Adding craftable recipes directly to assembling-machines?...

[Volvith]

So, I've been messing around with custom assembling machines lately.
The main problem I'm having is that it is (to my limited knowledge) not possible to, without scripting workarounds, assign specific base mod recipes to assembling machines with the current system.

I've seen function scripts that temporarily make assembling machine's ingredient_count the same as the #ingredients of the recipe, and I've seen recipes be re-categorized based on allowed production per assembling machine.
The first method here is rather complex, and kind of a half-assed hacking way of achieving the desired result.
The latter method is probably nearly impossible to make compatible with mods for which it wasn't specifically modified for.

I have to say that, even though i'm not new to writing code in that i followed a 2 year course in application development, I'm now 4 days, and probably not more than 30 hours, into modding, so I'm not entirely sure how doable the following suggestion is, but...

would it be an idea, not even a good one, to add another identifier to assembling machines, not unlike ingredient count?
I'm thinking something along the lines of the code below:

{
type = "assembling-machine",
name = "assembling-machine-1",
--[[... etc.]]
crafting_categories = {
"crafting",
},
crafting_recipes = {
"assembling-machine-3",
"rocket-silo",
},
crafting_speed = 0.75,
ingredient_count = 2,
--[[... etc.]]
}

In this scenario, the crafting_recipes would have priority over both the ingredient_count's, and the crafting_categories' values, in that the recipes ignore them.

Again, I don't know how feasible an idea this is, and I know that the system works for the base game, as there's never been a need for any other method of defining the craftable recipes, but, in my opinion, defining the craftable recipes in assembling machines, or production machines in general, by just their ingredient count and category is not specific enough.

There might be better ways of handling the problem presented here than this though...
So, i suppose this is more of a suggestion than anything else.
IDK though, food for thought maybe? :3

Anyhow, thanks for reading i suppose.
If whoever is reading this has any experience with prototype modding, and has come across this issue before, i'd like to hear your solution to the problem, as i'd maybe learn a thing or two.

Cheers lads! ^^

[bobingabout]

Have you considered crafting category?

You can define new ones just like defining new recipes. Every recipe can be a member of only 1 crafting category, but machines can have multiple categories assigned to them.
If you want a machine to accept a specific list of recipes, you could give every recipe it's own category, then simply add these categories to the list on each machine you want to be able to craft them.

It's basically the difference between an assembling machine, furnace, chemical plant, and oil refinery, ALL of them are assembling machines, each has it's own category, or set of categories.

Furnace might be type = "furnace", but under the hood, that's just an assembling machine with a special logic assigned: Automatic recipe selection, which limits it to single ingredient recipes. You could quite easily make the chemical plant, refinery or assembling machine a furnace type, if the list of recipes on that machine all only had 1 ingredient (and every recipe on the list had it's own, so you couldn't have say, Pipe and Gear, as both take iron plates), likewise you could make an assembling machine type entity to smelt metal, you then have to set the recipe of which metal to smelt.

[Volvith]

Have you considered crafting category?

You can define new ones just like defining new recipes. Every recipe can be a member of only 1 crafting category, but machines can have multiple categories assigned to them.

Yeah, but that's kind of the issue here.
If any other mod depends on the base category of a recipe, this way of doing it would make it incompatible with that mod.

Again, the current system works for nearly everything, but there's not really any way to interact with specific base recipes at the moment, which is precisely what i'm trying to achieve.

I'm not proposing a complete overhaul of the system, but a way to overwrite both the category and ingredient count for specific recipes in specific assembling machines.

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	data.raw.recipe ["laser-turret"]							.category			=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]		.ingredient_count	=	"12"
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]		.crafting_categories	= 	{}

	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_two")

Kind of like this, but with 3 different categories for the new assembler, assm1 and assm2.
And roughly 250 lines of code, which seems excessive to reassign 3 recipes to different assemblers... -_-

If interested, entire code-sheet is in the spoiler below.

data-updates.lua

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if data.raw	["assembling-machine"]["burner-assembling-machine"] then 

-- [[Burner Assembler Recipe Re-Categorization]]
	--Logistics
	data.raw.recipe	["wooden-chest"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["transport-belt"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["burner-inserter"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["small-electric-pole"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["pipe"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["pipe-to-ground"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	
	--Production
	data.raw.recipe	["iron-axe"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["boiler"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["steam-engine"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["burner-mining-drill"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["offshore-pump"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["stone-furnace"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["burner-assembling-machine"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe ["assembling-machine-1"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["lab"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	
	--Intermediate Products
	data.raw.recipe	["wood"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["copper-cable"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["iron-stick"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["iron-gear-wheel"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["electronic-circuit"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
	data.raw.recipe	["science-pack-1"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_burner"
-- [/[Burner Assembler Recipe Re-Categorization]]


-- [[Assembler 1 Recipe Re-Categorization]]
	--Logistics
	data.raw.recipe ["iron-chest"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["steel-chest"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["storage-tank"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["fast-transport-belt"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["underground-belt"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["fast-underground-belt"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["filter-inserter"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["stack-filter-inserter"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["medium-electric-pole"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["big-electric-pole"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["rail-signal"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["rail-chain-signal"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["logistic-robot"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["construction-robot"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["red-wire"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["green-wire"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["arithmetic-combinator"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["decider-combinator"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["constant-combinator"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["hazard-concrete"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"

	data.raw.recipe ["concrete"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	
	--Production
	data.raw.recipe ["steel-axe"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["repair-pack"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["accumulator"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["heat-pipe"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["steel-furnace"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["assembling-machine-2"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["speed-module"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["effectivity-module"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["productivity-module"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"

