Info:
This mod will create power lines between most of the base game's entities that require power.
Creates an invisible power pole under most power requiring entities
The invisible power poles function just like normal power poles
Manual or Automatic modes
Manual mode requires a special entity be made for each machine
Automatic mode just functions as soon as the research is completed (NOTE: there is a slight lag when the technology is completed, depending on map size and computer)
Details:
Factorio Version: 0.12.x+ (tested with 0.12.29, should work with any stable 0.12)
I believe the mod should work in multiplayer (after a little testing it seems that power connections, wires, are not force dependent).
Manual Mode: On by default, now you will need to create Power Antennas to connect entities to the power grid.
Automatic Mode: The old way that the mod worked, simply go to the config if you want this back.
(Toggled through the manual_mode variable)
At the moment the following entities are modified by this mod (all of them extend the power grid by 1 square past their edges):
Small Lamp
Assembling Machine 1
Assembling Machine 2
Assembling Machine 3
Basic Mining Drill
Basic Accumulator
Electric Furnace
Lab
Small Pump
Solar Panel
Radar
Chemical Plant
Basic Beacon
Laser Turret
Pumpjack
Roboport
Oil Refinery
Rocket Silo
Known Problems
The game's renderer does not play nicely, so the Power Antenna may sometime appear in front or behind the entities.
No graphic design talent (if anyone wants to contribute, I will gladly take a decent image)
Command
Pasting the following into the command console (tilde key "~") will recalculate the power entities This is mainly for switching between automatic and manual modes, but can also be used to try to fix issues that come up. Expect a few seconds of lag while the mod does it's work.
One request was for a options to have powered belts. This config file will make it so that all belts, splitters, and underground belts expand the power grid.
This is possibly the greatest quality of life mod ever. Thank you for making this magic happen!
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 4:57 pm
by Judqment8
Love the mod. By the way, would it be possible to do a standalone version with only small lamps acting as medium poles? Also could we get the electric range to show up when we are placing stuff?
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:01 pm
by DedlySpyder
Judqment8 wrote:Love the mod. By the way, would it be possible to do a standalone version with only small lamps acting as medium poles? Also could we get the electric range to show up when we are placing stuff?
Thanks
For the first part, the next version will allow you to edit which entities act as which poles, so you would be able to just remove them all from the lists and move the lamp over.
As for that second part, though, I don't have a way to do that at the moment. I may, in a future update (not 0.2.0), standardize the power ranges so that they are always 1 square past the powered entity.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.2.0)
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 12:07 am
by DedlySpyder
0.2.0 is now released! Patch notes below.
Manual Mode added to the mod
Requires that users now create a Power Antenna
Added Config
manual_mode to toggle on or off manual mode
Moved entities arrays to config, so that users can change at will
debug_mode added
Added technology for both manual and automatic modes
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.2.0)
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 2:05 pm
by Judqment8
Thanks a lot for the update. Such a simple yet powerful mod
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.2.0)
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 12:41 am
by Ishbo
Hello
I have a great idea regarding your mod which could also help me finding the mod i am looking for quite awhile and never tried to make it myself. => Powered Belts.
So each time you place a belt you will also place an invisible pole which has a wire reach of 1 and a 5x5 supply area. So a belt should supply the inserter and the working factory next to it.Also for me and as optional you could also add another entity which would have a small drain simulating the energy required for the belt to run. Should also be compatible with more mods and easier to adapt this way since belts are almost everywhere in your factory and......not many mods add new types.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.2.0)
Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 3:09 am
by DedlySpyder
Ishbo wrote:Hello
I have a great idea regarding your mod which could also help me finding the mod i am looking for quite awhile and never tried to make it myself. => Powered Belts.
So each time you place a belt you will also place an invisible pole which has a wire reach of 1 and a 5x5 supply area. So a belt should supply the inserter and the working factory next to it.Also for me and as optional you could also add another entity which would have a small drain simulating the energy required for the belt to run. Should also be compatible with more mods and easier to adapt this way since belts are almost everywhere in your factory and......not many mods add new types.
I'm not going to directly add that, as it would defeat the purpose everything else in my mod. But, the next version will include a custom list where you can configure the wire reach and the radius of the entities in the list (so you could clear out the others lists and just have belts and splitters in the custom list).
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:55 pm
by DedlySpyder
0.3.0
Entities now all extend the power grid out by 1 square past where they end
Added command to help with changing between Manual or Automatic mods
Lowered the wire reach of most entities to 5 (it forms a nice looking grid now, instead of a giant tangle)
Automatic mode will now work on previously placed entities
Added a custom pole that can have a custom wire reach and power radius set by the player
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 2:39 am
by Ishbo
Thank you , this really makes my game more immersive and actually gives a reason for using trains even for transporting a few items if the distance is great. Also with this method my game will run smooth compared to some other mod "Powered belts" which was very script intensive.
