So I've been wondering - does such a parsing tool already exist, in which case I could just integrate it into my project?



Yes. You can run the factorio executable with the `--dump-data` parameter and it will load all the lua data files and export them as a json. (https://wiki.factorio.com ...

I'm working on some tool for Factorio. If and when it's finished I'll share more about it.

For this purpose, I need to be able to parse prototypes from the game .lua data files and extract some of their properties.

Since I'm not completely sure what are the properties I'll need, I've been working ...

Nidan wrote: Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:49 pm Space age changes happen in the space-age mod:

data/space-age/base-data-updates.lua

Oh, that's what I've been missing. I looked in the space-age folder, but went directly to the prototypes folder. I didn't notice base-data-updates.lua. It indeed alters all the relevant properties.

Thanks.

A look through the data.raw dump of prototypes says the transport belt category is 'pressing', not the default one. Pressing is in the list of crafting categories for the foundry.

That would explain it, but I still couldn't find where it's set in the data files.

In Factorio\data\base\prototypes ...

Foundries can craft transport belts. And also fast/express and splitter/underground.

I'm trying to figure out what in the data files allows them to do that.

The question isn't about turbo belts, which have a recipe in the metallurgy category craftable by a foundry.

The normal belt recipe seems to ...

I can’t figure out what in-game Statistic is being modified then - it is not the “Lab Speed”, nor the “Science Pack Drain”. My previous tests seemed to show that a Legendary Lab holding 1 Legendary Pack’s 600% was drained to 500%, when researching “1 Unit” of science…. Time to double check the ...

Is this what makes quality science packs have more science capacity? One would think so, but then the value for legendary, for example, should be 1/6, rather than 95/100.

Yes, but the Numbers are the other way around from what you expect. Look at all of the Quality levels next to each other ...

boskid wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 1:38 am Its about lab quality and rate it consumes items.

Ok, cool. Is this disabled in vanilla? Because it's not documented in-game or in the wiki.

I looked at quality.lua in the quality mod, and it defines a science_pack_drain_multiplier for each quality level.

Is this what makes quality science packs have more science capacity? One would think so, but then the value for legendary, for example, should be 1/6, rather than 95/100.

Is this an ...

Thank you for the tests.
Now I know this, I think I will put productivity modules into all pumpjacks on Nauvis and Aquilo too. Hopefully on Aquilo I will have enough power, because my last attempt to kick start a base was not successful, as I experimented with everything myself without reading ...

I was hoping to learn from other people's experience, but I guess there's only one way to find out.

I tested it out. If there's demand I can share screenshots and calculations, but for now I'll share the main results.

Oil on Aquilo seems to work exactly like on Nauvis.

As for Fluorine, it's ...

pioruns wrote: Mon Mar 10, 2025 11:34 am Does crude oil field diminish on Aquilo?

Good question, but it does have "expected resources" filled in like on Nauvis, so if that's any indication, yes.

Question in title.

For oil, the yield diminishes in a specific way until it reaches a minimal value for that field.

Does Fluorine work the same way? If so, are the numbers the same (300 cycles per percent, 10*yield produced per cycle, minimum yield is the highest between 20% absolute and 20% of ...

Since the amount of research is currently floating rather than integer, should the amount of research be increased immediately rather than proceeding with a prod bar?

I'm fairly certain that this is already how it is. Unlike any other entity (where you get an extra product when the productivity ...

Not wanting to lose Steam achievements just yet, I set up a circuit that sounds an alaram every 10 minutes, at which point I switch between a research that requires agricultural packs and one that doesn't.

And that's... surprisingly bearable. Maybe even a weird kind of fun. And I'm so used to it ...

Any propulsion allows to reach any sublight speed.
Not without a swing-by manoeuvre. Especially jet propulsion can normally only reach the speed of its jet.

Are we talking about reality or factorio drag in space? In reality you can even throw stones in one direction and with every stone you ...

Remember when the power consumption/production of most machines was measured in watts ?

At some point they scaled everything by x1000 because it made more sense this way. (Though arguably now some of them are too big.)

I see no reason they shouldn't do it here.


So you have no objection to star ...

Don't know about any updates but people already took matters in their own hands

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Research_Control_Combinator
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/concurrent-research

Very nice! It's cool that things like this can be done with modding.

But I currently play vanilla and do ...

So, any news about this?

I've recently started producing Gleba science and now realized this problem. This is an obvious oversight and should be fixed.

Well, maybe it's just because I played Factorio a lot and I'm biased, but I'm suspecting that the latest (and biggest/greatest so far ?) season of PoE1 wouldn't have dared to go as deep into automation (especially late-game) if some of the designers hadn't played Factorio ?


Oh wow. I think your ...