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by mrudat
Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:23 am
Forum: Mod portal Discussion
Topic: [One Line Suggestions]
Replies: 53
Views: 22288

Re: [One Line Suggestions]

Support for arbitrary locations for source code? Bitbucket, Gitlab, Sourceforge?

Some mods link to their source code via the 'homepage' url, which works, mostly, but if you want to link to a forum page _and_ your source code repository, it's not an ideal solution.
by mrudat
Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:27 am
Forum: Modding interface requests
Topic: Add technology unlocks as modifiers to Prototype/Technology
Replies: 3
Views: 1521

Re: Add technology unlocks as modifiers to Prototype/Technology

I believe that you can add an arbitrary icon to a dummy effect entry with an arbitrary localised string, so it's entirely possible to document to the player what is about to happen. Given that I perpetrated OR-Node s, I would like to be able to say that researching this technology also completes res...
by mrudat
Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: Modding interface requests
Topic: Add technology unlocks as modifiers to Prototype/Technology
Replies: 3
Views: 1521

Re: Add technology unlocks as modifiers to Prototype/Technology

on_technology_researched, unlock another technology; quite easily done already?
by mrudat
Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Resolved Problems and Bugs
Topic: [0.18.32] Crash to desktop when resuming autosave under debugger.
Replies: 4
Views: 1518

Re: [0.18.32] Crash to desktop when resuming autosave under debugger.

Good enough for me.

Thanks for looking into it. =)
by mrudat
Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:36 am
Forum: Resolved Problems and Bugs
Topic: [0.18.32] Crash to desktop when resuming autosave under debugger.
Replies: 4
Views: 1518

[0.18.32] Crash to desktop when resuming autosave under debugger.

What did you do? Started Factorio under the debugger to check to see if the mod I'm updating works as designed. Tried to resume the latest autosave. What happened? Factorio crashed to desktop. What did you expect to happen instead? Perhaps an error message of some sort saying that this chunk of Lua...
by mrudat
Fri Jun 19, 2020 9:01 am
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.
Replies: 15
Views: 4443

Re: Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.

... Take all existing items and: Create an untested-<item> that has not been through quality control Create a failed-<item> that has failed quality control. ... mrudat's specification is, that for each <item> (eg car, icon: car ) an untested-<item> (eg untested-car, icon: car? ) and a failed-<item>...
by mrudat
Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:44 am
Forum: Releases
Topic: Version 0.18.32
Replies: 36
Views: 26074

Re: Version 0.18.32

Are any of the new settings (or settings in general) interactable with by mods? Eg. a mod that wants to show all possible items to the player, not just those that are unlocked? Or alternatively, a mod that wants to avoid a given fluid being deleted? eg. pollution stored in liquid form. Hmm. Perhaps ...
by mrudat
Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:39 am
Forum: Resolved Problems and Bugs
Topic: [0.18.31] Apply update (attempts) to load mods _before_ applying update.
Replies: 1
Views: 787

[0.18.31] Apply update (attempts) to load mods _before_ applying update.

What did I do? Attempted to apply an update to a windows copy of Factorio 0.18.31 by running the following: C:\Program Files\Factorio\bin\x64\factorio.exe --apply-update core-win64-0.18.31-0.18.32-update.zip At the same time, I also have a mod enabled, that I'm developing, that doesn't load (yet). ...
by mrudat
Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:47 pm
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.
Replies: 15
Views: 4443

Re: Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.

The thought I had was that it would replace the vanilla tech tree; the higher up the tech tree the higher the starting chance of failure, and the more expensive the research, ideally balanced to be around the same amount of effort to complete as the original tech tree. Each technology would asymptot...
by mrudat
Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:28 pm
Forum: Ideas and Requests For Mods
Topic: Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.
Replies: 15
Views: 4443

Thoughts on a possible "Quality Control" mod.

