psihius

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by psihius 7d ago
Factorio has an extremely broad LUA modding API, so a mod was made that allows it to get data about the game and send input actions to control the game. It also has ability to make screenshots and it does use it from time to time to inspec
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by psihius 7d ago
Since I posted, it got to Fulgora and Vulcanus, successfully colonized then and at the moment is preparing to tackle Gleba. It's not even showing signs of stopping or getting stuck.
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by psihius 7d ago
In this case yes, it's a custom harness that is able to read the game state via LUA modding API. But control wise it sends standard InputActions - in Factorio those are internal representation of the keyboard and mouse inputs, so it do
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by psihius 7d ago
Factorio has an extremely advanced modding API, so the codex harness has access to the game data via the client side modding LUA api to read things, it also uses the same api that is exposed as MCP tool to send Input Actions - input actions
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GTP6-Astra-Low in Codex launched a rocket in Factorio, on track for next planet(reddit.com)
3 points by psihius 9d ago|2 comments
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by psihius 9d ago
As title says, without any help or infrastructure and knowledge beyound an MCP server mod in Lua for factorio for model to control the game, it has managed to launch a rocket to space in 10 hours and it has not stopped it's progress 20
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by psihius 3y ago
There's a better concept, it's called "Biter Battles" - just search Youtube for VOD's - there were whole bracketed tournaments with it.
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by psihius 3y ago
They mentioned megabases. It's not something Satisfactory realistically can do :D
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by psihius 3y ago
Max Rate Calculator mod And then there are whole planner mods too.
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by psihius 3y ago
Py is as hardcore as it gets, and a lot of even experienced players don't pick it up for that reason. That being said, the Factorio crowd I rub shoulders with 1500 hours is not a lot. Heck, i myself am about 4-5k hours of gameplay and
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by psihius 3y ago
I have one name for you: Symfony More or less directly opposite of what Laravel is preaching. It's the popular choice for anything that is being build long term. It is very popular in Europe and we have a far bigger community around it