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Posted: **Sat Dec 22, 2018 10:30 pm**

When using the LuaControl.Teleport() function on an entity (ie: car) and the current surface is provided it returns a custom Factorio error message:

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However, if no surface is specified there is no error and the command runs correctly. The surface argument is optional in the documentation.

Also the error message itself doesn't match up with working usage and what the API documentation says.

API function link:
https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/Lua ... l.teleport

Sample erroring code:

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/c
local surface = game.player.surface
local startPos = {x = 1, y = 1}
local treeEntity = surface.create_entity{name="car", position = startPos}
local newPos = {x = 2, y = 2}
treeEntity.teleport(newPos, surface)

Sample working code (same intended result):

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/c
local surface = game.player.surface
local startPos = {x = 1, y = 1}
local treeEntity = surface.create_entity{name="car", position = startPos}
local newPos = {x = 2, y = 2}
treeEntity.teleport(newPos)

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:12 am**

Thanks for the report however that's working as intended. You can't specify the surface for anything except players. For players, it's an optional argument.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2018 11:33 am**

Could the in game error and API description be updated for that as at present that isn't apparent?

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