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Possible to change stack size for a specific item?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:16 am
by iceman_1212
I've looked in the code of mods like BigBags but those all change a global stack modifier. I'd like to ideally only change the stack size for the red science pack. Any suggestions?
I'd like to use this as a low cost- in terms of game overhead - method to mimic a void chest. The void mods are quite taxing on performance.
(Atm, I'm throwing a cluster grenade at my output chests every so often...)
Re: Possible to change stack size for a specific item?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:30 am
by Koub
In Factorio installation folder, you have this path of subfolders : \data\base\prototypes\item
in which there is a file item.lua, in which you can find
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{
type = "tool",
name = "science-pack-1",
icon = "__base__/graphics/icons/science-pack-1.png",
flags = {"goes-to-main-inventory"},
subgroup = "science-pack",
order = "a[science-pack-1]",
stack_size = 200,
durability = 1,
durability_description_key = "description.science-pack-remaining-amount"
},
I guess changing the stack_size to anything will do
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Re: Possible to change stack size for a specific item?
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:03 am
by iceman_1212
Ah brilliant, tyvm
Re: Possible to change stack size for a specific item?
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:00 am
by dewiniaid
If you don't mind me asking, what exactly are you really trying to accomplish? It sounds like you're overproducing red science and want increase the stack size as a way to effectively discards your extras?
This is a problem that can easily be solved with a tiny bit of circuit network usage. Why throw products away when you can simply avoid producing them in the first place?
Re: Possible to change stack size for a specific item?
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:07 am
by iceman_1212
i am scratching a couple of itches at once: doing a spacex plus run (costly research) with vanilla logistics (on a map with small sized but extremely rich patches so mining out is not a concern and trains are a must) and also testing various train setups over periods of a few hours or more for throughput and consistency of delivery.
at the time i wanted a way to have that particular production line sustain 30k red science per minute for ~10 hours without need for manual interference