Well either I'm missing something or this is another bug, but setting it to e.g. "coal" does not actually update LuaBurner::remaining_burning_fuel, as the docs say...

Wube, what are you doing

Thanks! How would I use the string? Item prototype name?

Alright so I get this error: http://i.imgur.com/lJgJyNA.png when running this code: 140: c = game.surfaces[1].create_entity{name = "car", force = game.forces.neutral, position = {x=0,y=0}} 141: c.burner.currently_burning = game.item_prototypes["coal"] The API documentation states...

I get this error when trying to upload an update to my mod on the mod portal. http://i.imgur.com/muzx91z.png I don't think it's my fault, as I did not change anything regarding compression setup or folder structure. But if it is, it would be so nice if the site told me what's wrong! :) Anyone got an...

Hi, I made a mod for this. Check it out.
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/kumpu/Helicopters

Thanks! Oh man, the entire code is a shenanigan. The rotor is another car but for some reason vehicle orientation does not directly translate to the displayed frame. Looks like they have some kind of easing applied, as you can see here in this image. http://i.imgur.com/jRKrQIQ.png (x axis is what fr...

Mod released, check it out: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/kumpu/Helicopters

Yeah, I found out about that trick by looking at this mod
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12747

Gosh that sucks. I would have thought an excellent game like factorio would have an excellent modding system as well but eh.

Hi, I'm currently creating a helicopter mod. I want this to look nice, so it should have a spinning rotor. However it seems that animations in car entitys are hardcoded to the forward direction. I understand why that makes sense for cars but it really sucks for my purposes. In general it seems that ...