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Weapons

2017-06-18T18:25:52Z

ALostDog:

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Weapons are used to kill enemies and to damage or destroy buildings and environmental features like trees. You can cycle between weapons by pressing the the TAB key.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Weapon !! Shots per second !! Ammo types !! Description
|-
| {{imagelink|pistol|Pistol}} || 6 || {{icon|regular magazine}} {{icon|piercing rounds magazine}} {{icon|uranium rounds magazine}} || The most basic type of weapon. You start the game with one of these equipped.
|-
| {{imagelink|submachine-gun|Submachine gun}} || 15 || {{icon|regular magazine}} {{icon|piercing rounds magazine}} {{icon|uranium rounds magazine}} || A slight improvement over the pistol.
|-
| {{imagelink|shotgun|Shotgun}} || 1 || {{icon|shotgun shells}} {{icon|piercing shotgun shells}} || Does more damage than the pistol and submachine gun, but the spread can cause collateral damage to your factory.
|-
| {{imagelink|combat-shotgun|Combat shotgun|Combat Shotgun}} || 2 || {{icon|shotgun shells}} {{icon|piercing shotgun shells}} || An upgrade from the shotgun. Fires twice as fast and has a 20% damage bonus.
|-
| {{imagelink|flame-thrower|Flamethrower}} || - || {{icon|flamethrower ammo}} || Does a fair amount of damage and bypasses all enemy resistances.
|-
| {{imagelink|rocket-launcher|Rocket launcher|Rocket Launcher}} || 1 || {{icon|rocket}} {{icon|explosive rocket}} {{icon|atomic bomb}} || The most damaging handheld weapon in the game. Has a very long range and can be equipped with explosive rockets that are very effective against hordes of enemies. However, ammo for this weapon is costly to make.
|}

Debug mode

2016-08-13T21:03:37Z

ALostDog: would like if a search for the words coordinate and position found this page

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The debug mode is perhaps mainly thought for debuging the game from developer sight, but can be used to see much more interesting information when you play the game.

For example you can
* see the path, the [[Biter]]s are coming from and where the like to target
* see the position / coordinates of the cursor
* see an grid-overlay for the [[Tile]]s and [[Chunk]]s,
* see the blocks in your railway network,
* see some more information, which are not game relevant, but will quite interesting looking. :)

== Activate the debug mode ==

You have 4 debug-levels:

* '''always''' - this is the default mode, if you choose nothing
* '''basic''' - you are here by pressing F5
* '''detailed''' - press F6
* '''full''' - press F7

To switch back to "always" you need to press the previous key again. Example: Press F5 to go to "basic", then press F6 to watch "detailed" and then press F6 again to switch back to "always".

== Configuring the debug mode ==

To configure the 4 modes you need to press '''F4'''. This open up a menu with many options. You can move this menu with the mouse, if it hides some interesting underlaying thing.

You can switch between 4 folders, which reflects the option for that debug-mode ("always", "basic", "detailed", "full"). The options are for each mode the same. You can switch now for every mode the options on or off, as you like.

