Tutorial:Modding FAQ

2014-05-24T19:52:04Z

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== '''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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* 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 : The name of my item is displayed as "Unknown key: item-name.yourname"
* Fix :
Make sure you have valid locale mappings. Create a "locale" directory with an "en" subdirectory and create a "item-name.cfg" file.
It should contains something like:
[item-name]
itemx=Item X
itemy=Item Y

Do the same for your entities, but put them in an "entity-name" section/file.

* 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 different entities need different amounts of pictures.

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