Proof of concept for Factorio recipe explorer tool.

aprillion.github.io/recipe_explorer

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Notes

dump_json.lua

• copy&paste to Factorio console (press ` in a game)
• go to User Data directory and get scripts_output/recipe_explorer/*.json files
• clone this repo and replace json files with those extracted from game
• copy icons from your mods to factorio-content
• open index.html in Firefox
• TODO: make a mod for exporting via console command or shortcut or automatically when loading/saving

index.html

• recipes sorted by dependencies to 8 columns, recipes on right require ingredients from products of recipes on the left (note: columns are wrapping on narrow screens)
• each recipe has ingredients on the left, products on the right, energy and unlocking technology at the bottom
• tooltips display the internal "name" property of recipe/item/fluid/technology (no localization yet)
• background color based on technology availability: green = available, yellow = possible to research next, red = possible to research later, gray = not possible to research - only to enable via console command:
  /c game.player.force.recipes["recipe-name"].enabled = true
• TODO: change json to js scripts so opening from file system works in Chrome, load icons from mods (popular ones maybe on github too), ... switch from paper to github issues