[2.0.48] launch_rocket can fail to launch rocket
Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 2:23 pm
Two bugs with launch_rocket are observed in the mod https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Planet-Hopper:
* In the attached save, launch_rocket fails to launch the player and returns false. The documentation is not exactly clear on when false will be obtained, but the player is standing near the rocket and prepared for launch as they normally are in Space Age.
* If the Planet-Hoppers mod is adjusted to remove the second argument to launch_rocket (character) in control.lua, the game experiences a hardcrash on launch (logfile attached.)
In both cases the launch_rocket destination field is set as follows:
* In the attached save, launch_rocket fails to launch the player and returns false. The documentation is not exactly clear on when false will be obtained, but the player is standing near the rocket and prepared for launch as they normally are in Space Age.
* If the Planet-Hoppers mod is adjusted to remove the second argument to launch_rocket (character) in control.lua, the game experiences a hardcrash on launch (logfile attached.)
In both cases the launch_rocket destination field is set as follows:
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{
type = defines.cargo_destination.surface,
surface = game.surfaces[destination_name],
}