boskid wrote: Tue Apr 20, 2021 1:57 pm

Thanks.
The document is not helpful enough. It doesn't show what to do. You mean, on_init is something for the setup of global, and on_load is for the metatable? OK, I'll give it a try.

I also post this to bug report.
Also, I would ask, if this is correct according to the memory mechanism in lua. I remember the referencing mechanism is something called reference counting. If variable a stores a table, then b = a, after this assignment, a still store the pointer to the table.
But ...

It seems that metatable feature doesn't function in multiplayer.


global = global or {}
global.mt = global.mt or {}
global.mt.array_simple = {}
global.mt.array_simple.__newindex = function()end
global.mt.array_simple.__index = global.mt.array_simple
function global.mt.array_simple:add(element ...

OK, thanks a lot. Now I know why the very famous scenario( such as Mnt fortress) stores most of the data in a "global" variable.
You should write more info about this desync error in the document. I saw the doc-html/Global.html but didn't guess that deeply.
Now I know, If all the mutable ...

The upload feature doesn't work at all. So you don't see anything.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/OreBeach
Literally, host it in a server, link to it, and you are gonna see what I encountered.

I guess your suggestion is using the global variable to store data because all the data inside that ...

I made a scenario. The script in this scenario modifies the amount of ore entities every 5 seconds. I works perfect on my own pc when I debug. But when I deploy it on a server and link to it from my Factorio started from Steam, the desync occurs.
Besides, when it's server and clients, none of us has ...

I made a scenario with only control.lua file.
I tried to set command both via a lua table(directly set to every biter) or a unit group.
The direct way doesn't work in crowded situation. And if the distraction set to by_enemy, the biters disappear after 10ish seconds.
The indirect way( via a ...

orzelek wrote: Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:52 pm

Yes, it must be very reliable.

distraction = defines.distraction.by_none doesn't guarantee the biters not be distracted. Biters sometimes follow the command for 1 or 2 seconds and then get distracted.

With
some biter.set_command{type = defines.command.go_to_location, destination = somewhere, radius = 20 to 30, distraction ...

For some reason, I have to call this function every 100 ticks or even more frequently. Every time I have to call this on 10k biters. The tick I call this, the game lag for a third second. Any suggestions?

I solved this problem with a very unintuitive way. I manage combinations of "filtered-inserter" and "wooden-chest". The filter sluts of filtered inserter are set to the ingredients and then items are changed in chest. Inserter gets rotated to grab items out. Now everything is under my control.

AmericanPatriot wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 12:59 am It sounds to me like he wants to create a scenario with random recipe machines spread around the map.
The recipes won’t be set by the payer, but by a script.

Yeah. That's it.

Xorimuth wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:41 pm

Oh, really? This is very good. But it's not direct enough. I still have to maintain a container, or a dictionary to store all the index which is somehow similar to the code I post upon.

For now, my container looks something like this:
A folder named FObject. Inside it are 2 files.

--FObject.lua:

-------------- INCLUDE ----------------
require "coord-to-FObject-index"

--------------MEMBER FUNCTION----------------
--------------MEMBER FUNCTION ...

bormand wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:45 pm Most entities have unique unit_number, as far as I remember. Would it be enough in this case?

I doesn't seem very enough. In the official docs downloaded with game, "The unit number or nil if the entity doesn't have one.". It doesn't guarantee.
I'm about to post my code.

TL;DR
Now I need something to link the in game entity and the lua data in backend from my scenario in BOTH direction.

What ?
It's very easy to assign an entity to a variable in lua:
local entities = surface.find_entities_filtered(...)
(some directive to find out the entity I want, then)
some ...

ickputzdirwech wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 9:35 am

Silari wrote: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:11 pm

Hi, I replied in 4th layer. I Hope it helps.

To both of the friends replied in this page.
Actually, only the ingredients list is NOT modifiable with out a mod. The production is possible to change(first, get the inventory, then change the content). The energy is possible to change(surface -> find entity -> entity.energy+=100000000). The ...

TL;DR

For some place, the internet doesn't perform very well. Download the internet game list is always very slow, like 5 to 10 minutes. Minutes, not seconds.

What ?

If the linking to a game fails, the list has to be downloaded again, which could be another 5 minutes. I mean, 5 minutes.

TL;DR
Compiling is fast. Only image processing is slow.

What ?
When I make mod, every time the game restarts, 2/9 seconds for compiling, 7/9 seconds for image processing. If the game is set to high graphics quality, the compiling time doesn't increase very much, shouldn't be longer than 5 ...