[MOD 0.15.x] The Fat Controller. Remote train manager 2.0.7

[Vas]

Would there be a way for you to add a different kind of train? One that when you get in, your UI shows some buttons of train stops named for personal transport.

That's not what Fat Controller aims to do. Maybe this is what you are looking for?

Ah, yea I guess that does work, though it would be nice to not need a "shuttle" specific train to do it. I'll use that for now.

By the way, three things:
I'm having trouble figuring out which train does what in the list of trains. Can you add a button to name a train? Or hide trains from that menu? Or both.
I've tried out a Smart Train's mod, but it doesn't seem to be working, I can't make trains leave only when "full" or "empty".
I'd like to be able to set custom times, not just max out at 200 seconds.

[Lucky_Evie]

Oh my god I just realized that in the "The Fat Controller", "FAT" isn't an acronym. I guess I haven't watched enough Thomas the Tank Engine to get that reference right away...

[Choumiko]

By the way, three things:
I'm having trouble figuring out which train does what in the list of trains. Can you add a button to name a train? Or hide trains from that menu? Or both.
I've tried out a Smart Train's mod, but it doesn't seem to be working, I can't make trains leave only when "full" or "empty".
I'd like to be able to set custom times, not just max out at 200 seconds.

You can filter the displayed trains by the station in their schedule ("s" button at the top)
Already working on renaming (the textfield will disappear after you set a name, just need to find a good spot to display the name without the gui getting to long)

For full/empty to work the trains need to be assigned to a line, and to really only leave when full/empty wait forever has to be checked

[Dashie]

base 12.29
+ various mods

MODS

{
"mods": [
{
"name": "base",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "advanced-logistics-system",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "AdvancedEquipment",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "air-filtering",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Aircraft",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "autofill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Belt-hoppers",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "blueprint-string",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobassembly",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobconfig",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblibrary",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobmining",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobpower",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "clock",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "color-coding",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ConcreteLogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "corpse-chest",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "dark-matter-replicators",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "electric-switch",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Equipment-Swap",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EternalBlueprints",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EvoGUI",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FARL",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FastFilterFill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "fastnsmart",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "filtered-deconstruction-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Foreman",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ghosts-from-the-start",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "greenhouse",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "improvedbeacons",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Landfill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Larger Inventory",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "launch-control",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "LogicBelt",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistic-Gun-Turret",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistics Railway",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "long-reach",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "micro-accumulator",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mocombat",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mod-iconizer",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ModuleInserter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "MoreLight",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nightvision",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nixie-tubes",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Orbital Ion Cannon",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "PersonalTeleporter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Plasma Shotgun Shells",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "pressure-floor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RailLogicSystem",
"enabled": "false"
},
{
"name": "RailTanker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "research-queue",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "rso-mod",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RSORadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SatelliteRadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "sensor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SignPosts",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SimpleTeleporters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartSplitters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartTrains",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "test-mode",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "TheFatController",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "train-tracker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "upgrade-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Uplink Station",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Warehousing",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "wireless-signals",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "WrenchFu",
"enabled": "true"
}
]
}

i tested TheFatController_0.4.11 , 12 and 13
i get this error

Error occurs while pressing "c" to spectate the train
Error is :
Gui.lua 18
Gui.lua 34

[lopezcesar26]

