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I saved a game and used it as a menu simulation. The menu simulation shows the quickbar and other player UI, which I don't want. How can I hide the UI?

This post says the solution is to save in editor mode, but I don't know how to do that.

Did you create the test player?

Creating a test player in sim.init using game.simulation.create_test_player{name="test"} doesn't seem to do anything. I couldn't find any examples that use this function, so I may be using it incorrectly.

I saved the game after hiding the quickbar and everything else: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/con ... w_quickbar

Natha wrote: Fri May 08, 2026 10:19 pm I saved the game after hiding the quickbar and everything else: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/con ... w_quickbar

This part of the API doesn't seem to control GUI elements created by mods. I tried it out in the editor and it could hide almost everything. The Bob's Adjustable Inserters button on the top-left of the screen stays visible.

half a cat wrote: Sat May 09, 2026 3:08 amThe Bob's Adjustable Inserters button on the top-left of the screen stays visible.

If you press F4, you can check the debug setting "hide-mod-guis"