[Solved] How to delete a recipe defined in the base mod?

[Impatient]

I would like to remove the base mod's recipe for electronic circuits.

I tried this

(data.lua)

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        data.raw.recipe["electronic-circuit"].enabled = false
        data.raw.recipe["electronic-circuit"].normal.enabled = false
        data.raw.recipe["electronic-circuit"].expensive.enabled = false

but this has no effect. I also put it in data-final-fixes.lua, - no effect.

I also dared to do this

(data.lua)

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data.raw.recipe["electronic-circuit"] = nil

which resuited in this error viewtopic.php?f=25&t=58196 .

I found out that using the console command

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/c game.player.force.recipes["electronic-circuit"].enabled=false

will disable the recipe for me in-game. So, it should be possible to disable it via control.lua in on_init() and on_load() for the play session globally (for all forces and players). Correct? Does anyone know the correct commands and where to put them?

Any other ideas how i can achieve the removal of a recipe from the base mod?

[DaveMcW]

It seems impossible. There are 6 recipes that cannot be disabled.

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for _,recipe in pairs(data.raw.recipe) do
  recipe.enabled = false
end

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[Bilka]

It seems impossible. There are 6 recipes that cannot be disabled.

58203

[eradicator]

If brute forcing doesn't work. Maybe use a more expensive hammer?

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for _,recipe in pairs(data.raw.recipe) do
  recipe.enabled = false
  
  if recipe.normal then
    recipe.normal.enabled = false
    end
  if recipe.expensive then
    recipe.expensive.enabled = false
    end

end

[DaveMcW]

Ok that does work. What a terrible design.

[Impatient]

It seems impossible. There are 6 recipes that cannot be disabled.

58203

This a link to another question I asked. But this seems to work only for custom recipes. Not for the ones from the base mod.

[Impatient]

Ok that does work. What a terrible design.

hey, that is unfair, i put this into data-final-fixes.lua but all it does is to remove the custom recipes, not the base ones. where do i need to put this code? Thanks!

[Impatient]

OMG!

I tested all the solutions, including my own, initial code with a savegame all the time. (quadruple facepalm).

When I start a new game, the recipe(s) is/are removed properly. My own code from 3.5 hours ago works as well. ... (facepalm)

[Impatient]

Thank you a lot for your help, so I finally could figure out what is going on.

I posted a follow up question ( viewtopic.php?f=25&t=58259 ). Mentioning it, in case you are interested in the learning journey of a modding rookie - meaning, maybe you can help with that one as well? Thanks a bunch!

[Arch666Angel]

If a recipe has normal/expensive defined, you need to set the value for both modes. Setting base game item/recipes/techs/entities in general is a bad idea, because everyone is expecting stuff to be there, so if you want to make it unusable use the hidden = true tag, so it will stay in but is not selectable, this might still cause issues you have to solve, but it at least wont let your game implode.