Have more per-surfaces properties

[y.petremann]

For now in prototypes we have informations to about polution and ennemys but nothing about generation for surfaces.

Here the thing I think we should be able to control by prototypes (I think in map-settings) :

• Daytime-Darkness curve

  This parameter would be a list of points defining the darkness evolution of the day
  
  Start and end of day would autocalculated from the curve between the first and last defined points
  

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  darkness_curve = {{0.25,0},{0.42,0.85},{0.58,0.85},{0.75,0}} -- actual factorio curve
  darkness_curve = {{0,0}} -- eternal day
  darkness_curve = {{0,0.85}} -- eternal night
  darkness_curve = {{0.08,0},{0.25,0.85},{0.75,0.85},{0.92,0}} -- longer night

• Daytime-Sun curve

  This parameter would represent how much sunlight there is, would affect only solar panel and would not be visually represented
  Would be the inverse of the Daytime-Darkness curve by default.
  

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  sunlight_curve = {{0.25,1},{0.42,0},{0.58,0},{0.75,1}} -- actual factorio curve
  darkness_curve = {{0,0}} -- no solar generation
  darkness_curve = {{0,0.85}} -- always solar generation
  darkness_curve = {{0.08,1},{0.25,0},{0.75,0},{0.92,1}} -- longer night power generation

• Day Lenght

  Number of ticks long is a day
  

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  day_lenght = 25000 -- actual factorio day lenght
  day_lenght = 5184000 -- realtime (24h per ingame day)

• Max Wind Speed

  Max speed of wind (should affect smoke and mods dependant to wind speed)
  

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  max_wind_speed = ??? -- actual factorio day lenght
  max_wind_speed = 0 -- for interiors

Example :

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data:extend({
  {
    type="map-settings",
    name="map-settings",
    -- <<< already existing properties here
    darkness_curve = {{0.25,0},{0.42,0.85},{0.58,0.85},{0.75,0}},
    sunlight_curve = {{0.25,1},{0.42,0},{0.58,0},{0.75,1}},
    day_lenght = 25000,
  }
})

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data:extend({
  {
    type="map-settings",
    name="map-settings-underground",
    -- <<< already existing properties here
    darkness_curve = {{0,0.85}}, -- need to place lamps 
    sunlight_curve = {{0,0}},
    day_lenght = 25000,
  }
})

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data:extend({
  {
    type="map-settings",
    name="map-settings-facility",
    -- <<< already existing properties here
    darkness_curve = {{0,0}}, -- considering their is already ceiling-attached lamps
    sunlight_curve = {{0,0}},
    day_lenght = 25000,
  }
})

[UberWaffe]

Good suggestions.

I'd only suggest inverting "Daytime-Darkness" to "Daytime-Brightness" (I.e. the ambient light brightness level). It is more standard to define light levels, instead of "not-light" levels.
And rename "Daytime-Sun" to "Solar-Production" simply because that is a bit more obvious what it does. I initially though it was just the inverse of darkness.

[y.petremann]

Good suggestions.

I'd only suggest inverting "Daytime-Darkness" to "Daytime-Brightness" (I.e. the ambient light brightness level). It is more standard to define light levels, instead of "not-light" levels.
And rename "Daytime-Sun" to "Solar-Production" simply because that is a bit more obvious what it does. I initially though it was just the inverse of darkness.

Daytime Darkness is actually copied from actual properties but you're not wrong, also for I would like more to be daytime-solar-production to have a better correspondence with daytime cycles