Foreman 0.1.9 - A factory optimisation tool.

[LJL_Houben]

Where are you placing the files? Try a desktop folder.
Are you placing all the files together in a folder? They all need to be in the same directory.

All files were in 1 folder "D:\Downsloads\Foreman"

[LJL_Houben]

Update - Version 0.1.9 is here! Get it here!

Requirements:
.Net 4.0 or higher
Visual C++ 2012 x86

Do I also need this as a user?? If yes, than we found the problem.

[PiggyWhiskey]

Have you made any other changes?
I've updated just the other day with zero problems.

Maybe look on google for registering the dll.
But I can't think of why the program won't read a file that's in the same folder as it.

[PiggyWhiskey]

Well, those are the requirements.
Most of the time some other program will install it for you. It's a common dependency.

But as we discovered several pages back, it must be that specific version. You can't use 2014 version. Or the x64 version

[LJL_Houben]

Well, those are the requirements.
Most of the time some other program will install it for you. It's a common dependency.

But as we discovered several pages back, it must be that specific version. You can't use 2014 version. Or the x64 version

Ah check...First I had none, now I had the x64 2015 version, but the specific I haven't tried yet. I think it will be solved then Thanks for the help

[PiggyWhiskey]

You won't need to remove the other versions. In fact over the computers life you'll accumulate a few different ones.

As long as that 2012 version is there you should be fine

[Brick]

Just to let you know though this tool is awesome and really helps me a lot. Thanks

[Avacado]

I'm getting incorrect values out of Foreman in terms of the timing and amounts that go into each recipe.

I'm using Bob's, Angel's, and Marathon and have noticed the tool uses incorrect values for recipes like copper ingots from processed copper.

I'm going to make 3 or 4 assumptions here: Am I correct to assume that this issue is caused by Foreman reading raw prototype information and so doesn't capture any recipe modifications done in lua code, which is how I'm assuming Marathon works? Reading and running all of the Lua code for the mods seems difficult, so I'm assuming this is a known issue that probably won't be fixed?

I'd really like to get it working if possible, and short adding a feature myself to Foreman which was presumably left off intentionally due to difficulty, is there anyway to, for example, dump the current list of recipes and their values from a live factorio game to capture recipes current costs? and then somehow load that dump into Foreman?

[PiggyWhiskey]

I'm getting incorrect values out of Foreman in terms of the timing and amounts that go into each recipe.

I'm using Bob's, Angel's, and Marathon and have noticed the tool uses incorrect values for recipes like copper ingots from processed copper.

I'm going to make 3 or 4 assumptions here: Am I correct to assume that this issue is caused by Foreman reading raw prototype information and so doesn't capture any recipe modifications done in lua code, which is how I'm assuming Marathon works? Reading and running all of the Lua code for the mods seems difficult, so I'm assuming this is a known issue that probably won't be fixed?

I'd really like to get it working if possible, and short adding a feature myself to Foreman which was presumably left off intentionally due to difficulty, is there anyway to, for example, dump the current list of recipes and their values from a live factorio game to capture recipes current costs? and then somehow load that dump into Foreman?

IIRC it reads data.lua, data-updates.lua and data-final.lua to get recipe modifications.
With Bobs Mods, it adds the modified recipes depending on what mods are available, or if you remove a specific mod.

If Marathon makes a recipe change in any other place, then there is a possibility it'll be missed.

Try look through the Marathon files to where specifically it changes the recipe.

[niccage]

I keep getting errors when i complete a line in 0.2.0, here is an example:

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See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(ExceptionArgument argument, ExceptionResource resource)
   at Foreman.LinearProgrammingSolver.doPivotTransformations(Int32 pivotRow, Int32 pivotColumn) in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\LinearProgrammingSolver.cs:line 93
   at Foreman.LinearProgrammingSolver.solve() in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\LinearProgrammingSolver.cs:line 64
   at Foreman.GraphOptimisations.OptimiseNodeGroup(IEnumerable`1 nodeGroup) in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\GraphOptimisation.cs:line 113
   at Foreman.GraphOptimisations.FindOptimalGraphToSatisfyFixedNodes(ProductionGraph graph) in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\GraphOptimisation.cs:line 20
   at Foreman.ProductionGraph.UpdateNodeValues() in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\ProductionGraph.cs:line 173
   at Foreman.DraggedLinkElement.<>c__DisplayClass38_0.<EndDrag>b__3(ChooserControl c) in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\DraggedLinkElement.cs:line 185
   at Foreman.ChooserControl.MouseClicked(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e) in C:\Users\Nick\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Foreman\Foreman\ChooserControl.cs:line 43
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseClick(MouseEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Label.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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[Quax]

