game.evolution_factor - 0.15

[TheSAguy]

Hi,

It's been a really long time since I've been doing any Factorio modding.
I'm back now that 0.15 is out and am trying to update my mods.

seems like "game.evolution_factor" has changed.
Can someone please point me where to go look up functions/changes in 0.15?

How should I adjust the below:

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if game.evolution_factor > 0.995 then

and

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Bio_Cannon.surface.set_multi_command{command = {type=defines.command.attack, target=Bio_Cannon, distraction=defines.distraction.by_enemy},unit_count = math.floor(100 * game.evolution_factor), unit_search_distance = 500}

Thanks!!

[steinio]

Hi,

evolution factor is moved to the corresponding force: http://lua-api.factorio.com/0.15.4/LuaF ... ion_factor

So it's now something like game.forces["enemy"].evolution_factor.

Greetings, steinio.

[TheSAguy]

Thanks Steinio,

Ironically, I asked for this change.

[TheSAguy]

Okay, need a little help again.
With 0.14, I used the below to reduce the evolution factor of the game with my terraforming Stations:

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game.evolution_factor = game.evolution_factor - reduction

Where 'reduction' was a calculated value.

I updated this code to:

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game.forces.enemy.evolution_factor = game.forces.enemy.evolution_factor - reduction

But it does not seem to reduce the evolution. At least not according to EvoGUI.

How should I now reduce the global evolution factor?

Also, how do I adjust the in game evolution factor?
I tried: /c game.forces.enemy.evolution_factor = .4
But according to EvoGUI, that did nothing, though I did not get an error.
Thanks.

[Kaeltis]

I never did any modding for factorio, but with a bit of trial and error I found there are evolution factors for all 3 forces "player", "enemy" and "neutral".

/evolution seems to read the "enemy" evolution factor, EvoGUI however reads the evolution factor of "player"

I've just set all factors to the same value and it seems to work, I don't know if that has any other side effects though

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/c for k,v in pairs(game.forces) do v.evolution_factor = .4 end

[orzelek]

I never did any modding for factorio, but with a bit of trial and error I found there are evolution factors for all 3 forces "player", "enemy" and "neutral".

/evolution seems to read the "enemy" evolution factor, EvoGUI however reads the evolution factor of "player"

I've just set all factors to the same value and it seems to work, I don't know if that has any other side effects though

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/c for k,v in pairs(game.forces) do v.evolution_factor = .4 end

Main question would be which one game actually uses when enemies are spawned - I think that EvoGUI might need an update then to use it. Most likely it would be the enemy force one.

[TheSAguy]

I never did any modding for factorio, but with a bit of trial and error I found there are evolution factors for all 3 forces "player", "enemy" and "neutral".

/evolution seems to read the "enemy" evolution factor, EvoGUI however reads the evolution factor of "player"

I've just set all factors to the same value and it seems to work, I don't know if that has any other side effects though

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/c for k,v in pairs(game.forces) do v.evolution_factor = .4 end

Main question would be which one game actually uses when enemies are spawned - I think that EvoGUI might need an update then to use it. Most likely it would be the enemy force one.

Okay, so just doing some quick testing, it does seem like the game uses "enemy" to determine the units to spawn.
But If a player builds a Spawner, or converts a spawner (my mod allows this), then it uses the "Player" value.

No idea what neutral will do.

Now I'm wondering how to use this in my mod...
Do I increase and decrease all, or just enemy...

Also, EvoGUI will probably need to be updated to show enemy, or all 3.

[Narc]

No idea what neutral will do.

Control the spawners owned by the neutral force, of course. You can make your own forces, too. And give entities to other forces as desired.