[MOD 0.12.x] Gandalf 1.0.0

[MrDoomah]

Type: Mod
Name: Gandalf
Description: Telling the power cables; "You shall not cross".
License:CC BY-NC 4.0
Version: 1.0.0
Release:2016-03-17
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.26
Category: Helper
Download-Url:

Gandalf_1.0.0.zip

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License

License
See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Long description

Long description
First watch this. I spend a lot of time and effort in this.

Except not

https://youtu.be/y4vAD6YVMqY

When placing power poles, you sometimes encounter a situation where the cables tend to cross over, no matter what you do. When you place a pole, this mod checks whether it crosses and makes the appropriate adjustments.
Also comes with a wirecutter. This allows you to manually adjusting the wires by clicking on the offending poles such that currently the wires run from pole 1 to pole 2 and from pole 3 to pole 4.

If this mod interferes with pole placement you can toggle, turn on or turn off Gandalf by the following commands:

Code: Select all

/c remote.call("Gandalf","toggle")
/c remote.call("Gandalf","on")
/c remote.call("Gandalf","off")

Version history

Version history
Version 1.0.0 (17-march-2016): Release

Gandalf_1.0.0.zip

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[ssilk]

Shouldn't it be called "Ghostbusters" instead?
http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Cross_the_Streams

[Choumiko]

Best mod video ever

[MrDoomah]

Best mod video ever

Thank you! That video costed me more time and effort than the mod itself.

[DofD]

downloaded, used, loved

[Shados]

Amusing, but the game does already let you manually adjust power cables -- shift-left-click on a pole to cut all existing cables, then you can use the crafted copper cable item to re-cable it however you like. That said, I guess this is nice if you're really OCD and hate crossed cables to that degree .

[Galile0]

Oh god, I just had to register here to thank you. I can't stand that cable mess that happens almost everytime I place a new power pole. It was super annoying adjusting that by hand. And yet I had to because it looked so messy.
So thanks alot. Thanks for saving my sanity

[MrDoomah]

Amusing, but the game does already let you manually adjust power cables -- shift-left-click on a pole to cut all existing cables, then you can use the crafted copper cable item to re-cable it however you like. That said, I guess this is nice if you're really OCD and hate crossed cables to that degree .

Yes, I know that. However, shift clicking on a pole removes ALL cables, not just the ones that cross. So you have to use multiple cables to reconnect everything. This just makes everything easier.

[Thrall]

is there any mod to do this trick? or maybe an update?

[Jürgen Erhard]

I just ran into the problem of Factorio, due to a willy-nilly build order (or, not control over) over-connecting poles and thus leaving my solar-panel substations unconnected. So... I'd *love* to have this or something like it for 0.13ff.

Anyone? Bueller? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

[Qon]

Here's a 0.17 update!

We discussed wires in another thread and I remembered Gandalf and thought why not patch it for the new Factorio since no-one else has done it? I might post to portal later. Might change some other details to make it work even better.

[Qon]

Gandalf for Factorio 0.18! I haven't tested it really, just updated the version number compatability field. Should work though.

[BlueTemplar]

Best mod video ever

Thank you! That video costed me more time and effort than the mod itself.

It's private now...

downloaded, used, loved

Could you re-upload it please ? (or MrDoomah could set it to public again...)