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Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2016 4:01 pm**

I wrote a script to do something when a player places a ghost entity.
The problem is that it's also catching when a player places a blueprint.

Is there any way to tell the difference between a ghost entity placed by the player, and by a player placed blueprint?

(Both seem to trigger the script.on_event(defines.events.on_built_entity) event)

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2016 4:10 pm**

You could check the players cursor stack and see if they are holding a blueprint.

Posted: **Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:18 pm**

Good idea. This line seems to work as a check.

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    or (entity.type == "entity-ghost" and entity.ghost_type == "inserter" and not (player.cursor_stack and (player.cursor_stack.type == "blueprint" or player.cursor_stack.type == "blueprint-book")))

Loosely translated, it says "If the player places a ghost of an inserter, and doesn't have a blueprint, or blueprint book in his hand"

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