- Which outposts are active can now be controlled via a property of config called active_outpost_types.
- Outpost distribution in each stage can now be controlled via a property of config for each stage, those properties are: stage1a_list, stage1b_list, stage2_list, stage3_list, stage4_list, mini1_list, mini2_list and mini3_list.
- Changed the name of the function itertor_builder to iterator_builder.
Following Discord messages with @grilledham, updated the messages to be clearer.
Also updated some broken logic and reduced spam to admins if someone tries to set it below the minimum and it's already at the minimum.
Changes untestested. I'll test tonight or tomorrow if it passes review, not got Factorio on this laptop.
The new meta sucks. No one builds any walls or defences. Players can go 3 or 4 hours with no attacks so long as they craft nothing.
Now that the pollution from outposts is generated at position = {0,0}.... let's try a very small amount of pollution for every outpost captured to force at least a small amount of defences to be built.
This will be MUCH less pollution than if all of the items they get free were made in base, but it will still force at least a few defenses or clearing of nearby bases.
Starting with a value of 10 to see how it goes.
No one likes or uses the pollution multiplier feature I added.
Feedback suggests that it spawning at outposts makes the cause too obvious, so people complain about it. And it requires that outposts have to be defended.
Yet, people still complain crash site is too easy.
By moving the pollution spawning to the centre of the base the effect of more outposts is spread over the whole base and will trigger more attacks, but will challenge the whole base defences rather than just a single outpost.
- Removed events.on_player_mined_item from outpost_builder because we don't want to add coins every time they mine and it's duplicated in player_stats.
- Removed events.on_player_mined_item from player_stats because it doesn't tell us what entity the items came from.
- Added coin tracking to events.on_pre_player_mined_item event instead. Checks if the mined item was a chest with coins in it and adds to the player stats if so.
- Tested that coins from trees and rocks still track when market is enabled
- While I was at it, added a pretty coin floating text for when RNG gives coins from mining trees/rocks
- Replaced furance with furnace in all files
- Attempted to fix global desync issue, but probably not right
- Added server_player so /get_pollution_multiplier can be called from server
My plan is to make a harder crash site version where getting free resources from outposts creates pollution.
My intention is to balance it so it's still better to get items from outposts, but this commit is intended to give me a way to take saved games and test different amounts of pollution to check for balance. I don't intend to test this on live for a while but want to test it offline, this will give me the ability to turn it on half way through a game.
Need to consider how it doesn't take into account what the item is so it will be better to get free end-game items and probably limit how much iron we let into base later in the game. Might also create interesting meta where we are careful about what resources we take from outposts depending upon the pollution making setting.
It's handy to know who's doing the upgrading so I've added their name to all the crash site toasts. This branch depends on the arrakis/dunes one as in that branch I moved some things into a features folder.
- Added spidetron to artillery_target_entities list
- Added code to fire a rocket at spidertrons as well as the non-damaging artillery
- Tested effect of 4 and 8 artillery rockets on spidertron. Kills shields quick but spidertron takes about a minute to die. Enough to deter them from staying too long but not too OP.
