starting spawn

changelog.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Version: 0.1.4
 Date: 2022-12-02
   Fixes:
     - Finite oil no longer produces gas when combined with some other mods
+  Changes:
+    - Add some gas to the starting area if there isn't any yet. (Can turn off in Map settings)
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version: 0.1.3
 Date: 2022-10-23

control.lua

@@ -14,3 +14,18 @@ function on_console_chat(event)
   end
 end
 script.on_event(defines.events.on_console_chat, on_console_chat)
+
+function on_init()
+  if global.starting_spawn then return end
+  if settings.global["bzgas-force-spawn"].value then
+    local gas = game.surfaces["nauvis"].find_entities_filtered({area = {{-100, -100}, {100, 100}}, name="gas"})
+    if #gas == 0 then
+      local position=game.surfaces["nauvis"].find_non_colliding_position("gas", {math.random(-100,100),math.random(-100,100)}, 0, 1)
+      if position then 
+        game.surfaces["nauvis"].create_entity({name="gas", amount=math.random(400000, 999999), position=position})
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  global.starting_spawn = true
+end
+script.on_init(on_init)

locale/en/gas.cfg

@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ bzgas-list=Make a list of modified recipes
 bzgas-more-intermediates=Enable more intermediates
 bzgas-handcraft=Add hand-craft circuit recipe
 bzgas-boiler=Enable ElAdamo's fluid boiler
+bzgas-force-spawn=Force starting spawn
 
 [mod-setting-description]
 bzgas-recipe-bypass=Skip modifying these recipes (comma-separated list).
 bzgas-list=If enabled, the text command [color=orange]BZList[/color] will dump a file to the script-output directory with a full list of recipes modified.\nRecommended to turn this off after you are done configuring your other settings.
 bzgas-boiler=Natural gas mod currnelty can incorporate ElAdamo's public domain fluid boiler. If that mod is updated to 1.1, this may be removed.
 bzgas-handcraft=This enables an alternative wood-based handcrafting-only recipe for electronic circuits. Defaults to off, as bakelite only takes a few steps to make, but provided to enable varying playstyles.
+bzgas-force-spawn=Force a spawn of natural gas in the starting area, if the game does not spawn one.
 
 [string-mod-setting]
 bzgas-more-intermediates-no=No

prototypes/gas.lua

@@ -156,5 +156,4 @@ if util.me.finite() then
       },
     },
   }
-
 end

settings.lua

@@ -32,4 +32,11 @@ data:extend({
 		setting_type = "startup",
 		default_value = true,
 	},
+
+  {
+    type = "bool-setting",
+    name = "bzgas-force-spawn",
+    setting_type = "runtime-global",
+    default_value = true,
+  },
 })