Thanks for the reply but i meant to place an entity on another entity and still have both exist i.e. to continue the tree and leaf example, have a tree, then without destroying or removing the tree, place an entity on the tree then (and this is irreverent) have the placed entity produce leafs. The r...

Is there a way to make one entity be only placeable on a certain type of entity? e.g. an entity that when placed on a tree produces leafs Then if this is possible then could one have them interact? e.g. an entity that when placed on an assembly machine adds 2 module slots Thanks in advance EDIT: wor...

DaveMcW wrote:Not easily. The only way is to create a hidden logistic entity that requests coal (see defines.events.on_built_entity), then code to transfer it to your furnace.

OK I think I can do that, is there an event that I could use that isn't on_tick as that would be pretty bad for ups?

/c request_fuel = function(entity) if not entity or entity.type ~= "furnace" then return end local item = "coal" local add_more = true for fuel,amount in pairs(entity.get_inventory(defines.inventory.fuel).get_contents()) do if amount < 10 then item = fuel else add_more = false e...

Lets say you have a regular burner furnace entity. How would one go about adding that to the logistics network as a requester, then having it always request 10 coal that would go into it's fuel and have the player be unable to modify this request.

Thanks in advance

I am new to modding and this is what I have so far: -- entity local nuclearConstructionRobot = table.deepcopy(data.raw.item["construction-robot"]) nuclearConstructionRobot.name = "Nuclear-Construction-Robot"; nuclearConstructionRobot.icons = { { icon = nuclearConstructionRobot.ic...