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• Type: Mod
• Name: ShinyBob
  • ShinyBob_Menus
  • ShinyBob_Graphics
  • ShinyBob_Icons
  • ShinyBob_Techs
• Description: For lovers of Bob's mod. Puts colours on Bob's mod items
• License: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
• Version: 0.16.1
• Release: 2018-01-25
• Factorio-Version: 0.16.x
• Dependencies: boblibrary >= 0.16.0 (No need to have them all Bob's installed, but as these are mods for bob's mod, if you don't have any installed, what would be the point of having my mods?! )
  • bobassembly >= 0.16.0
  • bobelectronics >= 0.16.0
  • bobenemies >= 0.16.0
  • bobgreenhouse >= 0.16.0
  • bobinserters >= 0.16.0
  • boblibrary >= 0.16.0
  • boblocale >= 0.16.0
  • boblogistics >= 0.16.0
  • bobmining >= 0.16.0
  • bobmodules >= 0.16.0
  • bobores >= 0.16.0
  • bobplates >= 0.16.0
  • bobpower >= 0.16.0
  • bobrevamp >= 0.16.0
  • bobtech >= 0.16.0
  • bobvehicleequipment >= 0.13.0
• bobwarfare >= 0.16.0
• Category: Addons for Bob's mod (Angel's Mods are not supported any more, please use ShinyBobAngelsGFX from Zombiee)
• Download:
  
  ShinyBob_Menus_0.16.5 https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShinyBob_Menus
  ShinyBob_Icons_0.16.6 https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShinyBob_Icons
  ShinyBob_Graphics_0.16.6 https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShinyBob_Graphics
  ShinyBob_Thecs_0.16.2 https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ShinyBob_Techs

DESCRIPTION OVERALL

These mod changes graphics/colours for Bob's mods mainly, revamp completely of menus, switching things around and obviously will only work if his mods are present.

I've fixed few issues with Bob's using old graphics entities from 0.14/0.15, all entities are now updated correctly to the base graphics from 0.16, all sizes are updated and everything should play nice with the base 0.16 Factorio. Some weird things happening with the animation of sniper turrets are fixed now. I am sure Bob will eventually update his mods with them too, till then you're welcome Do not try to use previous version of base games or Bob's graphics as sizes won't match my definition and will get corrupted in the game or will just crash while loading! Make sure, you use whatever I've got in my graphics folder to ensure you get the right size or from base game 0.16!

There aren't many option to toggle this time, I've tried to reduce that crazy amount of options from previous versions. Trying to create mods that are really easy to play with and that allow anybody to create their own with their own options. Only ores graphics can be turn on/off and the swap between belts/splitters/underground/loaders green/purple colour. Why only those and not all, because maybe someone is already too used to bob's belting colour and don't want them to get changed but don't mind the other entities. That's all. I will never add options to toggle separately every single item. The purpose of this mod is to get the colour code if you don't like it then don't use it. But nothing prevents you from using my mod as the base to create your own version with your own colour code coded (maybe orange, pink, celest, braun and fuchsia) and release it. Happy with it too. I've updated my mod with that idea in mind, to allow anyone to create their own style and post it in an easy and fast way to edit them.

DESCRIPTION SHINYBOB_GRAPHICS

Bob's mod style:


ShinyBob_Graphics: I went in this update for a more "Tubular" option and I will keep updating things trying to follow that, instead of a simple recolour/apply filter to the whole entity, my goal is to be a little more subtle and just update some tubs or things to make it less invasive but still showing clearly what tier you've got installed.

DESCRIPTION SHINYBOB_MENUS_ICONS

With the Icons mod, I've updated them all to follow my code-colour based (gray)-yellow-red-blue-purple-green-white. Why this code an not another one with maybe purple/green switched, because reasons, you can say I am a big fan of rainbows! There are a mix of old icons, new icons and based updated icons. If not happy with one or few icons, feel free to change them downloading the test_icon mod, you will see that it is quite easy to update your own icons, as it gets loaded after mine (I recommend that you update/change the name from test_icons to MyownmodHellIcons or whatever). Just make sure that folders names are the same as mines and that's it, select write down the right name of the object (can be an item or recipe) and write down the new icon file name next to it, and there you will have your own icon! I will try to write a small tutorial later one about editing my mods.

