UXAssist

UXAssist

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Some functions and patches for better user experience

Usage

• Press ` Alt+(BackQuote) `` to call up the config panel. You can change the shortcut on the panel.
• There are also buttons on title screen and planet minimap area to call up the config panel.
• Patches:
• Strict hotkey dectection for build menu, thus building hotkeys(0~9, F1~F10, X, U) are not triggered while holding Ctrl/Alt/Shift.
• Fix a bug that warning popup on Veins Utilization upgraded to level 8000+
• Sort blueprint structures before saving, to reduce generated blueprint data size a little
• Increase maximum count of Metadata Instantiations to 20000 (from 2000)
• Increase capacity of player order queue to 128 (from 16)
• Enable Hide UI function(F11 by default) while on Star Map view
• Append mod profile name to game window title, if using mod managers ( Mod Manager or r2modman).
• Features:
• General
• Enable game window resize
• Remember window position and size on last exit
• Convert Peace-Mode saves to Combat-Mode on loading
• Mod manager profile based save folder
• Save files are stored in Save\ folder.
• Will use original save location if matching default profile name.
• Mod manager profile based option
• Option file is stored as Options\.xml.
• Logical Frame Rate
• This will change game running speed, down to 0.1x slower and up to 10x faster.
• A pair of shortcut keys (- and +) to change the logical frame rate by -0.5x and +0.5x.
• Note:
• High logical frame rate is not guaranteed to be stable, especially when factories are under heavy load.
• This will not affect some game animations.
• When set game speed in mod Auxilaryfunction, this feature will be disabled.
• When mod BulletTime is installed, this feature will be hidden, but patch BulletTime's speed control, to make its maximum speed 10x.
• Set process priority
• Increase maximum count of Metadata Instantiations to 20000 (from 2000)
• Increase capacity of player order queue to 128 (from 16)
• Factory
• Sunlight at night
• Remove some build conditions
• Remove build count and range limit
• Larger area for upgrade and dismantle(30x30 at max)
• Larger area for terraform(30x30 at max)
• Off-grid building and stepped rotation
• Cut conveyor belt
• Press shortcut key to cut conveyor belt under cursor.
• The default shortcut key is Alt+X, you can set it in system options panel.
• Treat stack items as single in monitor components
• Quick build and dismantle stacking labs/storages/tanks
• Fast fill in to and take out from tanks
• You can set multiplier for tanks' operation speed
• This affects manually fill in to and/or take out from tanks, as well as transfer from upper to lower level.
• Protect veins from exhaustion
• By default, the vein amount is protected at 100, and oil speed is protected at 1.0/s, you can set them yourself in config file.
• When reach the protection value, veins/oils steeps will not be mined/extracted any longer.
• Close this function to resume mining and pumping, usually when you have enough level on Veins Utilization
• Do not render factory entities (except belts and sorters)
• This also makes players click though factory entities but belts and sorters
• Hide sorters too: also hide sorters, leaving only belts (and their cargo) visible
• Drag building power poles in maximum connection range
• Auto-construct
• Fly to buildings to be contructed automatically
• Dismantle blueprint selected buildings
• Press shortcut key in blueprint copy mode to dismantle selected buildings.
• The default shortcut key is Ctrl+X, you can set it in system options panel.
• Initialize This Planet (without reseting veins)
• 3 Options to return certain items
• Quick dismantle all buildings (without drops)
• Quick build Orbital Collectors
• Belt signals for buy out dark fog items automatically
• 6 belt signals are added to the signal panel, which can be used to buy out dark fog items automatically.
• Gene