Important Remark

This is a fork of the mod Improved Research Queue.
Use this mod only when another mod suggests it. Otherwise use the original.

Improved Research Queue

This is a mod for the game Factorio. It can be downloaded from the Factorio Mod Portal.

Description

This mod adds a new GUI for managing a queue of research that's easier to use and more featured than the vanilla research queue.

Maintain a research queue of unlimited size
Move technologies up and down in the queue
Adding an unavailable technology to the queue will add all of its prerequisites as well
Removing a technology from the queue will remove everything that has it as a prerequisite as well
Easily search and filter technologies to research
Queue up individual levels of infinite technologies
Pause the research queue while you plan, then unpause and watch your queue go
See estimated time to completion and total number of science packs needed for technologies in the queue
Receive a chat notification when a research finishes (can turn off in mod settings)
Works with any modded technologies and science packs
In multiplayer, players on the same team will share the same research queue
Option to pause the game while you plan your research (off by default, turn on in mod settings)

This mod is intended to replace these other great but outdated mods:

How to Use

To open the Improved Research Queue window, use the shortcut on your shortcut bar or press Shift+T. You will see a list of technologies in the center, the queue on the left, and settings/filters on the right. Hover over any element to see additional info and descriptions of how to use it.

Settings

Under Settings -> Mod Settings -> Per player -> Improved Research Queue you can customize the following settings:

Research completion notifications - If enabled, a message will be posted in your chat when a research completes for your team. Helpful to be able to see a history of completed researches in the chat.
Pause game while window is open - Pause the game while the Research Queue mod window is open. Only works in single player.

You can customize the the keyboard shortcut to open the Research Queue window in Settings -> Controls -> Mods -> Improved Research Queue.

Tips

Do not use the vanilla research queue with this mod; this mod will most likely overwrite the vanilla queue. However, starting and cancelling research using the vanilla technology GUI will work fine with this mod. Starting a new research will add it to the start of the queue and unpause the queue. Cancelling the current research will pause the queue.

While using this mod you probably want to turn off the vanilla setting that brings up the technology screen after every research since the mod will auto-select the next research for you if you have a queue set up. Disable the option under Settings -> Interface -> Interaction -> Technology screen opens when research is completed.

Remarks

This is a fork of the mod Improved Research Queue.
Additionally it provides an interface for other mods.
- sonaxaton-research-queue.get_queued_names(force): Returns a list of strings of the actual researches in queue of force
- sonaxaton-research-queue.enqueue(force, name): Add a technology with name given to research queue of force
This fork will be deprecated as soon as the original mod provides such an interface.