[0.11.x] Belt Utilities

[CorrettoSambuca]

Previously known as "Belt Lane Splitters", this is the exact same mod made compatible with Factorio version 0.11.x.

I own no credit whatsoever in the making of this mod: here are the two people that made it possible.
GotLag for the making of the mod: his is the concept, the art, and the code. (original thread)
Cullyn for the 11.5 compatibility, for fixing naming consistency and for mantaining the mod. (original post)

Contents



This mod adds two new belt utilities:

• Belt dividers: extremely cheap, they block the innermost lanes and only allow the outer lanes to flow.
• Belt Separators: Sends each left lane to the left belt, and each right lane to the right belt.

Both utilities are available for all three tiers of belts.



Download

For Factorio 0.11.x, MP-compatible: Lane Splitters 1.2.3

History

Note: version number links to download.

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• 1.2.3: Fixed issue for Factorio 0.11.15.
• 1.2.2: MP compatibility implemented.
• 1.2.1: Thread created.

A final word

I have no skills whatsoever related to coding, modding, or any such thing. Thus, help would be very appreciated in keeping this mod updated as new Factorio versions come out.
Feedback is of course also welcome. Feel free to post bugs or ideas.

Contributions:

(version 1.2.3) WonderDog

Thank you!

[AlphaRaptor]

Hello , i really like this mod but there is a Problem
I'm playing with a Friend : My Question : is this mod MP Compatible ?

I would like to play the mod in MP , its cool

The Problem is that i added the Mod to my "Mods list" and i tried to play it in MP but i get DeSync all the Time when i try to play it.

Please Fix it , thanks

[berni1212]

Can we use this Version with MP ?

[cullyn]

unfortunately i've not done any testing with multiplayer, i wanted to load an old save with the newer version so i updated it as best i could.

The only issue i could see is the initialization as it does not factor in multiple players. If it doesn't work It would be a small change.

edit: just looking at the code now. once i do some quick tests ill upload a 1.2.2

edit2: just uploaded a new copy to http://culcraft.com/Lane Splitters_1.2.2.zip

[CorrettoSambuca]

I'll put up the new copy as an "experimental" MP compatible version.

[AlphaRaptor]

unfortunately i've not done any testing with multiplayer, i wanted to load an old save with the newer version so i updated it as best i could.

The only issue i could see is the initialization as it does not factor in multiple players. If it doesn't work It would be a small change.

edit: just looking at the code now. once i do some quick tests ill upload a 1.2.2

edit2: just uploaded a new copy to http://culcraft.com/Lane Splitters_1.2.2.zip

Thanks for the Quick answer , MP Version is very cool , i gonna test it with my Friend Berni soon , we will repost if there are Any Bugs

I'll put up the new copy as an "experimental" MP compatible version.

Thank you for the Download Link

This Mod is Awesome

[cullyn]

Feedback is most welcome on the new build as i have no way to test MP at this time, besides checking on a local host with no peers.

Single player is fine, and i assume MP is fixed as i moved from checking the player's technology to checking the "forces" which is shared.

[CorrettoSambuca]

Thank you everybody for the support, and of course cullyn for his work. It really makes it feel worthwhile, keeping a thread like this.
Also, cullyn, I was thinking of mentioning you as "current maintainer of the mod": is that okay?

[cullyn]

I can't dedicate alot of time, I am just trying to make sure it keeps working.

I will maintain it as best i can, but i doubt there will be any new features added.

[AlphaRaptor]

Feedback is most welcome on the new build as i have no way to test MP at this time, besides checking on a local host with no peers.

Single player is fine, and i assume MP is fixed as i moved from checking the player's technology to checking the "forces" which is shared.

As i Said , we will test it and make a Reply if there are Any bugs.

Again , thanks for the Upload and the Modding , its great that guys like you and the Other Modders are making Mods for this Awesome game to Improve it
Just lovin it

We will test it and Help you out

[berni1212]

I am With Alpha we Test it in MP.

For now its Really good without anyproblems
No bugs for now we will Report them if we find some

[CorrettoSambuca]

Alright, I'll update the post and remove the old 1.2.2 version.
Thank you for the testing!

