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Hello. I have recently tried making a mod that adds homebase elements to the game [especially floors, also walls and maybe doors/decorations] - is this possible?

Can I make a game element [floor] that will be like a ... wooden or iron tile, with possibility to walk over it and place objects like chests etc. on it?

I think the game really misses homebase elements - with so many things produced, resources gathered it would be nice to be able to have a home [a central hub] to come back to, with a nice warehouse you store your riches in, instead of just walling off an ugly chunk of grass and calling it a day.

Could anyone maybe make a simple mod that adds one floor item, that I could just build on? I tried following the modding tutorial [bomber one], and changing everything so that it makes an iron floor tile instead, but I ended up having weird error closing the game on start ["no stack-size something", I tried adding stack size to the item, I tried removing it, nothing worked ...]

EDIT:
Also - are the car/train actual 3D models? If I would like to completely change all the game graphics [to be honest I don't really like the graphic here, especially icons... it all looks noisy and not really fitting], would I also need to provide fitting 3D models for player/car/train?

Darkfault wrote:Also - are the car/train actual 3D models?

Easiest to answer so... the devs do have 3D models (made with Blender) but they are turned into sprites for the game's graphic engine (currently: Allegro which only supports 2D). I suppose the obvious followup question (if only asked hopefully) is: "Have those models been released?"; and the answer is no.

Darkfault wrote:Could anyone maybe make a simple mod that adds one floor item, that I could just build on?

I don't suppose you've simply 'missed' the Floors mod, since it was on the third page when I went to get a link, of course if you'd looked at the Bumpers mod (first page) you'd have seen that it uses either Floors or RoadWorks...

If you would like help with your error then share the code you have (though in general it should have a "stack_size = x" property for all type="item"s, as seen with the items on the wiki tutorial)

Thanks, and sorry - yes, I have just found the bumper thread that directed me to the floors mod

Sadly, I have deleted the hole mod folder in rage :/ [I was tired, and wanted to play] - I couldn't find a way to fix it. It was basically saying there is missing stack-size in an item, and the only item I had there was the iron floor [which had the stack-size proper, it was copied from your tutorial]

Sad to know that you deleted the whole mod folder in rage.

Just white floor.
https://mods.factorio.com/mods/darkfrei/WhiteFloor