Is there a way to have players not share the research tree but also not be targeted by each others guns like you see in PvP?
#Multiplayer research
fierce island
tranquil sparrow
Have players on different forces, but set the forces to be friendly to each other
fierce island
do you still have to play in the PvP bases?
tranquil sparrow
You'll probably want some kind of mod for managing the forces if you don't want to deal with console commands
fierce island
do you know any?
tranquil sparrow
do you still have to play in the PvP bases?
You are not limited to any specific scenario though
fierce island
hmm
lemme try it out
tranquil sparrow
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/BTeams might work, never used it
Seems https://mods.factorio.com/mod/EasyAPI simplifies the console commands to something more basic
fierce island
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/BTeams might work, never used it
I tried it but I have no idea how to use it...
lusty bridge
i think i saw something in the editor for adding forces/setting friendliness?
fierce island
can I configure it in here?
tranquil sparrow
Maybe? Not seeing an "add friend" option in there
/c game.forces["force-name"].set_friend("friend-force-name")
fierce island
what does that do?
tranquil sparrow
Adds a friend
fierce island
and I do that in the standert PvP mode?
fierce island
well all I want if for us to not share the research tree I thought you can only do that in PvP
tranquil sparrow
The only requirement is that you are on separate forces
You can mess with forces in any game mode
fierce island
how do I do that?
lusty bridge
with the above
tranquil sparrow
Console or mods
fierce island
I see
tranquil sparrow
Creating a new force: /c game.create_force("force-name")
Adding a player to a force: /c game.players["player-name"].force = "force-name"
Forces can be deleted by merging them into another: /c game.merge_forces("source-force-name", "destination-force-name")
fierce island
oh neat!
and while players are in different forces can they hurt each other?
tranquil sparrow
Adding a friendly force: /c game.forces["force-name"].set_friend("friend-force-name", true) (allows full interaction with buildings and stops turrets from firing)
Adding a ceasefire: /c game.forces["force-name"].set_cease_fire("friend-force-name", true) (only stops turrets from firing)
fierce island
okay, but friendly forces still dont share research trees right?
lusty bridge
yeah, wasn't that the goal?
tranquil sparrow
No
fierce island
perfect, thank you so much!