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For a Hack Day project here at work, which is happening right now, we would love a way to be able to read a JSON or other content into a mod, and use that to control signals. I'm willing to write all the parts other than the one I cannot: the reading of a file.

Is there any way I can enable this functionality on my install just for this project? I understand the risks, but I'd really like to hook Factorio into our telemetry system to have trains deliver on demand, as a way to both show off a cool Hack Day project, but to show how cool hacking on Factorio and our telemetry system can be?

Thanks for the cool hack from hell, but I was hoping I would not have to hack the binary quite that much. I may try this later if needed, but it really seems like I should just be able to say "danger mode=true" somewhere.

I'll wait and see if I can get other replies, ideally from a developer.

Developer responses

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2556&p=18626&hilit ... me+#p18626
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viewtopic.php?f=25&t=741&p=5091&hilit=+io.read+#p5091

Could use this maybe:
https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/comme ... mods_like/