The documentation suggests the return type of get_wire_connector() is not nil-able but it could be nil.
https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/cla ... _connector

eugenekay wrote: Wed Nov 12, 2025 10:47 pm Previously

Osmo wrote: Mon Sep 15, 2025 6:19 am There is no stat for robot energy usage, it's (gravity/pressure) * 100

Thanks!

As title says, I feel like there is a surface property of robot energy cost multiplier somewhere but I cannot find it in document nor factorio-data GitHub. Is it a value hardcoded in Aquilo implementation?

Why? Its explosive range, not tank shoot distance

How do you define "tank shoot distance"? I am aiming at a target 35 tiles away and the non-explosive shell just explode at 30 tiles distance like explosive shell. If the +25% range description is accurate, the shell should explode at 37.5 ...

The modifier is working just fine with Modded Cannon Turrets with the normal (non-explosive) Shell type.

Range 35 + 25% = ~44.
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Range 35
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According to the AmmoType definition:
Affects the range value of the shooting gun prototype's ...

Why? Its explosive range, not tank shoot distance

How do you define "tank shoot distance"? I am aiming at a target 35 tiles away and the non-explosive shell just explode at 30 tiles distance like explosive shell. If the +25% range description is accurate, the shell should explode at 37.5 ...

Summary
Non-explosive cannon shell +25% range modifier was introduced since 2.0.7 for balance purpose, but it actually not working at all. The issue was reported in https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=128061, but the range modifier did not apply for projectiles from vanilla tank as well ...