flip thruster horizontally

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flip thruster horizontally

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Like chemical plan and oil refinery but only horizontally.
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I think the whole point is to make building space platforms more challenging, hence the assymetrical placement of the fluid inputs, and the fact they are bidirectional.
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Not happening. Build "V" thrusters or sushi, if you want boring straight engine
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Re: flip thruster horizontally

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I was curious, and I looked at the prototype data https://github.com/wube/factorio-data/b ... s.lua#L791 but I can't work out why it doesn't let you flip it.
I don't want to cheat so I can't be bothered trying to work it out myself, but I am curious.

If you really want thrusters to be easier, you can use this mod that makes them symmetrical https://mods.factorio.com/mod/symmetric-thruster

There's also a mod that has pre-flipped variants of the thruster https://mods.factorio.com/mod/maft

And one that adds an extra pair of inputs https://mods.factorio.com/mod/simplified-thrusters

But I can't find one that just lets you flip the vanilla one.
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