Can Biter expansion be enables after world is created?

[ThunderWolf2100]

My question is that, i created a railworld map to play, and only after 10 hours in i realize that biters don't expand in this preset, but i want to enable it, is it any way (via console or something) to reenable it or do i have to start a new map?

Thank you!

[Madefh]

I have the same question, but in the opposite direction. I created the map with expansion and want to disable it.

As far as I got, it is possible to disable using in-game commands:

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/c game.map_settings.enemy_expansion.enabled = false

But that one disable achievements. Is it possible to do it without disabling achievements (since you can generate a map without that configuration, I don't think it is intrinsically cheating )

[searker]

Nope, all commands that change the (save-)game-state in some way disable achievements. The only exceptions are "cosmetic" changes like /color and so on.

[steinio]

I have the same question, but in the opposite direction. I created the map with expansion and want to disable it.

As far as I got, it is possible to disable using in-game commands:

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/c game.map_settings.enemy_expansion.enabled = false

But that one disable achievements. Is it possible to do it without disabling achievements (since you can generate a map without that configuration, I don't think it is intrinsically cheating )

Hi,

maybe installing Creative Mode, enabling it with that and removing it afterwards should reenable achivements.
Otherwise open control.lua in the zipped save file and insert some code which enables it at some tick.

Greetings, steinio.

[Sunnova]

This is not my mod, but I found it as I had the same need on one of my saves.

https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Damgam/slowevolution,

you will need to edit the config.lua file

Look for

--- Biter Expansion ---
biterexpansion = true -- change to false to turn off expansion

--- Biter Expansion Boost ---
biterexpansionboost = false -- change to true to slow expansion

You can play with some of the settings in the data.lua file, they won't be used if you set biterexpansionboost = false

Also, you will need to edit the info.json file and change the factorio version to 0.15