The helpful information directory and guide to the galaxy. Allows mods to put help and documentation pages in game. Default hotkey is I.
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 0.4.0 Date: 17. 10. 2024 Info: - Updated for Factorio 2.0
Version: 0.3.4 Date: 21. 05. 2023 Changes: - Disabled the initial opening for testing scenarios (e.g. ctrl+clicking "Single player" or Editor Extensions mod) or for players in cheat mode. Bugfixes: - Fixed wrong day count in game time tooltip. Locale: - Updated Russian translation, thanks to Shadow_Man.
Version: 0.3.3 Date: 12. 04. 2023 Changes: - The initial opening at the start of a new game will now wait for other GUIs to be closed. Bugfixes: - Fixed Informatron opening off-center in Factorio version 1.1.80. Locale: - Added Spanish translation, thanks to SpiderLove.
Version: 0.3.2 Date: 01. 01. 2023 Bugfixes: - Fixed "Show at start" setting being incorrectly evaluated and effectively ignored. - Fixed overhead button not appearing on game start and needing to be turned off then on again in player settings. Locale: - Updated German translation, thanks to mape6. - Updated Russian translation, thanks to Shadow_Man.
Version: 0.3.1 Date: 18. 10. 2022 Features: - Redesigned the Informatron GUI to look more consistent with vanilla GUIs. Scripting: - Changed the name of the root window to "informatron" from "informatron_main". Other mods that rely on this name may need to be updated. Locale: - Updated Russian translation, thanks to Shadow_Man.
Version: 0.2.3 Date: 09. 08. 2021 Changes: - Close the Informatron GUI in response to E and ESC Locale: - Added German translation thanks to DubHacker-chan. - Added Japanese translation thanks to Nojio. - Added Ukrainian translation thanks to Bootseller. - Added Brazilian translation thanks to 123499.
Version: 0.2.2 Date: 14. 05. 2021 Locale: - Changed Informatron to InformaTron. - Added Russian translation thanks to Дозер. - Added Korean translation thanks to PolarZero.
Version: 0.2.1 Date: 23. 11. 2020 Info: - Updated for Factorio 1.1.
Version: 0.1.14 Date: 21. 09. 2020 Bugfixes: - Fixed overhead button would not appear immediately.
Version: 0.1.13 Date: 25. 08. 2020 Changes: - Added remote interface support for: informatron_menu_caption_override - Added remote interface support for: informatron_title_caption_override
Version: 0.1.12 Date: 20. 08. 2020 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when opening certain GUIs.
Version: 0.1.11 Date: 20. 08. 2020 Changes: - Moved the main GUI to the player 'screen' instead of 'center' so it now a draggable window and won't close other windows. - Added an in-game clock in the Informatron GUI title bar. - Added an overhead button to the top-left of the screen with a mod option to disable. - Added the ability to have 1s page updates for pages that need constant updating, such as countdown timers.
Version: 0.1.10 Date: 16. 08. 2020 Changes: - Delayed new player window by 10s (due to new cutscene).
Version: 0.1.9 Date: 16. 08. 2020 Bugfixes: - Fixed weird formatting for textboxes on the console page. - Fixed typo in the intro. Changes: - Reduced content width by 60.
Version: 0.1.8 Date: 31. 05. 2020 Locale: - Added Chinese translation thanks to Frost.
Version: 0.1.7 Date: 29. 05. 2020 Changes: - Updated close button.
Version: 0.1.6 Date: 07. 05. 2020 Changes: - Show on startup option is now per-user. - Altered event system for multiplayer.
Version: 0.1.5 Date: 04. 03. 2020 Bugfixes: - Fixed issue when other mods cause pages to open.
Version: 0.1.4 Date: 27. 02. 2020 Changes: - Added locale text for Informatron virtual signal.
Version: 0.1.3 Date: 20. 02. 2020 Changes: - Added mod option for new player screen. - Updated console page text.
Version: 0.1.2 Date: 15. 02. 2020 Bugfixes: - Fixed scripting error.