Create ghost before blueprint research

[gheift]

Hello,

can someone give me a hint how I can create a ghost while blueprint is not yet researched. I tried

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/c pos = game.player.position e = game.player.surface.create_entity{name = "entity-ghost", inner_name = "small-electric-pole", force = game.player.force, position = {x = pos.x + 1, y = pos.y + 1}}

This returns the created ghost, but is not placed on the surface. A surface.find_entities_filtered immediately after creating the ghost does not returns it. Do I miss a parameter?

Thanks,
Gerhard

[DaveMcW]

Ghosts decay instantly until you increase the time to live.

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/c game.player.force.ghost_time_to_live = 60*60*60

[gheift]

Thanks, that's an evil hack:

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local function place_ghost(surface, entity)
    local force = entity.force
    local gttl = force.ghost_time_to_live
    force.ghost_time_to_live = 4294967295
    local result = {surface.create_entity(entity)}
    force.ghost_time_to_live = gttl
    return unpack(result)
end