Chat AI Player - Autonomous Character Controller

by sumfeng

Creates and controls AI character entities directly via LuaControl API. Autonomous character controller with built-in behavior engine. AI characters can patrol-collect resources, build ghosts, auto-craft items, follow the player in combat mode, and execute one-shot movement or crafting commands - all without external dependencies.

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5 days ago

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Changelog

Version: 0.1.2
Date: 2026-07-16
  Features:
    - GUI: title bar with close button (frame_title / close_button styles, Informatron-like)
    - GUI: drag-to-move frame via title bar drag_target
    - GUI: multi-select checkboxes in character list, Select All / Deselect All buttons
    - GUI: multi-character selection: checkbox → "选择选中" → send commands to all selected
    - GUI: "选择选中 / 删除选中 / 全选 / 取消全选" buttons with locale support
    - GUI: on_gui_checked_state_changed event for checkbox state tracking
    - i18n: new locale keys for select-selected, delete-selected, select-all, deselect-all (zh-CN + en)
  Changes:
    - Title font enlarged from default-bold to heading
    - Unified ✓ suffix for both single-active and multi-selected characters
    - Close button reduced to close_button style (20×20)
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed GUI error: duplicate chat_ai_player_body element after /reload
    - Fixed LuaStyle error: horizontally_stretch → horizontally_stretchable

Version: 0.1.1
Date: 2026-07-14
  Features:
    - English UI support via Factorio locale system (auto-adapts to player language)
    - Minimap chart tags showing AI character positions with robot icon and name
    - On-load callback preservation: GUI buttons now work after loading a save
    - /reload console command for hot-reloading mod scripts
    - English keyword commands: mine, spawn, stop, status, follow, build patrol, goto, craft
    - English short resource names: iron, copper, coal, stone, uranium
  Changes:
    - All GUI labels, console messages, and behavior notifications now localized
    - shooting_state corrected to use defines.shooting enum format
    - Weapon range check uses AMMO_RANGE distance instead of can_reach_entity
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed AI character not shooting despite having weapon and ammo
    - Fixed GUI buttons unresponsive after save load
    - Fixed count must be positive error in combat ammo refill
    - Fixed "Unknown key" errors: all locale references must use {"text.key"} format
    - Fixed "LuaPlayer doesn't contain key language" crash
    - Fixed "attempt to concatenate a table value" in GUI append_output and refresh_chat
    - Fixed chat history showing locale key names instead of readable text
    - Fixed double-print on depot assign (Actions.print + execute_command both printed)
    - Fixed hardcoded Chinese text in tooltips, console messages, GUI labels

Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2026-07-13
  Features:
    - AI character lifecycle: spawn, associate to player, respawn on death
    - Patrol-collect behavior: scan resources, move, mine, return to depot
    - Build-patrol behavior: scan ghosts/deconstruction, fetch materials, build/remove
    - Auto-craft behavior: ghost-driven material calculation and crafting
    - Combat-follow behavior: follow player, detect enemies, shoot, refill ammo
    - Custom A* pathfinding with collision avoidance and stuck retry
    - In-game GUI panel with character management and command input
    - Dual-mode command parsing: keyword matching + optional LLM fallback
    - Zone-restricted depot system for sorted ore deposits
    - On-demand crafting command with material check
  Changes:
    - Ammo threshold lowered from 25% to 10% for combat behavior