Hello, as already described in https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=92143 , I want to restore the state of my custom entity, if it is recreated with undo after mining it. I think an easy solution might be to extend the event table of the on_player_mined_entity and on_robot_mined_enti...

Hello, since the new upgrade system can change the direction of an entity, it would be nice if this information can be exposed by the LuaEntity API. Proposal: extend order_upgrade argument table with direction add a new function get_upgrade_direction() Additionally, the event table of on_marked_for_...

Hello, is it possible to add information to the event table, if an entity is up-/downgraded/fast-replaced? Something like this: -- in on_destroy event.reason = "fast_replace" -- in on_create event.replaced_unit_number = old_entity.unit_number With this information custom entities, e.g. bas...

If you want to reserve a collision_mask layer dynamically, just copy a prototype and allocate an unused layer to its collision mask. During runtime, the layer can be retrieved by using the ingame prototype information system. I attached some example code: data.lua local util = require("util&quo...

Can you post, which mod or the prototype definition?

Hello, I have two prototype classes, basically markers for the floor, which might share the same position but should collide with other entities: -- same "class" -- should collide with objects, itself, proto_b, but not with proto_c, proto_d proto_a.collision_mask = {"object-layer"...

Hello, I have a custom entity, for which I store additional information in a global table referenced by unit_number. For copy/paste/blueprint I am able to save and restore these information using tags. Now I also want to restore this information after I mined this entity and restore its ghost with u...