[MOD 0.12.12+] Research queue 1.2.6

[MrDoomah]

Type: Mod
Name: Research queue
Description: Lets you queue up your research.
License:
Version: 1.2.6
Release: 2015-10-21
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.17 - 0.12.34
Category: Convenience
Tags: Research, queue, technology
Download-Url:

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License

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Long description

Long description
This allows you to queue up your research. It also figures out the required prerequisites and adds them if needed. But pictures say more than 1000 words so: http://imgur.com/a/Z2ejG

Toggle this off to prevent the technology screen popping up every time research is done.






Special filters for bob's mods. Click the extend button to show filters for the individual items.

Version history

Version history
Version 1.2.6 (29-may-2016):
Fixed: Should no longer create errors when creating forces

research-queue_1.2.6.zip

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Version 1.2.5 (12-april-2016):
Changed: The Research queue button is now shortened to RQ.
Fixed: Should no longer create errors when mods complete research in their init stage.
Added: Toggle the automatic popup of the research queue screen on empty queue with console command:

Code: Select all

/c remote.call("RQ","popup",true/false)

Version 1.2.4 (24-januari-2016):
Added: Now print a message what research was completed.

Version 1.2.3 (5-januari-2016):
Fixed: Creating forces before this mod is initialised no longer gives an error.
Fixed: No longer counts up to nearly double the labs that there actually are.

Version 1.2.2 (7-december-2015):
Changed: Icon size is now automatically detected using the icon_size in technologies.
Fixed: Compatibility with mods that use spaces in their names.

Version 1.2.1 (1-december-2015):
New: Other mods can now indicate that they use the new 128x128 by placing table.insert(rq.big_icons,"<mod_name>") in their data-updates.lua file.
Changed: Adjusted the icon(frames) to the new icon size introduced in 0.12.17.
Changed: Time estimation now ticks down while gui is opened.
Changed: Time estimation now also takes power into account for the base lab, limited for modded labs.

Version 1.2.0 (12-november-2015):
New: Added an overview of research ingredients to items in the queue.
New: Queue now shows a (rough) estimate for the time until the research is completed.
Changed: Clicking the up button on the top research now prompts a warning before overwriting the current research.
Fixed: Research tagged as upgrades and without prerequisites now shows in the overview.

Version 1.1.1 (28-october-2015):
Fixed: Loading this mod into an existing save once again should not give an error.

Version 1.1.0 (27-october-2015):
New: Filter buttons for the research ingredients. Should work with all mods and are dynamically generated.
New: Scroll buttons for the list of technologies if there are too many technologies.
New: Extend button to show all upgrade technologies instead of just the first.
Changed: Icon background are changed to 36px, icons itself are still 32px.
Changed: The interface is now synchronised between all persons on the force.
Changed: Buttons now make sound when clicked.
Changed: The interface now pops up when research is done and no research is queued up.

Version 1.0.2 (24-october-2015):
Really fixed: Loading this mod into an existing save now shows the gui.
Fixed: Loading this mod into an existing save no longer causes crashes when research finishes.
Fixed: Removing research now properly removes other research.
Changed: When the top of the queue is removed, the new top is automatically started (overriding the progress on the current research)
Changed: Pressing the up button on the research at the top of the queue will start this research, overriding (progress on) manual started research.
Changed: Icon size is now 32px for better display.
Changed: After closing and opening the gui it now always displays icons.
Changed: After closing and opening the gui it now always displays the top of the queue.
Changed: The queue now scrolls up when removing items from the queue, preventing the queue to move out of the display.

Version 1.0.1 (23-october-2015):
Fixed that loading this mod into an existing save would not show the gui.

Version 1.0.0 (21-october-2015):
Release

Old Versions: Dropbox link

[MrDoomah]

This mod is far from complete, but it works (in vanilla SP at least) so I decided to release it in order to get some feedback.

[MrDrummer]

Looks awesome! Unfortunately, I have finished the research for my map so I shall add it to my ever increasing list of "watch" mods.

Can't wait to test this out

[suprnova74]

ok, i have a love-hate relationship with you now.

I love that you made this. i hate that you beat me to it! I seriously was researching this for several weeks. I will be looking through your mod to see how you did it. Nice job!

[MrDoomah]

ok, i have a love-hate relationship with you now.

I love that you made this. i hate that you beat me to it! I seriously was researching this for several weeks. I will be looking through your mod to see how you did it. Nice job!

