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mcc1903 wrote:hi,
first: thnx for this amazing mods, vanilla laser animations are kinda boring.
but when i try to use it on 0.13 it removes all my laser turrets for some reason. i used 0.1.4 on 0.12 and just replaced it with the one i downloaded from mod portal.
also i also want to know if there is a way to remove this mod without losing all laser turrets
thnx

/c
for k, s in pairs (game.surfaces) do
				for c in s.get_chunks() do
					for key, b in pairs(s.find_entities_filtered({area={{c.x * 32, c.y * 32}, {c.x * 32 + 32, c.y * 32 + 32}}, name = laser-turret-purple"})) do
            local p = b.position
            local f = b.force
            b.destroy()
            s.create_entity{name = "laser-turret", position = p, force = f}								
					end
				end
			end		

orzelek wrote:I updated the bobs version (I think) - how I can publish it?
Should I post it here and you'll upload it to mods portal?
(That version also works with vanilla btw so can replace simple one)

Klonan wrote:

orzelek wrote:I updated the bobs version (I think) - how I can publish it?
Should I post it here and you'll upload it to mods portal?
(That version also works with vanilla btw so can replace simple one)

If you send it to me via message i can also update it (i changed the beam slightly) and then i will publish it in place of my own vanilla verison

Escadin wrote:Unfortunately, I doesn't fully work. Laser beams don't seem to change with upgrade levels. Thanks for the effort anyways!

Escadin wrote:Well I only saw one this whole time... I'd check again but mod portal is unavailable right now. This might solve it.

orzelek wrote:

Escadin wrote:Well I only saw one this whole time... I'd check again but mod portal is unavailable right now. This might solve it.

Hmm maybe only one is up on mod portal - I'm using bob's version only so didn't check there.

Klonan wrote: Hi,

You can run this script in 0.12 with the mod enabled:

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/c
for k, s in pairs (game.surfaces) do
				for c in s.get_chunks() do
					for key, b in pairs(s.find_entities_filtered({area={{c.x * 32, c.y * 32}, {c.x * 32 + 32, c.y * 32 + 32}}, name = laser-turret-purple"})) do
            local p = b.position
            local f = b.force
            b.destroy()
            s.create_entity{name = "laser-turret", position = p, force = f}								
					end
				end
			end		

and then disable the mod and load in 0.13 with the new mod on the portal

Ranakastrasz wrote:Suggest/Request that we get a config option, that sets it to always use same graphic and hence turret entity. That way, you can uninstall it safely.

Ranakastrasz wrote:Also is there a solution to the invisible lasers? Where weak biters die with no visible lasers touching them?

DarkHelmet wrote:Beware, if you want to upgrade a save with this mod to the version on the mod portal, you may need a migration script.

This version of the mod changes the entities and that causes them to be deleted on load with the mod portal version. The 0.13 version on the mod portal appears to simply change the activation of the stock entities. I create a file called "Laser_Beam_Turret_0.1.4.json" in the 0.1.6 mod's migrations folder:

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{
  "entity":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ],
  "item":
  [
    ["laser-turret-red", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-green", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-blue", "laser-turret"],
    ["laser-turret-purple", "laser-turret"]
  ]
}

This solved my turret-icide on load.