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darkfrei wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:04 pm

matryona12 wrote: Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:16 pm Can someone please create mod which would give ability to change turrets range in menu to any value? Or at least make a mod to increase laser and machinegun turret range to twice as in vanilla.
Tnx

First, you are need the name for your mod. For example "Turret Range Extension".

You are need to create the mod folder (for example "TurretRangeExtension_0.0.1") and prepare the file info.json inside. See: link

example

info.json

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{
  "name": "TurretRangeExtension",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  
  "title": "Turret Range Extension",
  "description": "The mod changes vanilla turret's range",
  
  "author": "matryona12",
  "license": "MIT",
  
  "dependencies": ["base"],
  "factorio_version": "0.18"
}

and:

1. The shortest mod, that makes range exactly twice larger than vanilla:
place this code in your mod folder into the file data.lua:

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data.raw["ammo-turret"]["gun-turret"].attack_parameters.range = 2*18 -- default is 18
data.raw["electric-turret"]["laser-turret"].attack_parameters.range = 2*24 -- default is 24

2. The mod with mod settings:
Create the file settings.lua, paste this code:

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data:extend({
    {
        type = "int-setting",
        name = "gun-turret-range",
        setting_type = "startup",
        minimum_value = 18/3,
        maximum_value = 3*18,
        default_value = 18
    },
    {
        type = "int-setting",
        name = "laser-turret-range",
        setting_type = "startup",
        minimum_value = 24/3,
        maximum_value = 3*24,
        default_value = 24
    }
})

This into the data.raw:

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data.raw["ammo-turret"]["gun-turret"].attack_parameters.range = settings.startup["gun-turret-range"].value
data.raw["electric-turret"]["laser-turret"].attack_parameters.range = settings.startup["laser-turret-range"].value

You can also add the locale for your mod:
/locale/EN/locale.cfg:

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[mod-setting-name]
gun-turret-range=Gun Turret Range
laser-turret-range=Laser Turret range

/locale/RU/locale.cfg:

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[mod-setting-name]
gun-turret-range=Дальность стрельбы турелей
laser-turret-range=Дальность стрельбы лазерных турелей