Feel free to look at the code. I'm not a good programmer so it might not be the best code you've ever seen. (Other than matlab, everything is self taught). Most of it is to do with gui and making sure that the queue is in a logical order.

[speedy45]

great mod, so my question how do I reset the qui for this mod for a existing savegame

[MrDoomah]

What do you mean by resetting the gui? You can open / close the gui by pressing the research queue button in the top left.

[speedy45]

well I mean like in the attachment in my save game. Also this mod is install. Just a quick note there is a bug when you queue some research to start and delete a research the list of queue research goes to nothing.

[MrDoomah]

Hmm, my computer doesn't load your attachement well, it shows a small piece of desert with a thick white border around it. Could you try reuploading it? Perhaps use an exteral image hosting site such as http://imgur.com/?
That being said, I do get why you don't get the gui after installing this mod after you've already got a savegame. This will be an easy fix.I'm in class right now, but check back in about 6 hours or so for an updated version. It is fixed now:

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For the curious what the bug is:The mod places the gui button (and some variables) on init and on player_created. Both these events are fired when a new game is started. However an existing game doesn't fire these events, thus no gui is created. And even manually placing the button will probably throw an error because the variables aren't initialised either. I should probably check out the new event when the game state changes, or otherwise use on_load.

Just a quick note there is a bug when you queue some research to start and delete a research the list of queue research goes to nothing.

This is intentional. If you remove a research from the queue, it also checks if that research is a prerequisite to any other research in the list, and removes them also. For example; if your research queue consists of 1) automation, 2) Electronics, 3) Automation 2, and you remove automation, then the queue should be empty because automation is a prerequisite to electronics, and electronics is a prerequisite to automation 2.

If you still get this bug, can you please explain the steps you're doing to create this bug? (Tell me where you click on and what happened and what you think should happen).

Also this mod is install.

What you do mean by that?

[speedy45]

well ok when I research the following:

Combat robotics
Combat robotics 2

and queue up Combat robotics 3 by accident and would like to delete the "Combat robotics 3". The List of queue other research I queue disappears to noting except the Combat robotics 3 stay up to research and when I change to something else. The research I choose will finish and Combat robotics 3 comes up to start researching.

[MrDoomah]

well ok when I research the following:

Combat robotics
Combat robotics 2

and queue up Combat robotics 3 by accident and would like to delete the "Combat robotics 3". The List of queue other research I queue disappears to noting except the Combat robotics 3 stay up to research and when I change to something else. The research I choose will finish and Combat robotics 3 comes up to start researching.

Ok, so you say to add combat robotics 3, remove it from the queue and it still researches? Let me look into that.

[speedy45]

yeah ok I will wait

[PiggyWhiskey]

Hi, Found your mod after xterminator did a mod spotlight. I love the idea, so after installing it into my modded game (Bobs mostly and some other stuff) and get a crash out of the save.




Any ideas?

[orzelek]

Hi, Found your mod after xterminator did a mod spotlight. I love the idea, so after installing it into my modded game (Bobs mostly and some other stuff) and get a crash out of the save.




Any ideas?

If you are on 0.12.13 then a lot mods might crash on load if they store data in lua table in certain way.

[MrDoomah]

Hi, Found your mod after xterminator did a mod spotlight. I love the idea, so after installing it into my modded game (Bobs mostly and some other stuff) and get a crash out of the save.




Any ideas?

Since I didn't even knew 0.12.13 was out, this might be a 0.12.13 issue. If you're on 0.12.12, does a research finish right as you load the save? (Line 265 is in the on_research_finished event).

[PiggyWhiskey]

I'm on 0.12.13. And yes a research finishes as I load the game.

I'll test with 0.12.12 when I finish work to see if it is the 0.12.13 bug.

[MrDoomah]

I found the issue, it is not a .13 bug but with the on_configuration_changed script. Somehow (nil or "1.0.0") is not true when nil, but is true when "1.0.0", so I ditched the version check and just initialise again when it noticed that this mod has changed. Not as neat but just as nice.

This new version also fixes the issue speedy45 was experiencing (I think).

Also some other minor changes, but just look at the changelog.

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[speedy45]

That great to hear, and great mod by the way. So I tested it and works just fine.

[dogamusprime]

Needs a scrollbar. If there are lots of mods the buttons run off the screen.

[MrDoomah]

Yes, I've noticed that after installing bob's mods. For now there is a config file, so you can increase the width of the table. Keep tuned for the next update though .