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I'm working on a mod, and I noticed the components listen in-game are often not in the same order as I typed them in the lua files.

So if a recipe takes 25 iron plates, 10 gears, and 50 bricks, when I look in the game it shows 10 gears, 50 bricks, and 25 iron plates.

Just wondering if there's a way to control what order the recipe is listed in-game.

Thanks!

You should check the sorting string for those items. Odds are it uses that as the order.

Admittedly I never checked, so it might be the item's internal name or something else.

Version: 0.16.31
Date: 19. 03. 2018
Changes:
- Ingredients in recipes are automatically sorted. (58757)

kovarex wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 4:12 pm It is sorted the same way as items, with the exception that intermediates group is first.

eradicator wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:43 am

Version: 0.16.31
Date: 19. 03. 2018
Changes:
- Ingredients in recipes are automatically sorted. (58757)

kovarex wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 4:12 pm It is sorted the same way as items, with the exception that intermediates group is first.

Ah, I see.

The mod I'm working on is supposed to be used with bob's. I'd like all the recipes to be in the order Plate, Gear, Bearing, Circuit, but some of the gear, bearing, and circuit types sort in the wrong order. So, I'll go investigate how they're sorting and see if I can tweak it.