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Hi,

the API documentation seems to be inconsistent with the in-game values:

MapGenSize:
API says values are: "none", "very-small", "small", "medium", "big", "very-big"
in-game values are (obtained via: "/c game.player.print(tostring(game.surfaces["nauvis"].map_gen_settings.autoplace_controls["iron-ore"].size))"): "none", "very-low", "low", "normal", "high", "very-high"

MapGenRichness:
API says values are: "very-poor", "poor", "regular", "good", "very-good"
in-game values are: "very-low", "low", "normal", "high", "very-high"

MapGenSettings:
starting_area is not a listed property, but exists in-game

This was different in 0.12. It seems that all properties, including starting_area, now use MapGenFrequency as a "type"

Was this change mentioned anywhere or is this unintentional?

Thanks for the report

Thanks, fixed in 0.13.10.

What's the fix? Is the API adjusted or the scripting?

The documentation was fixed. "very-low", "very-small" and "very-poor" are all synonyms, so the documentation now just lists them all.

Thanks for the fix.

I do, however, think that this may be confusing.
Ultimately, said command outputs only one of the strings and I think for modding knowing what the string is, is highly useful. For example, if a mod wants to do something depending on the setting of resource richness. Then it does make a difference if you compare the string returned against "low" or "small".

Any chance for disambiguation?