C-5 Galaxy Cargo Plane


Adds the C5 Galaxy strategic cargo plane to transport large amounts of cargo across long distances. Now with autopilot!

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3 months ago
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i independent aircraft flights, like trains or cargo ships

6 months ago

Very cool implementation, thank you.
The idea is this: is it possible to implement this transport using the example of a cargo ship?

6 months ago

Thanks a lot!

This idea sounds very good, and once I have the time (which I sadly won't until August), I'll definitely think about it more.
It's definitely possible, but due to the takeoff and landing mechanic it will also require the players to define runways or something similar, adding additional complexity, and writing the autopilot for the plane is also probably not trivial, especially if it should be precise enough for automated loading and unloading (alternatively I could add a loading/unloading terminal or parking lot building, which would also take time to implement).
Additionally, since this is my first mod, I don't have that much experience yet with the modding API (e.g. I have never touched the GUI system which would probably be relevant), making this an even bigger project.

So don't expect this to be implemented in the near future, but maybe I'll get around to add it at some point once I have more time in August :)

5 months ago

I totally agree with the comment above, it's really very cool. I'm looking forward to the update 👀

5 months ago

I totally agree with the comment above, i wait the update . thx for the good mod by the way.

4 months ago
(updated 4 months ago)

@Marvinth01
My thanks for the work on version 2.Ñ…. I just saw this today, I have a lot of mods (200), I will try it on my factory.

4 months ago

These planes are awesome! I would love to have a base made entirely around automated planes for cargo, really hope the automated scheduling comes to fruition!

4 months ago

Thank you all for the encouragement, it means a lot to me <3
I'm starting to have more time again, so I'm planning to make this a reality, since I'd also love the idea of fully automated air transport.

It's still going to take a significant amount of time, since I'll have to learn how to do anything with GUIs in Factorio and other things to make it more usable such as finding a good way to fuel planes (since inserters will unfortunately insert into both the fuel slots and the inventory slots).

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