fac-cli 0.4

Command-line mod manager for Factorio (install, update...).

Fac is a command-line mod manager for Factorio >=0.13 written in Python 3.

Contents

• Installation

• Configuration

• Usage

• Listing installed mods

• Enabling & disabling mods

• Searching for mods

• Showing detailled info about a mod

• Installing mods

• Updating mods

• Holding mods

• Removing mods

• Packing/unpacking mods

• Using wildcards

• Mod name autocorrection

• Game version incompatibilities

Installation

You’ll need Python 3, which can be obtained through your distribution’s package manager or downloaded from https://www.python.org/ (for Windows users).

Installation can be easilly done using pip:

$ pip3 install fac-cli

Or directly from git:

$ pip3 install -e "git+https://github.com/mickael9/fac.git#egg=fac-cli"

Or from an existing clone:

$ pip3 install -e .

NOTE (linux users): By default, these commands will require you to be root unless you run pip from a virtualenv or you use the --user flag.

If you run pip with the --user flag, make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH or the fac command will not work.

Configuration

fac needs to be able to know the location of:

• The Factorio data directory, eg /usr/share/factorio/

• The Factorio configuration directory, eg ~/.factorio

Normally, it should be able to detect these automatically assuming you have a standard setup (eg. Steam). It will also look in the current working directory and its parent.

If for some reason these paths can’t be found automatically, you’ll have to specify them in fac’s config file, which is located at:

• ~/.config/fac/config.ini on Linux

• C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\fac\config.ini on Windows

• ~/Library/Application Support/fac/config.ini on Mac OS X

[paths]
data-path = /home/me/my_factorio/data
write-path = /home/me/my_factorio

You can display the currently detected locations using fac -v:

$ fac -v
DEBUG:fac.main:Factorio write path: /home/mickael/.factorio
DEBUG:fac.main:Factorio game path: /usr/share/factorio
DEBUG:fac.main:Factorio version: 0.13.9
usage: fac COMMAND [options...]
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Usage

fac can be run using the fac command. It is further divided into several subcommands:

usage: fac COMMAND [options...]

Mod manager for Factorio

  COMMAND
    list                List installed mods and their status.
    enable              Enable mods.
    disable             Disable mods.
    search              Search the mods database.
    show                Show details about specific mods.
    install             Install (or update) mods.
    update              Update installed mods.
    remove              Remove mods.
    hold                Hold mods (show held mods with no argument).
    unhold              Unhold mods.
    pack                Pack mods.
    unpack              Unpack mods.
    fetch               Fetch a mod from the mod portal.
    make-compatible     Change the supported factorio version of mods.

general options:
  -g GAME_VERSION, --game-version GAME_VERSION
                        force a specific game version
  -i, --ignore-game-ver
                        ignore game version when selecting packages
  -v, --verbose         show more detailled output
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Below are simple examples of what you can do for each command.

Listing installed mods

$ fac list
Installed mods:
    Warehousing 0.0.10
    YARM 0.7.105
    advanced-logistics-system 0.3.0 (unpacked, incompatible)
    creative-mode 0.1.4 (disabled, unpacked)

Enabling & disabling mods

$ fac disable YARM
YARM is now disabled

$ fac list
    YARM 0.7.105 (disabled)

$ fac enable YARM
YARM is now enabled

$ fac list
    YARM 0.7.105

Searching for mods

$ fac search 5dim
5dim's Mod - Core (5dim_core) [big-mods]
    Core of all 5dim's mod

5dim's Mod - Automatization (5dim_automatization) [big-mods]
    Automatization for 5dim's mod

5dim's Mod - Energy (5dim_energy) [big-mods]
    Energy for 5dim's mod

5dim's Mod - Transport (5dim_transport) [big-mods]
    Transport for 5dim's mod

5dim's Mod - Logistic (5dim_logistic) [big-mods]
    logistic of all 5dim's mod

[...]

Showing detailled info about a mod

$ fac show 5dim_logistic
Name: 5dim_logistic
Author: McGuten
Title: 5dim's Mod - Logistic
Summary: logistic of all 5dim's mod
Description:
    logistic of all 5dim's mod
Tags: big-mods
Homepage: http://www.5dim.es
License: MIT
Game versions: 0.13
Releases:
    Version: 0.13.1    Game version: 0.13
    Version: 0.13.0    Game version: 0.13

Installing mods

$ fac install Foreman 5dim_logistic
Adding dependency: 5dim_core 0.13.1
Installing: Foreman 0.2.5...
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/308/Foreman_0.2.5.zip...
Installing: 5dim_core 0.13.1...
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/191/5dim_core_0.13.1.zip...
Installing: 5dim_logistic 0.13.1...
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/196/5dim_logistic_0.13.1.zip...

