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Modding

2014-02-14T11:38:53Z

Math3vv:

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[[File:Fff-18-entity-graph.jpg|400px|thumb|'Diagram of entities' (objects on the map) class inheritance structure generated by doxygen. Taken From Friday Facts #18 http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-18]]

Modding is one of Factorios greatest features.
A good overview is the [[Mods| list of mods]] or the [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/index.php Factorio forum].

A good starting point is also the [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=25 modding-Help-Board]. The community is always answering to concrete questions. Sometimes within minutes. Or you could try the [[Modding FAQ]] page.

Another first step is also making maps with the ingame editor. That stores the map as a '''scenario''', which is just a directory on disk with some files in it. You can look into that files and try to understand, what they are for. Or you can read the following pages:

* [[Modding overview]]
* [[Prototype definitions]]
* [[Lua/Events|Lua events]]
* [[Lua objects]]
* [[Script interfaces]]
* [[Modding FAQ]]

Tutorial:Modding FAQ

2014-02-14T11:36:47Z

Math3vv:

== '''Modding FAQ''' ==
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Welcome to the modding FAQ. (work in progress)
Here we have a list of questions that are common to get while writing a mod.
And the fix for the problem (if someone managed to find a fix)
feel free to edit this page and add more Q and A's.

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'''Questions / Fix'''</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;">
* Q : my item / entity wont load the sprite I made.
* Fix :
Make sure your path is right : __mod-name__/map-name/2nd-map-name/sprite.png
* Q : my item gives a : unknown key :"items.name.item-x", in game.
* Fix :
make sure you have a "local" map in your mod that contains an "en"(English) file and put an item-name.lua file in ther.
The item-name.lua sould contain :
[item-name]
item-x=Item x
item-y=Item y
* Q : Error while loading prototype "entity-name": No such node (pictures).
* Fix :
Make sure your entity contains the right amount of lines for that type of entity,
for example a chest needs 1 picture for the entity to work but a wall needs 20.
Look in the factorio base/prototypes/entity/entity.lua.
And you can see that difrend entitys need difrend amounds of pictures.

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Tutorial:Modding FAQ

2014-02-14T11:34:58Z

Math3vv: Created page with "== '''Modding FAQ''' == {{sublinks|Main Page}} Welcome to the modding FAQ. Here we have a list of questions that are common to get while writing a mod. And the fix for the pr..."

== '''Modding FAQ''' ==
{{sublinks|Main Page}}

Welcome to the modding FAQ.
Here we have a list of questions that are common to get while writing a mod.
And the fix for the problem (if someone managed to find a fix)
feel free to edit this page and add more Q and A's.

{| style="width: 99%;"
|style="width:34%;background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; vertical-align: top; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -webkit-border-radius: 5px; padding: 7px;"|
<div style="background: #E4F0F7; padding: 5px; margin: 3px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; color: #033251; font-size: 120%;">
'''Questions / Fix'''</div><div style="padding-left: 1em;">
* Q : my item / entity wont load the sprite I made.
* Fix :
Make sure your path is right : __mod-name__/map-name/2nd-map-name/sprite.png
* Q : my item gives a : unknown key :"items.name.item-x", in game.
* Fix :
make sure you have a "local" map in your mod that contains an "en"(English) file and put an item-name.lua file in ther.
The item-name.lua sould contain :
[item-name]
item-x=Item x
item-y=Item y
* Q : Error while loading prototype "entity-name": No such node (pictures).
* Fix :
Make sure your entity contains the right amount of lines for that type of entity,
for example a chest needs 1 picture for the entity to work but a wall needs 20.
Look in the factorio base/prototypes/entity/entity.lua.
And you can see that difrend entitys need difrend amounds of pictures.

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