[berni1212]

Alright, I'll update the post and remove the old 1.2.2 version.
Thank you for the testing!

No Problem Sir

[Skellitor301]

Any possibility this mod could also have compatable components for the Dytech mod? Since the mod adds a few more faster belts it would be ideal if this mod could tell if dytech logistics is installed and add in the research options and items for the faster belts. I like both that and this mod, but the slow down from extreme belts to express belt is irksome.

[cullyn]

I have only made it compatible with 0.11.5 and multiplayer, there is no intention at this stage to add any features due to my limited knowledge and time available.

[Skellitor301]

ah alright, thanks for answering my question

[gnz]

This mod seems to break saving in 0.11.15 for now. See kovarex note about it here. Apparently fixed in .16 whenever that will be released.

[kovarex]

Yes, but the fix is just kind of patch of this mod doing something wrong.

The problem is here:

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function onLoad()

    for i,j in pairs(game.forces) do
        if j.technologies["logistics"].researched == true and j.recipes["basic-divider"] ~= true then
            j.technologies["logistics"].researched = false
            j.technologies["logistics"].researched = true
        end
        if j.technologies["logistics-2"].researched == true and j.recipes["fast-divider"] ~= true then
            j.technologies["logistics-2"].researched = false
            j.technologies["logistics-2"].researched = true
        end
        if j.technologies["logistics-3"].researched == true and j.recipes["express-divider"] ~= true then
            j.technologies["logistics-3"].researched = false
            j.technologies["logistics-3"].researched = true
        end
    end
end

The code is kind of evil (not only because it should move the technologies table into local variable, so it doesn't create the full table of technologies objects for every j.technologies["something"]), because it can change the data state on save and load and can desynchronise the game and make other problems.

The proper way to enable recipes for already researched technologies when the mod is loaded is to use the lua migrations. Take a look at data/base/migrations folder in the base game.

The
2014-03-20_Factorio_0.9.5.lua:

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if game.isdemo() then
  return
end

game.player.force.resettechnologies()
game.player.force.resetrecipes()

for index, force in pairs(game.forces) do
  if force.technologies["oil-processing"].researched then
    force.recipes["lubricant"].enabled = true
  end
end

This code ensures, that when someone had oil-processing already researched, he will get the lubricant recipe, but also this code is always only called when loading save before the specified version, so it is not executed again and again on every game load.

[WonderDog]

Here is a quick fix for 11.15 build.

As kovarex's post added migration code and removed control.lua

Edit: Updated from FreeER's code and removed lubricant (copy paste error)

[FreeER]

As kovarex's post added migration code and removed control.lua

According to this comment by kovarex:

not only because it should move the technologies table into local variable, so it doesn't create the full table of technologies objects for every j.technologies["something"]

This would be a better way to do it (avoids recreation of technologies/recipes table), though admittedly it's only done once now instead of every load so it's not as big of an issue as before...

migration code

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-- reload recipes and technologies in game from prototypes (aka update existing ones with changes)
for i, player in ipairs(game.players) do
  player.force.resetrecipes()
  player.force.resettechnologies()
end

for index, force in pairs(game.forces) do
  -- generate technology / recipes tables once and store them
  local tech = force.technologies
  local recipes = force.recipes 
  
  -- if this tech exists and is researched then
  if tech["logistics"] and tech["logistics"].researched then
    -- these checks are really only for if another mod changes things
    if recipes["lubricant"] then -- not sure if this is needed by this mod...
      recipes["lubricant"].enabled = true
    end
    if recipes["basic-divider"] then
      recipes["basic-divider"].enabled = true
    end
    if recipes["basic-separator"] then
      recipes["basic-separator"].enabled = true
    end
  end

  if tech["logistics-2"] and tech["logistics-2"].researched then
    if recipes["fast-divider"] then
      recipes["fast-divider"].enabled = true
    end
    if recipes["fast-separator"] then
      recipes["fast-separator"].enabled = true
    end
  end

  if tech["logistics-3"] and tech["logistics-3"].researched then
    if recipes["express-divider"] then
      recipes["express-divider"].enabled = true
    end
    if recipes["express-separator"] then
      recipes["express-separator"].enabled = true
    end
  end
end