Belt Draw

by miodec

No more R R R R R... draw to place L-shaped belts with automatic connections and undergrounds. Easy belt planning.

Utilities
5 hours ago
2.0
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Owner:
miodec
Source:
https://github.com/Miodec/belt-draw
Homepage:
N/A
License:
MIT
Created:
2 days ago
Latest Version:
2.1.0 (5 hours ago)
Factorio version:
2.0
Downloaded by:
65 users

Are you tired of pressing R R R R R R R... over and over when placing belts? This mod allows to you quickly draw your belts - click on the starting point, release on the end point, the belts (or ghosts) will be built in an L shape. Underground belts will be placed automatically where possible. Press R to anchor, press F to flip. Right click to mark for deconstruction.

The behavior is highly inspired by the belt mechanics in Shapez 2.

Thank you to BraveCaperCat, Osmo, CodeGreen, PennyJim (and others I probably missed, sorry!) for helping out on Discord.

"But how is it different to smart belts?" you may ask.

Well, with this mod you don't have to rotate the belt before you start placing. Also, when placing very long belts between two points with a turn in the middle, its easy to misplace the corner. With this mod its impossible to miss, because the belt is recalculated continously up to the point you release the mouse click to place. In my opinion, its much more intuitive - just drag in the direction you want to go.