A set of multiplayer tools useful for pointing out locations on the map to other players.
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 1.0.4 Date: 13. 3. 2018 Minor Features: - New setting to toggle the Admin Panel on/off altogether, if you'd rather not be bothered by it popping up all the time (thanks to meslem12 for the contribution). - German localization (also thanks to meslem12). Bugfixes: - Fixed blinking arrow on map no longer being visible in v0.16.29.
Version: 1.0.3 Date: 6. 3. 2018 Bugfixes: - Fixed shift+clicking with the ping tool would not properly enter Selection Display Mode.
Version: 1.0.2 Date: 8. 2. 2018 Major Features: - Added a hotkey to quickly access the Map Ping Tool (Shift+P by default). - Added a per-player setting to keep your inventory/quickbar clean of ping tools, allowing you to rely entirely on the hotkey to ping the map rather than consuming an quickbar/inventory slot with the ping tool. Bugfixes: - Fixed compatibility with certain niche reach-distance mods.
Version: 1.0.1 Date: 23. 1. 2018 Changes: - Switch to new play_sound() function rather than spawning "explosion"-type entities to play sounds. - Behind-the-scenes performance optimizations.
Version: 1.0.0 Date: 17. 1. 2018 Changes: - Updated for Factorio 0.16. Minor Features: - Map pings will now show a custom alert, like the alerts for destroyed structures et al.
Version: 0.2.0 Date: 27. 6. 2017 Changes: - Updated for Factorio 0.15. - Moved options from config.lua to the in-game mod settings. - Switched from using a train stop to show the ping location on the map to 0.15's new custom map marker feature.
Version: 0.1.0 - First public release Date: 21. 10. 2016 Major Features: - Initial release, featuring a Ping Tool that can highlight areas or entities on the map for your teammates.