See Through Rails

by hitmy

Toggle transparency of elevated rails, rail ramps, and rail supports with a button. Configurable transparency levels (0-100%) for rails and supports. At 100% transparency, entities become non-selectable for easy click-through.

Tweaks
20 hours ago
2.0
4
Transportation Trains

Changelog

Version: 1.0.0
Date: 2025-10-26
  Major Features:
    - First stable release!
    - Transparent entities are now clickable/selectable unless transparency is set to 100%
    - At 100% transparency (completely invisible), entities become non-selectable for easy click-through
    - Pipette tool (Q) now gives the normal non-transparent entity when used on transparent variants
  Changes:
    - Rails and supports check their respective transparency settings independently for selectability
    - Improved transparency application to ensure all graphics components are affected
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed rail sprites on rail ramps not being fully transparent at 100% transparency
    - Fixed elevated rail handles and body now properly respond to transparency settings
  Info:
    - Added proper entity localization for all transparent variants
    - Ready for Factorio Mod Portal release
Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2025-06-08
  Features:
    - Initial release of Elevated Rail Transparency mod
    - Added toggle shortcut for elevated rail transparency
    - Added configurable transparency settings (0.0 to 1.0)
    - Added real-time transparency application for newly built elevated rails
    - Added automatic cleanup of invalid overlays
  Info:
    - Compatible with Factorio 2.0+
    - Uses rendering overlays for transparency effect