Cosmetics, Designs, Decorations - How to make a mod?

[Tepalus]

Hello crafters!

I have not seen any topic about this. There is no real mod for what i think about. So i decided to do a new topic for building a brandnew mod for factorio!

It will be my first one ever (not just in factorio) and it will be an adventure for me to find out, how to do it.

To start, i want to collect as many ideas as possible with the topic "cosmetics, designs and decorations".

And the seccond question for me; How can i start a mod on a macbook pro? And how to start a mod in generell?


So here are the ideas for now:

Household

Floor
Wood
Linoleum
Stone

Tables
Workingplace
Small
Medium
Big
Expensive

Chairs
Cheap
Expensive

Couch
Small
Medium
Big
Expensive

TV
Small
Medium
Big
Expensive

Walls
Brick
Wood
Stone

Doors
Doubledoors
Wood
Steel


Garden

Trees
Small
Medium
Big

Flowers
All colours

Fence
Wire mesh fence
Wood crossed
Wood straight

Stoneplates
Small
Medium
Big

Statue
Of the player
Of me
Of a spaceship
Of aliens
Of material

Road
Tar
Earth
Stone

Decorations

Lights
Small
Medium
Big

Well/Branching Well

[zytukin]

Decorations would be nice.

We clear trees often to make space, but trees reduce pollution.
Would be nice if we could plant trees or even forests.

[ShizukaMiyuki]

Decorations would be nice.

We clear trees often to make space, but trees reduce pollution.
Would be nice if we could plant trees or even forests.

yeah, I wanna try to pretty up my factories as well with a few trees near the train lines, with a few bushes on the side.

[ssilk]

A man, lonely on a planet full of angry animals, tries to survive, fight ever minute and ... plants pretty bushes on the side?

[Tepalus]

A man, lonely on a planet full of angry animals, tries to survive, fight ever minute and ... plants pretty bushes on the side?

"Tries to survive": No starving because of hunger, big walls and big guns protect him and his factory, he produce extremely much stuff, he can build nearly all, even tanks and a whole rocket. But he shouldn't have time for doing some decoration? Sad world we live in...

Just joking but you must watch this: He tries to make the planet habitably for other humans and what does he do? Pollute the whole planet, agroing the aliens, building up a factory... I know, you cannot just build houses and this kind of stuff, i'm ok with this. But if some survivors arrive they should at least see a flower here, some avenues there...not just a massive factory. This is not that healthy i think?

[Neotix]

Use the Mods Luke, use the Mods.

Adding new items that do nothing (no extra codding) is easy. You just need good looking sprites.

[Tepalus]

Use the Mods Luke, use the Mods.

Adding new items that do nothing (no extra codding) is easy. You just need good looking sprites.

But Obi-Wan, i never ever have done any mods!
Probably i can do mods but i have to figure out how it works...

Or do you mean, i should search for mods? Because i've searched but did not find anything...

[ssilk]

Added to viewtopic.php?f=80&t=22919 Decorations / Headquarters / Home / Houseing

[Tepalus]

Thx to this

Now i just have to figure out how to make mods on a mac and i will start doing so.

I will call it "Tep's Messy Mod - Cosmetics, Designs and Decorations" ("TMM:CDD") or splitt it to the three parts cosmetics/designs/decorations

But first i've to figure out how to make a mod

[zytukin]

Use the Mods Luke, use the Mods.

Adding new items that do nothing (no extra codding) is easy. You just need good looking sprites.

And then just post here again in the future asking for it to be added when somebody stops updating a mod causing stuff to vanish in your factory or seek out a different mod and replace everything in your factory. then repeat the process over and over as new mod makers release mods and other mod makers get bored of the game and stop updating their mods. lol

[Neotix]

"If you want something done right, do it yourself." - problem solved

[zytukin]

"If you want something done right, do it yourself." - problem solved

As long as I never give the mod to others.
Or they would suffer that issue :p

[Tepalus]

Now i just have go get, how to do a mod and then i will create one...

[Tepalus]

So i now have updated the first post here in the topic!

I hope there are people out there who can help me...

[Evan_]

You know there's a Modding Help subforum, with a pinned post from a nice dev who explains the process in a youtube video? I listened to it, and it's clear and easy - especially since you want less or no functionality to your objects.

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=15415

[Tepalus]

I will check it today, thx

[zytukin]

Stone floors are already available (and concrete)
After making stone bricks or concrete, select the item and click the ground

We can make wood from raw wood, it would be nice if it could be placed on the ground.

[Tepalus]

Yeah i know but i thought about other stone. At the moment we have kind of cement? With stone i thought about stone plates in different sizes and with no benefits.

Yes, this would be nice!

Probably to keep the "look" of the game the other floors should be made out of copper, iron and steel?