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Targa wrote:I have a question about changing the config file. If, for example, I have disableEnemyExpansion = true and start a game, save my game, then change that to false, will the change actually take affect, or are the original settings used when starting the game kept in the save file and not refreshed every time you start and load the game?

/c game.mapsettings.enemy_expansion.enabled = false

Demosthenex wrote:we want no guaranteed starting area

Demosthenex wrote:I'm looking for recommendations for an RSO config for a multiplayer game. We will have at least five players, and we want no guaranteed starting area. My goal is to have any resource patch less than 2k from spawn be <150k of the resource, with scaling to 10k from center means you can find patches of 1M. We want to reduce the frequency of bug nests to make room for us early (ie: small nests <2k radius), but to have to fight to get resources further out (ie: you need a tank to secure that 1M patch because it has 5-10 buildings).

Any advice is appreciated.

Align wrote:

Demosthenex wrote:we want no guaranteed starting area

Do you mean as in no guaranteed one of each resource near spawn?

orzelek wrote:

Demosthenex wrote:I'm looking for recommendations for an RSO config for a multiplayer game. We will have at least five players, and we want no guaranteed starting area. My goal is to have any resource patch less than 2k from spawn be <150k of the resource, with scaling to 10k from center means you can find patches of 1M. We want to reduce the frequency of bug nests to make room for us early (ie: small nests <2k radius), but to have to fight to get resources further out (ie: you need a tank to secure that 1M patch because it has 5-10 buildings).

Any advice is appreciated.

First part is easy - just select starting area as none on map gen settings and mod will comply. I would not recommend that personally - you'll see why.

As for the scaling you would like - you can't set it up that way currently. There is no such fine tuning on scaling implemented - it works on distance^factor equation only. And a lot depends on random generation rolls since it tries to vary size/resource amounts per patch.

From what I see you want low resource game so I would recommend dropping starting resource richness in config to 0.5, then global richness to 0.2-0.5.
And then vary the biter settings from map generation settings and use charting command to see how it works.

Demosthenex wrote:I have found that the starting area settings are NOT honored. In the config file I specify a 0 start area size, and I set ignoreMapGenSettings, and I still set starting area in the gen screen to NONE. Despite this I always get a perfect pretty handout.

New code, control.lua, line 917 in the preamble of local function spawn_starting_resources:

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	if starting_area_size == 0 then return end -- NO start area means don't generate one.

orzelek wrote:

Demosthenex wrote:I have found that the starting area settings are NOT honored. In the config file I specify a 0 start area size, and I set ignoreMapGenSettings, and I still set starting area in the gen screen to NONE. Despite this I always get a perfect pretty handout.

New code, control.lua, line 917 in the preamble of local function spawn_starting_resources:

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	if starting_area_size == 0 then return end -- NO start area means don't generate one.

You set the ignoreMapGenSettings - then it will ignore them and your none setting is indeed ignored. Seems to work as intended?
Just set starting area to none and don't enable the ignore flag.

Check for starting area size might be a good idea to add also.
New version is up.

MalcolmCooks wrote:Hello,
I accidentally played a little bit today with mods disabled, and while my radars were exploring, they uncovered resources and biter nests placed inappropriately by the game resource gen, not RSO. Unfortunately I already saved before realising my mistake and re-enabling my mods. So I tried to use remote.call("RSO", "regenerate") to change the newly generated areas to what they should be, but everything turned up in a different configuration.
I am using the same version of the mod and have not changed any settings, why should regenerate make a different configuration? Factorio has updated since starting the world, is this why?

MalcolmCooks wrote:Well if placing stone bricks counts? It doesn't matter much since I had an earlier autosave to go back to, I only lost ~20 mins of gameplay. But its good to know how it actually works.

aka13 wrote:Hey, I wondered if I can regen a specific resource without regenerating the rest of them? Somehow oil is way too sparse on default settings, compared to other ressources. While I can deal with it somehow, it's in no way pleasant. It doesnt add to the challendge, but rather to the tediousness.

aka13 wrote:ALright. That makes sense. What happens if I change the config for oil, will it be changed on future, non-explored chunks? Or will the generation remain the same for the world?