You will need to call get_max_transport_line_index() on the entity, then for each line call get_transport_line(index) to get the transport lines. From there you can get the #length of the line, which tells you how many items are on it, then loop through that to get the item stack. It's a relatively...

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Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:36 pm

Belt speeds are indeed fixed, so you need a different entity for each belt speed you want.

Ok, then I will create them. by the way, can you get the Items on a belt or the ground tile or do I have to get them with the position?

One question a day is no question a day.

Does anyone have an Idea, if it is possible to change the speed of a belt entity?
I mean probably not, but than I have to create about 30 prototypes for the different speeds.

I just figured it out myself, it was electric_input_flow_limit. But getting more data from print's would still be nice.

Well, new day, new question. How do I get the max energy usage of an entity. I can't figure it out with serpent.block print. I know, how to get the current energy usage, but I also need the max possible. It also would later be possible, to get it from the gui, but there I also need to set the max en...

I actually never realized an un-research button, but I never really used the map editor.
But I think a button belongs to a GUI, so maybe this on_gui_click could work https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/eve ... _gui_click

If you do this with the console you could mayby use on_console_command
https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/eve ... le_command
but I think that just works in a running game, but I am not sure

I can't figure out the ID of an object created with create_object. https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest/LuaEntity.html#LuaEntity.unit_number probably? You may want to look at the stop-events.lua in the LTN mod sources. Their station is compound entity consisting of the train stop and two lamps. Very...

I tried it with windows powershell, but I didn't get any prints. Do you use steam version? Steam version relaunches itself through steam, so it may lose connection to the terminal. Try DRM-free version from the Factorio site, as mentioned in that forum thread. Anyway, there is a log() function that...

Hi everyone, because I asked two questions in two days and because I won't flood this forum I have decided to create a topic, that contains all of my future, simple ore more advanced questions. Today's question: Add circuit network condition Is there a way to add a circuit network condition ore do I...

Of course, but you maybe have to think about the animations. I am not sure because I never created one. I am still in the learning phase. But If I understood it right, the animation pictures are all in one spreadsheet. So this could mean less animations eq more resolution. So if you want to have 32 ...

Actually one more question, because I can't place to entities at the same time (I think) I probably have to use create_entity in my control.lua. Is there a special thing I have to consider? Like should I use the target definition for the create entity? API I used: https://lua-api.factorio.com/latest...

Thank you for your fast reply.

I read something about a limit for the sprite picture size. So at some point there could be the problem, that the entity looks bad. But I think it was about 8192 px ore something like this.

https://wiki.factorio.com/Types/Sprite#size the point size.

Just a short question.

Is it possible to add a prototype definition to a prototype like energy-usage to a belt?
Or do I have to create a ElectricEnergyInterface that is placed on the same position of the original entity, so that there are two entities placed.

Ok, I have decided to discard this Idea, at least in the way I planned it. It would probably be possible with loaders and chests, but it doesn't add that much possibilities to the game, so it isn't worth that much time. I will probably modify normal belts, so that you can change the Speed and need e...

You cannot create new prototypes, you have to work with the ones we have. Fortunately, the linked-belt prototype can do what you want. Make a linked-belt connecting the multiple input to the multiple output, and everything works. An advanced solution is to run the linked-belt along a separate surfa...

Hi everyone, I would like to create a Mod, that creates a Bus with multiple belt inputs and one output and of course the same reverse. I don't have any experience with modding factorio, so I would like to start with this. I already figured out, that I need to use an already existing prototype, that ...