A library mod that allows creating generator entities that take ingredients as input and produce electricity. It's a workaround for the lack of ability to create generators disrespecting fuel values with the modding API. It's ironic how such a simple thing is so hard to make with all the available mod APIs but here it is.

Generator creation API

fvma.create_generator(args)

Used to create all required entities/recipes/fluids for a generator. All parameters are given in a parameter object args. The following parameters available for Prototype/Generator can/must be specified:

Additional fields

• name :: string - the name to use for the generator entity
• size :: double - the width and height of the composite entity. See below for detail.
• width :: double (optional if size specified) - the width in tiles of the composite entity. Must be at least 5. Use integers to be safe. Takes precedence over size.
• height :: double (optional if size specified) - the height in tiles of the composite entity. Must be at least 3. Use integers to be safe. Takes precedence over size.
• ingredients :: table of IngredientPrototype - the ingredients for a single craft. Can have up to 4 unique fluids.
• energy_production_per_craft :: Energy - the amount of energy generated per craft
• energy_required :: double - the time required per craft (actual crafting speed will be different, but this value will reflect the energy output)
• results :: whatever factorio uses for assembler results - other results produced alongside the energy, can be used for example for used cells of some kind.

Prototype/Generator — generator

• horizontal_animation :: Animation
• vertical_animation :: Animation
• min_perceived_performance :: double (optional)
• performance_to_sound_speedup :: double (optional)
• smoke :: table of SmokeSource (optional)

Inherited from Prototype/EntityWithHealth

• alert_when_damaged :: bool (optional)
• attack_reaction :: AttackReaction (optional)
• corpse :: string or table of strings (optional)
• create_ghost_on_death :: bool (optional)
• damaged_trigger_effect :: TriggerEffect (optional)
• dying_explosion :: ExplosionDefinition or table of ExplosionDefinition (optional)
• dying_trigger_effect :: TriggerEffect (optional)
• healing_per_tick :: float (optional)
• hide_resistances :: bool (optional)
• integration_patch :: Sprite4Way (optional)
• integration_patch_render_layer :: RenderLayer (optional)
• loot :: Loot (optional)
• max_health :: float (optional)
• random_corpse_variation :: bool (optional)
• repair_sound :: Sound (optional)
• repair_speed_modifier :: float (optional)
• resistances :: Resistances (optional)

Inherited from Prototype/Entity

• icons, icon, icon_size (IconSpecification) :: IconSpecification
• alert_icon_scale :: float (optional)
• alert_icon_shift :: vector (optional)
• allow_copy_paste :: bool (optional)
• build_sound :: Sound (optional)
• close_sound :: Sound (optional)
• collision_mask :: CollisionMask (optional)
• created_effect :: Trigger (optional)
• created_smoke :: CreateTrivialSmokeEffectItem (optional)
• drawing_box :: BoundingBox (optional)
• emissions_per_second :: double (optional)
• enemy_map_color :: Color (optional)
• friendly_map_color :: Color (optional)
• hit_visualization_box :: BoundingBox (optional)
• map_color :: Color (optional)
• mined_sound :: Sound (optional)
• mining_sound :: Sound (optional)
• open_sound :: Sound (optional)
• radius_visualisation_specification :: RadiusVisualisationSpecification (optional)
• remains_when_mined :: string or table of string (optional)
• remove_decoratives :: string (optional)
• selectable_in_game :: bool (optional)
• shooting_cursor_size :: double (optional)
• sticker_box :: BoundingBox (optional)
• trigger_target_mask :: TriggerTargetMask (optional)
• vehicle_impact_sound :: Sound (optional)
• water_reflection :: WaterReflectionDefinition (optional)
• working_sound :: WorkingSound (optional)

Inherited from PrototypeBase

• localised_description :: LocalisedString (optional)
• localised_name :: LocalisedString (optional)

fvma.get_composite_entity_names(name)

Returns a dictionary with names of entities/recipes/fluids created by the fvma.create_generator function for args.name==name. The returned dictionary has the following key:

• ["item"] - the expected name of the item that places the generator (not created by fvma.create_generator), guaranteed to be just name
• ["generator"] - the name of the generator entity, guaranteed to be just name
• ["assembling-machine"] - the name of the assembling machine entity that's used for the gui interface and crafting recipe
• ["fluid"] - the name of the fluid used for energy generation
• ["recipe"] - the name of the recipe the assembling machine gets fixed to