Description: A printer to display larg texts and graphics on the ground. A handy way to personalize your map!
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.13.0
Multiplayer compatible: tested on a headless server...
Locale: english, french, german
Tags: map, text, drawing.
License: You are free to use and distribute this mod and also to modify it for personal use, but not to release a modified version without permission (unless visibly not maintained anymore).
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Description
Description
Do you want to print the name of your factory directly on your map before publishing it on youtube ?
Do you want to write a big HELP sign on the ground, in case someone from another planet is watching with a telescope ?
Do you like to dress in black leather leotards and want to create a large logo visible from the sky ?
Then this Ground Printer is made for you !
Just research this new Ground Printing technology, put a printer on the ground, type in your text, choose your font, your colors and PRINT !
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The printer uses square panels as big pixels. You can craft colored panels that can be used by the printer, but you can also directly drop down colored panels on the ground to draw additionnal shapes (don't hesitate to use blueprints to replicate patterns or mix different texts).
You can also craft neutral panels which will turn into the good color once on the ground (use the color picker on the left to choose colors). Neutral panels can also be used in the printer, to avoid dealing with loads of colored panels.
Once you have print something, you can change settings and reprint, or "unprint" using the "cancel print" button. You can also wipe all the colored panels in a printer inventory and transform them back into neutral panels.
You can even design your own font or logos by enriching the fonts.lua file ! (if you do so, I'll be glad to integrate them into the release).
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And now forget about industry, technology and logic for a few minutes, and let speak the Artist behind the Factorist !
PS: if you want to display numbers of the circuit/logistic network on the map, have a look at my SmartDisplay mod
Download
For Factorio 0.13.X : Please now use the portal for downloads (see link above or use ingame mod install/update), as I won't update both downloads links here anymore.
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.0
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:28 pm
by joran
this looks really great =D looking forward to trying it
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.0
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:12 am
by binbinhfr
Yes it is useless and so fun to draw on the map !
And don't hesitate to tell me if you encounter some problems.
He is even missing a letter
Bodenplattenfarbenauswähler
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.1
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:54 pm
by binbinhfr
here is v1.0.1
Improves multiplayer compatiblity. Add german locale (thanks to apcnc)
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.1
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 2:21 am
by GameCharmer
Would it be possible to toggle the new ground tiles for those in the colored concrete mod?
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.1
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:40 pm
by binbinhfr
GameCharmer wrote:Would it be possible to toggle the new ground tiles for those in the colored concrete mod?
No I'm sorry, but Concrete are tiles-object and not entities. My ground-panels are entities and the special coding and behaviour of the neutral-uncolored ground-panel makes it difficult to use any object as "ink".
By the way, you can put Concrete on the ground and then put some ground-panels on top of them.
And honestly, the colored concretes are not contrasted enough to write things on the ground. Test the difference and you'll see.
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer 1.0.2
Posted: Wed May 04, 2016 8:01 am
by binbinhfr
here is v1.0.2 = correct a bug on object unvalid. Corrects a potential install bug.
Re: [MOD 0.12.X] Ground Printer - print large texts
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 5:44 pm
by binbinhfr
0.13.x update !
Re: [MOD 0.13] Ground Printer - print large texts
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:59 am
by ThermicKestrel
I want to play with my friend on an old version of our modded world, and I lost my old Ground printer mod, and I need version 1.0.2. But when I tried to download it, the link is gone, pls help