	--Indermediate Products
	data.raw.recipe ["empty-barrel"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["rocket-fuel"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["rocket-control-unit"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["science-pack-2"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"

	--Combat
	data.raw.recipe ["pistol"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["flamethrower"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["land-mine"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["firearm-magazine"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["uranium-rounds-magazine"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["shotgun-shell"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["uranium-cannon-shell"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["explosive-uranium-cannon-shell"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["explosive-rocket"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["grenade"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["distractor-capsule"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["destroyer-capsule"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["discharge-defense-remote"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["light-armor"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["heavy-armor"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["modular-armor"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["fusion-reactor-equipment"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["energy-shield-equipment"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["energy-shield-mk2-equipment"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["battery-equipment"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["battery-mk2-equipment"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["personal-roboport-mk2-equipment"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["night-vision-equipment"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	data.raw.recipe ["stone-wall"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
-- [/[Assembler 1 Recipe Re-Categorization]]


-- [[Assembler 2 Recipe Re-Categorization]]
	--Logistics
	data.raw.recipe ["express-transport-belt"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["express-underground-belt"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["splitter"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["fast-splitter"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["express-splitter"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["inserter"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["long-handed-inserter"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["fast-inserter"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["stack-inserter"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["substation"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["pump"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["rail"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["train-stop"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["locomotive"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["cargo-wagon"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["fluid-wagon"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["car"]								.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["tank"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["logistic-chest-passive-provider"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["logistic-chest-active-provider"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["logistic-chest-requester"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["logistic-chest-storage"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["roboport"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["small-lamp"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["power-switch"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["programmable-speaker"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["landfill"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_one"
	
	--Production
	data.raw.recipe ["steam-turbine"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["solar-panel"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["nuclear-reactor"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["heat-exchanger"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["electric-mining-drill"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["pumpjack"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["electric-furnace"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["assembling-machine-3"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["oil-refinery"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["chemical-plant"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["centrifuge"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["beacon"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["speed-module-2"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["speed-module-3"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["effectivity-module-2"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["effectivity-module-3"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["productivity-module-2"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["productivity-module-3"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	
	--Intermediary Products
	data.raw.recipe ["advanced-circuit"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["processing-unit"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["engine-unit"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["electric-engine-unit"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["flying-robot-frame"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["low-density-structure"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["satellite"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["uranium-fuel-cell"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["science-pack-3"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["military-science-pack"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["production-science-pack"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["high-tech-science-pack"]	.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	
	--Combat
	data.raw.recipe ["submachine-gun"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["shotgun"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["combat-shotgun"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["rocket-launcher"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["piercing-rounds-magazine"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["piercing-shotgun-shell"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["cannon-shell"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["explosive-cannon-shell"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["rocket"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["atomic-bomb"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["grenade"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["poison-capsule"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["slowdown-capsule"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["defender-capsule"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["power-armor"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["power-armor-mk2"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["solar-panel-equipment"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["personal-laser-defense-equipment"].category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["discharge-defense-equipment"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["exoskeleton-equipment"]			.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["personal-roboport-equipment"]		.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["gate"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["gun-turret"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["laser-turret"]					.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["flamethrower-turret"]				.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["radar"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
	data.raw.recipe ["rocket-silo"]						.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
--	data.raw.recipe ["fill-"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
--	data.raw.recipe ["empty-"]							.category	=	"automatrius-assem_two"
-- [/[Assembler 2 Recipe Re-Categorization]]	




--[[Maxing Out Allowed Max Recipe Ingredients For Assemblers]]
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["burner-assembling-machine"]	.ingredient_count	=	"12"
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-1"]		.ingredient_count	=	"12"
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]		.ingredient_count	=	"12"
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-3"]		.ingredient_count	=	"12"
--[/[Maxing Out Allowed Max Recipe Ingredients For Assemblers]]




--[[Removing Empty Crafting Categories From Assemblers]]
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-1"].crafting_categories = {}
	data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"].crafting_categories = {}
--[/[Removing Empty Crafting Categories From Assemblers]]



--[[Setting Allowed Crafting Categories For Assemblers]]
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-1"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_burner")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-1"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_one")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_burner")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_one")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-2"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_two")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-3"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_burner")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-3"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_one")
	table.insert(data.raw["assembling-machine"]["assembling-machine-3"]["crafting_categories"], "automatrius-assem_two")
--[/[Setting Allowed Crafting Categories For Assemblers]]




--[[Burner Assembler Inventory Sub-Group Order]]
	data.raw["item"]["assembling-machine-1"].order 	=	"b[assembling-machine-1]"
	data.raw["item"]["assembling-machine-2"].order 	=	"c[assembling-machine-2]"
	data.raw["item"]["assembling-machine-3"].order 	=	"d[assembling-machine-3]"
	data.raw["item"]["oil-refinery"].order 			=	"e[oil-refinery]"
	data.raw["item"]["chemical-plant"].order 		=	"f[chemical-plant]"

	if data.raw["item"]["lab"].order ~= "g[lab]" then
		data.raw["item"]["lab"].order = "g[lab]"
	end
--[/[Burner Assembler Inventory Sub-Group Order]]




--[[Disabling Player Mining And Player Crafting]]
	data.raw.player.player.mining_categories = nil
	data.raw.player.player.crafting_categories = nil
--[/[Disabling Player Mining And Player Crafting]]




--[[Disabling Stone Rock Stone Resource Drops]]
	data.raw["simple-entity"]["stone-rock"].minable.result = nil
	data.raw["simple-entity"]["stone-rock"].minable.count = nil
	data.raw["simple-entity"]["stone-rock"].loot = nil
--[/[Disabling Stone Rock Stone Resource Drops]]

end