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Wouldn't it be handy if for example all the relevant information from factorio regarding network logistics, production, electricity and research would be available on a second monitor? I have for example an android tablet on a stand next to my pc monitor, i would love to use that to get a quick overview of everything i might want to know about.

The idea of this comes from Elite Dangerous, where something similar already exist: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... ost1381339



How difficult would it be for someone who actually has some coding skills to redesign this application from Elite Dangerous and make it work for Factorio?

Related: Dual screen support/use [Ideas and Suggestions]

Mods can't add this functionality as they are not able to open their own window, they are limited to Factorio's already existing window.

Although one could make a mod that regularly saves this information to a file (every 1 second for example) and then use an external tool to display that information on a second screen. But this would be a very hack-ish solution (and bad for the harddrive) and would need to be set up correctly every time you start Factorio.

How about if the mod hosted a local webpage containing this information? Then you could show this info on any device on the same network. Maybe the current multiplayer functionallity already does something similar even?

Stainarr wrote:How about if the mod hosted a local webpage containing this information? Then you could show this info on any device on the same network. Maybe the current multiplayer functionallity already does something similar even?

Thanks for your idea.
Here is my suggestion: viewtopic.php?f=97&t=23962&p=150617#p150617