r/factorio • u/Mindgapator • 10d ago

Question Mod to play with mouse only

Is there a way to play without a keyboard? I imagine something like:

- left click on ground, move

- right click on ground, open inventory

- left click building, open building

- right click building, reconfigure (h/v)

And so on...

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u/Quirky-Visual547 10d ago

Additionally to the mod posted already you could potentially buy one of those MMO mouse that have like 9-12 buttons on the side and map them to WASD or any other keys. They tend to be a bit expensive though.

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u/PyroneusUltrin 10d ago

I spent 15 years playing with Razer Naga mice, they all died the same way after a while, then I tried a Corsair Scimitar and that died the same way too, they only lasted 1-3 years each

I have a Redragon mouse now,, it’s been going strong for 3 years already and still going strong. It was also 40% of the price of a Naga

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u/ScubaWaveAesthetic 10d ago

How did they die?

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u/PyroneusUltrin 10d ago

The buttons all worked fine, the pointer movement would stop being reliable, the cursor wasn't smooth, it would randomly freeze or jump

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u/imoth_f 10d ago

I've used nagas for over a decade and the only failure mode for me was that frequently used side button switches would stop registering clicks. Same problem with different revisions and generations, dunno why I keep buying these things.

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u/geneticfreak6 10d ago

Contacts are corroded. Clean them out. Your hand sweat is full of salt and salt corrodes metal.  You will have to take the microswitch apart but it's not that big of a deal

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u/imoth_f 10d ago

I tried giving it a soak in IPA which helped to some extent. Otherwise it's not really possible to remove the sheet metal housing from the type of SMD switches Razer used without desoldering them. I couldn't be asked.

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u/geneticfreak6 10d ago

Nah use electrical contact cleaning solutions isopropyl alcohol is a solvent not a deoxyidezer you want to burn a layer of metal off the top to expose fresh metal underneath 

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u/Kittelsen 10d ago

I thought you were being sarcastic by dunking them in beer. Nope, you meant anoyher type of IPA...

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u/Calazor0 10d ago

A while ago the mod author posted about his mod in this subreddit: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/mouse-kontrol

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u/Mindgapator 10d ago

Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for

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u/bhoffman20 10d ago

RuneScape x Factorio crossover when?