Follow an item as it's processed, like in the Factorio trailer. Spiritual successor to DaveMcW's Item Cam
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 0.10.0 Date: 2025-08-31 Bugfixes: - Fixed crafting machines (recycler) not showing hidden (item recycling) recipes Scripting: - Added remote interface for other mods to use Item Cam 2's capabilities - Added on_focus_switch and on_focus_destroyed events for other mods to listen to
Version: 0.9.2 Date: 2025-06-20 Minor Features: - Added setting "Camera stopping opens last position in Remote view", enabled by default Changes: - Player camera is now a fullscreen camera element, instead of having you turn ghost and get teleported around - Player camera no longer responds to player zooming in/out. In a future update this will be controlled by an opinionated autozoom Bugfixes: - Fixed watching something with camera, such as enemies, being able to chart undiscovered chunks (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/item-cam-2/discussion/6841a90cf6ff161653f7d9a2)
Version: 0.9.1 Date: 2025-06-05 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash / unexpected behavior when focus tracker switches onto / out of 1x1 loader
Version: 0.9.0 Date: 2025-05-24 Major Features: - Added follow rules. You can now pick specific in situations where multiple results can be followed Minor Features: - You can now watch enemy units, such as biters, spitters and pentapods Changes: - "Lost focus" message is no longer displayed because of internal changes, and will be revisited later Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when following assembling machine whose recipe gets unset
Version: 0.8.14 Date: 2025-05-16 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when adding mod to new save
Version: 0.8.13 Date: 2025-05-12 Minor Features: - Focus tracker will now always follow proper agricultural tower when plant is chopped within range of multiple Optimizations: - Focus tracker no longer needs to scan all cargo landing pads for matching a cargo pod's target Compatibility: - Experimental Factorio 2.0.49 is required to use these new scripting additions
Version: 0.8.12 Date: 2025-05-10 Minor Features: - Focus tracker will now follow item inserted into lab and remain there. It will not follow chains
Version: 0.8.11 Date: 2025-05-07 Minor Features: - You can now start following from an item on ground - Focus tracker now properly handles items dropped to ground by drill, recycler, inserter Bugfixes: - Fixed tracking item on linked belt not changing surfaces when it's absolutely possible to (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/item-cam-2/discussion/681ba0f3a752b5ff81bcee5b)
Version: 0.8.10 Date: 2025-05-05 Features: - You can now start following by clicking a yumako / jellynut plant - You can now start following from the output of an agricultural tower - Seed in tower turned plant will now be tracked growing Optimizations: - Focus switching won't be checked for if currently watching rolling stock of a moving train Changes: - Smoothing now stops when camera center reaches tracked target Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when mining drill is directly outputting into container / cargo wagon - Fixed crash when whatever is being tracked gets destroyed - Fixed focus loss when item on outer lane of belt gets taken by long inserter 2 tiles away - Fixed focus loss when item in cargo wagon gets taken by long inserter 2 tiles away
Version: 0.8.9 Date: 2025-05-02 Features: - You can now start following from asteroid collector. Can't follow the arms, sorry! - Focus tracker now knows how to follow modded loaders, lane splitters and linked belts - Focus tracker now chooses proper lane when crafting machine (recycler) directly outputs to belt - Added smoothing when focus changes from crafting machine (recycler) to belt Bugfixes: - Fixed focus tracker picking drill output too early when considering bonus production
Version: 0.8.8 Date: 2025-05-01 Minor Features: - You can now start following by selecting a cargo bay Bugfixes: - Fixed smoothing from cargo pod quickly to inserter being improperly applied
Version: 0.8.7 Date: 2025-05-01 Optimizations: - Focus tracker no longer scans platform surface for outgoing pods every tick
Version: 0.8.6 Date: 2025-04-30 Bugfixes: - Fixed crash when other mods use register_on_object_destroyed registration because of a sanity check too late (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/item-cam-2/discussion/681290427210605ec45a8a32)
Version: 0.8.5 Date: 2025-04-30 Features: - Selection tool now chooses to follow closest thing it can start tracking Optimizations: - Implemented workaround to avoid whole surface scan when transferring from cargo pod to surface landing pad - Focus tracker no longer queries for item count in rocket silo Bugfixes: - Fixed smoothed camera snapping in a few edge cases - Fixed focus tracker not considering swing state of inserters taking out of container/crafting machine - Fixed focus tracker not considering elevation of rolling stock
Version: 0.8.4 Date: 2025-04-28 Changes: - Default hotkey changed to Alt + C because it conflicted with "Toggle personal roboport" default Other: - Marked mod to not require Space Age, because it doesn't. Stupid copy paste
Version: 0.8.3 Date: 2025-04-28 Features: - Focus tracker is now able to find the landing pad for a cargo pod descending to planet - Added smoothing when focus changes cargo pod and platform hub/landing pad and vice-versa - Focus tracker now respects forces of entities when it has to search Optimizations: - Focus tracker no longer queries for item count in chests Bugfixes: - Focus tracker will now always follow item when taken out of chest/rocket silo/platform hub/landing pad - Fixed focus tracker taking oldest stack instead of newest when item drops on belt - Fixed focus tracker searching wrong lane when following item taken out of north- and south-facing mining drills - Fixed crash when stopping item follow when player in god controller is in remote view
Version: 0.8.2 Date: 2025-04-28 Changes: - Smoothing upon inserter interaction now lasts 4x longer Bugfixes: - Fix stop follow bad order of operations crashing in Remote view
Version: 0.8.1 Date: 2025-04-28 Bugfixes: - Temporarily fix crash with Tile Upgrade Planner (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/item-cam-2/discussion/680f58ea7d79b0b42bfddbb8) - Fix following item from Remote view, then leaving, possibly putting player character on wrong surface
Version: 0.8.0 Date: 2025-04-28 Features: - Initial version