Changelog

Version: 0.10.1
Date: 2025-09-27
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed exiting item cam not working (https://mods.factorio.com/mod/item-cam-2/discussion/68d451395aa11fd227fdc6d6)
  Scripting:
    - player-remote controllable is now considered invalid if targeted player changed controller, i.e. exited remote view

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