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I have tried to make a function that set some default values for some recipes, but it doesn't work. My guess is im doing something wrong, or it's something that cant be done the way i think.
Hope someone in here can help me solve the problem, if there is a way to do it.

my function:

function recValues(recipename)
recipe[recipename].icon = "__MyMod__/graphics/icon/recycling-progress.png"
recipe[recipename].hidden = "true"
recipe[recipename].category = "smeltning",
recipe[recipename].energy_required = 5,
end

The recipe:

{
type = "recipe",
name = "rec-iron-chest",
ingredients = {{"iron-chest", 1}},
results =
{{"iron-plate", 4}},
recValues("rec-iron-chest"),
},

The idea is to make a function that fill in the spots that won't change for all the recipes, im gonna make, spare a lot of lines of code.

Actually your function returns nothing so it's call results to 'nil' value. As a consequence you are inserting 'nil' value into the table which is the same as not inserting at all.
You may consider using the code like this:
As a result we create a table (as a parameter of the recValues function inside the data:extend call), fill it with some unique data, then pass it inside the recValues function where it receives the common values and then is returned and added to the data:extend parameter table.

Also Lua allows you to omit method call parentheses if there is only one parameter and it is a string or a table, so you can remove them from the recValues call to make it a bit clearer:

I think you want to be using...
data.raw.recipe[recipename]

bobingabout wrote:I think you want to be using...
data.raw.recipe[recipename]

Anyway in the provided code the function is called from the place where the recipe is not yet added to the data.raw table.

ArderBlackard, the code you made, worked out perfect, thank you

You are welcome!