How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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I tried to make a scenario. I messed up the force. Now I need to find all the worm turrets and set then to enemy. Any idea?
I searched in the docs but found nothing. Entity doesn't contain a field to set force, neither force is without any function to receive entity.
Editor doesn't do this neither.

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Re: How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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/c for _,turret in pairs(game.player.surface.find_entities_filtered{type="turret"}) do if turret.name:find("worm") then turret.force = "enemy" end end
Should search the current surface for all turrets, then narrow the search to turrets with "worm" in their name and set them to the "enemy" force.

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Re: How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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In vanilla the extra filtering should be unnecessary - the only 'turret' prototypes in the game are the four worms. Player turrets have their own types - ammo-turret, fluid-turret, and electric-turret.
yagaodirac wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:42 pm
Entity doesn't contain a field to set force, neither force is without any function to receive entity.
LuaEntity inherits from LuaControl, which has a Force parameter that can be set like in the code posted above - https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Lua ... trol.force

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Re: How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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PFQNiet wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:21 pm
OK thanks.

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Re: How to change force for entity in editor or script?

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Silari wrote:
Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:30 pm
Thanks. I'll check it out.

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