I had a look at the blog, its not hashtagged or ordered other than by date, so at first inspection it seems there's some work to do to filter all the blog posts about fast logistics code algorithms and program structures.

hi, Factorio code seems to be a world leader wrt processing enormous amounts of data yet running extremely fast and smooth. When I try to program my own factorio inspired ideas, my code can only handle a few thousand 'items' before significant slow down occurs. When John Carmack pioneered fast 3D en...

ok I think its the ' key. Found it earlier but thought it was ingame chat.

just trying out v16.10
neither / nor ~ open the ingame console ( as suggested here https://wiki.factorio.com/Console#Using_the_console )
and couldn't find open console key by guessing. Yet no mention of this when i search on the forum. Anyone know how to open the console in v16.10 ?

thanks for help everyone. I understand why print is a sub function of a player object now. @bilka, ok, if fishes don't collide with water, that means they can swim thru it. So things that can't swim thru water should collide with water. Such as players, cars, trains. I'm guessing that stationary obj...

@bilka thanks. The only thing I've seen collide with water is the fishes. So I guess only fishes have collision masks with water. @evildog I've tried, but the Factorio API docs baffles me as much as anything else. Take this example from http://lua-api.factorio.com/0.15.28/ for example local first_pl...

Well I meant I'd just return to this thread to post more questions instead of creating a new thread for each question. So... doodad = " Decoration and cosmetic " Ok thanks. Next Question Q2 : Why do collisions need masks? The term 'collision mask' begs the question, what does an unmasked c...

It worked!
thanks evildogbot100

edit:

...except the graphic for the furnace is clunky, its still a 3x3 image, even though the furnace takes up 2x2 squares.

Hi darkfrei, >You can get it when this file has 'read-only' attribute. I tried setting the read only attribute to True on file Properties for the electric-furnace-base.png file in the "electric furnaces 2x2_0.0.2" directory. It didn't change the error message on loading Factorio http://i.i...

so factorio modding is a mystery. There are many questions I'll need to ask b4 I'll understand it. Q1.) What is a 'doodad' layer? This one is bugging me. Googling it doesn't help. Just gives some reference to map editing. What is an example of a 'doodad'? How come 100s of modders all seem to know wh...

halp So was trying out the electric2x2 mod, but it wouldn't load got this message http://i.imgur.com/InKBEo2.png when i scouted for electric2x2 file, i found only the zipped version in the mod directory, so i unzipped it so it had its own folder in the mod directory. makes me wonder, how did factori...

Holyfeck it works ! Can't quite believe I've got something to work, even if it was just following what others were telling me to do. Thanks for help Veden. You can have a job on the staff of Astroidia any time. So on dev day #16, Astroidia has taken its 1st step forward. can't help think it would ha...

then how come some modders do function registration before the function is defined? e.g. script.on_init(function() On_Init() end) script.on_configuration_changed(function() On_Init() end) function On_Init() global.character_data = global.character_data or {} global.station_data = global.station_data...

Hi Bilka, thx for advice. From programming in the 1980s on my C16+4 basic, BBC micro basic , from haskell, to clean, C , C++, blitz, blitzplus, blitzmax, java, python.. etc. I've never heard of having to register a function. I've always just wrote out a function and used it. LUA and the way factorio...

Hi DSpyder function on_player_created() game.player.character = nil for i, player in pairs(game.players) do player.character = nil end end I tried your suggestion. But got same result. Player is still created after map generation. :( Seems its a toughy, might have to ask Rseding91 for a new API func...

Thx for help bob & fwl Based on your suggestions, I tried this code in control.lua function on_init() for i, player in pairs(game.players) do player.character = nil end end the game loaded the mod without error, which was an improvement. But on starting a game, god-mode was not activated. It see...

>modders get rich? I think I have the answer. If the mod can make money independantly of Factorio sales, there is every reason for both Wube and the mod company to support it. Wube still make £15 on the factorio sale, while the mod company makes its money which ever way it chooses. I'd go with micr...

Sounds like me. Well, I wouldn't say 50 million sales just to play my mod, but there has been people post comments like "I bought the game so I can play Bob's mods." Hi Bob. Wrt modding, you're the main man. I'd get you on the F2 Astroidia staff in a heartbeat. But 1st I have to jump thru...

There are two major different mindsets for game developpers : 1) I want to make a game that I have designed because I think I could bring a new - and good- new gaming experience with my ideas. Now I'll have to try to find a way to make a living of it. 2) I want to make a lot of money. How could I d...

Nah, I didn't email them. I spent days writing out a game design plan, detailing everything from marketing strategies to player networking issues to how to deal with offline periods for players in a full time 24/7 game. I was just populating my game design with diagrams when reality popped, and i re...