[MOD 0.18.X] Pollution detector

[Schorty]

Type: Mod
Name: Pollution detector
Description: Adds a sensor for pollution in the chunk for hooking it up into the circuit network
License: Beer-Ware License
Version: 0.6.0
Release: 2015-08-16
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.18.1 (Steam/Zip-Archive)
Category: Item
Tags: sensor, pollution, circuit, network
Download-Url: Download

License

"THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
Daniel "Schorty" Schlenger wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you
can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Poul-Henning Kamp

Long description

Contents:

• Adds a sensor for pollution for usage in circuit networks
• Adds technology for pollution detector

This mod is intended to use for turning on and off some factories depending on pollution levels in the chunk where the detector is placed.

Pictures

Changelog

Changelog:
0.5.0
- Made it 0.18 compatible

(current)
- Multiplied the returned pollution value by 60 to account for the recent changes in pollution values. See https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-286 under "Wednesday"
- Added technology descriptions

0.5.0
- Made it 0.17 compatible

0.4.0
- Optera made it 0.16 compatible
- Updated with HD Graphics (credit goes to Optera aswell)

0.3.0
- Rewrite by Optera for enhanced performance

0.2.3
- Made it 0.15 compatible

0.2.2
- Made it 0.14 compatible

0.2.1
- Performance update (Thanks to optera for pointing this out). Pollution detector now updates once per second/Every 60 ticks

0.2.0
- Updated to fit modding changes made in Patch 0.13.0

0.1.2
- Updated to fit modding changes made in Patch 0.12.11

0.1.1
- Fixed a bug, that prevented pollution detectors from working after loading a saved game (reported by Zeeth_Kyrah)

0.1.0
- Added the basic contents of the mod (Entity, Technology, Items)

[Zeeth_Kyrah]

This is a pretty cool mod. I'm using 0.12.3 with it, and it's working well. I will say I've had a problem: when I'm loading a saved level, the detectors lock up and display a single value instead of a continuous measurement. I have to remove and replace to get them working again, which also means re-adding the signal wire they're connected to. I'm pretty sure it's a simple on-load statement to reset the detector when the level is started and the entities are already placed. Could you take care of that, please?

[Schorty]

Oh, haven't noticed this. I'll have a look into this. Thanks for the report

[Schorty]

Aaaaaand its fixed. At least its working for me now. Please let me know if its working for you, aswell

[Zeeth_Kyrah]

I game the updated version a try today, and it works! Thank you. This is just what I needed to track pollution counts. I combine it with the Nixie Tubes mod to get a continuous readout, and then when pollution is high in a chunk, I have smart inserters put clean filters in the air filter machines near my highest-polluting chunks. Saves time, energy, and the coal I'd otherwise spend recycling filters when I don't need to.

If I weren't using the air filters mod, I'd still want this, so I could do things like disable high energy-cost or high-pollution devices when their pollution reaches certain chunks I want to keep clean.

[Devildog]

@Schorty, Adding to the mod pack version 0.2.0

[Schorty]

Yeah, go ahead man.

[mrtux]

Will there be a release for 0.12.20?

[Dr. Walrus]

Will there be a release for 0.12.20?

The 12.11 update broke the mod. I got it working by replacing game.on_event with script.on_event in the control.lua file.

This is my control.lua file from the pollution detector mod on my computer that i edited. it seems to work fine for me. If you replace the file that comes with the mod with this one the mod should work.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xlnsw ... ontrol.lua

[Alexs]

@ dr.walrus - thx

[miturion]

this is a nice idea. Better than reading red color tones

[ares0027]

not working right now;

[daniel34]

not working right now;

The 12.11 update broke the mod. I got it working by replacing game.on_event with script.on_event in the control.lua file.

This is my control.lua file from the pollution detector mod on my computer that i edited. it seems to work fine for me. If you replace the file that comes with the mod with this one the mod should work.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xlnsw ... ontrol.lua

[Schorty]

Thanks for pointing that out. I've overlooked the last hint on this. Will have a look at the bug!

[Schorty]

Mod has been updated. It will work now. Sorry for the inconvinience!

Greetings,
Schorty

[1nf3ct3d]

It says _ _ pollution-detector_ _/ control.lua6: attempt to index global "game" (a nil value)
when i try to load a game or start a new one

i have to delete bobs mod and c&p the modpack in again so it works again.

any solutions for this?

[daniel34]

You have an old version of pollution detector installed, update or delete it:
[MOD 0.12.X] Pollution detector

EDIT: wasn't sure where to move this topic (was in Bob's mods), so just merged it to here.

[Schorty]

This mod has just been updated to match requirements of Factorio 0.13

Just download version 0.2.0!

[Optera]

Having detectors all over the base seems to be very taxing on my game.

20160704172549_1.jpg (1.09 MiB) Viewed 25871 times

Reducing the update interval to every 60 ticks made the time drop from ~4.5 to ~0.04

Code: Select all

script.on_event(defines.events.on_tick, function(event)
  ticks = ticks + 1
  if ticks >= 60 then
    ticks = 0
    for i, pollution_detector in ipairs(pollution_detectors) do
	  setPollutionValue(pollution_detector)
	end	
  end
end)

lua isn't really my thing, so there might be better ways to achieve that.

[Schorty]

You are probably right.. Once per Tick isn't really needed. I'll update the mod right away. Thanks for pointing this out!