So basically, you would like a 1-charge-unit accumulator with (almost) instant charge and discharge, with wire connection? Seems doable. Would be nice to have a graphic for it, maybe a pole with a battery hanging from it... Also, updating to 0.3.3 with a fix for all sensors. Apparently, this bug was...

I need sensor that will react immediately on power status. When he is connected to the energy grid, it generate ghost item, and after disconnect it will destroy that ghost item. How exactly would that work though? Any pole is connected to a network, unconnected poles have a network of 1 pole (itsel...

Could you give the save? Would give me an easier time to finding what's happening. Edit: nevermind the save, I think I know why this happens. Seems that the inventory.clear() function is not completely reliable. I can work around it, but you'd have to wait for a patch (later today probably) and then...

I'm still pushing for a smart train station. Pause the train at the station if the condition is not met. un-pause the train when it is. Don't tell anyone, but you can now do that with the item sensor combined with the omni actuator. :) (item sensor is optional, but you can detect the contents of a ...

And another update, now with an item sensor. I can't think of anything else to add for now.

Trains seem to work in the new version (0.3.1). You're able to stop trains at stations, or anywhere on the track, if you place an omni actuator in range of the locomotive. Also tested the tank and car. They can both be stopped using this method, and when they switch back on, their momentum is restor...

I tried setting the locomotive active field to false, which crashes the game without extra notice.

I'm guessing this was never intended to work (I'm now setting manualmode on the train itself, which works just fine), but it would be nice to have it not crash the game rightout.

Should work just fine with multiplayer, but I've only tested that on a previous version. I can imagine some synchronization issues when, for example, freezing trains in mid-travel, which was not possible before. But who knows, it might work without issue. Edit: I just tried freezing trains. Both mid...

I've just updated the Smart Circuit Systems mod which now introduces the omni actuator. This entity works like a smart inserter, but it can toggle any entity that has a functional '.active' property. I figured this specific item has quite a bit of potential (exploits, cheats, actual use) which I wou...

And yet another update, this time adding the omni actuator. It replaces the smart pump because it fully replaces its functionality, and I've taken the oppurtunity to remove some entities that've gotten redundant, so it's NOT backwards compatible. But I think it's worth it. I haven't really thought a...

Quick update for the mod to support blueprints / ghosts / robots, and edited the first post.

I don't suppose a mod counts as a solution for you guys, but if it does, I'll just plug the mod I made specifically for this scenario: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6272 And remember that on the official development roadmap, circuit based stuff will be added that will make this discussion (and my mod) la...

Ok, I hadn't considered it might be unclear.

I would like to make it more obvious how you operate it, but we currently do not have better options available from a scripting point of view. It's very likely that the moment this mod can work flawlessly is the same moment it becomes obsolete :P . For now, the best we can do is keep an eye on scrip...

Updated again. Now uses technologies, and I've reduced the hackyness of the hidden inserter.

Also works fine in multiplayer.

Thanks guys, I'll put at least one more update up in the coming days, to add the items to their own technology. Also, something I haven't yet looked at is a better way to handle the actuators (what I've named the parts handling the wire conditions) as 0.11.x has some new functions, so that might be ...

Edited the first post with new information. Added the new electricity based items.

The onrobotbuiltentity event does not seem to trigger in my scripts when robots place entities. I have not tested the other robot related events. Code I'm using to test events: game.onevent(defines.events, function(event) if event.name ~= defines.events.ontick and event.name ~= defines.events.onchun...

Edited the first post with new information. Now supporting Factorio 0.11.1

Work on the electricity parts will continue, expect results soon...

I don't know what it has to do with stability, but I don't mind. First, I have to port all my mods to 0.11 anyway, before I am going to add new features. Stability of the main game. Having a mod in an unstable build seems counter productive anyway, but I suppose it's always possible to have very fe...