The second line is how it currently behaves. The third line is the new, complicated behavior being requested. But the first line is not entirely true as of 2.0.76.

The current behavior is that when a new mod is downloaded, it is automatically enabled. Any of its dependencies that are not yet ...

Look at how Xorimuth made the Mech Armor mod, for example. You are allowed to copy assets from Space Age into your own mod as long as your mod requires the Space Age feature flags (so you have to own the DLC to use it) and it's only distributed on the mod portal.

If you make your own graphics, you ...

Sounds similar to https://forums.factorio.com/118266


Yes, it is the same issue. The arguments made in that thread for changing the behavior remain valid, and the arguments for keeping it as is remain absent. I will let someone else write the requested suggestion thread to say "please fix this ...

TL;DR I cannot figure out how to make the "forced" parameter of LuaSurface::can_place_entity() change the result of the function.

LuaSurface::can_place_entity() has a "forced" parameter with the following description: "If true, entities that can be marked for deconstruction are ignored. Only used ...

Isn't this what the mod description field/page is for? Text entered there is included in search results.

What if you flip the script? Have the train constantly go to mines, then interrupt triggers when cargo is full and send it to unloading. Thanks for the explanation, I will not hijack your thread anymore.

Just curious, what were you building? You want an interrupt to trigger when the train is partially full? Would that not trigger most of the time, i.e. as soon as one item was removed from a full train or one item was added to an empty train?

If you frequently play with different versions of the game, the only advice we can give is to use one or more portable zip installations and manually backup and copy blueprints between them. I never use the personal blueprint library because I change installs/computers so often. I use the "game ...

I think that is most likely the case. I know that Wube has intentionally not added many handcrafting optimizations in order to encourage factory use. People have asked before that handcrafting select which recipe to use based on what items are in the player inventory, but I don't think that was ...

What about assigning the ghost entity to a dummy neutral force?

I appreciate the discussion and OP's contributions. I have a better understanding of how the current system works and no longer see a need to change it. The solution to OP's problem is to build a single unfiltered storage chest, full stop.

Any repair packs taken from the passive provider that don ...

Rseding was trying to say that construction robots don't respect storage priorities at all and never will



They do respect storage priorities. There is no storage or requester in the logistic network shown in the screenshots and so nowhere for the robots to put repair packs.


So the shown ...

Been a while since I tried it, but look at the new Selector Combinator and try the "quality transfer" mode.

Construction robots and roboports were never meant to be fully functional without storage chests for repair packs that don't end up fitting. You simply need to build storage chests for the repair packs.


Would it be possible to change that and make roboports a higher priority source for the ...

guy smiley wrote: Sat Dec 13, 2025 5:58 am Yup, all sorted now, tyvm.

Glad to hear it. The documentation is the best part of Factorio's API, if you ignore it you are missing out.

FYI, it is not possible to directly reassign a LuaEquipmentGrid or LuaInventory object from one entity to another, i.e. change the owner of an existing object. The contents of the old one must be copied somehow into the new one that is automatically created for the new entity.

The error messages ...

+1 Agreed.

The Circuit Signal Wildcard will be filled in with the first signal that meets the condition. It will be filled in everywhere in the interrupt that the Circuit Signal Wildcard appears. It will *not* fill in slots containing the Item Wildcard, because it is a signal not an item. Unless I'm completely ...

There have been issues in the past with recipes not being usable as handcrafting intermediates. Some were modder mistakes and some were engine bugs, like this one: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?p=540359&hilit=Handcrafting+intermediate#p540359

Check to see that you have all the flags ...

Unfortunately, for performance reasons the game does not validate the game state when it is saved, only when it is loaded. Some people make backup every day for this reason. If you have any sort of file backup application installed on your computer, you can look for older copies of the save file ...