Blueprint Edit - Ability to Zoom In/Out

rldml · Post by **rldml** » Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:32 pm

I need this. +1

Sauerkraut · Post by **Sauerkraut** » Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:16 pm

Single tile entities in large blueprints get incredibly small and are really hard to click. The difference between a greyed out entity and a normal one is also kind of hard to see

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Jürgen Erhard · Post by **Jürgen Erhard** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:39 am

Let's give this a nudge, because I've wanted this for aaaaages.

SkiCarver · Post by **SkiCarver** » Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:55 pm

Agreed with the request for a zoom ... and also the ability to edit, even if that ability is limited (add/remove objects but without actual processing in the machines)

Tekillaa · Post by **Tekillaa** » Mon May 06, 2019 3:17 pm

Using "train station" Bp and more larger BP sometimes : +1

Qon · Post by **Qon** » Mon May 06, 2019 6:26 pm

Post by **ssilk** » Tue May 07, 2019 6:03 pm

I want to list my features of this suggestion:

instead of current “edit”-mode a real editor (technically placing blueprint on empty surface), like the blueprint-lab mod.
optionally: in that editor enable to stop time in the “real” world
optionally: like in blueprint lab mod, give player possibility to test the blueprint. Or make it at least simple modable, so that new blueprint-editor-features can be added
on that edit-surface give player the ability to place/delete any item she/he wants, instead of only delete/undelete
place and save any other blueprint from here
player on that surface works like in god-mode
optionally: during a game this surface doesn’t forget until you clean it. When you enter that surface without clearing, you appear at a new place, but your old constructions are still there.
optionally: provides mirroring-mode and helps solving problems with symmetry, provides shifting-mode for rails and shows/helps with those problems.
shows theoretical max. usage/production of electricity, max. Item production/usage, min. Standby power...
optionally: a mode to “write” letters down to the surface
control slice, what screenshot of the blueprint will be taken

Ghoulish · Post by **Ghoulish** » Tue May 07, 2019 6:47 pm

Here's a blueprint I was wanting to edit. Can't feasably be done, x number of years we'll all have implants in our eyes to zoom in no doubt, but I think adding the option to the game will be far quicker

This is a really needed feature

Pretty please <3

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SkiCarver · Post by **SkiCarver** » Wed May 29, 2019 6:36 pm

I want to tweak one constant combinator .... oh for a blueprint editor!!

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 4:19 pm

Oh, this feature was not added.

Usul · Post by **Usul** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:29 am

Yes, this is my biggest feature wish. Seems like something basic that is missing among all the great functionality of the blue print editor... it's not ergonmic not being able to zoom in to large blueprints in order to edit details. The map section of Train Interface supports zoom and pan... why not the bp? Please add for 1.1 or 1.x

Thanks!

Post by **ssilk** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:35 am

What’s would add most gameplay-value is a blueprint editor. Like the blueprint editor mod (which sucks when you try to edit big bp).

Sad_Brother · Post by **Sad_Brother** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:45 am

Hm.
If Tips and Tricks would become so powerful and interactive as mentioned in FFF would it be possible to edit BP in that interactivity?
Just a thought.

MassiveDynamic · Post by **MassiveDynamic** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 2:54 am

TL;DR

Blueprints are great; editing them is a hassle; zooming would help.

What ?

Once you create a blueprint, editing is quite tedious. It would help if it was possible to zoom in on a blueprint while you are editing.

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Why ?

In the image you can see my cousin's city block; it's wonderful, but it has a few small flaws that I can't see while holding the blueprint. I hope that I am not alone in this.

Thank you, whether or not this is considered.

Post by **ssilk** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 5:25 am

There is a vast cloud of ideas around a blueprint editor.

Optera · Post by **Optera** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:14 am

Would be quite easy if done similarly to tipps:
An edit button teleports into a world filled with lab tiles with the blueprint pre built
A Save button takes you back and saves the updated blueprint

Post by **ssilk** » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:31 am

Well, there is a mod
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Blueprint-Editor
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Kux-BlueprintEditor
Dunno, how that works, but it looks more like a blueprint filter. And it makes me suspicious,that the second is marked as republished from the first.

And there was a mod
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Edit-Blueprints
I remember this one, that was, what we are talking about here, but it had real problems with bigger blueprints.

AdamK · Post by **AdamK** » Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:14 am

With big blueprints it is hard to remove things by hand. Zoom would help with that.

Post by **ssilk** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:00 am

it took me 5 seconds to find a similar thread, but 30 to merge that post into this older one — ssilk

foamy · Post by **foamy** » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:13 am

Pan and zoom controls for blueprints would be a fantastic QoL change. Particularly if you're working with things like train stations or nuclear plants.

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