tpt.el.bran.menu=1
tpt.el.bran.enabled=1
tpt.el.bran.menusection=5

tpt.el.bran.name="NEON"
tpt.el.bran.description="Neon gas - glows in contact with electricity"
tpt.el.bran.color=0X00242424
tpt.el.bran.gravity=0
tpt.el.bran.diffusion=1
tpt.el.bran.advection=2
tpt.el.bran.properties=0x4828
tpt.el.bran.flammable=0
tpt.el.bran.heat=295
tpt.el.bran.weight=0
tpt.el.bran.airloss=1
usercolor= 0xFFFF0000
colour=  {}
colour["8"]=0xFFFF0000
colour["9"]= 0xFFFF0000
colour["10"]=0xFFFF0000

function neon(i,x,y,s,n)
    if tpt.get_property("tmp2",i)== 1 then
        tpt.set_property("life",200,i)
        tpt.set_property("tmp2",0,i)
    end
    if tpt.parts[i].life<=0 then

        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==7 then
            if tpt.get_property("dcolour",i) ~= 0X00242424 then
                usercolor = tpt.get_property("dcolour",i)
                end
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)>7 then
        local b = tpt.get_property("tmp",i)
            if tpt.get_property("dcolour",i) ~= 0X00242424 then
                colour[b] = tpt.get_property("dcolour",i)
                end
        end
    tpt.set_property("dcolour",0X00242424,i)
    end
end

function neonsprk(i,x,y,s,n)
type=tpt.get_property("ctype",x+math.random(-1,1),y+math.random(-1,1))
    if tpt.get_property("ctype",i)==tpt.el.bran.id then
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==0 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFFFF0000,i) --red
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==1 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFFFF6600,i) --orange
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==2 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFFFFFF00,i) --yellow
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==3 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFF00FF00,i) --green
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==4 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFF00FFFF,i) --aqua
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==5 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFF0000FF,i) --blue
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==6 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour",0xFF9900CC,i) --purple
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i)==7 then
            tpt.set_property("dcolour", usercolor,i) -- user editable color
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end
        if tpt.get_property("tmp",i) > 7 then
            local tmplocal= tpt.get_property("tmp",i)
            tpt.set_property("dcolour", colour[tmplocal],i)
            tpt.set_property("tmp2",1,i)
        end


    end
end


tpt.element_func(neon,tpt.el.bran.id)
tpt.element_func(neonsprk,tpt.el.sprk.id)

-- I don't know what error reading there is, but my powder toy allways closes down when I implement the graphics function (I replaced the coding untill I found that the graphic part caused the crashing of my TPT) . It might be because I use TPT legacy, wich tends to miraculously close for some strange reasons ( fiddling with stickman did the same) . I also want to note that I used some bad coding ( tmp 7 apart and 8 and above apart, even though they react the same) , but the table has the tendency to ignore it's first value and behaves strangely every now and then, whilas the single stored value shows no errors at all. The contributions of the tablevalues are also unnecessary but for some reason they diminish the strange reactions ( not coloring red) from their tmp-neons so i just left them. I also didn't bother to use local variables, for equal reasons, though I know how to use good coding, it seemed to react smoother if I didn't so I stopt bothering.    PS This is my first thing in LUA, (I'm familiar with other codings whatsoever) oh and great idea ofcourse

@ultibore (View Post)

Well, you can't just go and write stuff like 'tpt.set_property("dcolour", usercolor,i) -- user editable color'..

Maybe that's the error.

You can keep the '-- user editable color'..', but 'usercolor' isn't accepted as a color. Maybe you should change it to white, which is 0xFFFFFFFF, or to 'no changes', which is 0x00000000 (the first '00' makes the color have no effect).

@ThunderSt (View Post)

 the error is not included, by the way usercolor is a variable,  it wouldn't have been bad to set it to white but that doesn't matter. Giving a variable for a dcolour works (I tested it) jus like anyone with programming experience would expect.  another thing  if you tipe -- in a lua coding then you are placing a comment that will not be exerted.

usercolor starts of (as you could read) as 0xFFFF0000 (red) but can be changed by the neon function when a user utilises the dcolour panel.

I don't mind criticism, but if you accuse me of lazy and irresponsable coding (not saying I never do) , give a thorough and thought through explanation, otherwise it comes down to trolling.

  I also forgot to mention before that if you color an uncharged neon (wich will cause it to fall back to base color in the next frame) it will automatically change dcolour (maybe the easiest way)). (not that you wouldn't see it for yourself sooner or later, but it is always nice to now from the start)

@jacksonmj (View Post)

 I really want to, but the exact piece of code seems to be removed already , it was called neongraph, and it was meant to return a certain colour  ( it was a function with only with a return, containing some sort of color description not in hexadecimal, but with a lot of different numbers: about 4 times 30 (..,..,..,30,30,30,30) at the end. You should ask mrsalit0s , he might still got it , if else, sorry

@ultibore (View Post)

I just wanted to help, you don't have to act like that >_>

Are you the king of the world or something?

You're a person like anyone else.

No point in acting like that.

Edit: apparently you know more lua than me, but that doesn't mean you can just arrive to the forums and act like the one which knows everything above everyone else.

You just came and I immediatly started disliking your attitude -.-

@mrsalit0s (View Post)

I'm sorry to say, it still causes my TPT legacy to close, I truly beleive it to be correctly written, but I guess TPT legacy still has some bugs that are already solved in normal TPT or something may be wrong with my version (as I mentioned before, it also acts strange when I start fiddling with my stickman)