That is not a water pump, that is a fluid pipe for moving fluid through your pipes faster. Look through the second tab of the crafting menu for the correct one - in english it is called the Offshore Pump.

Can someone make a new suggestion around this. Maybe just The right way to implement it would be to be able to turn it on/off at any time. So I can move this to won’t implement. :twisted: That should actually be doable and potentially useful for bug reports, with the understanding that replays star...

That script is being run in the data stage, at which point LUAGameScript (available as 'game' in the API) does not exist yet - it only exists after a game is loaded. As that's the only place where decode_string is defined, I don't think this is possible with the current API. This wasn't an issue wit...

36.106 Error BlueprintShelf.cpp:631: Loading cloud blueprint storage failed: Corrupt map: unknown entity prototype ID (old 688, new 0). Looks like you're using the blueprint cloud sync feature, which IIRC makes Factorio load it from a different place than normal. Wiki doesn't say it but I believe i...

Not sure how that'd ruin balance, since you shouldn't be using any of those by the time you've got modules going - the electric versions are generally better. Miner at least is better in every way IIRC. Quick search brought up https://mods.factorio.com/mod/StoneAge_affecting_Beacon which seems to be...

Really difficult to find the config file and change the interface setting back to normal. It's downloaded through Steam. Thought the path would be: \Library\Application Support\Steam\steamapps\common\factorio\ then into the Contents folder, but i can't find the config file there.. Help :-) Per the ...

Is it possible to see which fuel is currently being burned inside a train? For the tank and the car, it's indirectly showed by the acceleration speed percentage on the vehicle, being for example 100% or 180% or 250%. For trains there are some numbers too but not a simple percentage. I would prefer ...

Does the spidertron remote actually have the non-stackable flag? Far as I can see it doesn't, just has stack size set to 1. The flag specifically disallows stacking in assembling machines, which a stack size of 1 doesn't.

I just hit "change recipe" in an assembler and noticed that all the fill and empty barrel recipes have the icon but for some reason they aren't showing in the character recipe selection grid. After hovering them all in the assembler recipe select grid the new unlocked item icon has cleare...

Documentation for the Technology prototype's unit property's count_formula needs a word removed. https://wiki.factorio.com/Prototype/Technology#unit [quote]"Formula that specifies how many units are needed per level of the infinite technology."[/quote] That implies it only works on infini...

I may be incorrect in my thinking, but this led me to believe that calling ".get_inventory(defines.inventory.character_main)" on say, a steel-chest, would give me an actual nil result. The defines are just a value soft coded into the game with a more human readable name. For defines.inven...

That mod already has a 1.1 version, what else would you need updated?

Are you using the Grey Goo mod? That mod has a bug which resets research on map load - it's been there forever and is noted in the mods discussion page.

From a comment in the mods discussion board it sounds like it may have had a 1.1 release that was removed due to issues. Note the mod shows the last update was 1 year 4 months ago, but both the 0.18 downloads are two years old (and 1.1 was 16 months ago). Seems like the mod portal may not account fo...

You don't have the tkinter module installed in your python environment. It was included by default on Windows but that may have changed, and can depend on how you installed python. Look up how to install python modules for your setup and install the tkinter module.

Setting a value to nil in LUA is how you remove it from a table, thus making Factorio use the default. Sometimes an empty string works to signify nothing, but it looks like Factorio requires equipment to have a take_result. You can work around it a bit by using the on_equipment_removed event to remo...

Been a while since I messed with colors, but I don't believe it's possible to change the color of a car when someone is riding it - it's always the color of the driver. If the car is empty you can change it just fine, but it'll change once someone gets back in and stay that color until they get out ...

On a whim, have you tried it when the forces speed bonus is already above 0% to see if the negative value works then? It might be a restriction on a net bonus of less than 0. Actually, just tried it out, and it works fine. Setting laser speed -10% after getting all the normal laser techs brings the ...

As Pi-C said pre_player_died should work fine for what you're using it for. My first guess at the cause would be Space Exploration. It has to do some things when the player dies so it can show a menu to respawn either on the homeworld, nearest landing pad, or nearest spaceship. A quick check shows m...

With a stack of 5 or so, the building of tiles goes much, much faster. Seen like so, building muchos tiles is a task more for the endgame, not in the growth phase. It does not matter, that it goes faster - the tiles still get queued each one separately. Plop down a lot of flooring - watch repairs o...