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Is there any way to access prototype data from in the game (i.e. control.lua)? Specifically, I need the recipe and technology prototypes. Entity and item prototypes are already available through game.entityprototypes and game.itemprototypes...

somehow like this.

AlexPhoenix wrote:

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game.player.force.recipes["repair-pack"]

somehow like this.

All you can do with that is see/set whether the recipe is enabled or not, and reload it.

Same way as editing them drom the data.lua: data.raw.type.name where type and name are the the type (assembling machine, container, item, recipe etc) and the name is... The name!
So for example
data.raw.container["wooden-chest"]
But you cant edit them

Same thing happens when run from a control.lua script (as opposed to the console)

Mmm yea Try with game.entityprototype or game.itemprototype.
Also try putting the type or directly the name.

ficolas wrote:Mmm yea Try with game.entityprototype or game.itemprototype.
Also try putting the type or directly the name.

game.entityprototype and game.itemprototype are for entities and items. There's no game.recipeprototype, game.technologyprototype, recipe, or technology, nor the names of individual recipes or technologies:

I already knew that, but I just tried them in the console for proof.

Same thing happens in 0.8.8 and 0.9.0.