How are you scaling your images down? It looks like interpolation is set to Nearest Neighbour, which is not really interpolation at all. In GIMP, under Image>Scale Image..., make sure you've selected Cubic, LoHalo or NoHalo Interpolation. With all due respect to Arch666Angel, I would not recommend b...

Additionally, there is no such thing as a "color" for a science pack. That's a made up concept by you/others. That's why you're having such a hard time making it work: it's not a real thing. Like trying to nail imaginary jello to the wall - you're 5 problems deep in something you just can...

"why don't they just read the setting that controls the colors in bobs mod and calculate the colors from that (during runtime)" If I understand correctly, that would be code written just to support one mod. I don’t really care about Bob’s mod in particular: I would like a robust and gener...

Example use case is DiscoScience, where the most resilient way to map colours is by icon rather than tech name (Bob’s Tech, for instance, switches some icons around).

Right now I’m sneaking data out through flying-text, and I can feel Wube glaring at me.

Your git repo resides inside the Factorio mod folder? No offense, but that is a bad idea. What if Factorio decides to remove the mod (say because your little brother clicked the delete mod button)? Hope your remote repo is up-to-date... Instead, have your repo in a separate location and use a deplo...

Ok so one last possibility: a “development mode” option for Factorio which loosens the naming requirement for mod folders. Obviously I don’t know the complexity of the code involved, but that seems like it shouldn’t be too much work to maintain, considering how many modders would appreciate it. It a...

You could still have more than one version if one was allowed without a version number. The one without the version number should just take precedence.

So you're saying that there's now RGB sync on the labs? Yeah, they dance around your player. I haven't actually tested it but I think if you have two players in competitive, they can have separate light shows. Sort of like those neighbourhoods where people compete on Christmas lights. Does that inc...

When I first tried the New Player Experience in 0.17, I thought the lab was lighting up red because it was consuming red science packs. So great was my disappointment upon discovering I was mistaken, that I decided to make this mod. https://i.imgur.com/kV2KyTL.png It's my first Factorio mod, and my ...

I feel like I’ve missed the original premise: what’s the reason for the version number requirement for folders?

Like many modders, I'm using git to version my work. This works nicely except when I have to bump the version number. The process is: Close the VSCode workspace Close the repo in SourceTree Rename the folder Open the workspace again Change the info file to match Open the repo again Commit If Factori...

Bilka wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:35 am

In 0.17.32 there will be LuaEntityPrototype::lab_inputs

Labs have a slot for every researched science pack type at the top. Is there any way to access a list of these via the API?

Ok that makes sense, and makes things really easy. Thanks!

Are effects rendered using rendering.draw_animation() and rendering.draw_light() expected to be synchronised?

If not, how do I synchronise the state of a random number generator? As far as I can see, Lua's math.random() only lets you seed it, but there's no facility for synchronising state.

Thank you for fixing the mod! I wasn't actually able to reproduce the memory leak on macOS (or at least not so as I could detect it with Activity Monitor), so I fixed the issue somewhat blindly. I think I have a pretty good understanding of what the problem was, but if anyone can confirm that it's ...

Thank you!

It looks like this post isn't pinned as an announcement, perhaps because you made it instead of FactorioBot?

Thanks for looking into this, Rseding! Thanks Bilka for explaining the issues in detail. And thanks, SNACKaJACK, for letting me know on the mod portal!

I think I have addressed both of these issues in DiscoScience 0.0.10.

Is it possible to get the area of the map being viewed by a player? I looked through the API but couldn't find anything that seems like it does what I want.

Thanks, I was just making sure the issue didn’t get lost. I’m in no hurry: I doubt overdraw is my bottleneck at the moment.

Can you explain what you think is happening with texture compression?