Replacing Beacons with Overclocking Stations - possible?

[Katharsas]

Thanks!
Sadly there is no event that fires when robots change the beacon inventory.

[Katharsas]

I managed to solve the problem with proxies, thanks to viewtopic.php?f=28&t=102415

The first version of my mod that i would describe as "working" can now be tested

ocs_0.1.0.zip

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Note:
It is only very roughly balanced to give you similar/slightly lower production output per area of your factory compared to full beacon setups, which means you need more assembly machines because OCS take up way less space than beacons.

[Honktown]

What is the event that triggers when robots place modules into a beacon?

It would lead to a destruction of an 'item-request-proxy'. Unfortunately the only way to know when they're made from blueprints is if the entity in the blueprint had some... Not sure where that is. entity.item_requests will produce them if used on a ghost. The item-proxy would be registered for destruction via script.register_on_entity_destroyed.

There may be a much more convenient way that needs a data-stage change:

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created_effect	::	Trigger (optional)

If an item-request-proxy is given a trigger which raises a lua event as a source effect, then you'll always have when item-request-proxies are created. (if it works, never heard anyone try).

[Katharsas]

Unfortunately the only way to know when they're made from blueprints is if the entity in the blueprint had some... Not sure where that is.

I think my solution (which i picked up from some other factorio discussion) is kind of easier, maybe less robust:
I simply check the positon of the becaon entity when it gets placed by a robot for any item-request-proxies.
See: https://github.com/Katharsas/Overclocki ... l.lua#L372


Another question:
Is it possible to tell the beacon entity to render spilled items over it instead of under it?
I allowed items to overlap with:

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collision_mask = {"water-tile"},

However now, since my entities look kinda like floor plates, it looks really weird when items spill under them. I tried changing the blueprint to include:

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render_layer = "ground-tile",

but it didn't change anything.

[Katharsas]

Another question:
Is it possible to tell the beacon entity to render spilled items over it instead of under it?

Ok i managed to solve this problem by using animation_list with a single layer / render_layer instead of base_picture. So instead of:

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    render_layer = "floor-mechanics",
    base_picture = {
      filename = "__ocs__/graphics/my-beacon-h.png",
      ... (picture size etc) ...
    },

i use this:

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    animation_list = {
    {
      always_draw = true,
      render_layer = "floor-mechanics",
      animation = {
        layers = {
          {
            filename = "__ocs__/graphics/my-beacon-h.png",
            ... (picture size etc) ...

This also fixed the sprite going over the player instead of under it.

So, my next question is:
So it seems like it is possible to define lights and animations, but can i change the displayed animations of the entity based on my own lua code?

I need different parts of my entity to have lights on/off based on which sides are connected to other entities. Basically, i want all 4 sides of the graphic to have a small lamp which turns on when that side is connected to a crafting machine.

Edit: I think that LuaRendering::draw_animation is what i am looking for.