What is it really used for?


A tool to help you find out where items and fluids come from and where they are used. This is a fork of the original 'What is it used for?' by Mr Doomah, updated for newer Factorio versions and with additional features. Russian translation by Schmarotzer. Japanese translation by shiru_tan.

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g Fluids?

7 years ago

Is it possible to find out what a particular fluid is used for? A problem with the way this program works is that it requires you to hold the item in your hand FIRST before you can find out what it's for. Can't do that with fluids. Better to just bring up the full item UI and let the user pick the item they are asking about from the list.

Oh another thing is can you PLEASE make this window go away when the user presses E?

7 years ago

If you just click the search button with nothing in hand you get a list of fluids. Or you can press Ctrl+f and search for a fluid by name.

No, it's unfortunately not possible to have the window close when you press E, but it may become possible in a future Factorio version. See https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=29876 for details.

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