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Xterminator wrote:This looks awesome! I will definitely be using it in my current play through.

2 questions though, both are probably dumb but oh well haha
1. For the auto placing of signals, how does it know when/where to place them so that they are actually useful?
2. In the GUI, what does the setting for "weight of curved rail" do?

Thanks, and sorry if they are silly questions haha

Choumiko wrote:distance influences the amount of rail pieces (curved or straight) between each signal.
Basically it works like this: (X being Weight of curved rail, Y being distance between rails

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while FARL is placing rails:
  place one piece of rail
  increase signaldistance by 1 for straight rail or by X for curved rail
  if signaldistance > Y then place a signal
  set signaldistance to 0
end

Hope this answers your question, it does not check if the signal makes sense or not, it simply counts upwards and places a signal.

• bug fixes
  cruisecontrol decelerates the train when rail placing is activated and the train is too fast

XyLe wrote:Can you maybe consider renaming the mod to "Fully Automatic Rail-Thrower" ? thx

Wenihal wrote:Bug (FARL 0.1.4): I clicked start button while locomotive was slowly moving.

{
  {pos={x=83,y=9}, input=0},
  {pos={x=107,y=-9}, input=0},
  {pos={x=110,y=-14}, input=0},
  {pos={x=110,y=-22}, input=0},
  {pos={x=85,y=-29}, input=1}
}

Choumiko wrote:Right now i'm working on making it find a path to a destination you choose and then go there on its own. The go there on its own actually works already, you'll only need to create something like this:

Choumiko wrote:

XyLe wrote:Can you maybe consider renaming the mod to "Fully Automatic Rail-Thrower" ? thx

I was looking for a word with T that makes some sort of sense, guess you found it

drs9999 wrote:Maybe you can recycle something from my A* - code? (It's in the very same thread you linked in the OP)

Xyle wrote: 1) why does it only work with big electric poles? it's so sad, i like having lights everywhere and to make it so i need smaller electric poles. Can you please also consider making it possible? maybe it could be done with priorities? like if there are big poles - use big poles. if there are only smaller poles - then use smaller poles?

2) i haven't tested it yet but i know for sure that fart replaces the trees on its way with rail and puts the logs in wagons. that's absolutely awesome!

but what does it do if there's a tree or a rock in a place where a new electric pole is supposed to go? does it replace that tree/rock with a new pole?

thank you very much! the mod is super-cool! good luck keeping it up!

Choumiko wrote:

Wenihal wrote:Bug (FARL 0.1.4): I clicked start button while locomotive was slowly moving.

You can still start if it is not moving?

Choumiko wrote:Will fix it in the next version.

• fixed the reported errors
  FARL can now place medium poles (toggle in settings window), it's off by default

Wenihal wrote:Suggestion: connect poles with red/green wires option (with on/off in settings).

Choumiko wrote:

Wenihal wrote:Suggestion: connect poles with red/green wires option (with on/off in settings).

I might add it in, though it starts to feel like there is too much autoplacing going on. On the other hand, connecting wires over hundreds of tiles is as boring as placing tracks.

Airat9000 wrote:Excellent I like fashion, is another question, he will lay down electric railways?

Vitduo wrote:Is the mod translateable? If not, could the author move GUI inscriptions to script-locales?

XyLe wrote:i dont understand why you'd wanna have red/green wires there.

Choumiko wrote:Other ideas how it could work are highly appreciated