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ClaudeMetz / FactoryPlanner

A mod for Factorio. Allows you to plan out your production in detail.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/factoryplanner
MIT License
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It would be fun to collect usage data #59

Open ClaudeMetz opened 11 months ago

ClaudeMetz commented 11 months ago

This is obviously tricky, as a mod can’t access the internet. The solution would be to have a spot where the user can export their usage data and submit it to me manually somewhere. This would make this whole thing very low volume most likely.

Collecting the data itself could be annoying, depending on the detail I want. The very basic version would be to grab any input action and count them. Since most everything goes through them, that would be at least somewhat interesting I’d assume.

Then, even if the data is collected and submitted, I’d need a way to analyze it, which might be quite a bit of work too. Sounds intellectually interesting though.

typecasto commented 1 week ago

Can mods send custom data over the network to a multiplayer server? In theory, you might be able to host a special factorio server and have the mod send the usage data through the network that way whenever a user connects to it, then instantly kick them. It would still be manual, but it'd be a lot easier.

curiosity-a commented 7 hours ago

Can mods send custom data over the network to a multiplayer server? In theory, you might be able to host a special factorio server and have the mod send the usage data through the network that way whenever a user connects to it, then instantly kick them. It would still be manual, but it'd be a lot easier.

Mods can not transfer data between saves. A better way may be a file in script output that gets added to. The user then sends the file.