to tiers, we can still change it. I do think there is a little room for improvement here. My m...
by Stringweasel
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #376 - Research and Technology
Replies: 365
Views: 62862

Re: Friday Facts #376 - Research and Technology

The last very frequent opinion was, that it would be better use this opportunity to introduce a lot of interesting custom recipes to get all the qualities of different items. But avoiding this was the cornerstone of the design. I prefer quality much more than adding multiple tier recipes. It clutte...
by Stringweasel
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:17 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Seperate Overlay for Building Rarity
Replies: 4
Views: 652

Re: Seperate Overlay for Building Rarity

It would be cool to have some toggles like in the map view. The different toggles could be: - Show recipe/item overlay (old alt mode) - Show inserter/miner/etc arrows - Show quality - Show electric network (nice to have)(similar to Pipe Visualizer or Oxygen Not Included) - Show fluid network (nice t...
by Stringweasel
Sat Sep 09, 2023 5:50 am
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #375 - Quality
Replies: 808
Views: 144499

Re: Friday Facts #375 - Quality

Overall, I love this! But I also hate the names! I expect you will make them moddable though, right? I'd name them something like Crude/Low (and you only realize the quality wasn't even good before you unlock quality modules and see it), Normal/Nominal, High/Great, Exceptional/Superior and Pristine...
by Stringweasel
Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [Fluidic Power] I need help supporting diagonal poles in 2.0
Replies: 0
Views: 281

[Fluidic Power] I need help supporting diagonal poles in 2.0

Hello! What One of the annoying caveats of Fluidic Power is that you can only place poles in cardinal directions. This limitation is because the poles need a underground fluid connection to each other, and these connections are only in straight directions. However, in Factorio 2.0 we will have linka...
by Stringweasel
Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #373 - Factorio: Space Age
Replies: 267
Views: 75962

Re: Friday Facts #373 - Factorio: Space Age

Epic! It's going to be a long wait, but very excited! Especially now that there will be a weekly FFF!

Kind of expected it to be space related. Curious now how SE will change once the expansion drops when it has new engine mechanics to play with.
by Stringweasel
Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:57 am
Forum: Resolved Requests
Topic: Frame Sequence code heading not commented
Replies: 2
Views: 527

Re: Frame Sequence code heading not commented

Bilka wrote:
Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:42 pm
Thanks for the report, fixed for the next version.

(Checking on the type that you contributed to? :D)
You got me XD
by Stringweasel
Wed Aug 16, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Resolved Requests
Topic: Frame Sequence code heading not commented
Replies: 2
Views: 527

Frame Sequence code heading not commented

First! So close...

The third example in https://lua-api.factorio.com/1.1.89/typ ... l#examples should have the heading commented, just like the other examples.
by Stringweasel
Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: [Mod idea] Flying base-tron
Replies: 1
Views: 479

Re: [Mod idea] Flying base-tron

For a simple flying spidertron you can look at Space Spidertron. Doesn't have guns though
by Stringweasel
Thu Jul 20, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Modding help
Topic: [SOLVED]Struggling with item icons. Error : Value must be a dictionary in property tree at ROOT.item.Turbine-MK2.icons.
Replies: 2
Views: 589

Re: Struggling with item icons. Error : Value must be a dictionary in property tree at ROOT.item.Turbine-MK2.icons.icon

I am trying to make a mod and I keep getting this error: Failed to load mods: Error while loading item prototype "Turbine-MK2" (item): Value must be a dictionary in property tree at ROOT.item.Turbine-MK2.icons.icon Modifications: Turbine MK2 here my code: --item.lua local turbin_MK2_item ...
by Stringweasel
Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Modding help
Topic: How to use .Insert if I already know the Unit_Number of the chest?
Replies: 10
Views: 1134

Re: How to use .Insert if I already know the Unit_Number of the chest?

There's no built-in way do get an entity (the chest) from the unit number. What modders usually do is to store a reference to the entity in global. Something like function on_created(entity) global.my_chests[entity.unit_number] = entity end function insert_stuff(unit_number) local entity = global.my...
by Stringweasel
Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Modding interface requests
Topic: take_screenshot flag for train status text
Replies: 2
Views: 579

Re: take_screenshot flag for train status text

IMHO the train status should be in the tooltip, just like all the other information in the game. Not a random floating text. Then we wouldn't have this odd issue :)
by Stringweasel
Sat Jun 24, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Create_entity - Item Help [Solved]
Replies: 3
Views: 607

Re: Create_entity - Item Help

A better way might be to instead tell the game to do it automatically, instead of through scripting, if it works for your use case. It would be much more reliable, and waaaay better for UPS. It's the usual way mods do it.

https://wiki.factorio.com/Prototype/Ent ... ealth#loot
by Stringweasel
Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: Gameplay Help
Topic: [Circuits] Round up when dividing?
Replies: 3
Views: 1942

Re: [Circuits] Round up when dividing?

DasNasu wrote:
Tue Jun 13, 2023 5:22 am
Sorry for necroposting but either i missunderstand something or the answer is wrong. simple example:
Seems correct to me

(10 + (9-1)) / 9 = 18 / 9 = 2

And if your round 2 down, it's still 2. If it's not working for you in-game then there might be a problem in how you used it.
by Stringweasel
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Any improvements with fluid wagon alignment tolerance?
Replies: 1
Views: 878

Re: Any improvements with fluid wagon alignment tolerance?

It's possible to increase the tolerance with a mod. Won't look nice but it should work.

https://wiki.factorio.com/Prototype/Pum ... _tolerance
by Stringweasel
Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Modding help
Topic: Science Overhaul Mod
Replies: 2
Views: 708

Re: Science Overhaul Mod

Hello! Welcome to the modding scene! It can be quite addictive :P Unfortunately it's not possible to add a "result" to science packs. Science packs and labs are very limited in what they can do. But, as most mods have to work with engine limitations, there there are ways to work around it....
by Stringweasel
Fri May 12, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: FPS drops to 40 already
Replies: 8
Views: 1624

Re: FPS drops to 40 already

Ah great news! Happy to help. And yeah, that does sound like it can be really bad for UPS :P
by Stringweasel
Fri May 12, 2023 8:22 am
Forum: Technical Help
Topic: FPS drops to 40 already
Replies: 8
Views: 1624

Re: FPS drops to 40 already

So your entitiy update time is really high, which means you just have too much machines built. This is the hardest one to solve. What you could try is show the "show-entity-time-usage" debug information. Then we can see which entities are taking so long to update, and if there is something...

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