base 12.29
+ various mods

MODS

{
"mods": [
{
"name": "base",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "advanced-logistics-system",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "AdvancedEquipment",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "air-filtering",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Aircraft",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "autofill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Belt-hoppers",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "blueprint-string",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobassembly",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobconfig",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblibrary",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobmining",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobpower",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "clock",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "color-coding",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ConcreteLogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "corpse-chest",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "dark-matter-replicators",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "electric-switch",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Equipment-Swap",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EternalBlueprints",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EvoGUI",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FARL",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FastFilterFill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "fastnsmart",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "filtered-deconstruction-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Foreman",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ghosts-from-the-start",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "greenhouse",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "improvedbeacons",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Landfill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Larger Inventory",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "launch-control",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "LogicBelt",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistic-Gun-Turret",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistics Railway",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "long-reach",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "micro-accumulator",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mocombat",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mod-iconizer",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ModuleInserter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "MoreLight",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nightvision",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nixie-tubes",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Orbital Ion Cannon",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "PersonalTeleporter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Plasma Shotgun Shells",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "pressure-floor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RailLogicSystem",
"enabled": "false"
},
{
"name": "RailTanker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "research-queue",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "rso-mod",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RSORadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SatelliteRadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "sensor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SignPosts",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SimpleTeleporters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartSplitters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartTrains",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "test-mode",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "TheFatController",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "train-tracker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "upgrade-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Uplink Station",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Warehousing",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "wireless-signals",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "WrenchFu",
"enabled": "true"
}
]
}

i tested TheFatController_0.4.11 , 12 and 13
i get this error

Error occurs while pressing "c" to spectate the train
Error is :
Gui.lua 18
Gui.lua 34

Ive been trying to find a solution for this problem as well...with no luck

[Roktaal]

base 12.29
+ various mods

MODS

{
"mods": [
{
"name": "base",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "advanced-logistics-system",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "AdvancedEquipment",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "air-filtering",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Aircraft",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "autofill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Belt-hoppers",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "blueprint-string",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobassembly",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobconfig",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblibrary",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "boblogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobmining",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "bobpower",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "clock",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "color-coding",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ConcreteLogistics",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "corpse-chest",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "dark-matter-replicators",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "electric-switch",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Equipment-Swap",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EternalBlueprints",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "EvoGUI",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FARL",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "FastFilterFill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "fastnsmart",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "filtered-deconstruction-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Foreman",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ghosts-from-the-start",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "greenhouse",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "improvedbeacons",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Landfill",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Larger Inventory",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "launch-control",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "LogicBelt",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistic-Gun-Turret",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Logistics Railway",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "long-reach",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "micro-accumulator",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mocombat",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "mod-iconizer",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "ModuleInserter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "MoreLight",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nightvision",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "nixie-tubes",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Orbital Ion Cannon",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "PersonalTeleporter",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Plasma Shotgun Shells",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "pressure-floor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RailLogicSystem",
"enabled": "false"
},
{
"name": "RailTanker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "research-queue",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "rso-mod",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "RSORadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SatelliteRadar",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "sensor",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SignPosts",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SimpleTeleporters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartSplitters",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "SmartTrains",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "test-mode",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "TheFatController",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "train-tracker",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "upgrade-planner",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Uplink Station",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "Warehousing",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "wireless-signals",
"enabled": "true"
},
{
"name": "WrenchFu",
"enabled": "true"
}
]
}

i tested TheFatController_0.4.11 , 12 and 13
i get this error

Error occurs while pressing "c" to spectate the train
Error is :
Gui.lua 18
Gui.lua 34

Ive been trying to find a solution for this problem as well...with no luck

The problem is caused by my Mod Iconizer. Update it following the instructions (Important notice) in first post at viewtopic.php?f=92&t=23680

[Redstylt]

The french transaltion

fr.cfg

(1.07 KiB) Downloaded 267 times

[lopezcesar26]

Ive got it working now...needed to update bothe mods.....thanks for your help

[mrflib]

Hey there, love your mod.

I'm having the following issue and wonder if you can help:

I've saved the game whilst in a train, when I load the game back up, wait for the train to stop and attempt to get out I get the following error which crashes the game:

Error while running the event handler:
__TheFatController__/TrainList.lua:105:
LuaTrain API call when LuaTrain was invalid.

Any ideas? Cheers

[Choumiko]

Updated to The Fat Controller 0.4.14

• suppress no fuel warning for 1 minute for new trains
• fix error with invalid train (158578)
• french translation by Redstylt

I've saved the game whilst in a train, when I load the game back up, wait for the train to stop and attempt to get out I get the following error which crashes the game:

Error while running the event handler:
__TheFatController__/TrainList.lua:105:
LuaTrain API call when LuaTrain was invalid.

