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Does the script access change mean we can access a mods' "global" space from the in-game command line?

Allow accessing Lua scripts by __MOD-NAME__/script.lua style path, so you can reference the same Lua scripts from multiple scenarios in one mod.

Currently to access a variable or data structure in a mods' global from the command line I have to include a custom command in the mod to write out full data structures to log files for inspection. And then use hard-coded data updates in newer test mod versions to change/correct the data state.


I originally posted this in the thread linked from the FFF, but then saw that it was titled around the AI side.

The snytax shown in the fff is used when requiring files, which you can't do in the console. This does what you are looking for though:

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:58 pm Added support to run console commands in a specific mod context via: /c __mod-name__ *command*.

Nice. I shall try to make no more data structure mistakes before 0.17 is released

Bilka wrote: Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:55 am The snytax shown in the fff is used when requiring files, which you can't do in the console. This does what you are looking for though:

Rseding91 wrote: Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:58 pm Added support to run console commands in a specific mod context via: /c __mod-name__ *command*.

Wait...you can run arbitrary commands in arbitray other mods contexts? Does that set a magic flag somewhere? Because i don't want to debug stuff when people can randomly fuck up my globals :p.

Also can you confirm that the require __mod__/file.lua actually works limitless? I.e. things like factorio-stdlib now finally don't need to be copied for every single mod anymore? (because the example explicitly mentions scenarios requiring mods, not mods requiring mods.)

eradicator wrote: Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:14 am Also can you confirm that the require __mod__/file.lua actually works limitless? I.e. things like factorio-stdlib now finally don't need to be copied for every single mod anymore? (because the example explicitly mentions scenarios requiring mods, not mods requiring mods.)

Confirmed