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Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:04 am**

https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaForce.html#LuaForce.set_spawn_position wrote: set_spawn_position(position, surface)

Parameters
position :: Position: The new position on the given surface.
surface :: SurfaceSpecification: Surface to set the spawn position for.

https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaForce.html#LuaForce.get_spawn_position wrote: get_spawn_position(surface) → Position

Parameters
surface :: SurfaceSpecification

Why is the surface a parameter and not a returned value?

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local position,surface = myForce.get_spawn_position()

???????????????

An event would be nice too

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script.on_event(defines.events.on_player_spawn_position_changed,function(ev)
local surface=game.surfaces[ev.surface_index]
local player=game.players[ev.player_index]
end)

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:06 am**

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for _, surface in pairs(game.surfaces) do
  local position = myForce.get_spawn_position(surface)
  -- Do stuff with position, surface
end

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:09 am**

But this would assume there is a spawn position for each surface.

Sure, that can be a thing, but the player only spawns on one surface set by LuaForce::SetSpawnPosition.
How do i know which one it is set to?

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 8:18 am**

The player spawns on the surface they died on. Moving to modding help.

Posted: **Sun Sep 08, 2019 10:12 am**

The force has a separate spawn point for each surface,
E.G, surface 1 can have the spawn point {100, 100},
And surface 2 can have the spawn point {5000, -1000}

If a player dies on surface 1, he will respawn at {100, 100},
If the player dies on surface 2, he will respawn at {5000, -1000}

So when setting and getting the spawn point, it needs to know which surface you mean.

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