[MOD 0.12.26] Laser Beam Turret

[Klonan]

hi,
first: thnx for this amazing mods, vanilla laser animations are kinda boring.
but when i try to use it on 0.13 it removes all my laser turrets for some reason. i used 0.1.4 on 0.12 and just replaced it with the one i downloaded from mod portal.
also i also want to know if there is a way to remove this mod without losing all laser turrets
thnx

Hi,

You can run this script in 0.12 with the mod enabled:

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/c
for k, s in pairs (game.surfaces) do
				for c in s.get_chunks() do
					for key, b in pairs(s.find_entities_filtered({area={{c.x * 32, c.y * 32}, {c.x * 32 + 32, c.y * 32 + 32}}, name = laser-turret-purple"})) do
            local p = b.position
            local f = b.force
            b.destroy()
            s.create_entity{name = "laser-turret", position = p, force = f}								
					end
				end
			end		

and then disable the mod and load in 0.13 with the new mod on the portal

[Klonan]

I updated the bobs version (I think) - how I can publish it?
Should I post it here and you'll upload it to mods portal?
(That version also works with vanilla btw so can replace simple one)

If you send it to me via message i can also update it (i changed the beam slightly) and then i will publish it in place of my own vanilla verison

[orzelek]

I updated the bobs version (I think) - how I can publish it?
Should I post it here and you'll upload it to mods portal?
(That version also works with vanilla btw so can replace simple one)

If you send it to me via message i can also update it (i changed the beam slightly) and then i will publish it in place of my own vanilla verison

Need to post it here - can't attach to PM apparently.
I didn't test it extensively but should work properly.

[Escadin]

Unfortunately, I doesn't fully work. Laser beams don't seem to change with upgrade levels. Thanks for the effort anyways!

[orzelek]

Unfortunately, I doesn't fully work. Laser beams don't seem to change with upgrade levels. Thanks for the effort anyways!

There are two versions of base mod and for bob's one color is not upgrade based but laser turret type based.
Are you sure you are using correct one?

[Escadin]

Well I only saw one this whole time... I'd check again but mod portal is unavailable right now. This might solve it.

[orzelek]

Well I only saw one this whole time... I'd check again but mod portal is unavailable right now. This might solve it.

Hmm maybe only one is up on mod portal - I'm using bob's version only so didn't check there.

[Escadin]

Well I only saw one this whole time... I'd check again but mod portal is unavailable right now. This might solve it.

Hmm maybe only one is up on mod portal - I'm using bob's version only so didn't check there.

Where can I download it then?

[mcc1903]

Hi,

You can run this script in 0.12 with the mod enabled:

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/c
for k, s in pairs (game.surfaces) do
				for c in s.get_chunks() do
					for key, b in pairs(s.find_entities_filtered({area={{c.x * 32, c.y * 32}, {c.x * 32 + 32, c.y * 32 + 32}}, name = laser-turret-purple"})) do
            local p = b.position
            local f = b.force
            b.destroy()
            s.create_entity{name = "laser-turret", position = p, force = f}								
					end
				end
			end		

and then disable the mod and load in 0.13 with the new mod on the portal

Thank you very much
only possible problem for future users is that i think it deleted some laser turrets that were in the boxes as the game showed 300 of them deleted but it is not an issue for me

also there is just a little typo on the code at the 3rd line, most ppl could find it easily but to make it perfect one should add another " before "laser-turret-purple"

for key, b in pairs(s.find_entities_filtered({area={{c.x * 32, c.y * 32}, {c.x * 32 + 32, c.y * 32 + 32}}, name = "laser-turret-purple"}))

thnx again for the quick response and solution

[AutoMcD]

Yeah that's my only gripe with the mod, if you enable or disable the mod then you lose all turrets that were on the map.

[Ranakastrasz]

Suggest/Request that we get a config option, that sets it to always use same graphic and hence turret entity. That way, you can uninstall it safely.

[mcc1903]

The code Klonan posted worked perfectly and i used it to remove/fix some mods too, like replacing rails on logistics railway.
I am surprised that i am the first one to ask something like this but as the solution is easy and doesn't take much time it isn't anything major.

[Klonan]

Suggest/Request that we get a config option, that sets it to always use same graphic and hence turret entity. That way, you can uninstall it safely.

Okay so until i can figure out a safer/better way to do it, i'm only hosting the basic version on the mod portal, this won't remove the turrets when you uninstall the mod, but it also won't allow the colors to change as the turrets level up.

I will work (at some point) on a better system, but until then there will only be the (safe) basic version

[Ranakastrasz]

Also is there a solution to the invisible lasers? Where weak biters die with no visible lasers touching them?

[Klonan]

Also is there a solution to the invisible lasers? Where weak biters die with no visible lasers touching them?

It should be fixed in the latest version

[DarkHelmet]

Beware, if you want to upgrade a save with this mod to the version on the mod portal, you may need a migration script.

This version of the mod changes the entities and that causes them to be deleted on load with the mod portal version. The 0.13 version on the mod portal appears to simply change the activation of the stock entities. I create a file called "Laser_Beam_Turret_0.1.4.json" in the 0.1.6 mod's migrations folder:

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{
  "entity":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ],
  "item":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ]
}

This solved my turret-icide on load.

[Klonan]

Beware, if you want to upgrade a save with this mod to the version on the mod portal, you may need a migration script.

This version of the mod changes the entities and that causes them to be deleted on load with the mod portal version. The 0.13 version on the mod portal appears to simply change the activation of the stock entities. I create a file called "Laser_Beam_Turret_0.1.4.json" in the 0.1.6 mod's migrations folder:

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{
  "entity":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ],
  "item":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ]
}

This solved my turret-icide on load.

Thanks for this,
I have included it in the latest version 0.1.7

[SeelenJaegerTee]

Absolutely love this.
This should totally be how laser turrets shoot in __base__.

[stealingifs]

Looks cool

[bk5115545]

Any 0.14 plans?