[MOD 0.12.12+] Pocket Bots Start v1.0.4

[Peter34]

I'm on 12.26 and when I gen a world I get this error:

__Pocket-Bots-Start__/control.lua:8: attempt to index global 'game' (a nil value)

Was there an API change from then to now that breaks your mod? I'm using the archive provided from your last post.

I don't think Vampiric is playing Factorio currently, so he might not see your post, but as far as I know, this mod simply gives specific items to the player character entitys inventory upon gamestart, so it should be an almost trivial task for an experienced modder to update this to alpha 0.12.29.

Sadly, I am not an experienced modder, so you're reliant on someone else helping you out.

(Note also that you can give stuff to yourself using console commands, but of course when you want a vampiric buttload of stuff, that's non-trivial, and some of the stuff you may want to give to yourself hasn't got intuitive names. There's also the risk of temptation, that once you start using console commands, you'll console your way to victory without actually playing the game in any true sense of the word.)

[tleviathan]

I'm on 12.26 and when I gen a world I get this error:

__Pocket-Bots-Start__/control.lua:8: attempt to index global 'game' (a nil value)

Was there an API change from then to now that breaks your mod? I'm using the archive provided from your last post.

Just change "game" to "script" at line 8

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script.on_event( defines.events.on_player_created, function( event )
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[Sunblood]

Getting this error now when generating a new world in 12.29

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__Pocket-Bots-Start__/control.lua:60: Error while running the event handler: __research-queue__/functions/draw_grid.lua:28: No such node (state)

Line 60 in control.lua is

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player.force.technologies["bot-plan"].researched = true

Any ideas how to fix this?

[gaza9422]

im sorry if this has been asked already but im new to modding and cannot find the config file for this mod to change it to fast start as describled in the long description tab. thanks

[Adalonus]

im sorry if this has been asked already but im new to modding and cannot find the config file for this mod to change it to fast start as describled in the long description tab. thanks

Extract the downloaded file with 7zip or WinRAR. Open the folder and then "control.lua" with notepad++ (or notepad if you don't have that and if you don't, you should get it). Line 4 defines the fast start boolean.

[Adalonus]

Getting this error now when generating a new world in 12.29

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__Pocket-Bots-Start__/control.lua:60: Error while running the event handler: __research-queue__/functions/draw_grid.lua:28: No such node (state)

Line 60 in control.lua is

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player.force.technologies["bot-plan"].researched = true

Any ideas how to fix this?

I'm not sure if this is the fault of Pocket Bots or Research Queue, but you can fix this issue by just deleting or commenting out line 60 and the force technology for loop after it. Something is going wrong with the granting of the tech at the beginning of the game and research queue. This will result in the Pocket Bot Planning research not being completed and you don't get the tech side of the fast start, but you can easily rectify this using the console grant technology command:

/c game.local_player.force.technologies["technology-name"].researched = true

and replacing "technology-name" with "automation", "bot-plan", "logistics", and "military" each in turn. The mods will work nicely together after that

[MrDoomah]

The issue mentioned should be fixed with research queue v1.2.5. I think.

The issue was that this mod completes research before RQ is initialised, causing some funky behaviour.

[weskeriscool]

Hello could somebody help me im trying to play this mod and i get

__Pocket-Bots-Start__/control.lua:8: attempt to index global 'game' (a nil value)

everytime I load or start a new game

sorry Im a noob Idk what file I need to look at