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darkfrei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:48 pm I mean that you need to add new leech inserter on data stage and unlock it as the technology effect.

BlueTemplar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:05 pm

darkfrei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:48 pm I mean that you need to add new leech inserter on data stage and unlock it as the technology effect.

This would also work poorly with mods adding other burner inserters or those that convert electric inserter to burner ones ?

for inserter_name, inserter_prototype in pairs (data.raw.inserter) do
  -- do what you want, for example
  inserter_prototype.allow_burner_leech = true
end

darkfrei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:01 pm

BlueTemplar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 5:05 pm

darkfrei wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:48 pm I mean that you need to add new leech inserter on data stage and unlock it as the technology effect.

This would also work poorly with mods adding other burner inserters or those that convert electric inserter to burner ones ?

Change them as you want.

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for inserter_name, inserter_prototype in pairs (data.raw.inserter) do
  -- do what you want, for example
  inserter_prototype.allow_burner_leech = true
end

Another solution: enable them if they are fuel leeches. Look through all inserter and this list can be used by technology effects.

BlueTemplar wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:06 am AFAIK, both Burner Leech and InserterFuelLeech do quite a bit more than just inserter_prototype.allow_burner_leech ? Could not it get complicated, fast ?

Zaflis wrote:

kingarthur wrote:all the leech function does is allow a burner inserter to take fuel out of a assembler/furnace to feed its self if its set to pull items out from that entity

But it will only ever pull fuel from the input side of inserter. If it puts in an assembler that already has coal in, it can't take it out.

eradicator wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:16 pm Summary:

1) data-final-fixes method:
Make a copy of every fucking inserter. In on_research_finished replace every fucking normal inserter in the entire world with it's leech-enabled version. Edit: Oh, and replace all assembler recipes and all inserter items in the world, or try and fail to monitor every fucking on_built event.
Benefit: No on_tick UPS cost, relatively low moderate maintenance cost.
Drawback: Huge UPS spike when replacing (not as bad if the scenario only allows small factories), can't be done in pure control.lua.

2) scripted leech method:
Hope that none of the inserters have have leech enabled in the prototype. Dis/Enable the script as you like.
Benefit: Allows clean dis/enabled in pure control.lua.
Drawback: Scripts have a continous UPS cost and are more prone to bugs. If the licenses allows to steal someone elses code it might not be too bad. And if the scenario implies that burners are not used in huge quantities (early-game-only) the UPS cost might be negligible.

3) fake method:
Add a technology with an empty effect that describes the leech-effect but doesn't actually change anything. This would make the player *aware* of the leech feature.
Benefit: Trivial to implement and maintain.
Drawback: Players can use leech without the technology if they know how to do it.

darkfrei wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:30 pm 4) partially [1], but the technology unlocks the recipe to convert normal inserters into leeches.

darkfrei wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:30 pm 4) partially [1], but the technology unlocks the recipe to convert normal inserters into leeches.

Honktown wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:38 pm

darkfrei wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 2:30 pm 4) partially [1], but the technology unlocks the recipe to convert normal inserters into leeches.

That's... not a bad idea. The recipe could take .5 seconds and cost nothing, and would be available via upgrade planner and completely bypass blueprinting issues.

local prototypes = {}

local new_technology = {
    type = "technology",
    name = "leech-inserters",
    icon_size = 128,
    icon = "__new_mod_name__/graphics/technology/leech-inserters.png", -- picture 128x128
    enabled = false, 
    effects = {},
    unit.count = 8,
    unit.ingredients = {{"automation-science-pack", 1}},
    unit.time = 1,
    order = "li-a", 
  }

for inserter_name, inserter_prototype in pairs (data.raw.inserter) do
  if not (inserter_prototype.allow_burner_leech) then
    --create new prototype!
    local new_inserter_prototype = table.deepcopy (inserter_prototype)
    local new_inserter_name = 'leech-' .. inserter_name
    new_inserter_prototype.name = new_inserter_name
    new_inserter_prototype.minable = {mining_time = 0.1, result = new_inserter_name} 
    new_inserter_prototype.allow_burner_leech = true
    table.insert (prototypes, new_inserter_prototype)
    
    -- recipe for it
    local new_recipe = {
        type = 'recipe',
        name = new_inserter_name,
        ingredients = {{inserter_name, 1}},
        result = new_inserter_name
      }
     table.insert (prototypes, new_recipe)
     
     -- add them to the technology effect
     table.insert(new_technology.effects, {type = "unlock-recipe", recipe = new_inserter_name})
  end
end

if #prototypes > 1 then -- vanilla cannot be extended with empty table; you don't need the technology without effects
  table.insert (prototypes, new_technology)
  data:extend (prototypes)
end