The build_check_type flag on LuaSurface.can_place_entity was added (https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=57632) in response to my need to check if a ghost was already present at a position for this mod: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/replicating-belts In 1.1, the new rules allowing pl...

justarandomgeek wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:24 pm

minor update: the captcha now seems to not appear on at least the first attempt so if your creds are good tools work again!

Thanks for the tip, got the github action updated and working again.

+1 for 'the CAPCHA killed my tool' bucket - I don't know how many others were using it as well for their mods, but at least a few. https://github.com/shanemadden/factorio-mod-portal-publish I know it's not a ton of work to roll the zip by hand and click around in the web ui by hand, but it really do...

Is there an option i need to turn on for beltboxes to appear in game? I have some research and can only see the compact loader but no options for beltboxes. I tried with creative mode but is still do not see and beltboxes in crafting. There are mod settings accessible from the main game menu that c...

mitchellhalliday on GitHub was kind enough to open a pull request for a 0.18 update, which I did some quick testing on and have released. Note that the mod is still marked as deprecated in the portal, so it won't show up in search result pages but (I think?) should still be available for install in-...

Deadlock989 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 17, 2020 9:04 pm

I made an attempt to update the beltbox and loader textures with new techniques I picked up while doing IR.

It was mostly a failure and I hate it, especially the loaders.

Ugh indeed. Thanks for making the attempt.

posila wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:35 pm

Sorry for phrasing it poorly. I actually meant saves from 0.17.79 and older versions, not just 0.17.79.

Gotcha, thanks - in that case, maybe I'll plan on keeping that migration path alive for 0.18 (assuming it ends up working )

Migrating from 0.17.79 should now be fixed once and for all (even without item loss unless entities get removed). If you migrate 0.17.79 in a way that results in loaders being removed (meaning without mod the added them), you will lose items on entire transport line that goes from/leads to loader, ...

Hey, A couple of my mods eg https://mods.factorio.com/mod/artillery-bombardment-remote use the mod-openable flag (formerly the can_be_mod_opened attribute) to pop up a configuration dialog for the mod. A nagging weirdness from the addition 0.17 toolbar was that the can_be_mod_opened attribute wouldn...

Do you still have 0.17 save? I don't wanna try to fix 0.18.0 - 0.18.2 saves (that's a risk of playing early experimental releases, sorry). It should start working if you "suck up" front items of the stopped lines. Yeah - unfortunately the one I'm seeing the repro on is a random backup of ...

Sadly I'm just done, permanently, with the opinions of randoms off the internet. When the mod updates, it'll be in a comfy vacuum with no "official" forum threads or discussion boards or insistent PMs telling me you prefer beans to peas or that I am disrespecting the content creator commu...

You get more time with guitar or whatever Yikes. Sorry to call you out specifically on this but, a little bit yikes. The amount of expertise, passion, and dedication that's required to create something like this? Deadlock said he needs a break before he can decide whether he's willing to continue d...

3. Go outside and look at flowers and shit.

I keep considering a career change from technology to agriculture and they keep pulling me back in.

Good to hear. 0.18 status: 1) There's still some issues where transport lines from migrated games will end up 'stuck' until they're touched to update them - if you're migrating a save with loaders, there seem to still be some outstanding issues - check that items are flowing, and recreate part of th...

posila wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:18 pm

Is that 0.17 save loaded in 0.18.3? Or was it already resaved in previous 0.18 version?

Migrated to 0.18 for the first time as I was testing billbo99's updated version of Deadlock's 1x1 loaders.

Thanks for the quick update in 0.18.3! Unfortunately I'm still seeing some cases in migrated saves of stuck transport lines when they end at a 1x1 loader - let me know if an affected save is helpful.

My guess would be that the transport lines are broken when the 0.17 loader entity is being migrated to a 0.18 loader-1x1 entity, and that posila has added a special case to migrations which mends the transport line for loader-to-belt and belt-to-loader but for not for any other kind of belt entity,...

I'm running the Beltboxes in batch mode. This is great for filling belts equally. But for a while now I have 2 stacks of iron plates in my inventory. I can't unstack them. And every place I looked they always have a multiple of 4 stacks. Well, somewhere 2 stacks of iron plates must exist but no way...

Love the idea. Not sure how to get it working. Adding the loader to the belt causes belt to stop. Any guidance anyone? Can you post a screenshot of your configuration? Note that the arrow on the top of the loader indicates which direction it's loading items; you should be able to see the little bit...

I've been unable to track down exactly what conditions cause the loaders to flip during upgrade, but that's been one I've been chasing a while - if you can get it to happen reliably, would you mind posting a simple example save with a structure layout that reproduces the issue, so that I can sync to...