I've been informed that most commands that raise events now state that (e.g. https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaControl.html#LuaControl.clear_selected_entity). Here's a few that are missing this information: on_player_driving_changed_state: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaControl.html#Lua...

Such mods already exist using the RCON API for sending data into the game and write_file for getting it out (see clusterio as well).

Wiwiweb wrote: ↑

Thu May 19, 2022 11:16 pm

+1, this specific circular dependency comes up in the SE and K2 discords more than once a week.

More like several times a day

`collision_mask_util.get_first_unused_layer()` doesn’t check for collision masks only used by tiles. If I use it and only assign it to tiles then the next mod that uses it will be given the same layer that I just used. This obviously causes all sorts of problems and is quite hard to diagnose (in my ...

+1 Map Gen Presets are part of the intended experience for overhaul mods and not being able to change the default settings seems very strange. Currently you just have hacks like in Space Exploration where it prints "You haven't selected the Space Exploration preset" in the console if you d...

The following search returns a 0.18 mod even though it is specified to be searching v1.1: https://mods.factorio.com/query/realist ... ersion=1.1

I did end up making a car-type container mod if you want to experiment with it. I think I left filtering enabled. It would be possible to make a 1x1 grid-snapped version, I suppose. https://mods.factorio.com/mod/shipping-containers Can I give you a suggestion? Can the following information be hidde...

For my mod Power Overload I'd like to add an ElectricPole entity that can only attach to machines on one side. Currently a pole's supply area most be a square at its centre, so instead of shifting that, I've been shifting the pole's collision box, graphics, etc. Unfortunately, a collision box must i...

Qon wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 9:38 pm

ssilk wrote: ↑

Sat May 14, 2022 7:07 am

You can paint on the map

You can? How?

You definitely can’t (viewtopic.php?t=76539). I assume ssilk means map as in the world.

The only problem now is that this doesn't prevent powering plasma machines with electricity. Another option is to disable your plasma machines when they touch a normal electric pole's coverage, similar to SE's beacon overload system, also mimicked by Beacon Rebalance . You could make it part of the...

Hey, I'm the author of another power overhaul mod (Power Overload) so I've thought about these things a bit. Here's what I'd suggest for your secondary power grid: Automatically disconnect electric poles from plasma poles whenever they are placed, using a method similar to https://github.com/tburrow...

There's currently a circular dependency issue between Krastorio2 , Space Exploration Postprocess , and Spidertron Tiers which means that all 3 cannot be loaded simultaneously. This is causing many people to seek help on K2 and SE discord servers because there's no indication that Spidertron Tiers is...

Have you thought about adding integration in the form of a recipe change for glass? I prefer it when the material-providing mod is responsible for the integration. For example IR2 added glass to lamp recipes (both this mod's and vanilla's small lamps). Agreed - I'll submit a change to AAI for this ...

Yes, see Klonan’s transport drones for a path tile that you can’t place any other entity on, just using collision masks.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/CursorEnhancements allows you to shift-scroll through tiles if you have them already crafted.

Agreed that I don't think most mod setting names should be coloured. It is very useful for setting descriptions (tooltips) though. My reasoning for using colors in the setting names was that players can see at a glance what the setting's default value, without having to move the cursor to show the ...

ssilk wrote: ↑

Fri May 13, 2022 5:52 am

Hm. More colors != better

Agreed that I don't think most mod setting names should be coloured. It is very useful for setting descriptions (tooltips) though.

This almost certainly isn't possible with the current API, you'd have to request the devs to add it.

Similar-ish request: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=97238

Note that you can use flib's set_use_local_storage to avoid storing anything in global (I think) but at the expense of needing to regenerate the dictionary every load (generating the dictionary causes quite large network traffic in multiplayer).

You're right I haven't said why I'm doing all this. I want to create a dictionary from which to filter a word (or fragment of a word) in the translations. Yes, that's what I'm looking for, but that MOD uses a library that I don't understand, and I have tried to understand it. Fair enough - though I...