New Ores

[DiegoPro77]

Can someone tell me how to create a new ore like iron or copper? (ex. it spawns in the starting area but not only there.)

[darkfrei]

Can someone tell me how to create a new ore like iron or copper? (ex. it spawns in the starting area but not only there.)

See mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/IceOre

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mod_name = "__IceOre__"

local function autoplace_settings(name, coverage)
  local ret = {
    control = name,
    sharpness = 1,
    richness_multiplier = 1500,
    richness_multiplier_distance_bonus = 30,
    richness_base = 500,
    coverage = coverage,
    peaks = {
      {
        noise_layer = name,
        noise_octaves_difference = -1.5,
        noise_persistence = 0.3,
      },
    }
  }
  for i, resource in ipairs({"ice-ore"}) do
    if resource ~= name then
      ret.starting_area_size = 600 * coverage
      ret.starting_area_amount = 1500
    end
  end
  return ret
end

local function resource(name, map_color, hardness, coverage)
  if hardness == nil then hardness = 0.9 end
  if coverage == nil then coverage = 0.02 end
  return {
    type = "resource",
    name = name,
    icon = mod_name.."/graphics/icons/" .. name .. ".png",
    icon_size = 32,
    flags = {"placeable-neutral"},
    order="a-b-a",
    minable =
    {
      hardness = hardness,
      --mining_particle = name .. "-particle",
      mining_time = 2,
      result = name
    },
    collision_box = {{ -0.1, -0.1}, {0.1, 0.1}},
    selection_box = {{ -0.5, -0.5}, {0.5, 0.5}},
    autoplace = autoplace_settings(name, coverage),
    stage_counts = {5000, 3000, 1500, 800, 400, 100, 50, 10},
    stages =
    {
      sheet =
      {
        filename = mod_name.."/graphics/entity/" .. name .. ".png",
        priority = "extra-high",
        width = 64,
        height = 64,
        frame_count = 8,
        variation_count = 8,
        hr_version =
          {
          filename = mod_name.."/graphics/entity/" .. "hr-" .. name .. ".png",
          priority = "extra-high",
          width = 128,
          height = 128,
          frame_count = 8,
          variation_count = 8,
          scale = 0.5
          }
      }
    },
    map_color = map_color
  }
end

data:extend(
{
  resource("ice-ore", {r=0.9, g=0.9, b=1})
}
)


data:extend(
{
  {
    type = "autoplace-control",
    name = "ice-ore",
    richness = true,
    order = "b-h",
    category = "resource"
  }
}
)

[bobingabout]

Bob Library on the portal does offer an easier way to add ores.
Bob ores will give you a demonstration on how to use it.

However
you need a resource (look at prototype/resources.lua), a noise layer, an autoplace control(can't remember what file they're in, but should be easy enough to find), and also an item for whatever result is on the resource

[DiegoPro77]

Thanks for your suggestions guys, i will see these mods.

[DiegoPro77]

Thanks again for your precious help, now i've updated my mod and it works perfectly: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Dp77s-Sulfur-Mod (link).

For the ore patch i've inspired from both the mods and now i can create all the ore patches that i want

For the purifying machine i've inspired from your "bobassembly" mod Bobingabout (you're very good with programming lua files and your work is very, very easy to understand compared to some mods!) and this is the first entity i've ever done.
I'm sorry if i haven't ask you if i could've use your mod for inspiring me (and sorry for my English ).

[bobingabout]

Inspiration is free, in fact in my licence it states that I encourage it, as long as no assets are used directly from my mod. (no copy pasting large chunks of code such as functions I've written, or art assets without asking me first)

I see you used my assembling machine mask overlay. Honestly though, since that was just a crop greyscale and brighten of part of the original assembling machine 3, I have no issues with you using it.

Anyway, I'm glad you got your mod working as intended

[firestar246]

Can someone tell me how to create a new ore like iron or copper? (ex. it spawns in the starting area but not only there.)

See mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/IceOre

So I made some ores in my mod based of off your Ice Ore mod, but I'm running into a problem. The ores aren't displaying properly in the world. You know how all the sprites (or whatever they're called) for the ore are on one graphic, and the game somehow seems to take just one of them when placing the ore... well my game is taking the wrong chunks off of the graphic, so instead of showing one ore, it's taken parts of two or more. So my ores look all choppy and weird. They work fine and everything, its just the graphics are really weird. Not sure how to fix this... does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

[darkfrei]

so instead of showing one ore, it's taken parts of two or more. So my ores look all choppy and weird. They work fine and everything, its just the graphics are really weird. Not sure how to fix this... does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

Can you take a screenshot what you have and make the picture how it must be?

[firestar246]

so instead of showing one ore, it's taken parts of two or more. So my ores look all choppy and weird. They work fine and everything, its just the graphics are really weird. Not sure how to fix this... does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

Can you take a screenshot what you have and make the picture how it must be?

I'm trying to upload a screenshot as an attachment, but whenever I click "preview" or "submit" the page just keeps loading and never publishes the post.

[Deadlock989]

So I made some ores in my mod based of off your Ice Ore mod, but I'm running into a problem. The ores aren't displaying properly in the world. You know how all the sprites (or whatever they're called) for the ore are on one graphic, and the game somehow seems to take just one of them when placing the ore... well my game is taking the wrong chunks off of the graphic, so instead of showing one ore, it's taken parts of two or more. So my ores look all choppy and weird. They work fine and everything, its just the graphics are really weird. Not sure how to fix this... does anyone have an idea of what's going on?

You're probably using the high resolution sprite sheet in normal res or vice versa.

[aeropar]

Bob Library on the portal does offer an easier way to add ores.
Bob ores will give you a demonstration on how to use it.

However
you need a resource (look at prototype/resources.lua), a noise layer, an autoplace control(can't remember what file they're in, but should be easy enough to find), and also an item for whatever result is on the resource

https://wiki.factorio.com/Prototype/ResourceEntity This?

[bobingabout]

Bob Library on the portal does offer an easier way to add ores.
Bob ores will give you a demonstration on how to use it.

However
you need a resource (look at prototype/resources.lua), a noise layer, an autoplace control(can't remember what file they're in, but should be easy enough to find), and also an item for whatever result is on the resource

https://wiki.factorio.com/Prototype/ResourceEntity This?

I meant in the game's data files (Which is actually data/base/prototypes/entity/resources.lua), but, that's a good page to look at, yes.