Prototype/TransportBeltConnectable

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Prototype definitions » PrototypeBase » Prototype/Entity » Prototype/EntityWithHealth » Prototype/EntityWithOwner » Prototype/TransportBeltConnectable

Abstract class that anything that is a belt or can connect to belts uses.

Prototype/TransportBeltConnectable — abstract
speed	::	double
animation_speed_coefficient	::	double (optional)
belt_animation_set	::	table (optional)
belt_horizontal	::	Animation (optional)
belt_vertical	::	Animation (optional)
ending_bottom	::	Animation (optional)
ending_patch	::	Sprite4Way (optional)
ending_side	::	Animation (optional)
ending_top	::	Animation (optional)
ends_with_stopper	::	bool (optional)
starting_bottom	::	Animation (optional)
starting_side	::	Animation (optional)
starting_top	::	Animation (optional)
Inherited from Prototype/EntityWithOwner
allow_run_time_change_of_is_military_target	::	bool (optional)
is_military_target	::	bool (optional)
Inherited from Prototype/EntityWithHealth
alert_when_damaged	::	bool (optional)
attack_reaction	::	AttackReaction (optional)
corpse	::	string or table of strings (optional)
create_ghost_on_death	::	bool (optional)
damaged_trigger_effect	::	TriggerEffect (optional)
dying_explosion	::	ExplosionDefinition or table of ExplosionDefinition (optional)
dying_trigger_effect	::	TriggerEffect (optional)
healing_per_tick	::	float (optional)
hide_resistances	::	bool (optional)
integration_patch	::	Sprite4Way (optional)
integration_patch_render_layer	::	RenderLayer (optional)
loot	::	Loot (optional)
max_health	::	float (optional)
random_corpse_variation	::	bool (optional)
repair_sound	::	Sound (optional)
repair_speed_modifier	::	float (optional)
resistances	::	Resistances (optional)
Inherited from Prototype/Entity
icons, icon, icon_size (IconSpecification)	::	IconSpecification
additional_pastable_entities	::	table of string (optional)
alert_icon_scale	::	float (optional)
alert_icon_shift	::	vector (optional)
allow_copy_paste	::	bool (optional)
autoplace	::	AutoplaceSpecification (optional)
build_base_evolution_requirement	::	double (optional)
build_grid_size	::	uint8 (optional)
build_sound	::	Sound (optional)
close_sound	::	Sound (optional)
collision_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
collision_mask	::	CollisionMask (optional)
created_effect	::	Trigger (optional)
created_smoke	::	CreateTrivialSmokeEffectItem (optional)
drawing_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
emissions_per_second	::	double (optional)
enemy_map_color	::	Color (optional)
fast_replaceable_group	::	string (optional)
flags	::	EntityPrototypeFlags (optional)
friendly_map_color	::	Color (optional)
hit_visualization_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
map_color	::	Color (optional)
map_generator_bounding_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
minable	::	MinableProperties (optional)
mined_sound	::	Sound (optional)
mining_sound	::	Sound (optional)
next_upgrade	::	string (optional)
open_sound	::	Sound (optional)
placeable_by	::	ItemToPlace or table of ItemToPlace (optional)
protected_from_tile_building	::	bool (optional)
radius_visualisation_specification	::	RadiusVisualisationSpecification (optional)
remains_when_mined	::	string or table of string (optional)
remove_decoratives	::	string (optional)
rotated_sound	::	Sound (optional)
selectable_in_game	::	bool (optional)
selection_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
selection_priority	::	uint8 (optional)
shooting_cursor_size	::	double (optional)
sticker_box	::	BoundingBox (optional)
subgroup	::	string (optional)
tile_height	::	uint32 (optional)
tile_width	::	uint32 (optional)
trigger_target_mask	::	TriggerTargetMask (optional)
vehicle_impact_sound	::	Sound (optional)
water_reflection	::	WaterReflectionDefinition (optional)
working_sound	::	WorkingSound (optional)
Inherited from PrototypeBase
name	::	string
type	::	string
localised_description	::	LocalisedString (optional)
localised_name	::	LocalisedString (optional)
order	::	Order (optional)

Extensions

• Prototype/LinkedBelt linked-belt
• Prototype/Loader1x1 loader-1x1
• Prototype/Loader1x2 loader
• Prototype/Splitter splitter
• Prototype/TransportBelt transport-belt
• Prototype/UndergroundBelt underground-belt

Mandatory properties

This prototype inherits all the properties from Prototype/EntityWithOwner.

speed

Type: double
The speed of the belt (since 0.17): speed × 480 = x Items/second

The raw value is expressed as the number of tiles traveled by each item on the belt per tick, relative to the belt's maximum density - e.g. x items/second ÷ (4 items/lane × 2 lanes/belt × 60 ticks/second) = <speed> belts/tick where a "belt" is the size of one tile. See Transport_belts/Physics for more details.

Must be a positive non-infinite number. The number is a fixed point number with 8 bits reserved for decimal precision, meaning the smallest value step is 1/2^8 = 0.00390625. In the simple case of a non-curved belt, the rate is multiples of 1.875 items / s, even though the entity tooltip may show a different rate.

Optional properties

animation_speed_coefficient

Type: double
Default: 1

belt_animation_set

Type: table
Either this, or all of the properties below this one have to be present.

Table with the following properties:

• animation_set - RotatedAnimation - Mandatory.
• east_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 1
• west_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 2
• north_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 3
• south_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 4
• starting_south_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 13
• ending_south_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 14
• starting_west_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 15
• ending_west_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 16
• starting_north_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 17
• ending_north_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 18
• starting_east_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 19
• ending_east_index - uint8 - Optional. - Default: 20
• ending_patch - Sprite4Way - Optional.
• ends_with_stopper - bool - Optional. - Default: false

belt_horizontal

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

belt_vertical

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

ending_top

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

ending_bottom

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

ending_side

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

starting_top

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

starting_bottom

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

starting_side

Type: Animation
Mandatory if belt_animation_set is not present.

ending_patch

Type: Sprite4Way
Always optional. Only read if belt_animation_set is not present.

ends_with_stopper

Type: bool
Default: false

Mandatory values

Transport belt connectables have additional requirements for the properties inherited from Prototype/Entity:

• Transport belt connectable entities must collide with "transport-belt-layer".
• Transport belt connectable entities must have collision mask that collides with itself.
• Transport belt connectable entities cannot have collision mask that collides only with tiles (must collide with entities in some way).
• Transport belt connectable entities must have collision box of an appropriate minimal size, they should occupy more than half of every tile the entity covers.
• Transport belt connectable entities cannot have the "placeable-off-grid" flag specified.