I really have no idea how in that particular line a train could be invalid, since it's in a function that's suppossed to remove all invalid trains.. For now the fix is to not crash and try to go on.

[steinio]

Updated to The Fat Controller 0.4.14

• suppress no fuel warning for 1 minute for new trains

Wow thats really luxury.

Thanks.

[blizgerg]

So, I noticed something strange while playing just now. I am using The Fat Controller version 0.4.14 and Smart Trains 0.3.82, and I noticed that sometimes, when I filtered trains by station, not all of them showed up. Here is a screen shot showing what I mean.

screenshot

20160516232348_1.jpg (1.34 MiB) Viewed 13783 times

Notice that Smart trains says that I have 7 trains on the Factory Iron line. which consists of stations Smeltery Iron and Factory Iron Unload. I have the fat controller filtered by the Smeltery Iron station and it only shows 3 of them.

Expected behavior is to show all 7 of them.

[Choumiko]

Notice that Smart trains says that I have 7 trains on the Factory Iron line. which consists of stations Smeltery Iron and Factory Iron Unload. I have the fat controller filtered by the Smeltery Iron station and it only shows 3 of them.

Expected behavior is to show all 7 of them.

That is a bit odd. But looking at the code maybe it isn't.. Does FatController display the correct number of trains in the unfiltered view? Could be that the stations the missing trains are on have not been upated.
I'll try and see if i can reproduce and fix it.
Until then using /c remote.call("fat", "find_trains") in the console should fix it.

[creekz]

Oh my god I just realized that in the "The Fat Controller", "FAT" isn't an acronym. I guess I haven't watched enough Thomas the Tank Engine to get that reference right away...

I thought FAT was "Far Away Train", as in The far away train controller. x)

[blizgerg]

Does FatController display the correct number of trains in the unfiltered view?

Yes.

*edited*

I have had a chance to try the command /c remote.call("fat", "find_trains") and it did not add the trains to the filter. I still saw fewer trains than I expected to see. Does it matter that there are more than 1 station with the name I am filtering?

*edit*

I think I might know how to reproduce it.

• Have both smart trains and the fat controller installed.
• Setup a line.
• Add a new train, and select the active checkbox for the line on that train, do not add any stations to the schedule (smart trains will do this when you start it).
• Start the train.

Now that train will not show up on any filter for any of the stations it has in its schedule, even though those stops show up on its schedule once it starts moving.

[Choumiko]

• Have both smart trains and the fat controller installed.
• Setup a line.
• Add a new train, and select the active checkbox for the line on that train, do not add any stations to the schedule (smart trains will do this when you start it).
• Start the train.

Now that train will not show up on any filter for any of the stations it has in its schedule, even though those stops show up on its schedule once it starts moving.

Ah, makes sense.. how dare SmartTrains changing a schedule without telling TFC about it I'll fix it tomorrow.

[Choumiko]

Updated to The Fat Controller 0.4.15

• Trains can be renamed, option to toggle displaying the name
• fixed stations not getting updated (160777)
• Most of the GUI text can now be localised

How to rename trains

[Mooncat]

Hi Choumiko, thx for the mod.

But when I tried to start a new game with Klonan's Creative Mode, it prompted the following error then quit:

Code: Select all

Error while running the event handler:
...Data/Roaming/Factorio/temp/currently-playing/control.lua:38:Error while running the event handler:
__TheFatController__/control.lua:73: attempt to concatenate field 'version' (a nil value)

So, after studying a little bit about modding, I added a nil-checking on the 73th line of your control.lua such that it doesn't concatenate global.version if it is nil.
Now it shows an error message on the console:

Code: Select all

Error in FatController
__TheFatController__/GUI.lua:273: attempt to index local 'player_gui' (a nil value)

But at least the game is running now.

I am using v0.4.15 of your mod. Can you please take a look on it when you have time?

[Choumiko]

Fixed if you use this: https://github.com/Choumiko/TheFatContr ... ontrol.lua

[Mooncat]

Fixed if you use this: https://github.com/Choumiko/TheFatContr ... ontrol.lua

Thx for the fix! It is working without any error message.