FactorioWorld

A mod for factorio that changes the map into a real-world map.

Note that it only changes the terrain, and not the spawning of resources.

Download

You can get this mod here: https://mods.factorio.com/mods/TheOddler/factorio-world

Usage

• Start a new game
• Choose your settings (more info below)
• Map and terrain are generated from a map of Earth!

Settings

Use the in-game mod settings to set:

• Map scaling factor: Can be anything between 0.01 and infinite (factors of 6 work well)
• Spawn:
  • Pick a location to start, or set to custom
  • When set to custom, it'll use the custom spawn x and y coordinates
• Repeat map: If set to false everything after the first iteration will become water
• Use large map: If set to true the mod will use a more detailed map
  • This will use about 4 times the memory
• Safe zone size: All water within this zone will be turned into dirt

Available Spawn locations

This is a list of the regions and cities (found in spawns.lua):

Continent	Country/Region	City
Europe	Belgium	My home town
Africa	Algeria	Oran
Africa	Chad	Mongo
Africa	Congo	Katanga
Africa	Egypt	Cairo
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	Ebebiyin
Africa	Mali	Bamako
Africa	Morocco	Marrakech
Africa	Senegal	Dakar
Africa	South Africa	Johannesburg
Asia	China	Baoshan
Asia	China	Beijing
Asia	China	Kunming
Asia	Georgia	Tbilisi
Asia	India	Delhi
Asia	Mongolia	Moron
Asia	Russia	Aktobe
Asia	Russia	Anadyr
Asia	Russia	Bilibino
Asia	Russia	Omsk
Asia	Russia	Yakutsk
Asia	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh
Europe	Czech Republic	Prague
Europe	Norway	Oslo
Europe	Russia	Moscow
Europe	Russia	Pechora
Europe	Spain	Madrid
Europe	UK	London
North America	Canada	Brisay
North America	Canada	Kapuskasing
North America	Canada	Saskatoon
North America	Greenland	Summit Camp
North America	Mexico	Mexico City
North America	United States	Boise
North America	United States	Los Angeles
North America	United States	New York
North America	United States	Nome
North America	United States	Scranton
North America	United States	Topeka
North America	United States	Ungalik
Oceania	Australia	Broome
Oceania	Australia	Sydney
South America	Argentina	Cordoba
South America	Brazil	Manaus
South America	Brazil	Sao Paulo
South America	Peru	Lima

Generating your own maps

The mod reads lua files generated by a converter writen in Python. These files are generated based on an image. Currently I'm using the "Natural Earth II with Shaded Relief, Water, and Drainages" image from Natural Earth.

The generator simply iterates over each pixel, and assigns a tile-type to it. The algorithm uses reference colors, and checks which one is closer to encode the types. To compress the data a little I use a scheme where every tile-letter is followed by how many tiles there are of this type of that row. The mod then takes these strings (one for each line of pixels), decompresses it to something it can read very quickly, and assigns the tiles a new type when a chunk is generated.

Require Python libraries

• Pillow - for processing the images: pip install Pillow
• tqdm - for fast loading bars: pip install tqdm

Usage

To generate a new lua file and load in into your game you'll have to do a little manual labour:

1. In convert.py change the settings at the top of the file
   • image_file: the name of the image to use (to be placed next to the convert.py file)
   • resize_width: the size you want the final map to be (can be set to None if you just want the same size as the provided image)
   • terrain_codes: set which colours are what terrains !!DANGER!! If you change these, you'll have to update the terrain_codes in control.lua as well
2. Run convert.py
3. Copy the created lua files (World_large.lua and World_small.lua) into the mod's root folder
4. Run the game and start a new game