Monkeypatching Factorio mods for compatibility

nixie-console-copypasta.lua

-- Thanks to ChatGPT for improving my lua ability

local player = game.player
local surface = player.surface

local sprite_names = {'SNTD-nixie-tube-small-sprite', 'SNTD-nixie-tube-sprite'}

local all_nixie_sprites = surface.find_entities_filtered{name=sprite_names}

local known_sprites = {}

for nixie_id, sprite_array in pairs(global.SNTD_nixieSprites) do
  for _, sprite in ipairs(sprite_array) do
    known_sprites[sprite.unit_number] = true
  end
end

local unknown_sprites = {}

for _, sprite in pairs(all_nixie_sprites) do
  if not known_sprites[sprite.unit_number] then
    table.insert(unknown_sprites, sprite)
  end
end

player.print("We have this many known nixie sprites: " .. tostring(table.getn(known_sprites)))
player.print("We have this many unknown nixie sprites: " .. tostring(table.getn(unknown_sprites)))