[0.17.16] How to get some factorio achievments under a minute [Cheese Warning]

[k-Knight]

I will start with a little story (hope you won't mind).

One day I stumbled upon a vulnerability in Factorio save files. I am certainly not the first one to find it, thus I will not assert anything and I will not reference anyone as I don't know/remember who to reference.
The vulnerability itself is very simple. As Factorio save files are stored in zip archive format, therefore a user that has access to them can change control.lua, which contains game script (this is true even in freeplay).
So, what I did is: I wrote a custom control.lua script and injected it into freeplay save file (for Factorio 0.17.14 - 0.17.16).

Now about the cheesy part.

What you need to do is:

1. Open Factorio (tested in 0.17.14 - 0.17.16)
2. Create new game (it has to be achievement-viable)
3. Save it and exit to the main menu.
4. Locate the save file on your computer (usually located at C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\saves for Windows)
5. Open your save file archive, then open the the folder you see in it (you should now see control.lua file in a list)
6. Copy custom control.lua file into the archive (you can download it from the attached files)
7. Forgot initially: you need to enter your name into the quotation marks in the control.lua script you downloaded:

   

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8. Save archive if needed
9. Navigate back to Factorio and load the game
10. In a moment you should see the following appear in the top-left corner of the Factorio window:

    

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11. Then you click the checkbox and the menu opens (area of interest is in the red circle):

    

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12. Now what you have to do is copy the contents of copy_paste_script.txt (you can also download it from the attached files)
13. Paste them into the text field of the "Cheesy Menu"
14. And press ENTER
15. Your rocket silo is being placed and the rocked is being automatically created
    (as a cargo for a rocket the raw fish is used)
16. While you wait for a rocket to be ready you can open your inventory and there you can find 1 locomotive and some rails

    

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17. You can place rail down and a locomotive afterwards to gain an additional achievement
18. Wait for a rocket to be ready and launch it (I advise against putting it into the auto-launch mode)
19. Enjoy your cheesy achievements

[k-Knight]

It should be mentioned that I do enjoy playing Factorio legitimately more. I did it just for fun.

[k-Knight]

Please pay attention to step 7. I forgot to mention it initially. My bad.

[k-Knight]

Updated custom control.lua script:

control.lua

Updated control.lua script

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Now it should be able support (if you have any issues, then tell me)

• Staring rainbow color change for different players
• Changing the speed of the game
• Possibly is multiplayer-safe (apart from console for obvious reasons)