Cowcatcher For Trains

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Skyshrim
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Cowcatcher For Trains

Post by Skyshrim »

Surely I can't be the only one who has been facing the annoying problem of biters stopping and destroying locomotives. I just searched through hundreds of train related mods, but couldn't seem to find any that would solve the problem in as simple and efficient a way as I imagined. Ideally, rather than weaponizing trains or making them heavier or faster, I'd really like them to just not aggravate biters at all and instead simply push them out of the way. Alternately, if this is too complicated to actually move enemies out of the way, a simple damage multiplier put on trains would also do the job, but it better be pretty high to make it through those really big groups. As a last resort, you could possibly remove the train's hitbox (kinda removes the fun of getting hit and would probably lead to all kinds of weird bugs, but possibly still fixes this problem).

I'm currently trying to figure out modding on my own to attempt this, but it's going nowhere fast so I'd really appreciate any advice or suggestions.
Thanks for taking a look!


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Re: Cowcatcher For Trains

Post by Koub »

This is very close to what you're asking for : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/HeavyWagon
This mod adds an armored locomotive : https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Armored-train (but also turret wagons)
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