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delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 3:56 PM

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@balmy salmon want to continue over here?

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 3:56 PM

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since there is a debate in the modding chat sure

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for now everything I change is working

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 3:59 PM

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So far, collision_box and selection_box would make it bigger as an obstacle, and bigger to highlight/select

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Are we at the point where it feels bigger, but is still visually the same size?

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 3:59 PM

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yes

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:00 PM

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It should complain about the plumbing, though

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:00 PM

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working fine for now

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:01 PM

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The selection box is bigger. The collision box is probably not because the pipe locations should error.

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:03 PM

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I purposefully left it smaller as a quality of life feature

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so It would be possible walking through them in a line

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:04 PM

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But... bigger

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It's ok, I've just seen other mods go really big

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For now, you can make more changes if you like? I will soon be doing other stuff, but I can check my phone

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:06 PM

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ok

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:08 PM

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Another thing, with respect to assigning values

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You've been doing one-table-deep to reach the place you're assigning

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You can also do something like

bigger_boiler.energy_source.emissions_per_minute = 150

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As long as the table(s) exists in-between, you can reach as "deep" into a table as you want

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using the . or ["full-indexing-that-handles-hyphens-and-stuff"] multiple times

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. only works for simple string names of letters, underscores, and numbers after a letter or underscore

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[] is needed when the key you want is in a variable, or is a number, or has language meaning like a minus/hyphen

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More complicated indexing, such as a loop or a table which might not exist gets more complicated

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lol I saw the first half

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:15 PM

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the point was that I have a lot of stuff I want to add

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:16 PM

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I'll ask, are you using a code editor? Notepad++ is a simple one

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Looks like it

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I use it, I only ask because having the highlighting, and ability to "close" brackets is very useful.

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:18 PM

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I use Notepad++

delicate mist Apr 23, 2023, 4:19 PM

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It does have an ability to find-in-files, so if you want to search many files at once you can do that, without any extra tools.

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I recommend taking a look at other prototype mods. Some can be very complicated but others are less so. I have one that might be readable... https://mods.factorio.com/mod/AdvancedNuclear3

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I do some unnecessary/stupid/wrong things at the top of the entity file, but the code is readable

balmy salmon Apr 23, 2023, 4:22 PM

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My mod is kinda inspired by bobspower with advanced boilers

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