For the Menus mod, I've tried to put all the things that belong together together, split and separate things that didn't make sense. Let me rephrase this, you must understand that Bob's first aim was to preserve every single element from the base game where it was to ensure new comers weren't lost in his mod! And that's why everything could seem all over the place at first glance but that's how Bob's intentionally coded it, nothing wrong here. Now, once you know everything about Bob's mod, the new recipes, how things work and all that, having every single thing in different menus could slow you down a lot as it is still confusing to know that new belts are in Bob's Logistics instead of just Logistics with the other belts.

One thing to note is that, I've hard coded this revamp, what I mean is that I've created from scratch each and every single group and subgroups, place every single item/recipe present in the base game, bob's mod and mods mentioned above, as well, in those groups/subgroups! This means that if you've got other mods that add more items/recipes, they may get all over the place from the normal way of my mod. Sorry about that, I couldn't bring myself to explore once again bob's menu names and nightmare groups/subgroups all over the place, (if present or not present, as you can toggle mods and inside options, 15 different mods!). That would have been impossible. My approach was that if everything is listed then anyone that wants to change or add something is free to do so. Plus you don't really need to know where everyone else has coded or not their stuff, just add the name of what you want to move and put the name of subgroup you want it to move to. As my subgroups are all listed and ready to be used. You don't need to ask yourself what comes first or after what. It is there, it is clearly shown and editable, no need to go all over the place trying to get your mod loaded after, before or whatever for your items to go where you want them to go! It is hard coded, they will appear where you want them.

Check the test menu mod to see how easy is to create your own mod with your own changes and menus/submenus/groups!

Original_Base_distribution

ShinyBob_Icons_Menus

Never the less, here are the new revamp:



Nothing from this first menu, really, put all belts together, underground belts, trains, chests, etc... If there is a mod that will activate the loaders those will be sorted in this menu too.



This second menu, Bob's logistics is left dealing with pipes, pumps, valves, shortage-tanks and robots/roboports in general. Everything placed to make it easy to see what's going on.



Production, main update here, added icons with colours and letters, solar-panels: S=small, M=medium, L=large, accumulators: F=fast, H=high, S= slow.
Furnaces are placed following the order of upgrades, first column are the base one, second, next tier and so on, no need to look everywhere to know which ones get or not updates later on.



With ShinyBob_Icons 0.16.2 update, all icons have been updated to look more like Factorio 0.16 style finally.



This menu is left with really little, I've put some of the new Bob's greenhouse here, as well as the air-filtering recipes if mod is present.



Fluids: a really interesting menu, got quite an update. Let see, first, the recipes for petroleum, light oil and heavy oil are drawn to show how much each will produce. Per example, the first one, will produce more Petroleum than the other two (4, 3, 3), the second one, heavy oil is really low compared to the others (5.5, 4.5, 1) and then the last one where heavy-oil is higher and the formula is (3, 2, 5) (petro,light,heavy) No need to think twice next time you are in the middle of your 20 refineries to know which one produce how much heavy-oil! With update 0.16, I've updated bob's recipe icon too, now it includes sulfuric-acid and same goes on as previously mentioned. Heights shows how much you get, as well as showing what is needed, petrol/water/carbon and heavy-oil. Next, crackings are all together and in succession. Like solid fuel.

Chemistry: I've grouped by row everything that had the same aim, sulfure, chlorure and recipes of nitrogen. I've changed/updated some icons to make visible everything that gets produced at the same time. Really easy to know which recipe do oxygen, hydrogen, chlore or whatever, no more going from one tab to the other and searching for that unknown element to find if it actually produces that second thing that we need.
Split and order each formula for barrelling to make them more pleasing to look at.


Once ShinyBob_Extras will be released (not sure what that will happen) those extra reciepes from version 0.14 will be added here as previously.



Bob's Materials: I've tried to put all ores and plates together. I've updated few icons to show their second output if there is one, grouped together same items when possible. Plastic bars are here, every base game plate too, like copper, iron, steel plates, as stone bricks and concrete too. No more: where is my plate?! Plates are in Bob's Materials! If you don't like the concrete to be moved, pick up the test mod and edit it to create your own mod where you put back concrete and bricks back into Logistics.



Bob's Intermediates: has got everything, all batteries, all wires, all electronics, all circuits, gears and all stuff, no more wondering around to find what you need next! As well as all bob's base ammunition.



Finally, Combat menu, regroup, split and making things looks alright and easy to search and a huge update on graphics icons too.



Putting all vehicle equipment together in their own tab, here it is. As well, as every single object that is put into armours grid and vehicle grid has been updated to reflect their new icons from base game.



Here, the gems where shuffle to match my code colour, yellow, red, blue, purple, green and white! Those will finally match with laser turrets, laser rifle/ammo and laser beams too.

