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Posted: **Sun Oct 12, 2025 6:21 pm**

Hi, I know this request is a stretch, but hear me out.

The recipe tint system allows me to have fully distinct animations on machines, by using this trick: having 4 distinct working_visualisations on assembling machines, then making them all transparent but one with tint alpha 0. Example:

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    type = "recipe",
    crafting_machine_tint = {
      primary = {r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0},
      secondary = {r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0},
      tertiary = {r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 1},
      quaternary = {r = 0, g = 0, b = 0, a = 0},
    },

But knowing the power of this trick compared to the original use, having more than 4 layers would be very powerful.

Posted: **Mon Oct 13, 2025 2:41 am**

Its not only a stretch but also a hack since you want to abuse tints for animation hiding instead of asking for proper api where an animation could be marked as to be rendered only if some condition based on recipe is met.

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Allowing more than 4 recipe tints (ideally 10)

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