I really hope they will add this powered belts thing later in the final version of the game at least as an optional settings for difficulty or so.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 12:46 am
by Qon
https://goo.gl/g6e5kQ – this goo.gl shortlink has been disabled. It was found to be violating our Terms of Service. Click here and here for more information about our terms and policies respectively.
Please use the forums "upload attachment" feature instead. It will never fail. Also works for embedding images. And you can give the file the correct name so I don't have to rename it, because GitHub messes up filenames .
Edit: Now I see that you also supplied a working download link. Didn't see it at first since you didn't place it inline at the "Download:"-text. You can place attachments inline instead of the bottom if you want to, FYI.
I would also use this for lamps, radars and other entities that are non-essential if I could decrease supply area so it can't power anything else. Don't want to accidentally power something critical with a lamp and then my mega factory build will stop completely when I try to load my save without the mod (It wouldn't stop them from being an essential wire link though so maybe it isn't worth it). But config doesn't allow me to do that :/
This seems really useful for my NESTT playthrough though, where I allow myself to cheat a bit more.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 1:04 am
by DedlySpyder
Qon wrote:
https://goo.gl/g6e5kQ – this goo.gl shortlink has been disabled. It was found to be violating our Terms of Service. Click here and here for more information about our terms and policies respectively.
Please use the forums "upload attachment" feature instead. It will never fail. Also works for embedding images. And you can give the file the correct name so I don't have to rename it, because GitHub messes up filenames .
Edit: Now I see that you also supplied a working download link. Didn't see it at first since you didn't place it inline at the "Download:"-text. You can place attachments inline instead of the bottom if you want to, FYI.
I would also use this for lamps, radars and other entities that are non-essential if I could decrease supply area so it can't power anything else. Don't want to accidentally power something critical with a lamp and then my mega factory build will stop completely when I try to load my save without the mod (It wouldn't stop them from being an essential wire link though so maybe it isn't worth it). But config doesn't allow me to do that :/
This seems really useful for my NESTT playthrough though, where I allow myself to cheat a bit more.
Hm, you could use the entitiesCustom list and make the power radius small (like .5) and use that for lamps and other 1x1 small entities. As for radars or other larger ones, you can add it to any list that is smaller than it is (All lists have 1 square larger coverage than the entities). So radar being 3x3(?) would have a 3x3 power radius if put in the 2x2 list.
Does that make sense? You could even just add them all to the custom list with a tiny power radius.
Also, the link was my attempt to keep count on downloads from my site (I'm working on finding a better solution).
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 1:13 am
by Qon
DedlySpyder wrote:Hm, you could use the entitiesCustom list and make the power radius small (like .5) and use that for lamps and other 1x1 small entities. As for radars or other larger ones, you can add it to any list that is smaller than it is (All lists have 1 square larger coverage than the entities). So radar being 3x3(?) would have a 3x3 power radius if put in the 2x2 list.
Does that make sense? You could even just add them all to the custom list with a tiny power radius.
Also, the link was my attempt to keep count on downloads from my site (I'm working on finding a better solution).
Of course! Why didn't I think of that?
The forum attachment keeps track of downloads though.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:50 am
by DedlySpyder
Qon wrote:The forum attachment keeps track of downloads though.
Yes, I know. Providing an external download is doing my part to help save Wube some bandwidth though (although, granted, not much).
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:12 am
by Qon
DedlySpyder wrote:
Qon wrote:The forum attachment keeps track of downloads though.
Yes, I know. Providing an external download is doing my part to help save Wube some bandwidth though (although, granted, not much).
Read somewhere that they now have unlimited hosting space from their provider. Bandwidth is probably not an issue either in that case q:
Wube doesn't care.
The wire transmitters makes the use of this mod optional for each entity. I don't even have to disable any entity in the config for it to work when I want it too and not when I prefer regular poles. That is fantastic! And it works with blueprints so I don't have to place lamps and transmitter as two steps.
Next time I'm in I'm going to try that custom pole creator, seems useful. I just didn't see it last try.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:16 am
by Nebbeh
I totally love this mod, but in .13 I encountered this error.
Re: [MOD 0.12.x] Powered Entities (0.3.0)
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:35 am
by DedlySpyder
Nebbeh wrote:I totally love this mod, but in .13 I encountered this error.
Ya I rushed to get my mods updated and missed something crucial. I forgot to update the thread just now (on my phone in bed), but the mod portal has an update to fix this. Sorry about that
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