[DISCONTINUED][MOD 0.15.x] Loop-X

[Unbr34k4bl3]

Loop-X

• Name: Loop-X
• Version: 0.0.2 (Unreleased as of yet)
• Factorio-Version: 0.15.x
• Description: Late-game large cargo transport.
• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
• Release: 2017 (Soon™)
• Download-Url: None yet. Still very early alpha. Will provide ASA available.
• Website: Website
• Dependencies: Angels and Bob's full suite.
• Category: Cargo-Transport, Logistics
• Tags: Large-scale cargo transport, endgame
• Github: Github

Currently the mod is in the very early alpha stages. We're still looking to find GFX artists and are working on the code. We're planning to release this mod. Soon™.

The items are mostly in the game, I am currently working on the recipes and custom entities. The main code should be WIP Soon™ aswell.
If you guys have any ideas, suggestions, etc. let me know. Any piece of help towards lua is also very appreciated.

The feature list below is a list of features to be implented. (May or may not change as the mod progresses.)

Idea List

• Providing a late-game (post rocket-launch) way of cargo transport (Maybe even pre-rocket launch. Not sure quite yet..)
• An intricate system of needing energy, resources constantly fed to the mainstation as a way of keeping it alive.
• Large-scale EXPRESS cargo system, based upon the idea of Magnetic levitation and the HyperLoop from Elon Musk.
• Hopefully balanced usage of helium to amount of tubes in the system.
• No need for signals or anything annoying like that.

LARGE PICTURE WARNING!

Demographic

Version and Changelog

• Version 0.0.2
• Name change from hyperloop_one to loopx to avoid trademark issues.
  
  Version 0.0.1
• First release

Current contributors:
Unbr34k4bl3: main Idea and planning.
ReinardKuroi (Kurokitsukami_ or something similar): Main Code and helping me with the planning phase.

Special thanks to:
Arch666angel for giving me permission to use and modify his icons.
The factorio discord as a whole for helping me getting into lua.

[Unbr34k4bl3]

Sneak peeks at the current mod:

Image1

Just gotten into 3D rendering. Leave critisizm below.
19/06/2017

Been a couple days since the last update!
Here's another fresh render

Image2

[ZombieMooose]

So this is a replacement for trains and robots?

Commenting for interest

[Unbr34k4bl3]

So this is a replacement for trains and robots?

Commenting for interest

Yes and no. This is more going to be an endgame replacement for trains rather than bots.

Small edit: At a higher cost total and in maintenance. But with higher output. Think of it as a multicore processor with multithreading. Instead of just a multicore processor.

[ZombieMooose]

So this is a replacement for trains and robots?

Commenting for interest

Yes and no. This is more going to be an endgame replacement for trains rather than bots.

Small edit: At a higher cost total and in maintenance. But with higher output. Think of it as a multicore processor with multithreading. Instead of just a multicore processor.

Will it essentially "teleport" or will we place "rails" that just look different?

[Unbr34k4bl3]

So this is a replacement for trains and robots?

Commenting for interest

Yes and no. This is more going to be an endgame replacement for trains rather than bots.

Small edit: At a higher cost total and in maintenance. But with higher output. Think of it as a multicore processor with multithreading. Instead of just a multicore processor.

Will it essentially "teleport" or will we place "rails" that just look different?

To be completly honest. It'll just teleport the items essentially for a price. I still have to completly figure out how to "link" the stations I'm working on.

[ZombieMooose]

Oh okay, cool. I'm digging it.

Cheers.

[Eyl]

Love the Nb3Sn chain and inclusion of superconducting magnets. Well researched. Dont forget, superconducting magnets require alot of energy, and cooling as well, perhaps make one of the Angel Petrochem liquids, or Bob liquids (Liquid Lithium) as a resource requirement for creating them. I firmly believe there is not enough technicality in the game and costing is very minimal. There is a Undarl Fussion mod which has deuterium etc, but is missing the Nb3Sn chain for ingredients in the reactors themselves.

[ZombieMooose]

Love the Nb3Sn chain and inclusion of superconducting magnets. Well researched. Dont forget, superconducting magnets require alot of energy, and cooling as well, perhaps make one of the Angel Petrochem liquids, or Bob liquids (Liquid Lithium) as a resource requirement for creating them. I firmly believe there is not enough technicality in the game and costing is very minimal. There is a Undarl Fussion mod which has deuterium etc, but is missing the Nb3Sn chain for ingredients in the reactors themselves.

this mod is going to be so rad lol

[Unbr34k4bl3]

Love the Nb3Sn chain and inclusion of superconducting magnets. Well researched. Dont forget, superconducting magnets require alot of energy, and cooling as well, perhaps make one of the Angel Petrochem liquids, or Bob liquids (Liquid Lithium) as a resource requirement for creating them. I firmly believe there is not enough technicality in the game and costing is very minimal. There is a Undarl Fussion mod which has deuterium etc, but is missing the Nb3Sn chain for ingredients in the reactors themselves.

Thank you very much. Worked on research a couple days

The chain concurrently is still a bit vague and the mod WILL take time. (Release ATM late 2017/early 2018) So yeah. Expect time to pass.. 3D modelling takes 80% of my time away.

Back to the mod: Helium will be used for cooling. Energy is still a question in the air. The complete crafting process is also still very vague and I'll probably need to make it QUITE complicated. That said, If you have suggestions/ideas that fit with the generall theme of this feel free to let me know As for the lithium part > Doesn't quite work, since IRL the process doesn't require lithium. (Correct me if needed )

/Sidenote: I've also been thinking of a bit more sophisticated energy production. With more uses for the superconductors.
/2ND Sidenote: I'm going on vacation soon. So the mod won't be worked on for 3-4 weeks.

Anyways. I hope this clears some things up. If you have the spare time and want to help. I'm happy to open the mod to more people to make the mod construction quicker.

this mod is going to be so rad lol

I hope so

[Unbr34k4bl3]

Mod no longer under progress. Due to copyright limitations. Sorry. Thread can be closed.

Specific reasoning: Someone else already had the idea of better trains and item teleportation.

Sidenote: If a mod should see this aswell: Would be good to know how to delete mods from the mod-website. Thanks