Foundations

by 0n0w1c

A quality of life mod that provides settings, tools and automation to assist the engineer in placing tiles to achieve a multi-layered tile appearance. Support added for AAI Industry, Dectorio, Space platform for ground, Electric Tiles, and Even Pickier Dollies.

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Owner:
0n0w1c
Source:
https://github.com/0n0w1c/Foundations
Homepage:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Foundat...
License:
MIT
Created:
1 year, 2 months ago
Latest Version:
2.22.4 (a month ago)
Factorio version:
2.0
Downloaded by:
2.18K users
Demo of automated tile placement and movement (via Even Pickier Dollies)


Demo of selection tools


Note: Videos hosted on YouTube, flagged as "made for kids", unlisted, not monetized, and no ads.


Foundations button: (disabled)

With the Foundations button, you can disable the automated placement of tiles or select the tile of your choice.
You can also enable the available selection based tools by:

Key + Mouse-click Tool Effect
[Ctrl]+[Left-click] Fill Places tiles on open positions
[Shift]+[Left-click] Unfill Removes tiles from open positions
[Ctrl]+[Right-click] Place Places tiles under entities
[Shift]+[Right-click] Unplace Removes tiles from under entities

To use: Release the [Key] and then [Left-click] hold and drag.


  • Compatible with personal logistics for construction and deconstruction
  • Foundations button is disabled while in remote view
  • Shortcut to toggle display of the Foundations button
  • In-game settings for automated tile placement for 1x1 electric poles, inserters, belts, splitters, and loaders
  • Multi-player compatible
  • Space Platform Foundation (Electric)
    (Only available if both Electric Tiles and Space Platform for ground are active)

Startup settings:

  • Halt construction if insufficient tiles in player inventory
  • Number of rows to add to the player inventory size
  • Select the tile mining time (default = 0.1)
  • Select the probability for Clean Sweep for decorative tiles
  • Enable ground decorations with Space Platform Foundation
  • Revert landfill recipe to Factorio v1.1 (from 50 to 20 stone)
  • Modify refined concrete variants' layer
    (higher numbers appear above lower numbers, same numbers merge)

Limitations:

Tiles placed or removed with the selection tools are not "Undo"-able, use them with some caution.


Required mods:

Even Pickier Dollies


Supported mods:

AAI Industry
Asphalt Roads Patched
Conrete Retexture NX
Concrete Tints
Dectorio - Enable the startup setting Use default Factorio Hazard concrete style
Electric Tiles
Space platform, for ground

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