Ores update

BASE - SHINY

Tech Three update

With ShinyBob_Techs 0.16.1, I have almost updated every single Bob tech to a more Factorio style, below some examples of the updated icons. My main goal was to make as clear as possible what you were going to research without having to actually click on the tech. As now the techs follow like the item, my main colour-code, matching the items obviously.

• Post updated, but since last update, Tech was published, the other mods got updated a couple of times too. Each mod has got their own log which a keep up to date, not like this post unfortunately.

• Update of this post, finally!
• Update of gems ore, as they were looking too... too much, down scaled a little bit that ore.
• Downscale as well my new solder bobine, I hope now it looks better.
• Minor changes of swamping icons around, but nothing major or significance.

• There so many updates but mostly I've removed anything to do with low-res graphics, were are in 2018, can't stop progress. HR version aren't yet availabe with my mod, as that would have required another two or tree weeks of hard work. I wanted to get it out as early as possible to be able to play 0.16 :p I may bring myself to add it later on this year.
• I've finally come to only one option per icons/recipe and entities graphics. No more strange options all around the places. This is what you get with my mod, if you don't like it, change it or load another mod

Todo list

• Update all Bonuses icons as well as part of Tanks/cars icons weaponry as pointed out by Kamsta99
• Make my mods play nice with Angles Mods and ShinyAngelGFX.
• Improve Solar panel to new base style, right now they are really bad, sorry :p
• Create a proper tutorial for the editing of my mods and include a test of ShinyBob_Techs
• Start coding new ShinyBob_Extra with all those extra bits I used to have in 0.14.x (reciepes as everything else you can get mods for it, Bob's has already included bigger chests!)

[*]Update bob's modules to more like Base style, already started, you can already see a preview
[*]Get ShinyBob_Techtree out (most is already done, importing from previous 0.14.x version) Need to rewrite it to ensure it is as friendly as possible for anyone to update it like previous mods

_cdecl wrote:Thank you for releasing this fantastic mod. I did have an issue starting the game, though. Line 1003 in data-updates.lua needs a guard, it's complaining about "upgrade-planner".

TheTom wrote:I like it. BUT:

* I Think you should be more conservative with the colors. I totally like how you make them on boilers, steam engines. OTOH the tanks are just way too brutal. Keeping them mostly grey with a coloered element would IMHO be nicer. At least more consistent

* I think the tank are overpowered. I am all in favour of adding capacity, but 10x is too much

Is this supposed to work with an existing savefile? Got an error message whn loading., cannot execute command... game.reload_script(): 8: attemot to index field "addon-sodium-hydroxite" (a nl value)

_cdecl wrote:Thank you for releasing this fantastic mod. I did have an issue starting the game, though. Line 1003 in data-updates.lua needs a guard, it's complaining about "upgrade-planner".

if data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["upgrade-planner"]
	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["upgrade-planner"].subgroup = "energy"
end
if data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["deconstruction-planner"]
	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["deconstruction-planner"].subgroup = "energy"
end

	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["upgrade-planner"].subgroup = "energy"
	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["deconstruction-planner"].subgroup = "energy"

if data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["upgrade-planner"] then 
	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["upgrade-planner"].subgroup = "energy"
end
if data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["deconstruction-planner"] then 
	data.raw["deconstruction-item"]["deconstruction-planner"].subgroup = "energy"
end

cannot execute command... game.reload_script(): 8: attemot to index field "addon-sodium-hydroxite" (a nl value)

aklesey1 wrote:Useful mod =)
qjm123 big wish to you - make simple smart inserter - sometimes i need slow inserter with smart function
And may be all these inserters with 90 and 180 degree rotation, it wil be very very cool

qjm123 wrote:About the 90 degree rotation, there is already a mod that does that, I haven't try it myself, as there is too many inserters already in Bob's mod and my addon, but you can try them out and report back, I won't mind to add some extra code to ensure they are place in the right spot in the menu. viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3622

_cdecl wrote:

qjm123 wrote:About the 90 degree rotation, there is already a mod that does that, I haven't try it myself, as there is too many inserters already in Bob's mod and my addon, but you can try them out and report back, I won't mind to add some extra code to ensure they are place in the right spot in the menu. viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3622

I am using that mod right now and it only supports the vanilla inserters. It works great as long as you don't need 90 degree versions of the near or far inserters, or anything from bob's mod. I can confirm that they do show up in the correct location in the crafting menu too.