Transport Belt Direction Indicator


A small script that displays an arrow whenever you're selecting a transport belt entity/ghost, or holding a transport belt item/ghost in your cursor.

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2.1
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Logistics
Owner:
Supershadow30
Source:
N/A
Homepage:
N/A
License:
MIT
Created:
a month ago
Latest Version:
1.0.2 (7 days ago)
Factorio version:
2.1
Downloaded by:
592 users

Overview

This is a small script mod which makes an arrow appear to indicate which direction a belt is facing.
This is meant to be an accessibility feature, to better tell which way a transport belt is going regardless of its sprite or animation.

  • If a belt item or ghost is held in the cursor, a yellow arrow is displayed in the direction of the held belt.
  • If a belt entity or entity ghost is hovered with an empty cursor, a green arrow is displayed in the direction of the placed belt/ghost.

The script can be turned off in the "per player" settings, allowing for multiplayer games to feature the mod without forcing it on players who don't want to see the indicator.


Originally meant to work with Black Rubber Belts - Remastered
Feel free to add this as a recommended dependency to your mods.
Please report any bug you might encounter. Feedback appreciated.


Credits

  • Supershadow30 (me): Original draft of the script.
  • Shemp: Help with the control script.
  • PennyJim: Minor help with the control script.

Statement on generative AI
No generative AI software was used in the making of this mod. All code was written and tested by real people.