Question about Lua implementation

[salbris]

Hey!

I'm working on fixing up Foreman so that it works correctly for Bobs/Angels.

Foreman: https://github.com/Rybadour/Foreman

I ran into an error coming out of various Angel's mods:

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C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Local\Temp\angelsrefining_0.11.10\angelsrefining_0.11.10\data.lua (...p\angelsrefining_0.11.10\angelsrefining_0.11.10\data.lua:21: attempt to index global 'mods' (a nil value))
C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Local\Temp\angelspetrochem_0.9.8\angelspetrochem_0.9.8\data.lua (...emp\angelspetrochem_0.9.8\angelspetrochem_0.9.8\data.lua:17: attempt to index global 'mods' (a nil value))
C:\Users\Ryan\AppData\Local\Temp\angelssmelting_0.6.6\angelssmelting_0.6.6\data.lua (...\Temp\angelssmelting_0.6.6\angelssmelting_0.6.6\data.lua:50: attempt to index global 'mods' (a nil value))

I don't see this global "mods" dictionary specified by Factorio mod API: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/index.html

Just curious what this is and how I should implement it. Should I fill a dictionary called "mods" with all the "enabled" mods. Is this something standard in Factorio or something specific to Bobs?

[Bilka]

The "mods" table is explained here: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Data-Lifecycle.html

TL;DR: It is a map of mod name to mod version (as a string) for all enabled mods. It is present in the data and settings stage for all mods.

[salbris]

Excellent thanks! I'll incorporate it into Foreman!

Btw, do ya'll have any plans to make all this easier for tool developers? Or is there an open ticket?

It's not ideal that we have to re-implement a big chunk of how mods are interpreted in Factorio. If ya'll had a standalone application that could parse mod data and provide item and recipe information that would save us a ton of headache.