[MOD 0.15.29+] Creative Mode 0.3.12 - Infinite resources

[Mooncat]

Hello,

i tried some stuff but provoked a crash

...

I found the reason for the error.
The defines.events.on_player_created event is not called when the earth scenario is started. This event is used for initializing necessary data in Research Queue when a player is created. Because this event is not called, the data is nil and hence the game complains it. (It has nothing to do with Creative Mode. Without it, you will still get into the error when you finish a research.)
But the reason why it is not called is beyond my knowledge. Perhaps you should ask the author of that scenario.

[steinio]

Hello,

i tried some stuff but provoked a crash

...

I found the reason for the error.
The defines.events.on_player_created event is not called when the earth scenario is started. This event is used for initializing necessary data in Research Queue when a player is created. Because this event is not called, the data is nil and hence the game complains it. (It has nothing to do with Creative Mode. Without it, you will still get into the error when you finish a research.)
But the reason why it is not called is beyond my knowledge. Perhaps you should ask the author of that scenario.

Ah ok thank you.
I tested it with a new game and all works flawless.

So it's related only to the scenario.

Greetings steinio

[atlas1205]

yo, still waiting for that resource richness slider XD

[Anson]

If you are talking about resetting specific technologies, that will require additional GUI.
I will do it after 0.15 come out. :P

quite understandable, but ...

in case you didn't read the newest FFF-164 yet :

There are many things we want to have finished for 0.15, so the estimate isn't precise. The plan is to have approximately 3 months to implement all the planned changes, so it could be expected around february 2017.

and if the ETA is "around feb 2017", when will it be released ? maybe Xmas '16 or Easter '17 ? :-)

[Mooncat]

yo, still waiting for that resource richness slider XD

Implemented. Just need some more testing and I will release it.

If you are talking about resetting specific technologies, that will require additional GUI.
I will do it after 0.15 come out.

quite understandable, but ...

in case you didn't read the newest FFF-164 yet :

There are many things we want to have finished for 0.15, so the estimate isn't precise. The plan is to have approximately 3 months to implement all the planned changes, so it could be expected around february 2017.

and if the ETA is "around feb 2017", when will it be released ? maybe Xmas '16 or Easter '17 ?

Before they said that, my guess was nearly 100% correct.
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34922&p=217445#p217445
Now I think Feb - March is a reasonable range. Just don't expect it will be earlier than that, or you will be disappointed.

[Mooncat]

v0.2.2 is released. Added the slider for setting amount of resources generated by the Creator magic wand. Also added log() support for events.
Added 4 new team cheats. The new Super Radar is designed to be used together with the alien attractors from the last version.

Thanks to the png optimizing script by nastyslave, the size of this mod has been greatly reduced from 1560KB (v0.2.1) to 841KB (v0.2.2) even with the new sprites of Super Radar.

Again, for details, please read the version history first.
(Continue to work on the wiki. I think I should put the remote interface part to top priority.)

Edit: http://factorio-creative-mode.wikia.com ... _Interface

[atlas1205]

good to hear that slider is finally implemented XD

[judos]

Hi Mooncat,

Awesome mod!

Small request: Can we have a "Creative Roboport" with huge area and amount of charging / charging places ?

/edit: maybe also creative robots (don't use energy, are extremely fast) ?

Cheers,
judos

[Nexela]

Hi Mooncat,

Awesome mod!

Small request: Can we have a "Creative Roboport" with huge area and amount of charging / charging places ?

Cheers,
judos

+1

[Mooncat]

Hi Mooncat,

Awesome mod!

Small request: Can we have a "Creative Roboport" with huge area and amount of charging / charging places ?

/edit: maybe also creative robots (don't use energy, are extremely fast) ?

Cheers,
judos

Absolutely. But I will need to research on the possibility first.

[judos]

Those are all properties on the prototype which can be set for the entity, so it shouldn't be a large hack

[Mooncat]

Released v0.2.3, added super robots and roboport as suggested. Also some fixes for the careless mistakes in the previous version.

Those are all properties on the prototype which can be set for the entity, so it shouldn't be a large hack

It is not just about can they be implemented, but also how. Like the Super Radar, you can't set its energy type to burner, or you will not be able to provide free energy to it by setting LuaEntity::energy.
And for the roboport, it turns out changing its energy type to burner has no effect at all. It will still be electric. Fortunately, setting LuaEntity::energy works. So, just ignore the energy warning signal.

[Fatmice]

Current version, Modding -> Interfaces -> Mod, click on the button to open the interfaces, click again to close, click again gives nothing. Click to another mod gives the gui again.

[Mooncat]

Current version, Modding -> Interfaces -> Mod, click on the button to open the interfaces, click again to close, click again gives nothing. Click to another mod gives the gui again.

Thanks for the report! I can confirm this bug and will fix it in the next version.

[Nexela]

Have to admit this mod is a pretty high level of awesomeness!

[Mooncat]

Have to admit this mod is a pretty high level of awesomeness!

Thanks for your kind words.

[Nexela]

Now we need Surface cheats, Create map markers for resources on map

[Mooncat]

Now we need Surface cheats, Create map markers for resources on map

Not sure what it is, would you mind to elaborate?

[siggboy]

Now we need Surface cheats, Create map markers for resources on map

Not sure what it is, would you mind to elaborate?

I'm pretty sure he just wants to be able to put notes on the map.

I'd agree that it would be very useful, but you might consider it out of scope because it's more display related and not really a cheat.

I guess it could be integrated into the magic wand, though, giving it an ability to add and remove arbitrary map nodes.

Having said that, there are already other mods that cover such functionality.

I love the work that you've done lately on the mod. Currently I'm not playing the game so I've only followed it from the sidelines. A lot of people seem to be using the mod now. Very solid.

[Mooncat]

Now we need Surface cheats, Create map markers for resources on map

Not sure what it is, would you mind to elaborate?

I'm pretty sure he just wants to be able to put notes on the map.

I'd agree that it would be very useful, but you might consider it out of scope because it's more display related and not really a cheat.

I guess it could be integrated into the magic wand, though, giving it an ability to add and remove arbitrary map nodes.

Having said that, there are already other mods that cover such functionality.

I love the work that you've done lately on the mod. Currently I'm not playing the game so I've only followed it from the sidelines. A lot of people seem to be using the mod now. Very solid.

Ah! So Nexela wants something like this: Map Labels - Add labels to resources on the map.
Yes, it is a bit out of scope. Please use that mod and see if it is suitable first. (Someone created the patch for 0.14 on the second page.)
I'm glad you guys love this mod. I'm planning to add more features, like programmable spawner (heavily inspired by FFF #166) and command block (like the lua combinator mod. The command block in Minecraft is a good reference.)