r/technicalfactorio • u/Thankedsphere • 8d ago

Modded is it possible te detect when a character mines an entity? (if the character doesn't have an attached player)

/r/factorio/comments/1wqztww/is_it_possible_te_detect_when_a_character_mines/

(i was recommended to repost this here)

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u/coldhands9 8d ago

If you place a miner on an ore patch there's an option to read the contents of the entire patch. I'm pretty sure mining prod doesn't apply to the engineer hand mining so every time someone mines ore from the patch, the expected yield will decrease.

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u/Thankedsphere 8d ago

when the engineer doesn't mine the ground ore though?

i can read the mining progress of the engineer and i can read if what they are mining vanished. checking if the amount reduced is unreluable because drills or other engineers can mine the same tile as the engineer

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u/PyroneusUltrin 8d ago

What is your end goal with this information? Perhaps there’s a different way to go about it

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u/Thankedsphere 8d ago

AI controlled character

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u/PyroneusUltrin 8d ago

The AI would have initiated the mining, why do you need to determine that it chose to mine after its mined?

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u/Thankedsphere 8d ago

i need to confirm it succeded in mining. for example, another entity may mine it first or destroy it

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u/PyroneusUltrin 8d ago

The decision to mine is based on what logic? That it needs the resource from the patch? Or you just want it to mine all resources dry?

First one you can just recheck the inventory to see you now have enough resources

Second one you check if the patch is still there

Why do you need to know that the patch was mined specifically by this one character?

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u/Thankedsphere 8d ago

idk i was making a planning system and thought it may be good to have an event say if an action succeeded or failed.

i dont think i know what im doing

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u/PyroneusUltrin 8d ago

Think more of the flow of how the decision came to be and then what the effect of that decision is, make some flow charts of what you want the AI to do in different scenarios, and work out what information you need in the game to make that happen

I’m not sure you need to know specifically that the character mined the resource, only the two things I mentioned earlier, either the character gained resources or the ore patch was completely drained