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Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:59 pm**

I created a Warp Chest, which is just a modification of the Linked Chest. The mod loads, and it has the custom properties related to inventory size. But, when I place the item on the ground, it reverts icons back to the base model.

I have tried numerous approaches looking at different mods and going through these forums, as I sense I missing something obvious to others.

I am guessing this has to do with properly defining the item icon, but not the entity icon.

Current code is below:

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--item.lua

local WarpChest = util.table.deepcopy(data.raw["linked-container"]["linked-chest"])
WarpChest.name = "warp-chest"
WarpChest.minable.result = "warp-chest"
WarpChest.inventory_size = 80
WarpChest.icon = "__WarpChests-iterate-2__/graphics/icons/linked-chest-icon-light-red.png"
WarpChest.icon_size = 64

data:extend({
  WarpChest,
  {
    type = "item",
    name = "warp-chest",
    icon = "__WarpChests-iterate-2__/graphics/icons/linked-chest-icon-light-red.png",
    icon_size = 64, icon_mimaps = 4,
    subgroup = "storage",
    order = "a[items]-a[warp-chest]",
    place_result = "warp-chest",
    stack_size = 20
  },
  {
    type = "recipe",
    name = "warp-chest",
    enabled = true,
    ingredients =
    {
      {"iron-plate", 1},
    },
    result = "warp-chest"
  }
})

Screenshots:

Looks right in the inventory (red/rust tinted chest in invesntory and recipies):

: CorrectInInventory.JPG (189.13 KiB) Viewed 1395 times

Looks wrong on the ground:

: WrongOnGround.JPG (156.79 KiB) Viewed 1395 times

Attached the icon file in case it helps.

: linked-chest-icon-light-red.png (9.28 KiB) Viewed 1392 times

Thank you for any insights.

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:07 pm**

Entity icon is almost useless, it is only used in the map editor.

What you want is entity.picture.

Posted: **Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:35 pm**

DaveMcW wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:07 pm Entity icon is almost useless, it is only used in the map editor.

What you want is entity.picture.

Thank you DaveMcW.

That got me on the right path.

For anyone who needs it in the future, the final working code was:

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--item.lua

local WarpChest = util.table.deepcopy(data.raw["linked-container"]["linked-chest"])
WarpChest.name = "warp-chest"
WarpChest.minable.result = "warp-chest"
WarpChest.inventory_size = 80
WarpChest.picture = 
  {
    filename = "__WarpChests-iterate-2__/graphics/icons/linked-chest-icon-light-red.png",
    size = 64,
    scale = 0.5
  }

data:extend({
  WarpChest,
  {
    type = "item",
    name = "warp-chest",
    icon = "__WarpChests-iterate-2__/graphics/icons/linked-chest-icon-light-red.png",
    icon_size = 64, icon_mimaps = 4,
    subgroup = "storage",
    order = "a[items]-a[warp-chest]",
    place_result = "warp-chest",
    stack_size = 20
  },
  {
    type = "recipe",
    name = "warp-chest",
    enabled = true,
    ingredients =
    {
      {"iron-plate", 1},
    },
    result = "warp-chest"
  }
})

Next step is to try looping the code to create several variants/colors.

Posted: **Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:36 am**

You should use a base image and a tint for the color.

Posted: **Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:40 am**

mrvn wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:36 am You should use a base image and a tint for the color.

That's my long-term plan. First I'm just trying to get iterating to work at all.

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