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Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:09 pm**

Does "script.on_configuration_changed" only fire if my mod's version changes?
Or does it trigger if other mods or the game version changes also?

Thanks,

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:59 pm**

Api doc wrote:This is called any time the game version changes, prototypes change, startup mod settings change, and any time mod versions change including adding or removing mods.

TL;DR:

TheSAguy wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:09 pm Does "script.on_configuration_changed" only fire if my mod's version changes?

No

TheSAguy wrote: Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:09 pm Or does it trigger if other mods or the game version changes also?

Yes

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:00 pm**

Okay, thanks Bilka,

I was wondering how I should handle the following.

I'm adding some global variables that I populate with the initial game settings. As an example:

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global.settler_Group_min_size_NE = game.map_settings.enemy_expansion.settler_group_min_size

So I only want to capture the Initial game setting, and not current running game, since the value might not be the same.
So I'm thought to only add this in the "script.on_init" phase. Knowing that that only runs on a new game (or first time you install the mod)

The problem with this is, if you update the mod from a previous version, the global setting will be missing.

So how do I only run my capturing script for a new game and ignore it if you update the mod in an existing game?

Thanks,

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:42 pm**

TheSAguy wrote: Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:00 pm So how do I only run my capturing script for a new game and ignore it if you update the mod in an existing game?

The on config changed event gives you https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Con ... hangedData. You can use that to see if your mod existed:

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script.on_configuration_changed(function(event) 
  if (not event.mod_changes["your mod name"]) or event.mod_changes["your mod name"].old_version then
    -- your mod was already installed
  end
end)

not event.mod_changes["your mod name"] - your mod didnt change
event.mod_changes["your mod name"].old_version - old version exists, so your mod already existed in the save.

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:46 pm**

Thanks Bilka, appreciate the help!

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