safe ground or something

[Thedrah]

is it possible to restrict biter ai to not go into certain areas no matter what? like a holy or consecrated ground kind of thing

i get overwhelmed quite easily in heavily modded games and i'm resorting to using a mod that toggles peaceful mode which gave me the idea of simply a peaceful area. like having the starting area actually keep them out. even if it was only a small area to get a base actually moving (takes a long time with omni for me)

maybe if i restart i'll resort to an 'easier start'/'skip burner step' kind of mod

[darkfrei]

It's really easy mod. Now biters have collisions:
prototype.collision_mask: {["player-layer"] = true, ["train-layer"] = true}

So you need to add any collision mask from for example hazard concrete

Hazard concrete has only one collision_mask: {"ground-tile"}

So add to them some unused collision mask and ready!

The code:

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local concrete_tiles = {"hazard-concrete-left", "hazard-concrete-right", "concrete"}

local collision_layer = "layer-12"

for i, tile_name in pairs (concrete_tiles) do
  local tile = data.raw.tile[tile_name]
  if tile then
    tile.collision_mask = {"ground-tile", collision_layer}
  end
end

local units = {"small-biter", "medium-biter", "big-biter", "behemoth-biter", "small-spitter", "medium-spitter", "big-spitter", "behemoth-spitter"}

for i, unit_name in pairs (units) do
  local unit = data.raw.unit[unit_name]
  if unit then
    unit.collision_mask = {"player-layer", "train-layer", collision_layer}
  end
end

Link: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Biter_Hates_Concrete

[Qon]

Thedrah hasn't responded and thanked you darkfrei, and I don't actually need this mod. But I'll thank you on behalf of Thedrah and the community for a pretty cool mod anyways :3

[darkfrei]

Thedrah hasn't responded and thanked you darkfrei, and I don't actually need this mod. But I'll thank you on behalf of Thedrah and the community for a pretty cool mod anyways :3

Thanks The mod is a little bit cheatty, but sometimes nice to have free zones.

[robot256]

Thedrah hasn't responded and thanked you darkfrei, and I don't actually need this mod. But I'll thank you on behalf of Thedrah and the community for a pretty cool mod anyways :3

Thanks The mod is a little bit cheatty, but sometimes nice to have free zones.

Maybe balance it by making concrete more expensive, or only apply it to refined concrete!

[darkfrei]

Maybe balance it by making concrete more expensive, or only apply it to refined concrete!

Very slow concrete for player or the same as for biters, the player cannot go there too.

[robot256]

Maybe balance it by making concrete more expensive, or only apply it to refined concrete!

Very slow concrete for player or the same as for biters, the player cannot go there too.

If neither players nor biters can go there, wouldn't that just be invincible walls?