[MOD 0.12.2+] Evolution | Alien Manipulation

[darkshadow1809]

Ok figured it a bit !

So first off I thought about some idea's that fish you in your code had and then what Klonan gave me as a code.


However I decided to do a bit of a change with the help of l0771

We did the following

1. We gave research at start to help on early game compliment the biter capsules to follow & guard you while your base might get attacked if you are playing with some mods that might make things harder.

2. We have three recipes now, One to craft and 2 to convert between the two

Hope you like the changes!

[lnguy3219]

it would be the best for the ShadowMega

[darkshadow1809]

it would be the best for the ShadowMega

Tis already in there

[avogadro]

This mod caused a multi-player error every so often and on save (which prevented saving) which we got from the Shadow ModPack.

We "fixed" it, but we really don't know what we're doing so take it with a grain of salt. The issue is in control.lua which references game.player

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game.onload(function()
	if glob.evolution == nil then
		glob.evolution = {}
	end
	if game.player.force.technologies["Hive-mind"].researched then
		game.player.force.recipes["attractor-on2"].enabled = true
	end
end)

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game.onload(function()
	if glob.evolution == nil then
		glob.evolution = {}
	end
    for i = 1, #game.players, 1 do
        if game.players[i].force.technologies["Hive-mind"].researched then
           game.players[i].force.recipes["attractor-on2"].enabled = true
        end
    end
end)

It now lets us save and doesn't cause an error, but we could've broken something about the mod for all we know.

[darkshadow1809]

This mod caused a multi-player error every so often and on save (which prevented saving) which we got from the Shadow ModPack.

We "fixed" it, but we really don't know what we're doing so take it with a grain of salt. The issue is in control.lua which references game.player

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game.onload(function()
	if glob.evolution == nil then
		glob.evolution = {}
	end
	if game.player.force.technologies["Hive-mind"].researched then
		game.player.force.recipes["attractor-on2"].enabled = true
	end
end)

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game.onload(function()
	if glob.evolution == nil then
		glob.evolution = {}
	end
    for i = 1, #game.players, 1 do
        if game.players[i].force.technologies["Hive-mind"].researched then
           game.players[i].force.recipes["attractor-on2"].enabled = true
        end
    end
end)

It now lets us save and doesn't cause an error, but we could've broken something about the mod for all we know.

Don't see how that would break things Thank you!

Will add it to the mod upcomming release

[Koncookie]

Is your mod compatible to existing games? Because I wanted to test your mod, but I couldn't find your new ore. Even after exploring for a long time.

[darkshadow1809]

Is your mod compatible to existing games? Because I wanted to test your mod, but I couldn't find your new ore. Even after exploring for a long time.

Sorry buddy ore does only spawn on generation of a new map Its with most mods I assume

[orzelek]

Is your mod compatible to existing games? Because I wanted to test your mod, but I couldn't find your new ore. Even after exploring for a long time.

Sorry buddy ore does only spawn on generation of a new map Its with most mods I assume

I think that by calling entity regeneration on ore you should be able to spawn it after adding mod to save.
That also reminds me that I'd need to add ore from this mod to RSO at some point

[Koncookie]

I think that by calling entity regeneration on ore you should be able to spawn it after adding mod to save.

Got it working this way. I also modified one of Bobs migration scripts for a more convenient way to add the ressource in an existing game:
In "Evolution_1.0.4" I created a folder "migrations" and inside, the file "Evolution_1.0.4.lua":

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game.regenerateentity("alien-artifacts")

for i, player in ipairs(game.players) do
  player.print("Added alien-artifacts to the map.")
end

Worked nicely with my singleplayer game. And should also works for multiplayer, but I can't assure this now.

Sorry buddy ore does only spawn on generation of a new map Its with most mods I assume

Bob uses a lot of migration files, so it always worked instantly and I never had to use the console to get a new ore etc. ^^

[Koncookie]

For the researches I would suggest to change the cost to less items per cycle but more cycles.
For example the "Hive-Mind-V2" research needs 90 items (30-30-15-15) with a total of 100 cycles. Therefore my labs often don't run because the inserters aren't fast enough to prodvide this amount of items. I would suggest to change this to 2-2-1-1 and 1500 cycles. This would cost the same amount of items.

