Protoype types

[Bilka]

I'm having a problem with protoype types. Currently I'm using the decorative type for my entity prototype so that I can customize the render_layer of the entity. But this means that the entity gets removed if concrete is placed over it and that I can't have it be animated. Is there a prototype type that let's me animate the entity and change the render layer? Preferably that entity type should be not operable and not rotatable by default so that I don't have the ugly error message appear when the player tries to open/rotate it.

[321freddy]

smoke is exactly what you want.
Supports a custom render layer, an animation and you cannot interact with it.
The only drawback is that it cannot have any collision box (and collision mask for that matter).

Here's an example of an animated smoke prototype that lasts (almost) forever:

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{
    type = "smoke",
    name = "smoke-test",
    flags = {"not-repairable", "not-blueprintable", "not-deconstructable", "placeable-off-grid", "not-on-map"},
    duration = 99999999,
    color = { r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1 },
    cyclic = true,
    affected_by_wind = false,
    show_when_smoke_off = true,
    movement_slow_down_factor = 0,
    vertical_speed_slowdown = 0,
    render_layer = "tile",
    animation =
    {
		filename = "__core__/graphics/cancel.png",
		width = 32,
		height = 32,
		shift = { 0, 1 },
		frame_count = 1
	}
  }

[Bilka]

I had the problem that it moved and was slightly transparent. I'll look at your code tomorrow.

[Bilka]

Your code seems to do what I desire, thanks!

Edit: Nevermind, smoke won't go over collision boxes.