I was thinking of requesting/implementing something like this, but I was thinking of using the new prototype filter system so you have more control than just "type = X".

You can always combine the ints yourself, similar to standard methods of computing hashcodes. From a quick google, something like: local seed = 7 seed = seed * 31 + map_seed seed = seed * 31 + chunkX seed = seed * 31 + chunkY Although since lua numbers are doubles, you may need to modulo it to preve...

The following command will output invalid json: /c game.print(game.table_to_json({math.huge})) Will output: [inf] According to some quick googling, json doesn't support infinity, negative infinity, nor nan. Possible solutions: Error if it encounters any of these values, but that would mean we'd have...

Klonan wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:04 pm

So what does this break?

The rule that you cant modify LuaObjects other than their explicit properties? idk
You could ask the opposite question about LuaObjects that don't allow setting random variables.

I just found that you can assign variables to LuaRemote and possibly others.

Pro tip: more text is bad.

Please can you make draw_sprite have the option to also be able to scale_with_zoom - i feel this has been missed? As far as I know there's no technical reason this couldn't be done, the problem is as soon as it would be made, people will be requesting ways to position objects relative to each other...

In the data stage, I often need to find an entity or item by name in data.raw. As it can be of any type (eg. item, ammo, capsule, etc) I have to search through several different types in order to find it. I made a table and a helper function to make this easier: local ItemPrototypeTypes = { ["i...

Because of: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=63449#p386496

That sounds pretty helpful. But how would extensions work? For example mod A sets tag foo="bla" and a related mod B want's to extend that to foo="bla1" or foo="bla2" depending on other factors. Would all mods share an entity.tags namespace so they can freely overwrite ...

Mods would still need the unit_numer of entities to associate custom data into the blueprints though. And if you store all the data in global... how would that work with im/exporting blueprint strings? (Maybe i'm not fully understanding what you're suggesting.) No, the system from lua would be tran...

Would it really be so much worse than keeping the same data in lua like we all do now? Yes. At the moment, if no mods are installed, there is 0 memory overhead. With tags as a property of all entities, every entity would have to have at least an 8 byte pointer, even though nothing would use it unle...

I think you can already do this with utility_constants.train_path_finding.train_arriving_to_signal_penalty or maybe one of the other variables in that table. You might have to do some digging to find out how each one is used, as the documentation on the wiki is a little lacking, but i'm pretty sure ...

I think it would be better to have the description above the "sort" button on the class pages, and keep the concepts page as it is now. You can still read the description of the concepts if you click on the link to the concept.

I don't like that its below the "class LuaItemStack - sort" text. Can that get changed real quick or should I make another interface request?

Lots of new modders don't see the class descriptions. It doesn't matter too much for most classes, but for things like LuaItemStack it's quite important to read. It should really be at the very top of the page, so that you see it immediately. At the moment its under the summary of functions/variable...

Something like this would be pretty easy to add, it just isn't a high priority. Your use case is very specific and pretty hacky, plus the devs are going for stable at the moment so they are more hesitant to implement new features. I recommend trying to find another solution for your issue for now, t...

The code can be optimized a bunch. There's no reason to create the lookup table every time you call the function, and the while loop can be flattened using logarithms I believe.

TheFunnySide wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:03 pm

edit: "Surface teleport can only be done for players at the moment."

That means you were trying to teleport it between surfaces. Wires most likely can't go between surfaces.
I think it errors if you give any surface into the function call, even if its already on that surface.

(like creation of surface in on_init of some mod.. maybe if it runs before your mod). As explained in the Data Lifecycle page of the API, under "4. control.lua init": Note: until on_init has finished executing for a given mod (scenario scripts are also counted as a mod) the game will not ...