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sticker related APIs
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 1:32 pm
by Mooncat
Request: APIs to know the existence of sticker on entity, and also add or remove sticker on it.
I'm looking for
LuaEntity::has_sticker(name) → boolean
LuaEntity::add_sticker(name)
LuaEntity::remove_sticker(name) → boolean (whether the entity had the said sticker so it is removed successfully)
There is so much potential for the sticker system.
Re: sticker related APIs
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:23 pm
by posila
It is already kind of possible.
Add sticker to biter
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biter.surface.create_entity{ name="slowdown-sticker", position=biter.position, target=biter }
Remove all stickers from biter:
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for _,e in pairs(biter.surface.find_entities_filtered{type="sticker", area=biter.bounding_box}) do
e.destroy()
end
You got the idea.
Re: sticker related APIs
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:54 pm
by Mooncat
Wow, that's great! Don't know the "target" parameter can be used for sticker.
hm... I wonder the performance impact of using find_entities_filtered to remove stickers. Really not a fan of using such a search function since you already know the sticker is on the biter.
But yes, I can use this before the actual implementation. Thanks!
Re: sticker related APIs
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2017 5:46 pm
by Rseding91
Mooncat wrote:Wow, that's great! Don't know the "target" parameter can be used for sticker.
hm... I wonder the performance impact of using find_entities_filtered to remove stickers. Really not a fan of using such a search function since you already know the sticker is on the biter.
But yes, I can use this before the actual implementation. Thanks!
For such a small area a bounding box search vs a position search is almost identical performance wise.
I think biters already keep track of what stickers are attached to them so I'll just add the ability to read stickers off a biter for 0.15.
Re: sticker related APIs
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:59 am
by Mooncat
Rseding91 wrote:Mooncat wrote:Wow, that's great! Don't know the "target" parameter can be used for sticker.
hm... I wonder the performance impact of using find_entities_filtered to remove stickers. Really not a fan of using such a search function since you already know the sticker is on the biter.
But yes, I can use this before the actual implementation. Thanks!
For such a small area a bounding box search vs a position search is almost identical performance wise.
I think biters already keep track of what stickers are attached to them so I'll just add the ability to read stickers off a biter for 0.15.
That's awesome! Thanks!
Re: sticker related APIs
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:38 pm
by Ranakastrasz
Huh. I wonder if this would work for the player. If so, would work great for several buff-like animations I want to display.