Artillery targeting behavior?

[HURTZCO]

Anyone has any data, or knows where I can find in the game code how the artillery (or any turret, really) aims, specifically regarding the manual targeting? I have an idea for a mod but I'd need to understand that behavior to get it working properly.

[Qon]

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entity.surface.create_entity({
                    name = "artillery-flare",
                    position = {x, y},
                    force = entity.force,
            })

My mod ArtilleryCombinator creates artillery-flare's at the position you decide with your combinator. An artillery flare is the targeting dot that is placed with the manual targeting tool and which artillery will aim at.

[HURTZCO]

So if I want any turret-specific behavior that doesn't apply to all artillery, I'll have to write the script to get the behavior going?

Because really that was part of my plan - cloning/instancing parts or the totality of the Artillery class to create a separate artillery call that wouldn't interfere with normal artillery turrets/wagons.

[eradicator]

Because really that was part of my plan - cloning/instancing parts or the totality of the Artillery class to create a separate artillery call that wouldn't interfere with normal artillery turrets/wagons.

The factorio API does not offer that kind of low-level access to classes. Want different behavior from a base entity -> Have to use a fake entity and script it all yourself. Possibly including the spawning of projectiles.

[HURTZCO]

But for a completely new entity that would simulate base-like behavior, I'll have to write the whole thing from scratch and everything should be good, correct?

In this case, is there a way to get a turret to only attack a specific type of entity?

[eradicator]

But for a completely new entity that would simulate base-like behavior, I'll have to write the whole thing from scratch and everything should be good, correct?

Everything except possibly performance ;).

In this case, is there a way to get a turret to only attack a specific type of entity?

TriggerTargetMask + TriggerTargetType as far as i understand
https://wiki.factorio.com/Types/TriggerTargetMask

[HURTZCO]

Sounds like it would be more beneficial to change the game up a bit around my content instead of trying to implement the behavior that would make my mod unique