Here's some notes on a mod I'm contemplating making, just in case someone else thinks it's an awesome idea and implements it before I get a round tuit. Create a new "Quality Inspection" furnace-style entity (automatic recipe selection). Create a new "Rework Report" used to perfor...
by mrudat
Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:30 am
Forum: Modding discussion
Topic: Fixing data stage spam
Replies: 39
Views: 11318

Re: Fixing data stage spam

Is this a horrible idea, now that we can run Factorio under a debugger? =) if mods['debugadapter'] then log("Creating " .. new_item_name) end Actually, would it be possible to do something like have a `debug_log` function that only gets turned on when Factorio has failed to load, and on th...
by mrudat
Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: Implemented mod requests
Topic: Add connection_distance and double joint_distance to LuaEntityPrototoype
Replies: 3
Views: 1525

Re: Add connection_distance and double joint_distance to LuaEntityPrototoype

LuaEntityPrototype is the control-stage version of (for example) data.raw.locomotive. If you add a field in the data stage to data.raw.locomotive, eg: data.raw.locomotive.locomotive._MyModData = { --[[ Stuff my mod needs to know about locomotives ]] } That'll work, and you can read the data back lat...
by mrudat
Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Friday Facts #351 - Beacon re-redesign & Simplified fluid mixing
Replies: 199
Views: 81112

Re: Friday Facts #351 - Beacon re-redesign & Simplified fluid mixing

Given that it's supposed to connect to nearby entities underground, I would have thought to animate tinted pulses going from the module out along the cables/ducts... presuming you pick the same tint as the socketed modules it should look pretty good, I'd think.
by mrudat
Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:31 am
Forum: Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Defining high-resolution sprites using icon mipmap method?
Replies: 0
Views: 498

Defining high-resolution sprites using icon mipmap method?

TL;DR Now that we can supply mipmap images for icons, would it make sense to change sprite definitions to use the same sort of format? What ? Extend sprite definitions to support supplying mipmap data in the same/similar format as icon definitions. Why ? Eventually, one less code-path to maintain.
by mrudat
Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:00 am
Forum: Bob's mods
Topic: [0.18] Please post bugs and balance issues here.
Replies: 185
Views: 56229

Re: [0.18] Please post bugs and balance issues here.

angelsrefining + bobplates fails against a perfectly valid technology defined in Perfectly Valid Prototypes , original bug report here . The specific issue is that it is failing against a perfectly valid technology like the following: data:extend{ { type = "technology", expensive = nil, n...
by mrudat
Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:04 am
Forum: Angels Mods
Topic: Bugs & FAQ
Replies: 3891
Views: 1359612

Re: Bugs & FAQ

angelsrefining + bobplates fails against a perfectly valid technology defined in Perfectly Valid Prototypes , original bug report here . The specific issue is that it is failing against a perfectly valid technology like the following: data:extend{ { type = "technology", expensive = nil, no...
by mrudat
Wed Jun 10, 2020 9:02 am
Forum: Bob's mods
Topic: [0.18] Please post bugs and balance issues here.
Replies: 185
Views: 56229

Re: [0.18] Please post bugs and balance issues here.

angelsrefining + bobplates fails against a perfectly valid technology defined in Perfectly Valid Prototypes , original bug report here . The specific issue is that it is failing against a perfectly valid technology like the following: data:extend{ { type = "technology", expensive = nil, no...
by mrudat
Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:50 pm
Forum: Modding discussion
Topic: How do I calculate energy consumption via script
Replies: 5
Views: 2928

Re: How do I calculate energy consumption via script

I believe that minimum usage comes from energy_source_prototype.drain, which is by default, a fixed fraction of energy_usage. energy_usage and drain, I believe are expressed in terms of J/tick. So, an AM1, which has an energy_usage of 1250J/tick can consume 75kW of energy performing useful work, but...
by mrudat
Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:41 am
Forum: Modding discussion
Topic: Adding technologies to prerequisites
Replies: 7
Views: 1883

Re: Adding technologies to prerequisites

I just posted https://mods.factorio.com/mod/OR-Nodes which addresses the problem of technology a depending on (say) plastic-bar, but plastic-bar is unlocked by technology 1 or technology 2. It creates a synthetic technology that represents "The ability to create a plastic bar", and unlocks...
by mrudat
Sun May 31, 2020 4:43 pm
Forum: Modding interface requests
Topic: Ability to filter technology_prototypes by effect?
Replies: 0
Views: 474

Ability to filter technology_prototypes by effect?

Could get_filtered_technology_prototypes be extended to support a filter something like the following? local technologies_that_unlock_recipe = game.get_filtered_technology_prototypes{ { filter = "effects" elem_filters = { { type = "unlock-recipe" recipe = "bake-me-a-cake&quo...

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