Here is a guide on how to use the vanilla loaders without any Mods.
Let’s get it done
Go to your Factorio directory and navigate to the prototypes folder:
Factorio\data\base\prototypes
You will need to edit up to 3 files:
- item.lua
- recipe.lua
- technology.lua
You can open them with any editor.
Use Ctrl + F to look for “loader”.
Delete the first loader entry, we don’t need two of them.
In the next step, remove the
flags = {"hidden"}
on all 3 loaders (loader, fast-loader and express-loader).
Modified entries:
Look for “loader” and remove
hidden = true
on all 3 loaders.
Modified entries:
When you don’t want them to need any research or don’t want to start a new game, use
enabled = true
otherwise save and close recipe.lua and go on to the last part.
You can add the loaders to any technology you like. I will use logistics 1-3 to get them.
Looking for the “underground-belt” is the best way to find the logistics technology.
Add this between the entries for the underground-belt and the splitter:
{
type = "unlock-recipe",
recipe = "loader"
},
Use the same method to add the fast- and express-loaders.
Modified entries:
By Masaru
