Change solar panel efficiency through modding API

[Xalos]

I'm trying to change the efficiency of solar panels depending on the pollution in a tile at runtime from within a mod. However, I can't find any way to influence the efficiency of a solar panel. Is there a way to change the efficiency of an electric source at runtime rather than changing the prototype directly?

[darkfrei]

You must add new prototype entities and replace all old withe new. I don't know why, something with optimization.

[Xalos]

I can't seem to change the power output even for solar panels I'm creating through code.

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/c game.player.surface.create_entity({name='solar-panel',position=game.player.position,force=game.player.force,electric_output_flow_limit='10kW'})

I also tried power_production='10kW', but that didn't work either.

[DaveMcW]

at runtime

Impossible. You can only change efficiency in data.lua.

The best you can do at runtime is replace it with a different version that you defined in data.lua.

[Xalos]

So there's no way to change the efficiency linearly according to the current pollution? Darn.