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Hi,

is there a way to force an entity to be position on map only by hand/player action, and disable automatic positionnement by construction bots ?

I want to ensure that this entity will only exist once on the map.

I could use on_robot_built_entity and destory any unwanted entity, but I don't know how to put the item them back to where it was taken from...
And I'm afraid about loops : robots will try to position it forever.
(in the case of on_built_entity, it's easier, because you can put it back into player's inventory or quickbar).

Yes, you can monitor and disallow placement of the ghost entity (inspecting the contents of the ghost), which should stop any bot-placement. I did this once for Logistics Railway: https://github.com/Suprcheese/Logistics ... ol.lua#L35

Something along the lines of this

on_entity_built event -

if entity.name="entity-ghost" and entity.ghost_name="my-entity" then entity.destroy()

will not allow blueprints or shift placing and you don't have to worry about the item since it is just a ghost.

if it is IN a blueprint it will just destroy that ghost when placed

thx guys ! I'll try this right now.