TODO.org

====================================================================================== Release Planning ======================================================================================

• de-priortize FP support, this will only be for advanced users (until newer versions)

Small:

• [ ] fluidbox string, i.e. wind-around the entity giving fluidbox location and type
  • [ ] include in debug output
• [ ] validation of recipes:
  • might not be so important with Helmod
  • [ ] the normal flow should follow a topological order, failure indicates something is wrong
• [ ] item buffer limits not configured

Medium:

• [ ] Loops
  • [ ] when creating lane ports, do not create them if no input/output
  • [ ] when creating lane ports, re-arrange them so loops are first
  • [ ] loop tags
  • [ ] debug record loop info
  • [ ] fluid bus auto add loops
  • [ ] kovarex
  • [ ] coal liquefaction
• [ ] Helmod byproduct support: need to detect when a recipe is a byproduct - option to downgrade and upgrade items
• [ ] local fluid bus / local logistic network?
• [ ] Output options
  • [X] Up lane
  • [ ] Single chest
  • [ ] Buffer chests
  • [ ] Passive chests

Other:

• [-] Documentation
  • [X] add README
  • [-] mod page documentation
  • [-] advanced documentation
  • [X] mention related mods (mining, pumps)
  • [X] LICENSE and other libs
• [ ] final run through

====================================================================================== BUGFIXES - High Priority ======================================================================================

====================================================================================== BUGFIXES - Medium Priority ======================================================================================

• [ ] Helmod rocket doesn’t work
• [ ] bugs with priority and light oil in space recipe : green only produce 4, not 5.6
• [ ] fluid buffer limits are too high if buffers are just used for transporting through
  • this may require more investigation, since high priority items should not be the final output of the bus
• [ ] output lane in templates should balance both sides, without the final balancer
• [ ] se cryonite recipe doesn’t work

====================================================================================== Playtest TODOS ======================================================================================

• [ ] se test fuel refinery should work with standard refinery connector
• [ ] 4-1 fluid crafting
• [ ] space recipes?

====================================================================================== Future Releases ======================================================================================

• [-] code cleanup
  • [ ] GUI code needs cleanup
  • [ ] improve main method in factorio directory
• [-] crash viewer
  • some support, but it generates large files - currently disabled
• [ ] Fluid temperature support
  • [ ] steam-165 issue
    • fluids need temperatures?
    • may be a FP issue
• [ ] custom recipe support - what metadata is needed?
  • [ ] support in Helmod
• [ ] CLI support
  • [ ] CLI arguments
    • [ ] profiling
    • [ ] which bus
  • [ ] CLI timing
• [ ] pumps for pipe lanes
  • will cause issues for directions
• [ ] template port throughput info / inserter throughput
• [ ] Optimization: merge underground belts
• [ ] pipe throughput: multiple pipes for a fluid
• [ ] Flow calculation based on template throughput
• [ ] yafc - needs code changes to record number of assemblers, and a way to know produce / consume recipes
• [ ] logistics templates
• [ ] logistics beacons
• [ ] upgrade planner
• [ ] logistic width
• [ ] Import multiple templates
• [ ] Export multiple templates
• [ ] Mall support
  • [ ] mall tags? for generating a chest at the output / deleting belts
  • [ ] circuitry to limit number (e.g. with buffer chests) or reserve slots?
• [ ] Ouput style up adds constant combinators at top
• [ ] Cache data initialization? It currently takes around 300ms
• [ ] closing template editor should return to template page (keep template page open, similar to dialogs?)
• [ ] proper lane coloring base on port coords

====================================================================================== LOW PRIORITY ======================================================================================

• [ ] Equivalence system fuel support
• [ ] space exploration: need to separate out machines or fluid networks can mix
• [ ] fluid logistic support
  • [ ] analyze inputs, find associated barrelling recipe, add barrelers and pipes (may have problems with some fluidboxes)
• [ ] save different config options, e.g. planet vs space?
• [ ] FactoryPlanner remote to process and return an export string
• [ ] move buffers closer to other factories if possible?
• [ ] get_region(s) from diagram, so we can avoid a compile
• [ ] FP string import needs to use GUI config
• [ ] combinator lane info can include flowrates plus time period
• [ ] bundle/strand system
  • [ ] clean up two lane bundle
  • [ ] multilane item bundle
• [ ] replace CoordTable.iterate with proper iterator

====================================================================================== MAYBE ======================================================================================

• [ ] limit work per tick
  • [ ] need to work out slow bits and allow for stopping points
  • [ ] probably only for a few key methods
• [ ] connectors and other mods
  • [ ] connectors have mod list in their metadata
  • [ ] only show connectors for loaded mods
  • [ ] show all connectors option on GUI
• [ ] player access to Shift_connector (used if you set the centre incorrectly)
  • [ ] mod option to show / hide template editor

====================================================================================== NOTES ======================================================================================

• LuaItemStack import_stack and export_stack could be used instead of base64/zlib/json
• game.encode_string, decode_string, table_to_json, json_to_table
• junctions for mod development: New-Item -ItemType “Junction” -Name “blueprinter-signals” -Value “<LOCATION>\mod\blueprinter-signals”

• reload control.lua: /c game.reload_mods()

====================================================================================== WON’T DO / FIX ======================================================================================

• [ ] find out why not all poles are connected via the electrical network
  • calculate the number of connected components?
• [ ] use FactoryPlanner modules to re-hydrate data, instead of using custom patch
  • data.calculation.interface.lua calculation.update
  • Factory.import_by_string(context.factory, export_string)
  • may be a bit tricky to use with CLI version
  • looking too difficult. Will use a remote instead
• [ ] fluid box calculations
  • [X] instead let user set fluidbox index
• [ ] calculate fluid box inputs/outputs from machines?
• ? rotation support
• [ ] Custom combinator(s) for mod - replaced by tag system
• [ ] generic connectors for items: resize
  • might be difficult with fluidboxes, which seem to appear everywhere

====================================================================================== ORIGINAL IDEAS ======================================================================================

• Other big projects
  • place and route
  • smelting
  • mining
  • oil pumpjacks
  • water pumps?
  • logistics
  • train routing
  • belt routing
  • city blocks
  • circuit networks?