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• WrenchFu is a helper for other mods -- it provides a single entry point through which they can cause custom GUIs to be opened, and manages automatically closing the custom GUIs when players get out of range.
• Name: WrenchFu
• Latest Release: v0.1.3, April 9th, 2016
• Factorio Version: 0.12.11+
• Download: Current Version, Demonstrator Mod
• License: MIT license

Vin wrote:EDIT: I just downloaded the mod and the helper mod into a vanilla game and I'm getting an ontick error on line 77 of gui.lua with a reference to a nil value.

http://i.imgur.com/ututTDM.png

Vin wrote:Would it be possible to add a keybind to close the GUI, in addition to walking away? Other GUIs (inventory, machines) close when you press the "e" button and I found it a bit disorienting for it not to behave similarly. Very minor issue, but would be appreciated.

Narc wrote:To the best of my knowledge, this is not currently possible. It is also not possible to just make a machine open a custom GUI when clicked, which prompted WrenchFu to be created in the first place. Closing when you walk away is the best compromise I could find.

ssilk wrote:I really won't have libraries here.

So I would do it like so:
Move Wrench Fu to libraries and add a new topic for the example mod, which can stay here then.

Narc wrote:

Vin wrote:Would it be possible to add a keybind to close the GUI, in addition to walking away? Other GUIs (inventory, machines) close when you press the "e" button and I found it a bit disorienting for it not to behave similarly. Very minor issue, but would be appreciated.

To the best of my knowledge, this is not currently possible. It is also not possible to just make a machine open a custom GUI when clicked, which prompted WrenchFu to be created in the first place. Closing when you walk away is the best compromise I could find.

events = {}
events["on_player_opened"] = game.generate_event_name()
events["on_player_closed"] = game.generate_event_name()

function on_tick(event)
  if event.tick%10==9  then
    for pi, player in pairs(game.players) do
      if player.opened ~= nil and not global.player_opened[player.name] then
        game.raise_event(events["on_player_opened"], {entity=player.opened, player_index=pi})
        global.player_opened[player.name] = player.opened
      end
      if global.player_opened[player.name] and player.opened == nil then
        game.raise_event(events["on_player_closed"], {entity=global.player_opened[player.name], player_index=pi})
        global.player_opened[player.name] = nil
      end
    end
  end
end

function on_player_opened(event)

end

function on_player_closed(event)

end

game.on_event(events.on_player_opened, on_player_opened)
game.on_event(events.on_player_closed, on_player_closed)

Choumiko wrote:At least for the opening/closing a mod gui when the vanilla GUI is opened/closed i'm using custom events:[...]

ssilk wrote:I moved it to libs.

Afforess wrote:I opened up a 2nd pull request to WrenchFu, to give mods access to the surface the entity was on. This is important for multi-surface mods (like the newly released NESTT mod).

Afforess wrote:I've tested it a fair amount locally and the changes seem straightforward. I'm hoping after approving the PR, you can make a new release? I'd like to release Concrete Logistics in a few days, and I need WrenchFu as a dependency. I'd hate to have to fork it and release my own copy.

Afforess wrote:I'm hoping [...] you can make a new release?