$ fac install Foreman==0.2.2
Foreman==0.2.5 is already installed. Use -R to reinstall it.

Foreman is already installed in a more recent version. Use -D to downgrade it.

$ fac install Foreman==0.2.2 -D
Installing: Foreman 0.2.2...
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/308/Foreman_0.2.2.zip...
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/Foreman_0.2.5.zip

The fetch command can be used to download a mod into a specified directory.

Updating mods

$ fac update
Checking: Foreman
Checking: 5dim_logistic
Checking: 5dim_core
Checking: YARM
Found 1 update:
    Foreman 0.2.2 -> 0.2.3
Continue? [Y/n]
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/308/Foreman_0.2.3.zip...
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/Foreman_0.2.2.zip

Holding mods

Use this to keep mods from being automatically updated when using the update command.

$ fac install Foreman==0.2.2
Installing: Foreman 0.2.2...
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/308/Foreman_0.2.2.zip...

$ fac hold Foreman
Foreman will not be updated automatically anymore

$ fac update
Checking: Foreman
Found update: Foreman 0.2.5
Foreman is held. Use -H to update it anyway.
No updates were found

$ fac unhold Foreman
Foreman will now be updated automatically.

$ fac update
Checking: YARM
Found 1 update:
    Foreman 0.2.2 -> 0.2.5
Continue? [Y/n]
Downloading: https://mods.factorio.com/api/downloads/data/mods/308/Foreman_0.2.5.zip...
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/Foreman_0.2.2.zip

Removing mods

$ fac remove Foreman
The following files will be removed:
    /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/Foreman_0.2.3.zip
Continue? [Y/n]
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/Foreman_0.2.3.zip

Packing/unpacking mods

Mods can be either packed (name_0.1.zip) or unpacked (name_0.1/) and the game will accept both of them.

Keep in mind that the game will refuse to start if there is both a packed and unpacked version of a mod, or if there are multiple installed versions for any given mod.

$ fac unpack yarm
Unpacking: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105.zip
Removing file: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105.zip
YARM is now unpacked

$ fac pack yarm
Packing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105/
Removing directory: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105/
YARM is now packed

Using wildcards

Commands that work on locally installed mods can accept wildcards, eg:

$ fac remove '5dim_*'
The following files will be removed:
    /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/5dim_logistic_0.13.1.zip
    /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/5dim_core_0.13.1.zip
Continue? [Y/n]
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/5dim_logistic_0.13.1.zip
Removing: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/5dim_core_0.13.1.zip

$ fac enable '*'
advanced-logistics-system was already enabled
Warehousing was already enabled
YARM was already enabled
Foreman is now enabled

Note the presence of quotes around filters to prevent the shell from interpreting them.

Mod name autocorrection

Most commands will try to guess the correct name when given inexact mod names.

If the name is a filter (eg 5dim_*), no attempt to autocorrect will be made.

The following attempts are made to find a match for a given mod name:

• Exact match

• Case-insensitive match

• Partial case-insensitive match if there is no ambiguity.

• For remote commands (install, update…), the search result if there is only one.

For remote commands, a local match will first be attempted at each step.

For instance:

• yarm will be converted to YARM via the Case-insensitive match strategy

• ya will either be converted to YARM if you have YARM installed or fail because there is more than one result to the fac search ya command.

Game version incompatibilities

Mods are tied to a specific factorio version (eg 0.13, 0.14) and can only work with that version. A 0.14 game will refuse to load a mod made for 0.13.

By default, fac will autodetect your installed factorio version and use that to filter the available commands to compatible mods.

In some cases, you might want to disable this filtering using the -i option. You can also override the detected game version using -g 0.13 for instance.

A make-compatible command is provided. It will automatically unpack a mod and change its factorio_version field to the currently set game version (autodetected or provided by the -g option).

Usage scenario

You’re currently running Factorio 0.14 and want to install your favorite mod, YARM:

$ fac search YARM
Note: 1 mods were hidden because they have no compatible game versions. Use -i to show them.

$ fac search YARM -i
Yet Another Resource Monitor Fork (YARM) [incompatible, info]
    This mod helps you to keep track of your mining sites.

Feeling courageous, you want to try it anyway:

$ fac install -i YARM
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$ fac make-compatible YARM
Unpacking: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105.zip
Removing file: /home/mickael/.factorio/mods/YARM_0.7.105.zip
Game version changed to 0.14 for YARM 0.7.105.

You can now use the mod as if it was made for Factorio 0.14.