[MOD 0.12.x] Force Fields - energy powered walls

[Ranakastrasz]

In the latest version, Accumulators refuse to feed each other, regardless of any priority thinggies I tested.
I am using a modified laser turret to consume power myself.

[Fatmice]

Accus is hard coded to be tertiary in priority. Nothing you do will change that. It's recorded in the release notes.

[ZombieMooose]

awesome idea, good job

[CodeRedAlert]

Few issues, placed a Forcefield Emitter and got this. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:862: attempt to compare nil with number.
Also this one when I use a Force Field Tool on a Force Field Emitter. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:1395: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_localised_entity_name.

[Rseding91]

Few issues, placed a Forcefield Emitter and got this. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:862: attempt to compare nil with number.
Also this one when I use a Force Field Tool on a Force Field Emitter. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:1395: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_localised_entity_name.

I'll take a look at them and get them fixed

[Ranakastrasz]

You can use a dummy-laser to drain power without running into priority issues. Suppress it's attack in whichever way you want, set it's capacity really high, and remove the passive drain. I have one in my Modular Armor Revamp mod, which works that way.

[AartBluestoke]

Few issues, placed a Forcefield Emitter and got this. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:862: attempt to compare nil with number.
Also this one when I use a Force Field Tool on a Force Field Emitter. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:1395: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_localised_entity_name.

I'm also seeing this. (running the shadowMegaModpack, latest version), factorio is default english translation

[Rseding91]

Few issues, placed a Forcefield Emitter and got this. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:862: attempt to compare nil with number.
Also this one when I use a Force Field Tool on a Force Field Emitter. Error while running the event handler: __Force Fields__/control.lua:1395: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_localised_entity_name.

I'm also seeing this. (running the shadowMegaModpack, latest version), factorio is default english translation

I should have a fix out this weekend. I've had finals this past week so I haven't been able to put time towards this.

[Rseding91]

Ok, I fixed the error. Let me know if you have any other problems.

[aRatNamedSammy]

got a bug , running 12.22, game started on 12.20.

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easy to repeat, just try to change anything on the forcefield, or remove it, it crash the game

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[Shegar]

got a bug , running 12.22, game started on 12.20.
easy to repeat, just try to change anything on the forcefield, or remove it, it crash the game

Just fix it by youself, in "control.lua" (s.862) just wrap that compare in two checks:

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if field.health ~= nil then
	if forcefieldTypes[field.name]["maxHealth"] ~= nil then
		if field.health >= forcefieldTypes[field.name]["maxHealth"] then
			  table.remove(emitterTable["generating-fields"], k)
		end
	end
end

There is another bug - purple field will throw an exception when destroyed, but it can be fixed by removing

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deathEntity = "forcefield-death-damage"

in beginning of the same file. That removes main feature of purple fields, but prevent further exceptions.

[Rseding91]

Just fix it by youself, in "control.lua" (s.862) just wrap that compare in two checks:

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if field.health ~= nil then
	if forcefieldTypes[field.name]["maxHealth"] ~= nil then
		if field.health >= forcefieldTypes[field.name]["maxHealth"] then
			  table.remove(emitterTable["generating-fields"], k)
		end
	end
end

That won't fix the real bug. That just suppresses it.

There is another bug - purple field will throw an exception when destroyed, but it can be fixed by removing

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deathEntity = "forcefield-death-damage"

in beginning of the same file. That removes main feature of purple fields, but prevent further exceptions.

I'll look into both of these and get them fixed hopefully tonight.

[Fundevin]

Hey guys, since the author hasn't responded yet, I figured out what was causing the simple crashes. He forgot to include the max health value in the tables.

Here is a quick fix version.

Force Fields_1.0.4 crashfix

[Rseding91]

Hey guys, since the author hasn't responded yet, I figured out what was causing the simple crashes. He forgot to include the max health value in the tables.

Here is a quick fix version.

Force Fields_1.0.4 crashfix

They're meant to get populated automatically from the in-game values for those entities. Sorry about not updating this yet - I've been super busy recently.

[Rseding91]

Sorry about the long no-update. I fixed all of the outstanding issues.

[vedrit]

I'm getting an error in control.lua on line 788, attempting to index a nil value. I'm not entirely sure what's causing this to trigger in-game, as sometimes it'll happen as soon as I put down an emitter, sometime it won't happen for a few minutes afterwards.

[douglasg14b]

I'm getting an error in control.lua on line 788, attempting to index a nil value. I'm not entirely sure what's causing this to trigger in-game, as sometimes it'll happen as soon as I put down an emitter, sometime it won't happen for a few minutes afterwards.

Same, I'm also noticing that the original post has not been updated since 2014, has the file in the download link been updated?

[Rseding91]

I'm getting an error in control.lua on line 788, attempting to index a nil value. I'm not entirely sure what's causing this to trigger in-game, as sometimes it'll happen as soon as I put down an emitter, sometime it won't happen for a few minutes afterwards.

Same, I'm also noticing that the original post has not been updated since 2014, has the file in the download link been updated?

It has, I'm not sure why it doesn't show the correct edit date...

I believe I've fixed the error above and I've updated the download and version again.

[Yinan]

Try changing some text in the first post as well (just add a space or something) in addition to changing the attachment. That should change it to the right date...

[daniel34]

I'm not sure why it doesn't show the correct edit date...

As moderator the edit date is only updated when you also add an edit reason. If you don't want a reason to be displayed, edit the post again and remove the reason.