Trying to make a Solar Water Heater, code help please?
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:54 pm
Hi, all. I'm still getting used to modding Factorio, and my latest little endeavour has me stumped. I'm trying to make an early-game version of the Solar Panel which doesn't make electricity directly, rather, during the day it acts as a boiler for powering steam engines. My naive guess was that I would need to base it on the "boiler" type, and I'm getting all sorts of odd behaviour. Does anyone know what and how I'm messing up? I'd appreciate the insight.
And since they don't have fuel, Factorio gives them the blinking "no fuel" icon, which is less than ideal too.
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data:extend( { {
type = "boiler",
name = "solar-boiler",
icon = "__Tmod__/graphics/icons/solar-boiler.png",
flags = {"placeable-neutral", "player-creation"},
minable = {hardness = 0.2, mining_time = 0.5, result = "solar-boiler"},
corpse = "big-remnants",
collision_box = {{-1.4, -1.4}, {1.4, 1.4}},
selection_box = {{-1.5, -1.5}, {1.5, 1.5}},
vehicle_impact_sound = { filename = "__base__/sound/car-metal-impact.ogg", volume = 0.65 },
picture = -- seems to do nothing? graphics are defined in "structure" instead?
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "high",
width = 104,
height = 96
},
fluid_box = -- later I think I'll make only have two sides with pipes, but right now testing with all four
{ -- wouldn't it be fun if players were forced to contend with "L"-shaped plumbing? :D
base_area = 1,
pipe_covers = pipecoverspictures(),
pipe_connections = { {position={0, 2}}, {position = {0, -2}}, {position={2, 0}}, {position = {-2, 0}} },
},
energy_consumption = "0kW", -- doesn't consume energy; I was planning on having them add heat using control.lua
max_health = 35,
-- these are the pipe pictures - boiler is a pipe as well
pictures = pipepictures(),
-- fast_replaceable_group = "pipe",
burner =
{
effectivity = 1,
fuel_inventory_size = 0, -- you don't put fuel in it
emissions = 0, -- clean energy
smoke =
{
--[[{ -- don't emit smoke
name = "smoke",
position = {0.0, -0.8},
frequency = 0,
starting_vertical_speed = 0.0,
starting_frame_deviation = 60
}--]]
}
},
structure = -- this seems... less than efficient
{
left =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
down =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
left_down =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
right_down =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
left_up =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
right_up =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 46,
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
t_down =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 44,
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
},
t_up =
{
filename = "__Tmod__/graphics/entity/solar-boiler.png",
priority = "extra-high",
width = 46,
width = 104, height = 96, shift = {0, 0},
}
},
fire = -- shouldn't show fire
{ --[[
left = boilerfires.down,
down = boilerfires.left,
left_down = boilerfires.right,
right_down = boilerfires.left,
left_up = boilerfires.down,
right_up = boilerfires.down,
t_up = boilerfires.down
--]]
},
burning_cooldown = 20, --]]
} } )
data:extend( {
{
type = "item",
name = "solar-boiler",
icon = "__base__/graphics/icons/solar-panel.png",
flags = {"goes-to-quickbar"},
subgroup = "energy",
order = "b[steam-power]-a[solar-boiler]",
place_result = "solar-boiler",
stack_size = 50
},
{
type = "recipe",
name = "solar-boiler",
ingredients =
{
{"pipe", 4},
{"iron-plate", 1},
{"copper-plate", 4},
},
result = "solar-boiler"
},
} )
)