Expose historical data of LuaFlowStatistics

[Wiwiweb]

Using LuaFlowStatistics.get_flow_count, I can get any data in the green box.
I want to get the data in the red box.

Something like get_flow_count_at_timestamp() that would take a prototype name and a game tick timestamp, and return the production rate and/or count at that timestamp.

Why?
I'm looking to create a mod that records the time of the first creation of an item, and I would like it to be able to find that retroactively, if the mod is added to an existing save file.

Thanks!

[NotRexButCaesar]

I believe the values are also stored with more significant digits than displayed, so this could act as a way to get more precise values for testing builds in the editor.

[Wiwiweb]

My mod is released now.

https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Milestones

I ended up adding a manual input so players can copy values from the production graphs.

But I'm hoping I can update that to be automatic in the future, wink nudge

[raiguard]

Bump. Having milestones work retroactively with greater precision would be awesome!

[stillmoms]

Another bump from me. As someone who discovered Milestones after getting 800 hours deep into Space Exploration, it’d be nice to be able to get more detailed statistics on when I first did something than “somewhere between 48 hours and 858 hours”.

[dubax]

Bump. Also would love to see the functionality of this mod be better!

[Xorimuth]

This is implemented in 1.1.60 as the sample_index parameter to LuaFlowStatistics.get_flow_count.

[Wiwiweb]

I released a new version of Milestones which uses this new parameter and it now works very well when added to existing games

Estimations before.
Estimations after.

Thanks Xorimuth!