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I have a fairly simple idea for a mod that I was thinking might be a good place to start learning/putting together my first mod. Essentially I wanted to make a roboport that was 2x2 with ONLY a construction zone that is about 6x18 (rotatable). This would be a great way to set up cheaper roboports along a wall to repair/replace any damage to your defenses. I poked around a few mods that dealt with Roboports and it seemed all of them had "squared". Is it possible to have a single rectangle zone? If not, is it possible for a single robotport to have multiple zones? ie 2 or 3 6x6 construction zones linked to a single robotport to make a rectangle.

It's not possible with a simple data.lua mod.

You can write a more advanced control.lua mod that listens for on_built events and adds invisible roboports to create the shape you want.

The reason you can't really do that is because the zone is defined as "Diameter", meaning, if you set it to 50, it extends by 5 north, south, each, and west, creating a 100x100 zone.

And that is the extent of your control of the zone.