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Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:59 am
by tomoya92
I always repeat search mods when i play on a new pc.
If there is a favorite function, I can collect my favorite mods.
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:27 am
by 5thHorseman
I agree with you, but as a workaround I have a bookmarks tab in my browser with all my favorite mods. Syncing then makes them available anywhere.
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:18 am
by ssilk
moved from suggestions — ssilk
BTN: You can copy the mod list.json file from the mods folder. It helps to copy/paste the modnames.
In general I find that a really cool thing: upload the current mod list to mods.factorio.com and you can download it everywhere and sync it.
Upload many of these lists, give them names like “horror”, “good rail setup” etc. and you can switch between the lists.
Enable special edit features like fixing to one version of a mod. Or two equal sets, but different mods turned on/off.
Share your lists with others.
See those lists, which are most similar lists to your list.
Make more relevant statistics (than downloads) of really/most used mods.
Endless possibilities...
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:57 am
by bormand
ssilk wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:18 am
upload the current mod list to mods.factorio.com
Well, you can make a meta-mod that contains dependencies on all mods you need. It was done for SeaBlock, there is even special tag for such mod packs.
It's not as user friendly as a proper UI, though. But, maybe, we just need a tool (or a mod?) that can generate meta-mods by current factorio configuration?
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:48 am
by steinio
bormand wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:57 am
ssilk wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:18 am
upload the current mod list to mods.factorio.com
Well, you can make a meta-mod that contains dependencies on all mods you need. It was done for SeaBlock, there is even special tag for such mod packs.
It's not as user friendly as a proper UI, though. But, maybe, we just need a tool (or a mod?) that can generate meta-mods by current factorio configuration?
No, we just need a simple mark as favorite function.
Keep it simply stupid
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:11 am
by 5thHorseman
ssilk wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:18 am
upload the current mod list to mods.factorio.com and you can download it everywhere and sync it.
How would one do this? All I get is the option to upload a zip of a mod.
bormand wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:57 am
It's not as user friendly as a proper UI
I'll say. I can't even see how to do it!
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:47 am
by bormand
5thHorseman wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:11 am
I can't even see how to do it!
Make a directory "my mod pack_0.0.1" in your factorio mods folder. Create an info.json file with content like this:
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{
"name": "my mod pack",
"version": "0.0.1",
"factorio_version": "0.18",
"title": "my mod pack",
"author": "me",
"description": "My favorite mods",
"dependencies": [
"base",
"FNEI",
"helmod"
]
}
Start factorio. You will see this "mod pack" in the mod browser. You will see links to the listed mods. And you can activate all of them with a single click.
You can even zip it and share with other users if you think that this particular mod pack would be useful to them. Here is a SeaBlock example:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/SeaBlockMetaPack
Re: Can you add a favorite function on mods.factorio.com?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:06 pm
by Qon
tomoya92 wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 2:59 am
I always repeat search mods when i play on a new pc.
If there is a favorite function, I can collect my favorite mods.
You can sync your mods to a save (a little button in top right corner in the load save file GUI). So you can use save files as "mod lists". Then you just need to send those save files to wherever you need the list. The saves will be fairly small if they are just empty worlds with no playtime.
steinio wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:48 am
bormand wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:57 am
ssilk wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:18 am
upload the current mod list to mods.factorio.com
Well, you can make a meta-mod that contains dependencies on all mods you need. It was done for SeaBlock, there is even special tag for such mod packs.
It's not as user friendly as a proper UI, though. But, maybe, we just need a tool (or a mod?) that can generate meta-mods by current factorio configuration?
No, we just need a simple mark as favorite function.
Keep it simply stupid
A mod that makes meta mod packs (as mods) from your mod list is "simple" in that it utilises already existing and robust behaviour. And it makes it possible to have multiple separate list for each user. And you can upload them to the portal as mod packs for easy sharing with your friends in multiplayer with a single dependency on the server etc. And it reduces work for Wube since the meta mod is a mod that could be made by anyone.
It will just be a button click or something for the end user to export their mod list as a mod that has all the dependencies on their installed mods, so it's fairly user friendly too.