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Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 6:33 pm
by maddrummer
Is it possible to change the amount of alien bases in a game already started, because I remember setting the frequency to "very low" and size to "none" when I first generated the map, since I didn't realize alien artifacts are drops from aliens.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 6:48 pm
by twepy
As far as i know there is no option to change those start settings mid game. The only options are starting a new game with Aliens or cheat by giving yourself artifacts.
Open console with tilde (~) and type: /c game.local_player.insert{name="alien-artifact", count=<number>}
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 8:23 pm
by orzelek
Only way I know would be to use RSO and enable in it ignoring of map settings then calling regenerate.
It might be much to drastic solution for your taste especially if you have big base and lots of outposts.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:54 pm
by twepy
Warlord1981NL from the
Biter bases topic i learned thats possible to spawn enemies through the console.
Open console with tilde (~) and type:
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/c game.get_surface(1).create_entity{name="biter-spawner", position={game.local_player.position.x, game.local_player.position.y-50},force=game.forces.enemy}
This creates a spawner base at 50 squares above your current position, ive tried it and it works. Im not sure if they gonna create new bases from that one spawner base.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:42 pm
by Greyfell309
twepy wrote:Warlord1981NL from the
Biter bases topic i learned thats possible to spawn enemies through the console.
Open console with tilde (~) and type:
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/c game.get_surface(1).create_entity{name="biter-spawner", position={game.local_player.position.x, game.local_player.position.y-50},force=game.forces.enemy}
This creates a spawner base at 50 squares above your current position, ive tried it and it works. Im not sure if they gonna create new bases from that one spawner base.
Does not work for me. I really need a spawn enemy base command that works.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:24 am
by 5thHorseman
As an alternative, you could install the Alien Science mod, it allows you to craft alien science packs and goo balls from red/green/blue science packs.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:15 am
by Permittivity
Or you may be interested in
viewtopic.php?t=33913#p213270
Basically, 0.15 unstable should be coming
soon for some definition of the word. The alien artifacts will no longer be needed for research. No idea how smooth the transition to 0.15 will be for an existing world. You will at least need to rebuild steam power due to the change in the size of boilers, but it's better than starting over.
Re: Changing the frequency of alien bases of existing game
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:41 am
by darkfrei
Greyfell309 wrote:
Does not work for me. I really need a spawn enemy base command that works.
Type it twice.
This creates one respawner every 32x32 tiles:
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/c local surface = game.player.surface
for c in surface.get_chunks() do
local position = surface.find_non_colliding_position("biter-spawner", {x=c.x*32+16, y=c.y*32+16}, 10, 3)
if position and surface.is_chunk_generated(c) then
surface.create_entity{name="biter-spawner", position=position}
end
end