Visualize the layout and contents of pipe networks. Press Y to draw the selected entity's fluid systems. Press Shift + Y to draw all visible fluid systems. Press Alt + Y to automatically visualize systems on mouse-over. Press Control + Y to toggle between color-by-fluid and color-by-system.
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 2.3.3 Date: 2025-01-16 Bugfixes: - Changed default keybind for "Color By System" to CTRL + SHIFT + Y so it doesn't conflict with the redo function
Version: 2.3.2 Date: 2025-01-16 Bugfixes: - Fix to rendering displaying incorrect rotations for arrows and underground pipes
Version: 2.3.1 Date: 2025-01-15 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash on start up
Version: 2.3.0 Date: 2025-01-14 Bugfixes: - Updated to Factorio 2.0 and changed default keybind to "Y" to not conflict with the default "H" being flipping horizontally. Does not modify existing 2.0 pipe visualization. - Developer changed to AmberAtelier (amberatelier on Discord)
Version: 2.2.2 Date: ???? Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when the overlay background is (somehow) destroyed. (#35)
Version: 2.2.1 Date: 2024-03-29 Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when a cached render object is destroyed. (#28) Compatibility: - Added a remote interface to blacklist entities from being visualized. (#26)
Version: 2.2.0 Date: 2023-11-24 Features: - Added a map setting to adjust the number of entities visualized per tick. (#24) - Re-added mouse-over visualization, toggled with Alt+H or the shortcut button. (#20) - Pressing H while hovering will make that entity's fluid systems persist. Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when an entity is invalidated while in the queue to be visualized. (#21)
Version: 2.1.0 Date: 2023-10-15 Features: - Added a per-player setting to adjust overlay opacity. (#19) Changes: - Box colors are more consistent, being decided by prototype order instead of fluid system ID. Bugfixes: - Fixed that underground connections would cause entity rendering to end prematurely. - Fixed that the default pipe color was semitransparent.
Version: 2.0.1 Date: 2023-10-14 Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when visualizing a fluid wagon. - Fixed that the color mode GUI from 1.0.x would be left behind when migrating (#17). - Fixed offshore pump boxes being off-center.
Version: 2.0.0 Date: 2023-10-14 Features: - Added a hotkey to visualize an individual system without needing to remain hovered over it (default: H). - Pipe connections on each entity are visualized individually. Changes: - Changed color mode selection from a GUI toggle to a hotkey (default: Control + H). - Changed overlay hotkey from Control + P to Shift + H. - Removed hover-over visualizer in favor of the individual system visualization hotkey. - Visualization is performed over multiple ticks.
Version: 1.0.6 Date: 2023-03-26 Bugfixes: - Fixed that the visualizer would show two output-only fluidboxes as connected (#11)
Version: 1.0.5 Date: 2023-03-09 Changes: - Pumps are now drawn with a diode shape (by nekizalb) Bugfixes: - Fixed blue fluid colors being distorted to similar shades of cyan - Fixed that fluid-burning labs would not be visualized
Version: 1.0.4 Date: 2022-03-18 Changes: - Improved shortcut icons Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when hovering over a flamethrower (#9)
Version: 1.0.3 Date: 2022-03-16 Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when hovering a reactor with a fluid energy source (#8)
Version: 1.0.2 Date: 2022-03-14 Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when iterating a reactor with a fluid energy source (#8)
Version: 1.0.1 Date: 2022-02-27 Bugfixes: - Fixed a crash when starting a new freeplay game (#5)
Version: 1.0.0 Date: 2022-02-24 Features: - Initial release