Blueprints hotbar.

[Digi]

Got the game a few days ago. After making some spaghetti stuff I watched some videos how to make the factory for EFFICIENT!
Thing is every person I saw they had blueprints on the hotbar and I haven't found anything in the settings.
One thread in reddit said about a command to enable it but wanted to ask here before trying this.

[Shurenai]

You can just put blueprints onto your hotbar the same as any other item- pick up the BP and click in an open spot in the hotbar.

[Fel]

The icons in the toolbars are locked for new players until you reach a certain point in the tech tree (most of them unlock with the construction robots), the command you saw just unlock those buttons earlier if you want (it is a one-time unlock either way).

[Digi]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

You can just put blueprints onto your hotbar the same as any other item- pick up the BP and click in an open spot in the hotbar.

Didn't really understand how to do that.
When I'm pressing B I see a window that says "My Blueprints" and "Game Blueprints" but it's empty and there is no button there to create a new blueprint or get the hotbar.

[Digi]

Originally posted by Fel:

The icons in the toolbars are locked for new players until you reach a certain point in the tech tree (most of them unlock with the construction robots), the command you saw just unlock those buttons earlier if you want (it is a one-time unlock either way).

Oh didn't know that. I thought it was some mod or something in the settings that I missed.

Thanks bud, hope that tech isn't too far.

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by Fel:

The icons in the toolbars are locked for new players until you reach a certain point in the tech tree (most of them unlock with the construction robots), the command you saw just unlock those buttons earlier if you want (it is a one-time unlock either way).

Oo, Didn't know that. Forgot they added all those fancy 'you dont get this feature till X point in the game' things.

Originally posted by Digi:

Originally posted by Shurenai:

You can just put blueprints onto your hotbar the same as any other item- pick up the BP and click in an open spot in the hotbar.

Didn't really understand how to do that.
When I'm pressing B I see a window that says "My Blueprints" and "Game Blueprints" but it's empty and there is no button there to create a new blueprint or get the hotbar.

It's the same hotbar as your normal hotbar. There's not a separate hotbar for only blueprints. By default you only have 1 hotbar, but you can change it to show more in the settings(Settings->Interface->Other, Shortcut bar rows or Active quickbars, cant remember which)

The button to make new blueprints would be on the hotbar, along the right side in the shortcuts; Or you can use Alt+B to bring up a new blueprint.. If its not there you may not be far enough in the game and/or it's not marked to be shown, in case of the latter, click the 3 little dots by the shortcut button to tweak what is and isnt shown

[Digi]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

Originally posted by Fel:

The icons in the toolbars are locked for new players until you reach a certain point in the tech tree (most of them unlock with the construction robots), the command you saw just unlock those buttons earlier if you want (it is a one-time unlock either way).

Oo, Didn't know that. Forgot they added all those fancy 'you dont get this feature till X point in the game' things.

Originally posted by Digi:

Didn't really understand how to do that.
When I'm pressing B I see a window that says "My Blueprints" and "Game Blueprints" but it's empty and there is no button there to create a new blueprint or get the hotbar.

It's the same hotbar as your normal hotbar. There's not a separate hotbar for only blueprints. By default you only have 1 hotbar, but you can change it to show more in the settings(Settings->Interface->Other, Shortcut bar rows or Active quickbars, cant remember which)

The button to make new blueprints would be on the hotbar, along the right side in the shortcuts; Or you can use Alt+B to bring up a new blueprint.. If its not there you may not be far enough in the game and/or it's not marked to be shown, in case of the latter, click the 3 little dots by the shortcut button to tweak what is and isnt shown

This is the thing. Probably until I actually unlock the blueprints I can't see anything of what you're saying other than the basic stuff (in the ingame hotbar)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2216866048

[jhughes]

You can open the console with the ~ key (normally to the left of the 1 key in many keyboard formats, other places in other formats).

Once you have opened the console, you can type:

/unlock-shortcut-bar

This SHOULD open up the bar AND NOT disable steam achievements.

I suppose this restriction is to force you to at least do one playthrough without other input from external sources .. at least up to the robot stage, where they then can place ghosted/blueprinted items for you.

[Modran]

I found that the keyboard shortcuts (ALT+B for new blueprint) work even if they are still locked on the shortcut bar.

[Digi]

Originally posted by jhughes:

You can open the console with the ~ key (normally to the left of the 1 key in many keyboard formats, other places in other formats).

Once you have opened the console, you can type:

/unlock-shortcut-bar

This SHOULD open up the bar AND NOT disable steam achievements.

I suppose this restriction is to force you to at least do one playthrough without other input from external sources .. at least up to the robot stage, where they then can place ghosted/blueprinted items for you.

No worries, Fel gave the exact same answer.
I decided to at least unlock it normally in my first factory, although it wont take away anything from the achievements or the gameplay.

[aa-ron]

Originally posted by jhughes:

You can open the console with the ~ key (normally to the left of the 1 key in many keyboard formats, other places in other formats).

Once you have opened the console, you can type:

/unlock-shortcut-bar

This SHOULD open up the bar AND NOT disable steam achievements.

I suppose this restriction is to force you to at least do one playthrough without other input from external sources .. at least up to the robot stage, where they then can place ghosted/blueprinted items for you.

THANK YOU!

[Samuel]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.