Expose entities' status diode_color and label even for non-custom states
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:56 pm
Hello,
Right now the only interface modders have to get information about an entity's status is LuaEntity::status, which is just an enum. This means that if you want to render your own diode+label combination, say in a custom GUI for an entity, you have to write a lot of code to figure out the localisation of that status and what sprite to draw.
The code for getting the localisation key has already been posted on the forums: viewtopic.php?p=538298. However it will still be a lot of manual code to associate each status with its correct color sprite, and it's a bunch of unnecessary and error-prone mapping for a value the game already knows.
I suggest adding LuaEntity::status_diode of type defines.entity_status_diode and LuaEntity::status_label of type LocalisedString. But of course you are free to implement whatever interface you wish
Right now the only interface modders have to get information about an entity's status is LuaEntity::status, which is just an enum. This means that if you want to render your own diode+label combination, say in a custom GUI for an entity, you have to write a lot of code to figure out the localisation of that status and what sprite to draw.
The code for getting the localisation key has already been posted on the forums: viewtopic.php?p=538298. However it will still be a lot of manual code to associate each status with its correct color sprite, and it's a bunch of unnecessary and error-prone mapping for a value the game already knows.
I suggest adding LuaEntity::status_diode of type defines.entity_status_diode and LuaEntity::status_label of type LocalisedString. But of course you are free to implement whatever interface you wish