console command question

[john]

Hello factorio forum users and staff. I was wondering if i could write "batch files" to use console commands but i wasn't able to find much information on the subject in my searches so if you know of any threads explaining it that would be very helpful. Thanks in advance!

[DaveMcW]

Yes, you can copy/paste an entire lua file into the console.

You can also define functions that do a bunch of stuff at once.

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/c print = function(text)
  game.local_player.print(text)
end

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/c print("Hello world!")

Note that everything will be lost when you reload the game, unless you make it into a mod.

[john]

Thanks for your response!

Note that everything will be lost when you reload the game, unless you make it into a mod.

Funny you should say that because i created this task for myself after this viewtopic.php?f=94&t=13863 had an error.

Yes, you can copy/paste an entire lua file into the console.

mind explaining that a bit more? do you mean copy/pasting the contents of a file in game or can i make a lua file and drop it somewhere in the factorio files and activate everything it contains with one command ?

[Klonan]

Yes, you can copy/paste an entire lua file into the console.

mind explaining that a bit more? do you mean copy/pasting the contents of a file in game or can i make a lua file and drop it somewhere in the factorio files and activate everything it contains with one command ?

You can copy paste any lua script code into the game console and it will run it,
This includes any event hooks and functions

so for instance you can start a game, and paste the following into console

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/c function give_coin()
  if game.tick % 1500 == 0 then 
    game.players[1].insert{name = "coin", count =  1} 
  end
end
script.on_event(defines.events.on_tick, give_coin)

and it will run the same as if you had this in the control.lua of your mod/scenario

[kovarex]

Yes, you can copy/paste an entire lua file into the console.

mind explaining that a bit more? do you mean copy/pasting the contents of a file in game or can i make a lua file and drop it somewhere in the factorio files and activate everything it contains with one command ?

You can copy paste any lua script code into the game console and it will run it,
This includes any event hooks and functions

so for instance you can start a game, and paste the following into console

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/c function give_coin()
  if game.tick % 1500 == 0 then 
    game.players[1].insert{name = "coin", count =  1} 
  end
end
script.on_event(defines.events.on_tick, give_coin)

and it will run the same as if you had this in the control.lua of your mod/scenario

Unless you are using replay or playing multiplayer, or save and load the game, as it will break.