That seems certainly interesting yeah. Is it similar to https://github.com/JohnTheCoolingFan/factorio-lib-rs by running the mods settings / data stage lua files and extracting the data table from that? In the end I'll still need a factorio install since I'll need all the sprites for vanilla entitie...

Do I correctly understand that you expect the prototype instance data of a given mod to be in the file `../dumps/data-raw-dump.json`? And that creating that file from your app is still a to do? I have code ready that can pull the data from any mod without starting the game. Would that be interesting...

I thought about it. Then I decided to wait for the real deal.

Definitely not years. When I played it 1-2 years back, recipes still changed a lot - and thats the opposite of stable...

I think it's been 1-2 years since I tried Krastorio. When I played it, every update still changed a lot of the recipes around, which is the reason I stopped. The game was complex enough without the additional changes every week. I'm curious to give it another go, if the recipes became stable since t...

I guess I just wait then

BrainGamer_, how far are you with that? I'm no Rust developer and just used my side project as a means to learn some Rust and also create a renderer that does certain things I need. Maybe we could team up, although I admit that I'm probably of little help. But I already have a small LUA script that ...

> For some entities there are additionally legacy properties which provide an alternative method so you would have to handle those as well if you really want to handle all cases, but they are rarely used. Isn't there a common method that's used for blueprints? There's no animations in blueprints for...

I'm trying to programmatically find the entity pictures from the data.raw table. If I take the "big-electric-pole" table for example, it has this property: pictures = { layers = { { filename = "__base__/graphics/entity/big-electric-pole/big-electric-pole.png", -- shortened for br...

Thanks boskid, I missed the leading zero! Base64's are now all valid!

I noticed that I cannot decode many the Base64 string that come out of Factorio, when the base64 decoder does not ignore the padding. For example, this one . https://base64.guru/tools/validator says it is invalid https://onlinebase64tools.com/validate-base64 says it is invalid Javascript fetch() is ...

Yes, please remove the wobble. It's making me sea sick. I'd like to use spidertron more, but I can't with that wobble .

I think you can copy and paste them already with shift-mouse click, just like with assemblers and many other tools, no?

I think the green, red and blue circuits and sulfur is far too bright. Before that, everything was more homogeneous and pleasant. With the symbols, I found it more homogeneous before, because much more 2D favors because it looks homogeneous. A lot of things are now moving towards 3D and some icons ...

UI/Tabs: [...] In every Windows application I can think of, the open tab is highlighted, and the hidden ones are dark, so Factorio is directly opposite of that which feels confusing. In Factorio, I always wonder if I am on the correct tab. +1 Sound Effects: The sound effects are just too much. [......

The new icons look dope! But I really dislike them as world-sprites (on belts and on the ground). They are too intense, stick out too much, are too polished and look more like plastic trinkets than real stuff. The plates look more like cubes, not flat at all. The sulfur is too green. The new landfil...

Bumping this. I'm starting to build my first mega base and it's on train world. It makes the radars short scanning range very noticable the bigger the factory becomes and the more you need to scout ahead. I don't have any strong feelings for infinite radar range, but the range should definitely be e...

If a new player is trying to make this rail a 2-way rail, this will help them immensely, even if they don't yet understand how rail signals work. I think the player even shouldn't start using rails without such understanding. A good tutorial is a must. There are good tutorials. Then, just a little ...

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Wed May 13, 2020 2:07 am

running a server on windows is a bit of a novelty since it doesn't even support basic server functionality..

What an ignorant statement.

Issue 1: Deconstruction times being ignored Issue 2: Turrets shooting the very moment they are built 1) I am against that suggestion. Factorio is about building huge intertwined production lines. The waiting is already done during construction of the item. Once the item is finished, you shouldn't h...