[0.17.79] Uhh I don't know how placing Landfill Ghosts causes Biters to magically show up

[GregoriusT]

I am just wtf about this. Look at that Screenshot. The Dead Biters are me just nuking ones I already made, and then I created more somehow by placing Ghost Landfill, and the Landfill doesn't even get placed.

I have no Idea if or which Mods cause this or if this is Vanilla.

[Honktown]

Mind doing a log(serpent.block(data.raw)) in the last-loaded mod's data-final-fixes and posting the factorio-current.log?

Edit: nvm, we're on the same version, I'll run through and see if there's anything fun

[Honktown]

aai-programmable-vehicles/control.lua, line 2531:

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function struct_construction_denial(entity, event)
    if not (entity and entity.valid) then return end
    if entity.force.name == "neutral" or entity.force.name == "enemy" or entity.force.get_friend(game.forces["enemy"]) then return end
    if entity.type ~= "entity-ghost" and entity.type ~= "car" then
        local area = {{
            entity.position.x - construction_denial_range,
            entity.position.y - construction_denial_range
        }, {
            entity.position.x + construction_denial_range,
            entity.position.y + construction_denial_range
        }}
        local enemies = entity.surface.find_entities_filtered{
          area= area,
          force="enemy"}
        for _, enemy in pairs(enemies) do
            if (enemy.type == "unit-spawner" or enemy.type == "turret") and Util.vectors_delta_length(entity.position, enemy.position) < construction_denial_range then
                -- deny construction
                if entity.prototype.mineable_properties
                  and entity.prototype.mineable_properties.products
                  and entity.prototype.mineable_properties.products[1]
                  and entity.prototype.mineable_properties.products[1].type == "item" then
                    local stack = {name=entity.prototype.mineable_properties.products[1].name, amount=1}
                    if event and event.name == "on_dolly_moved" and event.start_pos and event.player_index then
                        entity.teleport(event.start_pos)
                        game.players[event.player_index].print{"construction_denied_by_enemy"}
                        return
                    elseif event
                      and event.name == defines.events.on_built_entity
                      and event.player_index
                      and game.players[event.player_index]
                      and game.players[event.player_index].connected
                      and game.players[event.player_index].can_insert(stack) then
                        local player = game.players[event.player_index];
                        player.print{"construction_denied_by_enemy"}
                        player.insert(stack)
                        -- fix foa autofill adding items before removal
                        -- don't do other inventories, fuel includes turret ammo slots for some reason
                        Util.transfer_inventory_loose(entity, player, defines.inventory.fuel)
                    else
                        entity.surface.create_entity{
                          name = "item-on-ground",
                          position = entity.position,
                          stack = stack}
                    end
                end
                if math.random() < 0.05 then
                  local spawn_type = math.random() < 0.25 and "small-spitter" or "small-biter"
                  entity.surface.create_entity{
                    name = spawn_type,
                    position = entity.position,
                    force="enemy"}
                end
                entity.destroy()
                return
            end
        end
    end
end

You're near enemy bugs, so it's making bugs.

[GregoriusT]

Thank you for clarifying what exactly happened. So I will assume it is a Feature of the Mod of sorts? Not sure about that. XD

[Honktown]

Thank you for clarifying what exactly happened. So I will assume it is a Feature of the Mod of sorts? Not sure about that. XD

It's possible the author didn't realize tile-ghosts are actually entities of the type ghost-tile. It's a feature, not a bugbugs. I'd suggest reporting it since someone else is going to "???" if they run into it

do svidaniya

[GregoriusT]

And done.

viewtopic.php?p=478296#p478296

Vielen Dank for the help. ^^

[Zanostra]

I saw this happening a lot in my games,
never realised it's not a feature.
I always thought it was vanilla intended behavior to give te player a panelty for keep trying to build something near alien nests

[mrvn]

I saw this happening a lot in my games,
never realised it's not a feature.
I always thought it was vanilla intended behavior to give te player a panelty for keep trying to build something near alien nests

That's fine. The bug is that it happens for ghosts. It should only happen once a construction bot comes along and tries to build. Or blueprinting should simply fail from the start.

[GregoriusT]

Blueprinting DOES fail from the start (and still spawns Biters), just wanted to mention that.

[mrvn]

Blueprinting DOES fail from the start (and still spawns Biters), just wanted to mention that.

I mend fail without biter. The code that creates the bitter makes the blueprint fail as it misinterprets it as actual building.