[Devildog]

Awesome! Will give it a try.

[darkshadow1809]

Every fix / changes that people recommended I integrated Sorry for being a bit late.

Gl & hf!

[vedrit]

I'm adding this mod to the list I'll be using when playing with friends!

Dytech support: Oh yeah! queen sized and KING sized bugs to YOUR disposal aswell!

Does this mean that hives won't spawn Dytech biters/spitters? Also, do hives follow evolution like enemy hives?

[Airat9000]

good mod! author! excellense! good work!

[darkshadow1809]

I'm adding this mod to the list I'll be using when playing with friends!

Dytech support: Oh yeah! queen sized and KING sized bugs to YOUR disposal aswell!

Does this mean that hives won't spawn Dytech biters/spitters? Also, do hives follow evolution like enemy hives?

Nope you will get seperate tech tree to spawn dytech biters and spitters instead of vanilla. (Vanilla will be a bit buffed in the amounts it will spawn if dytech is in due to balancing)

> and yes hive followes evolution just like the enemy hives do so they will benefit from being in the middle of your factory!

[vampiricdust]

Was it intentional for the ore to only spawn in the starting area?

EDIT:

WOW, ok. I've been digging around for the last 3 hours trying to figure out how the hell ore generation works & what does what. So, I think I've figured out why the ore only generates in the starting area, and it has to do with the influence values.

On lines 49 to 101 this is the peak values which control spawning. You have .2, .2 which is the main cause of the no generation. All the -.2 influences at the bottom essentially eliminate all traces of the ore outside the starting area. To fix this problem, you may want to put it somewhere between .3 and .4 for influence.

Evolution_1.0.5\prototypes\resources\alien-artifacts.lua

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peaks = {
        {
          influence = 0.2,
          starting_area_weight_optimal = 0,
          starting_area_weight_range = 0,
          starting_area_weight_max_range = 2,
        },
        {
          influence = 0.2,
          noise_layer = "alien-artifacts",
          noise_octaves_difference = -1.9,
          noise_persistence = 0.3,
          starting_area_weight_optimal = 0,
          starting_area_weight_range = 0,
          starting_area_weight_max_range = 2,
        },
        {
          influence = 0.3,
          starting_area_weight_optimal = 1,
          starting_area_weight_range = 0,
          starting_area_weight_max_range = 2,
        },
        {
          influence = 0.55,
          noise_layer = "alien-artifacts",
          noise_octaves_difference = -2.3,
          noise_persistence = 0.4,
          starting_area_weight_optimal = 1,
          starting_area_weight_range = 0,
          starting_area_weight_max_range = 2,
        },
        {
          influence = -0.2,
          max_influence = 0,
          noise_layer = "iron-ore",
          noise_octaves_difference = -2.3,
          noise_persistence = 0.45,
        },
        {
          influence = -0.2,
          max_influence = 0,
          noise_layer = "coal",
          noise_octaves_difference = -2.3,
          noise_persistence = 0.45,
        },
        {
          influence = -0.2,
          max_influence = 0,
          noise_layer = "stone",
          noise_octaves_difference = -3,
          noise_persistence = 0.45,
        },
      }

[vedrit]

Mod calls nil values in 0.12

[vedrit]

I've attached a rough fix, patching the biters.lua and spitters.lua files, which were causing nil values until the mod author updates.
There's still an issue in the resources, "No such node (width)" in alien-artifacts prototype.

Edit: I've fixed a number of issues, but there's one that is eluding me, small-biter-capsule, no such note (type) in capsule.lua

Edit: Fixed issues, game (0.12) will now load without errors from Evolution. I've attached my unofficial patch.


Edit: Nevermind, there's an oninit error when actually trying to load a map.

Edit: Ok, now you can load a map. Someone let me know otherwise, as I don't have a save with just evolution. Again, the attached mod is an unofficial patch

Evolution_1.0.7.zip

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[vedrit]

There's an issue when loading an MP save into SP. Probably related to one in the game itself, but now it's being called in the Evolution control.lua, and I haven't the foggiest on how to fix it.

[darkshadow1809]

Fully updated and fixed for 0.12 Mods please move