Click2Move for Factorio

A quality-of-life mod that enables point-and-click movement for your character and vehicles. Inspired by ARPG and RTS games, simply click where you want to go, and the pathfinder will take you there.

Features

Point-and-Click Movement: Use a mouse click to set a destination for your character or the vehicle you are driving.
Path Queuing: Hold Shift while clicking to queue up multiple destinations.
Numbered Destinations: Queued destinations are numbered on the map so the route order is visible at a glance.
Vehicle Support: Works seamlessly whether you are on foot or in a vehicle.
Visual Path: See the calculated path drawn on the ground, so you know exactly where you're headed.
Destination Marker: A crosshair marks your final destination.
Movement GUI: A small panel appears in the top-left showing your current destination and the number of queued goals. It also includes a "Cancel" button to immediately stop all automatic movement.
Shortcut Mode: Toggle Click2Move on or off from the shortcut bar.
Stuck Detection: If your character or vehicle gets stuck, the mod will automatically attempt to find a new path to your destination.
Configurable: Customize the mod's behavior through a variety of settings in the "Mod settings" menu.

How to Use

Move: Press Mouse Button 3 (the middle mouse button by default) on the terrain to move to that location.
Queue Moves: Hold Shift and press Mouse Button 3 to add a destination to your movement queue.
Cancel Movement:
- Click the "Cancel" button in the top-left GUI.
- Use the "Cancel Click2Move" custom input if you bind one in Factorio's controls.
- Move your character manually with the keyboard (WASD).
- Set a new destination without holding Shift (this will clear the old queue).
Toggle Mode: Press Control + Shift + M or use the shortcut bar button to enable or disable Click2Move. Disabling it cancels the current movement and ignores future movement clicks until re-enabled.

The default keybind can be changed in Factorio's control settings. Look for "c2m-move-command".

Known Issues

Flickering with Mech Armor: When moving horizontally with mech armor, the character sprite may flicker.
GUI Command Confusion: The mod's move command can sometimes be triggered when interacting with other GUIs, leading to unintentional movement.
Uncontrolled Vehicle Movement: Vehicles may occasionally move erratically. This is likely due to a narrow margin of error in the path following logic.
Basic Stuck Detection: The current stuck detection is rudimentary and cannot navigate around obstacles that were not already avoided by the initial pathfinding.
Vehicle Continues in Map View: The vehicle does not automatically stop when the player opens the map view, which can lead to the vehicle driving off-course while the player is not watching.
Spidertron Remote View: Ordering spidertrons from remote view is not supported yet. Click2Move ignores movement clicks while in remote view.
When removing an item from the hotbar (using MMB), the mod places a walk target. Disable Click2Move from the shortcut bar to avoid this conflict.
The path may cross over pipes.

Mod Settings

You can adjust these settings in Settings -> Mod settings.

Setting Name	Type	Scope	Default	Description
Debug mode	`Bool`	Per-Player	`false`	Enables printing of debug messages to the console for your player.
Debug categories	`Bool`	Per-Player	`true`	Filter debug output for pathfinding, queue, stuck recovery, and vehicle control.
Character margin	`Float`	Per-Player	`0.45`	The safety margin added to the character's bounding box for pathfinding. Larger values avoid tighter gaps.
Update interval	`Int`	Global	`1`	The number of game ticks between movement updates. Lower is smoother but uses more UPS.
Character proximity threshold	`Float`	Per-Player	`1.5`	How close (in tiles) the character must be to a waypoint to consider it "reached".
Vehicle proximity threshold	`Float`	Per-Player	`6.0`	How close (in tiles) a vehicle must be to the final goal to consider it "reached".
Stuck threshold	`Int`	Per-Player	`30`	How many update intervals of no movement before the character/vehicle is considered stuck.
Vehicle path margin	`Float`	Per-Player	`2.0`	The safety margin added to the vehicle's bounding box for pathfinding.
Vehicle Prefer Straight Paths	`Bool`	Per-Player	`false`	Asks Factorio's pathfinder to prefer straighter vehicle paths. Can be slower to compute.

Note: Settings can be changed on the fly. The global update interval re-registers the movement scheduler when changed.

Installation

Download the mod from the Factorio Mod Portal (link to be added).
Place the downloaded .zip file into your Factorio mods directory.
- Windows: C:\Users\<YourUsername>\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\mods
- Linux: ~/.factorio/mods
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/factorio/mods
Launch Factorio and enable the mod from the "Mods" menu if it's not already enabled.

Author: Me