Sorry for the late reply. First step is to read the modding tutorial and then the second step is to familiarize yourself with how to navigate the documentation. I don't really understand how functions, events and other things can be made - and I think it is more a "my" problem since I don'...

Hi guys. While trying to add compatibilities between some mods I came across a repeating problem: two items that are similar (or even the same, as an equipment) and have similar uses but are two different prototypes, therefore two different items. Let's say I have an item called "mod1-sand"...

Hi guys, let me go straight into this. I'm not good at Lua probably, but I need to add some recipes ("iron-dust0", "iron-dust1", "iron-dust2") to the productivity module limitations and dunno how to do that. I saw that it is the function that defines to which recipes pr...

If a player can break something, at least one will. Whether it's worth handling or not it is a subjective judgement for you. There are some mods which simply aren't ever going to work out well when introduced or removed mid-game. In that case it may be massively less work for you to simply warn the...

You don't have to copy paste the migration file, because which recipes are unlocked is a part of the game state, saved in the savefile. Once unlocked, always unlocked. If the mod author of lead recipes adds new recipes in a future mod update, which you also want to unlock with a different technolog...

As far as I know I don't think this is possible with JSON migration files. But you can write Lua migration files as well, and you can conditionally run a code block if and only if a specific mod is present ( game.active_mods ), or test for the existence of named prototypes , etc. Wait I found out a...

As far as I know I don't think this is possible with JSON migration files. But you can write Lua migration files as well, and you can conditionally run a code block if and only if a specific mod is present ( game.active_mods ), or test for the existence of named prototypes , etc. Oh interesting thi...

Hi guys, I have a question. I'm currently working on my ore refining mod : as the name says it introduces ore refining chains. I was trying to add compatibility with Brevven's Lead mod , and I got a problem with migration files. Let's say that smo is playing both mods, and I release this updated ver...

Hi, I dunno if smo has already asked this question and you have already answered in a reply on in a FFF and I missed it, but let me ask: will the creation of custom worlds be possible for modders? ("The hell are you not satisfied enough?" --> "I'm only here for science purposes :D&quo...

Sorry if I come late, maybe you already answered to this question: will it be possible for modders to create their own custom productivity technologies?
That would be insanely HUGE.

On another similar game, called Dyson Sphere Program, I like the feature to increase the "quality" of the machine outputs (speed or production) with spryers. Let me explain. In this game you have conveyor belts similar to the factorio ones. On these belts you can put spyers that, guess wha...

Hi! Thank you for the codes and the explanations: they're all really appreciated. I succeded in disabling some "deprecated" recipes the mod I'm making, and this will become really handly in the future, since I inted to modify and enhance many recipes in the making. When I'll implement the ...

Hi guys, I have a question. I've been absent from the game and therefore from programming Lua for quite a period, and I've never been good with this language, so I'd like to know if you're kind enough to tell me if there's a way to do a thing like this. (Maybe it's faster with an example.) { type = ...

You can request a change from the devs and they'll rename the mod portal internal name whilst keeping discussions, download counts, etc. But there's nothing in game to support this so players using the old name won't be able to update to a newer version with the new name automatically. If you do do...

Hi guys, It's been a while since I left modding this game, so I'll be short in my question. Is there a way to modify the internal mod name of, indeed, a mod? 'Cause I'd like to change, for example, my mod "Better-Power-Armor-Grid_4.0.0" into something like "Ev-Power-Armors_4.0.0"...

Thank you darkfrei; one more thing...
If I wanted to remove / add a technology prerequisite, how can I do it?

And if I had a recipe and wanted to change an item required? Iron gear wheel: Iron plate, x1 -> Iron gear wheel New recipe: Iron rod, x1 -> Iron gear wheel I've tried to understand and replicate Bob's method (as his way to code is very clear and powerful) but the game didn't "applied" the ...

Thank you man I'll see what I can do with this awelsome piece of code and sorry for the questions but lua is not properly my language. xD

Hi guys: the title says it all. Example: you can create an iron gear wheel by using 2 iron plates. If I wanted to create a technology that implemented a recipe that would use an iron plate for making a gear wheel, not as a new recipe, but as an overwrite to the pre-existing one (as to have a more cl...

Hi, I'd have some questions on the mod portal that I've never clearly understood. Is there a documentation on how you can customize your mod page with images, links, Patreon or Discord donation/referral link, and so on? Because I don't know how to insert, for example, images in the description (I've...