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It would be great if we could create a custom GUI in place of hidden vanilla GUI element (eg. hide normal equipment bar and replace with our own custom implementation).

FYI, if you want to very quickly log events without any coding, you can use Mooncat's "Creative Mode" mod - it has a set of options to display events in-game and also log them to disk for later review, etc. https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Mooncat/creative-mode

You could also just log the whole data.raw in to text file and then use text editor to search. Example uploaded to github (code used in first lines of file):

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/auber ... r/data.raw

Perfect! That will make my code much nicer

Awesome, thanks!!

I've done something like this with my bridge mod (not yet released)... I defined a custom offshore-pump entity, and then listen for the events when it's placed and then replace the offshore pump with the actual entity (in my case the ramp at the end of a bridge). You can use the .orientation (or .ro...

Sounds like a bug - report here: viewforum.php?f=7

EDIT: Solution posted here: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=40658

Look at any of the mods in the portal - most define entities (often they will have several files in a /prototypes folder, and then the data.lua includes those files). You will often need recipes and items as well. Also, it's worth reading this to get an idea of how everything fits together: http://l...

So when doing it for ammo, for example, what would the syntax be (I assume it wouldn't be using the "modules" property in the table passed to create_entity)? Use "ammo" instead or something else?

Could it be used to request other things - such as items for normal slots?

From vague memory you have to put them either on different layers (render_layer or something like that?) or at least make sure they are not on a ground layer. Been a while since I played with that but hopefully it will help you find solution.

Did you ever find solution to this?

Something like this? https://mods.factorio.com/mods/lux/dont_touch_my_stuff

Is there a programatical way to do a fast replace? (The only way I know of currently is to make a copy of entity settings in a table, delete entity, place new entity, apply the stored settings).

IIRC there's a "not-repairable" flag you can define on entity prototypes - if false, ghosts don't appear on destroy.

Not currently, the layering is hard-coded.

As for closing entity GUI, I think you could possibly deselect the entity (something like `player.selected = nil` but haven't tried).

Is the "What's it used for?" mod of any use for your requirements? https://mods.factorio.com/mods/MrDoomah ... t-used-for

+1 to this:

Rseding91 wrote:What I might be able to do is give access to the "choose-X" widgets we have.

• ChooseEntityButton
• ChooseItemButton
• ChooseSignalButton

When changing .lua files, you don't need to exit whole app, you can just load or start new game as Lua files are loaded fresh each time (unlike sprites which are loaded when app is first launched). When playtesting, you can make Factorio load faster by caching sprites.... Config settings: https://ww...

Partially related: Ability to define custom bonus equipment types: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=35324