Using the reverse engineering effort here: https://github.com/rfvgyhn/factorio-exchange-string-parser , I was able to make my dreams come true! My program now allows the user to specify a map exchange string in a yaml configuration, then my python code queries it (checks for enemies enabled) and ...

The workaround I went with was to make all "disabled" infinite techs require a single promethium science pack, which is never unlocked in the randomizer experience I designed. It works for now, but this is definitely worse than being able to truly disable the infinite techs.

Yep. I could make that work. It seems pretty clunky though.

What I want is for the technology to be unresearchable. For finite technologies, there's a trigger type specifically for that, `type="scripted"`. For infinite technologies, in order to make them unresearchable, I could configure them to be ...

I'm the author of the Archipelago mod for Factorio: Space Age (one of 4 different Archipelago randomizer projects for Factorio).

I'm trying to set the `research_trigger` of all the vanilla technologies to `type = "scripted"` to make them impossible to research directly. Instead various external ...

I see this new CLI option in the experimental branch:

--exchange-string arg The exchange string for use with --create,
--start-server-load-scenario or
--generate-map-preview. If provided, this is loaded first and
then any other setting arguments are
processed.


Thanks for making it happen! I ...

That would definitely simplify the experience for my users!

Thanks for the quick reply! It sounds like using parse_map_exchange_string() to make a MapGenPreset is not the right approach then.

Is there any plan for allowing a map exchange string as a command line parameter when creating a save with factorio --create?

I found myself in a situation where I wanted to parse a map exchange string during the settings stage of a mod. LuaHelpers.parse_map_exchange_string() seems to do what I want, but it's not available in the settings stage. Given the output of the function is settings objects, it is surprising that it ...

The two vanilla mining drills have an output spout for solid objects, but I'd like to design a mining drill that has an output inventory slot instead, like literally every other output building the game. So then you'd need an inserter to grab the items out of the drill. This would also make the ...