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TL;DR

highligt or seach for ores in the map view like search in item-browser
(example if i want to see all Coal-ores in the map view, highlight all ore-fields)

What ?

just like in the headline

Why ?

when having many ores, especially by some mods its diffuciult to find a desired ore-field, because of no or not much differences in the coloring of the ore-fields

Good idea, I like that too especially when the map gets very big.

I agree. Even when playing with a small amount of ores in vanilla, I often have trouble distinguishing ore fields from terrain.

When using Bob's Mods, which introduces a large number of different ores, it becomes a lot of work to find a certain type of ore.

Ore screening function
More and more mod, ore types are growing
World maps are getting more complicated(angel+bob = =||...)
I hope to highlight the function of screening ore.
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Above is Google Translate
原文(original text)
矿石筛选功能
mod越来越多,矿石种类也在增长
世界地图越来越复杂(angel+bob = =||...)
希望能有高亮显示筛选矿石功能
类似这种

"Ore screening function" isn't a text that makes sense to me. Probably it is translated poorly.

Do you want to highlight ore patches?

Not exactly what you are asking for, but might help :
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/ResourceLabelsContinued

This has already been suggested in the following thread:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=64240 search for or highlight ores in the map view

EDIT: The above link is now points to the current thread, since the threads have now been merged.

The problem with modding this is that map chart tags are per force, not per player. So there's no way to make it work nicely in multiplayer. The mapview does support per-player overlays (power lines, ranges, etc), so it should be possible to do it internally. But i'd much prefer extended modding support for interacting with the map than adding singular features.

Impatient wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:46 pm

"Ore screening function" isn't a text that makes sense to me. Probably it is translated poorly.
Do you want to highlight ore patches?

They want to select which subset of ores, by "class", are shown. So that, for example, iron and copper are in the class of "things you make plates from", but whatever random mod adds things like "minerals", and "filtration mediums", each have their own distinct class you can toggle on or off. So you only see the type of ore you need if, eg, your problem is getting more filtration happening. You can turn off the "metal" and "mineral" ores, not see them, but only the filtration ones.

I assume this is motivated by playing something like Py's mods, which add a huge number of additional ores and stuff, and then regretting your life choices because you have a huge number of additional ores to deal with.

slippycheeze wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:19 pm

... playing something like Py's mods, which add a huge number of additional ores and stuff, and then regretting your life choices because you have a huge number of additional ores to deal with.