[MOD 0.12.20] Concrete Lamppost

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Re: [MOD 0.12.20] Concrete Lamppost

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Pohybel wrote:listen mod is useless without this option maybe there is any way to implement rotation maybe others moder can help? Can you tell my where is problem, i know il be layman but maybe someone reat this and make help?
It's very important for me that this mod work properly.
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Got to agree with many comments here - you have to respect the limitations a person works under. "Please reconsider changing the laws of nature" is not an appropriate response to "It can't be done." The proper response is to try and suggest alternatives or workarounds, like the suggestion of the multiple lamp pole, for which facing is not an issue.

Working with a developer or a modder when you don't have the coding skills to do what they do is difficult. I know, I've worked with some indie game devs as a designer, without having the coding background they did. You can't just not believe in the limits they face. You have to try to understand those limits, and then you can help them circumvent them.

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So I read through the comments and I'm curious as I am a total greenhorn to the world of Factorio modding...
How hard is it to mirror a texture and add another few recipes? I was thinking maybe just have the two options for the poles one facing East the other West and add two more recipes that can be done by hand that just change one pole into the other.
No disrespect meant it's a totally honest question. If it's not something worth doing yourself I am totally up to it I just have no idea how hard it would be.
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Sirisma wrote:So I read through the comments and I'm curious as I am a total greenhorn to the world of Factorio modding...
How hard is it to mirror a texture and add another few recipes? I was thinking maybe just have the two options for the poles one facing East the other West and add two more recipes that can be done by hand that just change one pole into the other.
No disrespect meant it's a totally honest question. If it's not something worth doing yourself I am totally up to it I just have no idea how hard it would be.
The problem with mirroring textures, is that the shadows would then be facing the wrong direction, which would look completely wrong, i might at some time make a new mod like 'Fancy Lampposts' which will have 2 lamps, which will be much better in terms of direction and stuff... we will see

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Re: [MOD 0.12.20] Concrete Lamppost

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wtf is with all the complaining ?!?!? this mod is fucking great! can you please make buildings that could be just built or placed just for the looks, would be really appreciated since it would feel cool to build some towns and stuff :)

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Re: [MOD 0.12.20] Concrete Lamppost

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i dont know where to post this, but when i use farl with a blueprint of the concrete lampposts, the lamppost are placed down, but dont light up at night. Is this a bug in your code, or in farl?

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DutchJer wrote:i dont know where to post this, but when i use farl with a blueprint of the concrete lampposts, the lamppost are placed down, but dont light up at night. Is this a bug in your code, or in farl?
Probably a little of both, Im guessing the game surface.create_entity command doesn't fire the script.on_entity_created event... which is what i use to place down the lamps

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Klonan wrote:Probably a little of both, Im guessing the game surface.create_entity command doesn't fire the script.on_entity_created event... which is what i use to place down the lamps
Yeah both probably, if you could a remote interface that takes the created lamppost, i could call it from farl once it places one. Had to do the same for 5dims trains and their electric rails.

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sounds good :D thanks guys :D

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Actually Klonan, you don't need to do anything, should be enough if i do

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game.raise_event(defines.events.on_robot_built_entity, {created_entity = entity})
Btw, is it intentional that the lamp is of force neutral? to me it would make more sense if it where the same force as the created powerpole?

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Choumiko wrote:Actually Klonan, you don't need to do anything, should be enough if i do

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game.raise_event(defines.events.on_robot_built_entity, {created_entity = entity})
Btw, is it intentional that the lamp is of force neutral? to me it would make more sense if it where the same force as the created powerpole?
Yep, If they are both player.force, they are both included in blueprints, which leads to odd behavior, but since the lamp is neutral, it still works as a lamp and draws from the electric network, but doesn't include itself in any blueprints.

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Nice lights. I really love the concept of them. Going to add them to my new series starting tomorrow.

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So I found a bug, When you try to mine anything by hand in a sandbox scenario the game gives an error and goes to the main menu.
(I Use sandbox to test mods, which i probably won't anymore since it can have bugs the normal version won't lol)

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sporefreak wrote:So I found a bug, When you try to mine anything by hand in a sandbox scenario the game gives an error and goes to the main menu.
(I Use sandbox to test mods, which i probably won't anymore since it can have bugs the normal version won't lol)

Can you show a screenshot of the error? If you're placing concrete lampposts in the editor you will have to place down both entities by hand, as the scripts don't run

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We can't rotate lamps and for me its big flaw because we can only place lamps in one direction. If we make corners or crosses it will automatically rotate laps to wire direction and mess up view.

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Re: [MOD 0.12.20] Concrete Lamppost

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Oh whoops this is a problem with electrical pole lights not concrete lamps. I guess i saw the name and didn't really process it as a different mod....

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does it have the same power consumption as a lamp?

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Hi res? ^^

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