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• Changes
  • The /config command now operates through /config get and /config set.
  • Added additional options to the /config comand: allow-commands, max-upload-speed, autosave-interval, afk-auto-kick, verify-user-identity, only-admins-can-pause, ignore-player-limit-for-returning-players.
  • Added tab-complete parameters logic to the commands: config, color, and help.
  • Updated Team production challenge with 2 new challenge modes and a new map set.
  • Reconnecting to multiplayer game that the player already is in (being dropped probably) instantly closes the previous connection and connects the player.
• Optimizations
  • Improved performance when using a lot of vehicles with equipment grids in multiplayer. (33688)
  • Improved performance in the Trains GUI when trains have large schedules. (33421)
• Bugfixes
  • Fixed desync loop related to solar panels in more than one electric network.
  • Fixed desyncs related to movement of damaged vehicle.
  • Fixed module requests getting removed if concrete was built under them. (33655)
  • Possibly fixed hang in stopping sounds when exiting Factorio on Windows. (33639)
  • Fixed the small errors of movement in latency hiding.
  • Fixed Gui related script error in team production challenge scenario.
  • Fixed crash when attempting to set belt directions to diagonal directions. (33641)
  • Fixed duplicate grenade damage 5 research. (33606)
  • Fixed car/tank rotation speed was half what it should be. (31815)
  • Fixed map downloader getting stuck and flooding the network after a big timeout.
  • Fixed rotating of placed flamethrower turret. (33700)
  • Fixed that /command would warn about disabling achievements even in situations where achievements weren't possible. (33597)
  • Fixed that custom gui input was processed even when the game was being saved in singleplayer. (33682)
  • Fixed that boiler wouldn't work after being replaced by bots. (33723)
  • Fixed possible desync when boiler would get destroyed and created a ghost.
  • Fixed crash when destroying fire during the entity_died event. (33763)
  • Fixed that error messages of wrong zip files in the mod folder weren't giving error message that would be informative enough. (33790)
• Scripting
  • Added read property LuaEntity::has_direction.
  • Added LuaTile::hidden_tile.
  • Added the ability to use LuaSurface::get_tile(0, 0) or LuaSurface::get_tile({0, 0}) when getting tiles.
  • Added LuaGameScript::connected_players read and LuaForce::connected_players read.
• Modding
  • Added check that the selection box contains the [0, 0] point.

Updated Team production challenge with 2 new challenge modes and a new map set.

Added LuaGameScript::connected_players read and LuaForce::connected_players read.

for _, player in pairs(game.players) do
    if player.valid and player.connected then
        foo(player)
    end
end

for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

Mooncat wrote: By the way, is checking player.valid really necessary in this case? If not, the if-statement can be removed entirely:

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for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

luc wrote:

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  42.893 Info Updater.cpp:243:  => 200
  43.089 Error Util.cpp:57: Error when opening /home/luc/Downloads/factorio-0.14.8/data/server-settings.example.json for reading: No such file or directory
  43.795 Goodbye

I modified and renamed the server-settings.example.json file to server-settings.json (I mean, that's common right?). Now the updater doesn't work...

luc wrote:

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  42.893 Info Updater.cpp:243:  => 200
  43.089 Error Util.cpp:57: Error when opening /home/luc/Downloads/factorio-0.14.8/data/server-settings.example.json for reading: No such file or directory
  43.795 Goodbye

I modified and renamed the server-settings.example.json file to server-settings.json (I mean, that's common right?). Now the updater doesn't work...

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote: By the way, is checking player.valid really necessary in this case? If not, the if-statement can be removed entirely:

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for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

It is not needed, players in connected_players, and players as well are always valid at the point of getting it.

Mooncat wrote:

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote: By the way, is checking player.valid really necessary in this case? If not, the if-statement can be removed entirely:

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for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

It is not needed, players in connected_players, and players as well are always valid at the point of getting it.

Thanks for the info. Now I can remove those useless checking in my mod.

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote:

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote: By the way, is checking player.valid really necessary in this case? If not, the if-statement can be removed entirely:

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for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

It is not needed, players in connected_players, and players as well are always valid at the point of getting it.

Thanks for the info. Now I can remove those useless checking in my mod.

If I'm right, the valid method is there for case when you save a LuaPlayer into a variable and use it later. And the only case when it becomes invalid is after the call to /remove-offline-players.

on_player_created(player)
  table.insert(my_fancy_list, player)
end

sometime_later.event
  for players in my_fancy_list do 
    if player.valid then
      do something_fancy(player)
    end
  end
end

Scripting:
* Added read property LuaEntity::has_direction.
* Added LuaTile::hidden_tile.
* Added the ability to use LuaSurface::get_tile(0, 0) or LuaSurface::get_tile({0, 0}) when getting tiles.
* Added LuaGameScript::connected_players read and LuaForce::connected_players read.

FactorioBot wrote:

• Updated Team production challenge with 2 new challenge modes and a new map set.

• How do you activate the new challenge modes?
• Could someone also put together a handy list of console commands like:
• How to skip a particular round or something when I'm the host?
• How to export/import scores?
• Any other commands that a host would find useful specific to the challenge map?

Klonan wrote:

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote:

kovarex wrote:

Mooncat wrote: By the way, is checking player.valid really necessary in this case? If not, the if-statement can be removed entirely:

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for _, player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
    foo(player)
end

It is not needed, players in connected_players, and players as well are always valid at the point of getting it.

Thanks for the info. Now I can remove those useless checking in my mod.

If I'm right, the valid method is there for case when you save a LuaPlayer into a variable and use it later. And the only case when it becomes invalid is after the call to /remove-offline-players.

Yea, something like

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on_player_created(player)
  table.insert(my_fancy_list, player)
end

sometime_later.event
  for players in my_fancy_list do 
    if player.valid then
      do something_fancy(player)
    end
  end
end

kovarex wrote:We should probably distribute factorio with the data folder being zipped, so it is more clear.

archie11 wrote:locked up had to pull the plug to get it out of the game