Foreman is a mod for manipulating blueprints in game. At the moment you can mirror blueprints and replace one entity with another one (for example replace all yellow belts with red belts in a blueprint)
This is probably one of the last updates where Foreman will be able to import blueprintstrings. Use the new vanilla blueprint Library (press B by default) to store your blueprints and create strings. You can no longer export blueprints, only import them from the old BlueprintString/Foreman format. The new vanilla format will not be supported. Depending on how the modding API for the library turns out i might keep up the ability to store blueprints in Foreman.
Foreman will (given time) turn into a blueprint manipulation tool.
###Top buttons:
- Import blueprint/books from text
- Fix positions in blueprints
- Load multiple blueprints/books (L button)
###Toolbar:
- Mirror blueprint / active blueprint in book on the cursor (mirroring along the other axis: mirror and rotate by 180°)
Works with [Side Inserters](https://mods.factorio.com/mods/GotLag/Side Inserters), Bob's Adjustable Inserters, Trainstops from SmartTrains - Replace entities in the blueprint with another one: Click the empty buttons with an item on the cursor. Click "Ok" with a blueprint/book to replace.
###Per blueprint/book buttons
- Delete stored blueprints (clicking with a blueprint on the cursor will overwrite instead of deleting)
- Load blueprint to toolbar or to cursor (if clicked with a blueprint)
- Imports/Exports Blueprint Strings (Thanks Dave!)
###Hotkeys
- Toggle the gui: Ctrl + T
- Mirror blueprint: Alt + R
###Console commands:
- Show the main button: /c remote.call("foreman", "show")
- Hide the main button: /c remote.call("foreman", "hide")
2.0.4
- fixed error when mirroring the active blueprint in a book
- added error message when trying to import a vanilla blueprint string
2.0.3
- some more fixes
2.0.2
- fixed startup error
2.0.1
- GUI is available from the beginning
- removed the export buttons. Use the vanilla Library/string instead
2.0.0
- version for Factorio 0.15.x
1.1.6
- importing from script doesn't require admin anymore (seemed to cause desyncs)
- invalid/troubling characters in names are replaced by "_" (so far: ":;'." )
1.1.5
- fixed name not being set after importing
- fixed error with virtual blueprints and set to cursor option
- importing from script requires the player to be an admin
1.1.4
- fixed Gui opening for other players
1.1.3
- added virtual blueprints option (WIP)
- when loading a book, Foreman will insert empty blueprints into the book if necessary
- fixed "overwrite books" option not clearing blueprints
- fixed error when using Export all
- fixed that exporting blueprints/books would append to the file, instead of overwriting
1.1.2
- clicking the load button on a stored book with an empty cursor now loads the book into a book with enough empty blueprints in the inventory/toolbar
- added option to overwrite blueprint books when clicking load with an empty cursor, defaults to false
- The "load to cursor" and "close gui after loading to cursor" settings now also apply for blueprint books
- mirroring blueprints now also mirrors tiles
- fixed error when replacing rails in a blueprint
- fixed wrong filename being printed when exporting blueprints
1.1.1
- Hotkey to toggle the GUI only works after Blueprints are researched
- Allowed more characters in blueprints (Only . \ " and ' are removed)
1.1.0
- added button/hotkey to mirror blueprint/ active blueprint in a book (mirroring along the other axis is just mirroring and rotating by 180°)
- added buttons to replace an entity with another one (to upgrade belts, assemblers, etc)
- clicking Delete blueprint with a blueprint on the cursor overwrites the stored blueprint
- changed remote interface to accept an optional LuaPlayer argument
1.0.2
- added support for importing books from blueprintstring format
- added textfield to change the button order
- changed expected argument of setButtonOrder to a single string: remote.call("foreman", "setButtonOrder", "LERD")
- fixed GUI opening for all players when someone saves/renames/deletes a blueprint
- discontinued updates for the 0.13 version
1.0.1/0.2.6
- added option to close the gui after loading a blueprint to the cursor
- added Hotkey to toggle the GUI. Ctrl + t by default
- added option and console command to hide the main button.
- added console command to change the button order
- added russian translation
1.0.0
- version for Factorio 0.14.x
0.2.5
- readded script input. Strings starting with "do local foo" or "do local script" are treated as script input.
- added remote functions to add blueprints:
remote.call("foreman", "addBlueprint", player, blueprintString, name)
remote.call("foreman", "addBook", player, book)
remote.call("foreman", "refreshGUI", player)
player: LuaPlayer, blueprintString: compressed Blueprint, name: optional name for the blueprint
book: a lua table (export a book via Foreman to see the expected format)
0.2.4
- fixed error when no player name is set
- fixed name being ignored when importing single blueprint string
0.2.3
- added Hotkey to clear blueprint book on the cursor (default Shift + right click, must be enabled in the settings!)
- added option to move the loaded blueprint when the load blueprint button is clicked with an empty cursor
- load a single blueprint into a book when 'load blueprint' button is clicked with a blueprint book with an empty blueprint in the active slot
- added missing tooltips to buttons
0.2.2
- fixed importing books from string not working. Books from 0.2.1 have to be exported again for the string to work
- Changed L button to load blueprint string, exported books or the string created by the E button
- added german translation by luma88
- removed debug log
0.2.1
- added support for blueprint books
- clicking the + button with a blueprint book adds the active blueprint only
0.1.26
- New feature: export/import all blueprints to/from a single file
- added tooltips for buttons
- added settings button:
- added setting to overwrite blueprints if no empty blueprint is found when loading a string
- display count setting: How many blueprints to show befor scrolling
- added some sprite buttons