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I have some custom entities that use the electric-energy-interface as the "base". I'd like to be able to support copy-pasting of entity settings between them, but attempting to copy settings from an EEI doesn't seem to do anything.

Is there any way to enable copy-paste on entities that don't otherwise support it?

If not, I suppose I could always overlay a constant-combinator over the whole thing but then the tooltip will be for that instead of showing the power needs of the entity...

electric-energy-interface does support copy/paste. Please describe exactly what you tried to do, and exactly what you want to happen.

The EEI has settings associated with it, and I want to be able to copy-paste them with shift-left/right clicking. But, as you mention, EEI doesn't support copy-paste. I wanted to know if there's a way to force it. I know entities can be forced to accept pastes, but allowing copy is another matter...

PFQNiet wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:25 pm But, as you mention, EEI doesn't support copy-paste.

DaveMcW wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:08 pm electric-energy-interface does support copy/paste.

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DaveMcW wants you to be more specific about what you did.

Oh whoops, I misread.

I made an electric-energy-interface prototype with 20MW consumption, placed it in game and tried to copy settings from it with shift-right click. There was no sound and no green highlight box around it.

However I'm realising now... The UI type is none since it's a fixed consumer and not a player-controlled thing. Maybe that's why I can't copy from it?

Apparently electric-energy-interface is hard-coded to only support copy-paste if it has a gui. You can get a gui in the map editor, but that does not help normal users.

Maybe you can replace the gui in on_gui_opened so it still exists but the player can't use it.

Since the setting is a toggle and the building in question cannot be rotated once placed, I went and implemented this as "hit the Rotate key to toggle the mode without having to open the GUI" instead. It's a convenience feature anyway and the control is now in the entity-description text so it's all good.

Thanks for the help, sorry for misreading XD

For future readers: You can use the on_entity_settings_pasted event to implement custom behavior.

eradicator wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:52 am For future readers: You can use the on_entity_settings_pasted event to implement custom behavior.

on_entity_settings_pasted is inconsistent, which is why this thread exists. The event does not trigger for an electric-energy-interface with no gui.

DaveMcW wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:04 pm

eradicator wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:52 am For future readers: You can use the on_entity_settings_pasted event to implement custom behavior.

on_entity_settings_pasted is inconsistent, which is why this thread exists. The event does not trigger for an electric-energy-interface with no gui.

Apologies. I thought the thread was about the EEI not supporting "natural" pasting. I don't see anyone mentioning events. In that case one could try to hack their own event using linked game controls 'copy-entity-settings' and 'paste-entity-settings'. And possibly LuaPlayer.entity_copy_source?