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Suf wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 5:22 am Hi all
So i'm trying to make mod that has ores but i need to remove the vanilla related ores like iron ,copper etc,however i don't know from where should i start to able to do that.Any help would be appreciated.

data.raw.resource["iron-ore"] = nil

data.raw.resource["iron-ore"].autoplace = nil

Suf wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:46 am So i've tried that and it removed the ores in-game but in map settings or while in map editing they're still there.is there a way to remove all of that as well?

data.raw["noise-layer"]["iron-ore"] = nil

data.raw["autoplace-control"]["iron-ore"] = nil

data.raw["map-gen-presets"].default["rich-resources"].basic_settings.autoplace_controls["iron-ore"] = nil

data.raw["map-gen-presets"].default["rail-world"].basic_settings.autoplace_controls["iron-ore"] = nil

data.raw["map-gen-presets"].default["ribbon-world"].basic_settings.autoplace_controls["iron-ore"] = nil

mpratt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:11 pm Here's the function I use, it removes it from all the autoplace controls and then removes the resource itself:

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local function RemoveResource(resource, fromResourceList)
	local map_gen_presets = data.raw["map-gen-presets"]["default"]

  data.raw["autoplace-control"][resource] = nil

  for i, preset in pairs(map_gen_presets) do
    if(preset.basic_settings and preset.basic_settings.autoplace_controls) then
      preset.basic_settings.autoplace_controls[resource] = nil
    end
  end

  if fromResourceList then
    data.raw["resource"][resource] = nil
  end
end


RemoveResource("iron-ore", true)

Hiladdar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:58 pm All of the above recommendations are great. Here is one more. Take a look at what what other mod authors do in their mods, particulary look at how they code their mods. I say this because, to see how an existing mod performs a specific task, and how it works can be a great way to learn new way to do stuff, and new techniques.

Hiladdar

Suf wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:26 am

Hiladdar wrote: ↑Fri Jul 17, 2020 5:58 pm All of the above recommendations are great. Here is one more. Take a look at what what other mod authors do in their mods, particulary look at how they code their mods. I say this because, to see how an existing mod performs a specific task, and how it works can be a great way to learn new way to do stuff, and new techniques.

Hiladdar

Yeah I've checked multiple mods that use ores before posting this question;their structures are way different than the code above since most of them rely on other mods the author made,even though after i took all of that as reference (and changed some variables) it didn't work as the code above and it gave me many errors.
As you may guessed i'm lua noob here and i'm trying to understand the concept and change the codes to what i'm trying to achieve in my mod than just copy-paste without understanding anything,but apparently there's no updated lua tutorial for Factorio(visually) that does that for me,if you got anything similar to what i'm talking about then by all means tell me about it.