Spiderbots


Adds loyal prototype spidertrons that follow you around. They can deconstruct nearby orders, build blueprints, and perform upgrades using your inventory. Spiderbots are a basic alternative to early construction mods such as Nanobots and Companion Drones. Toggle work order processing: Alt + S

Content
5 months ago
1.1
1.07K
Logistic network Blueprints
Owner:
asher_sky
Source:
N/A
Homepage:
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License:
CC BY-NC-SA
Created:
5 months ago
Latest Version:
0.1.0 (5 months ago)
Factorio version:
1.1
Downloaded by:
1.07K users

Overview

This mod adds little spiders that crawl around and fulfill nearby work orders


Features

  • Added "Spiderbot", a small spidertron that can be built in the early game with basic construction abilities
  • Spiderbots follow the player who built them, and re-follow players when they and return to a surface
  • Spiderbots can process work orders near the player. Deconstruction tasks are prioritized, then construction tasks, then upgrade tasks
  • Spiderbot task colors: red for deconstruction, blue for construction, green for upgrade, white for pathfinding, and their player's color when idle
  • Spiderbots try to find new paths if they get stuck on the way to a work order or player
  • Work order processing can be toggled with a shortcut and hotkey (default: Alt + S)
  • Spiderbots cannot mine or place tiles
  • Spiderbots cannot repair entities using repair packs
  • Each spiderbot is given a Backer Name when built
  • Includes debug mode to draw work order paths; /debug-spiderbots

Companion Mods

Spiderbots is a companion mod to:
Sentient Spiders
Little Spiders

and is recommended with:
trainsaver
Constructron-Continued


Compatibility

There are currently no known mod compatibility issues. To report a compatibility issue, please make a post on the discussion page.


License

Spiderbots © 2023 by asher_sky is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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