== List of debug-options and their function ==

* <code>show_fps</code>
: Will show the current frames-per-second. Should be normally about 60. See [[Lua/Game#speed]].
* <code>show_detailed_info</code>
: Shows the cursor position in [[Tile]]s (and subdivisions of that), [[Chunk]]s and [[Region]]
: Current resolution and zoom (see [[Lua/Game#takescreenshot]])
: How much objects are on the screen (painted by the graphic card)
: How much entities, chunks and paths are in the game and used.
* <code>show_time_used_percent</code>
: Many important internal statistics about the timing. [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7972 F5 debug info - how to read it?] - how to interpret that...
* <code>show_tile_grid</code>
: Quite useful to turn it on also for the "always"-mode. It shows the borders of the [[Tile]]s and [[Chunk]]s.
* <code>show_collision_rectangles</code>
: shows the collision boxes of each entity (red).
* <code>show_selection_rectangles</code>
: shows the a blue box over each entity, if you hover it, it will be selected.
* <code>show_paths</code>
: the calculated paths for the biters in different colors.
* <code>show_next_waypoint_bb</code>
: shows waypoints for biters (in green), nearly the same info as the next.
* <code>show_target</code>
: shows the current target of the biters (red).
* <code>show_unit_group_info</code>
: biter groups, which belong together (circles and lines belonging together)
* <code>show_unit_stuck_info</code>
: should show stuck enemies (?)
* <code>show_last_path_detail</code>
: The A*-algorithm at work, calculating new paths.
* <code>show_path_cache</code>
: The source-positions of a path and about the length (?)
* <code>show_rail_paths</code>
: which path a train will follow.
* <code>show_rolling_stock_count</code>
: shows inserter positions
* <code>show_rail_connections</code>
: is every rail really connected?
* <code>show_rail_segments</code>
: shows the segment borders and enables you to see easier the borders of the block
* <code>show_train_stop_point</code>
: when a train slows down it shows, where it should halt
* <code>show_network_connected_entities</code>
: displays the network-id of the electric network, which a pole is connected to
* <code>show_circuit_network_numbers</code>
: shows the number (and color) of circuit networks
* <code>show_energy_sources_networks</code>
: which network-id an entity is connected to.
* <code>show_blocked_by</code>
: Shows items, which are blocked (see for example full belts)
* <code>show_active_state</code>
: inserters, fishes, turrets are turned to passive, if not used; Red = inactive, Purple = inactive until enemies aren't around (turrets etc), Green = inactive until player isn't around (fish)
* <code>show_active_enemies_on_chunk_counts</code>
: not 100% clear: displays in the map view, how much biter nests (blue) are targetting to which are (red for the number of biters?), green: unknown?
* <code>show_active_chunks</code>
: shows in the map view, which chunks are "on", unmarked chunks are not calculated
* <code>show_enemy_expansion_candidate_chunks</code>
: where is space left to spread the brood?
* <code>show_tile_variations</code>
: shows, which tile-variation (1, 2 or 4 tile sized) is painted for which area of the map quite confusing, zoom in to see the meaning.
* <code>show_raw_tile_transitions</code>
: turns the overlapping edges off, you see now clearly where is land and where is water
* <code>show_fluid_box_fluid_info</code>
: how much is in a pipe/storage tank, for long pipes you see the flow, if the pipe is empty
* <code>show_environment_sound_info</code>
: displays, which sound of which entity is played and how loud.

== See also ==

* [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7972 F5 debug info - how to read it?] - how to interpret show_time_used_percent

Weapons

2016-06-18T20:29:36Z

ALostDog: When I tried to find how to change weapons I could see that a lot of others were searching for the same thing, and this seemed the best place to put it.

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Weapons are used to kill enemies and to damage or destroy buildings and environmental features like trees. You can cycle between weapons by pressing the letter Q.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Weapon !! Shots per second !! Ammo types !! Description
|-
| {{imagelink|pistol|Pistol}} || 6 || {{icon|regular magazine}} {{icon|piercing rounds magazine}} || The most basic type of weapon. You start the game with one of these equipped.
|-
| {{imagelink|submachine-gun|Submachine gun}} || 15 || {{icon|regular magazine}} {{icon|piercing rounds magazine}} || A slight improvement over the pistol.
|-
| {{imagelink|shotgun|Shotgun}} || 1 || {{icon|shotgun shells}} {{icon|piercing shotgun shells}} || Does more damage than the pistol and submachine gun, but the spread can cause collateral damage to your factory.
|-
| {{imagelink|combat-shotgun|Combat shotgun|Combat Shotgun}} || 2 || {{icon|shotgun shells}} {{icon|piercing shotgun shells}} || An upgrade from the shotgun. Fires twice as fast and has a 20% damage bonus.
|-
| {{imagelink|flamethrower|Flamethrower}} || - || {{icon|flamethrower ammo}} || Does a fair amount of damage and bypasses all enemy resistances.
|-
| {{imagelink|rocket-launcher|Rocket launcher|Rocket Launcher}} || 1 || {{icon|rocket}} {{icon|explosive rocket}} || The most damaging handheld weapon in the game. Has a very long range and can be equipped with explosive rockets that are very effective against hordes of enemies. However, ammo for this weapon is costly to make.
|}