Help Converting to 0.12 please

[TheSAguy]

Hi,

I'm getting a game crashing error.
Not getting any error messages, just crash.

The crash is happening when I place an Alien Control Station.
I've attached a save, just before putting it down. Once I do, it crashes once it converts...

I have narrowed down the problem to the below lines of code. If I comment these two lines out (230 & 231) in the function Convert_Base, I don't get the error:
elseif enemy.type=="unit" then
table.insert(units, enemy)

The second possibility is lines 258 - 260

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function Convert_Base(base, died)
  local enemies=Get_Bounding_Box(base.position, NEConfig.UnitSearchDistance/global.minds.difficulty2)
  local units={}
  local hives={}
  local worms={}
  local count=0
  
  enemies = surface.find_entities(enemies)
  for i, enemy in ipairs(enemies) do
    if enemy.type=="turret" and enemy.force ==(game.forces.enemy) then
      table.insert(worms, enemy)
    elseif enemy.type=="unit-spawner" then
      table.insert(hives, enemy)
[color=#FF0000]    elseif enemy.type=="unit" then
      table.insert(units, enemy)[/color]
    end
  end
  count=#units+#hives+#worms
  if count~=0 then -- prevent empty random interval
    	
	writeDebug("The number of Units Converted: " .. count)	
  
  end
  if count~=0 and math.random(global.minds.difficulty2+math.sqrt(count))==1 then
    if died then table.insert(global.hiveminds, game.create_entity{name=base.name, position=base.position, force=game.player.force}) end
    for _, worm in pairs(worms) do worm.force=game.player.force writeDebug("Turret/Worm Converted") end
    for _, hive in pairs(hives) do hive.force=game.player.force table.insert(global.hiveminds, hive) end
    [color=#FF0000]for _, unit in pairs(units) do
      unit.force=game.player.force
      unit.set_command{type=defines.command.wander, distraction=defines.distraction.by_enemy}[/color]
      -- remove mind controlled biters in range from the minds table
      --so they aren't converted back into enemies when wandering away from the beacon
      for i, controlled in ipairs(global.minds) do
        writeDebug{unit, controlled}
        if unit ==(controlled) then
		--if unit.equals(controlled) then
          table.remove(global.minds, i)
          break
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Thanks.

[orzelek]

It's this (line 11-12):

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event.createdentity

It also needs an _ - might not be in rename script.

Not sure where to go further - didn't use your mod

[TheSAguy]

Orzelek,
Found a major bug with your Factorio experience...
Evidence below:

Not sure where to go further - didn't use your mod

So I think I have most thinks working, except my Alien Control stations. I'm not getting any errors, but it's not converting any aliens. Could someone please take a look?

Thanks.

[TheSAguy]

I think I've tracked town my problem. It's with inserting things into tables.

Here is my current code:

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    if event.created_entity.name == "AlienControlStation" then
		table.insert(global.beacons, entity)
		
	end

How should this be updated with v.12?
MOD attached to first post.

HELP appreciated!

Thanks.

[drs9999]

Shouldn't:

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table.insert(global.beacons, entity)

rather be:

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table.insert(global.beacons, event.created_entity)

?

[TheSAguy]

Thanks drs9999,
Got that part fixed. Now having a problem with: "find_entities_filtered"

Getting this error:


I have "find_entities_filtered" code in two places:
Line 166, triggers the error above

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local bases = game.find_entities_filtered{type="unit-spawner", area=Get_Bounding_Box(beacon.position, NEConfig.SpawnerSearchDistance)}

and line 203:

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if game.find_entities_filtered{name="AlienControlStation", area=Get_Bounding_Box(mind.position, NEConfig.UnitSearchDistance)}[1] then 

I know this is with the change that happend in v0.12 described below:

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Some commands moved from LuaGame to LuaSurface: get_pollution, can_place_entity, find_entity, find_entities, find_entities_filtered,
find_non_colliding_position, find_enemy_units, find_nearest_enemy, set_multi_command, create_entity, create_unit_group, build_enemy_base,
get_tile, get_tileproperties, set_tiles, pollute, get_chunks, is_chunk_generated

But don't exactly know what that means.

Besides fixing this code, is there a place I can go to learn a little more about all these changes??
I'm really not understanding the new "surface" thing...

Thanks for your help guys!

[ratchetfreak]

Thanks drs9999,
Got that part fixed. Now having a problem with: "find_entities_filtered"

Getting this error:


I have "find_entities_filtered" code in two places:
Line 166, triggers the error above

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local bases = game.find_entities_filtered{type="unit-spawner", area=Get_Bounding_Box(beacon.position, NEConfig.SpawnerSearchDistance)}

and line 203:

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if game.find_entities_filtered{name="AlienControlStation", area=Get_Bounding_Box(mind.position, NEConfig.UnitSearchDistance)}[1] then 

I know this is with the change that happend in v0.12 described below:

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Some commands moved from LuaGame to LuaSurface: get_pollution, can_place_entity, find_entity, find_entities, find_entities_filtered,
find_non_colliding_position, find_enemy_units, find_nearest_enemy, set_multi_command, create_entity, create_unit_group, build_enemy_base,
get_tile, get_tileproperties, set_tiles, pollute, get_chunks, is_chunk_generated

But don't exactly know what that means.

Besides fixing this code, is there a place I can go to learn a little more about all these changes??
I'm really not understanding the new "surface" thing...

Thanks for your help guys!

in the event you should get a surface variable (sometimes from the entity the event is about)

otherwise the default surface is game.surfaces['nauvis'] (IIRC)

[TheSAguy]

Thanks,

Got the surface thing fixed (I think),
Now getting this:

I think I saw something about the "equils" being replaced by "=="

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if base.force.equals(game.forces.enemy) and math.random(global.minds.difficulty*2)==1 then

What's the new syntax?
Thanks.

[ratchetfreak]

just the == sign:

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    if base.force == game.forces.enemy and math.random(global.minds.difficulty*2)==1 then

[TheSAguy]

Okay,
Fixed that, but now I'm getting a game crash. No error massage....
Please see initial post.

[TheSAguy]

I think I've narrowed down what is causing my crash, but can't get it fixed.
Please see updated first post.

Thanks..

[yeganer]

I have no idea what your enemies variable contains BUT you could debug that thing by printing out your variables.

because i think you might be looping over something completely different and then comparing stuff and in the end doing something unexpected.

i think you might me interested in
surface.find_entities_filtered({...,force=game.forces.enemy})

In general i think it was a bad idea to rewrite your 1st post because it doesn't show your initial problem and others might have the same problem as you. now they won't find this.
Anyway, dump the table and look whats wrong with it.
Hint:
game.player.print(serpent.dump(table))

The last 2 calls in the crashlog are
Unit::releaseFromSpawner
and Unit::setCommand

so it might be your setcommand that crashes.
perhaps you could try to test that part of the code in the console?