Hi, I just started to use your tool, but stumbled across something I cannot understand. As in this oicture, I want to figure out the ratios of input sources for a given product, blue science in my case:




Now it seems I dont understand how to use this tool: I thought taht setting the "Auto/fixed" value to the number of batteries / s needed (1 in that case), would give he proper amount of chemical plants needed, which would be 5, as the production time for the battery is 5 seconds. However, it shows 4 chemical plants.
Second, what is the "auto" setting for? I thought it might be for autmatically calculating the neccessary inout sources and number of plants .. however I cannot find any function / menu entry related to this?

[Ranakastrasz]

The 5 seconds are correct, but I don't think there is anything in the tool that informs you that chemical plants craft at a rate of 1.25. Hence, 4 chem plants is correct.

Auto seems to let it calculate stuff for you, but if you don't set at least one element to fixed, then the auto nodes cannot calculate. Set an output to however many you want per second (or minute) and the rest should fill in if they are set to auto. If you set multiple to fixed, then it might create extra auto-nodes when you use autocomplete to make up for the shortfall.

[Quax]

The 5 seconds are correct, but I don't think there is anything in the tool that informs you that chemical plants craft at a rate of 1.25. Hence, 4 chem plants is correct.

Thanks, didn't think of that

Auto seems to let it calculate stuff for you, but if you don't set at least one element to fixed, then the auto nodes cannot calculate. Set an output to however many you want per second (or minute) and the rest should fill in if they are set to auto. If you set multiple to fixed, then it might create extra auto-nodes when you use autocomplete to make up for the shortfall.

I see. I already set the main output (blue science) to a fixed rate, however nothing changed at the sub-nodes. Is there a way to "start" the calculation through the sub-nodes, or should this be done autmoatically on changing the desired output quantity?

EDIT: I must be missing the obvious. I created my output node and manually added the sub-nodes I want to calculate. I then set the output node to "fixed amount" of "1", and I do have the general settings for "Show production amount" on "fixed amount".

Now how the hell do I tell foreman to calculate?

[Boogieman14]

This is an awesome tool! If I may make two suggestions:
- When there's an error loading a certain mod, it could be helpful if the UI gave some kind of indication about this - even if it's just a notice to check the error log for details
- For miners and pumpjacks, it would be useful if the mouseover would show the machine used

Finally, the problem I ran into that made me think of the first bullet point was caused by this error:

errorlog

The following files could not be loaded due to errors:
C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\marathon_1.1.5\marathon_1.1.5\data-updates.lua (...ocal\Temp\marathon_1.1.5\marathon_1.1.5\data-updates.lua:12: attempt to call global 'log' (a nil value))
C:\Users\Andre\AppData\Local\Temp\bobvehicleequipment_0.14.2\bobvehicleequipment_0.14.2\data-updates.lua (...ibrary_0.14.3\boblibrary_0.14.3\technology-functions.lua:152: attempt to call global 'log' (a nil value))

I suspect the log function is one provided by Factorio normally and it probably won't be used by mods a lot, but apperently some do use it. Would it be possible to give this function a dummy definition for the purpose of getting these mods loaded in Foreman? (for now, i've worked around the problem by simply making a copy of my mod directory and commenting out the log lines, but it would be a lot prettier of Foreman handled this automatically )

[Chukles]

Im getting alot of "Divided by Zero" Errors lately. I hope you are aware of these issues, they are kinda annoying and im not sure why they are happening.

[Candyman]

I'm confused. I went to the place and downloaded it and now i have the file named Nicksaurus-foreman but i dont know what to do after that to get it to do whatever

*update*

I got the thing to open so now i'm at the place where it should create the flowcharts for me, but it doesnt have any information. Like, it seems like the program is working but there is no flowcharts for me to see what is the optimal setups and such

[PEAST]

Is it possible in any way to run the program on Mac?

[kinnom]

foreman doesn't wotk with factorio 0.15

[Blackraz0r]

can confirm. was one of the first things i've tested ^^

[Ranakastrasz]

Given that you can now change recipes without restarting the game, somehow, I don't find this too surprising. I suspect they changed something significant.