Floating Text

[Ranakastrasz]

Is it possible to make, via script, floating text, similar to that of most item movement events appear?

[DaveMcW]

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/c game.get_surface(1).create_entity{name="flying-text", position={0,0}, text="Hello world", color={r=0.5,g=1,b=1}}

[Bizz Keryear]

Error: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_surface

[Klonan]

Error: LuaGameScript doesn't contain key get_surface

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/c game.surfaces[1].create_entity{name="flying-text", position={0,0}, text="Hello world", color={r=0.5,g=1,b=1}}

[Nexela]

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/c game.surfaces[1].create_entity({name="flying-text", position=game.player.position,text="It looks like I am talking",color={r=0.5,g=1,b=1}})

[Bizz Keryear]

Umm, still according to documentation get_surface should be a thing

[daniel34]

Umm, still according to documentation get_surface should be a thing

Not in 0.13. It's not in the 0.13.0 doc and not in the current (0.13.5) one.
http://lua-api.factorio.com/0.13.5/LuaGameScript.html

[Bizz Keryear]

Umm, still according to documentation get_surface should be a thing

Not in 0.13. It's not in the 0.13.0 doc and not in the current (0.13.5) one.
http://lua-api.factorio.com/0.13.5/LuaGameScript.html

oki... was also relying on wiki as source of information ... obviously a mistake