Added META:hide() and META:unhide() to hide/unhide the prototype from any in-game browser and factoriopedia

changelog.txt

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Date: ???
   Changes:
     - Fix load failure with zh-cn locale. Resolves https://github.com/pyanodon/pybugreports/issues/1347
     - Added py.spoilage_enabled() which checks for the feature flag and mod setting
+    - Added META:hide() and META:unhide() to hide/unhide the prototype from any in-game browser and factoriopedia
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 Version: 3.0.41
 Date: 2025-12-28

lib/metas/metas.lua

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ local lib = {
 ---@field public set_fields fun(self: data.AnyPrototype, fields: table): data.AnyPrototype
 ---@field public set fun(self: data.AnyPrototype, field: string, value: any): data.AnyPrototype
 ---@field public delete fun(self: data.AnyPrototype)
+---@field public hide fun(self: data.AnyPrototype): data.AnyPrototype
+---@field public unhide fun(self: data.AnyPrototype): data.AnyPrototype
 
 for _, meta in pairs(lib) do
     meta.copy = function(self, new_name)
@@ -50,6 +52,18 @@ for _, meta in pairs(lib) do
     meta.delete = function(self)
         data.raw[self.type][self.name] = nil
     end
+
+    meta.hide = function(self)
+        self.hidden = true
+        self.hidden_in_factoriopedia = true
+        return self
+    end
+
+    meta.unhide = function(self)
+        self.hidden = nil
+        self.hidden_in_factoriopedia = nil
+        return self
+    end
 end
 
 local metas = {}