Tutorial:Modding tutorial

These tutorials range from teaching the first steps of modding to in-depth explanations of individual mechanics:

• Modding tutorial/Gangsir — A simple modding tutorial that suits beginners well.
• Mod structure — More details on how mods need to be structured in order to be loaded by the game.
• Scripting — A small tutorial that focuses on run-time scripting and provides some info on how to use the story script.
• Mod settings — A comprehensive tutorial about how to create and use mod settings.
• Localisation — A tutorial about how to format and use localisation, which is how mods are translated.
• Inspecting a live mod — An annotated tour of a mod that is live on the mod portal right now.
• Mod changelog format — The formatting requirements for the mod changelog.txt file.
• Script interfaces — A small tutorial about script interfaces (LuaRemote) and custom keyboard shortcuts.
• Noise Expressions — A tutorial about generating terrain, complete with example mod.
• Untitled GUI Guide — A tutorial about building custom interfaces that also expands into more advanced parts of GUI modding.
• Controller modding guide / FAQ — A guide about building your mod to support controllers (game pads).

Additional info

• Modding API docs - Overview page of the modding API documentation website
  • Prototype documentation
  • Documentation of the runtime API
• Scenario system — Save-based mods ("soft mods") and their limitations
• Migrations guide — All information about mod migrations
• Factorio data github repository — Tracks changes of the lua prototype definitions in Factorio in between releases
• Modding FAQ

Third-Party Tools

There is a wide variety of tools contributed by community members to help in mod development, such as plugins for IDEs to provide auto-completion, debuggers, as well as scripts to automate common tasks regarding translations or packaging.

• Factorio sub-forum for mod development tools

See also

• Tutorials
• Modding
• Category:Technical — Documentation of technical formats and API's not related to modding