Now I have started coding elements in TPT. And my very first element to use update has some problems.So I'll ask any doubt's that I have about coding TPT in this thread, starting with this element.

I started out with a HTER(heater) element, like it's given in the wiki(Also, can someone finish updating that outdated tutorial?).
I coded it, but only the first pixel of HTER placed heats up and it heats up to max temp instantly, rather than heating up gradually. Also, it's not heating up other elements, and only way it does that is by conducting heat(So it doesn't do anything with heatconduct=0.) . This might be a simple problem and i might have missed something obvious, But can someone help?

I want the element to either constantly heat itself up, or heat up particles in a 4X4 grid.

Here's the update part of the code:
//#TPT-Directive ElementHeader Element_HTER static int update(UPDATE_FUNC_ARGS)
int Element_HTER::update(UPDATE_FUNC_ARGS) {
int r,rx,ry;
for (rx=-2; rx<3; rx++)
for (ry=-2; ry<3; ry++)
if (BOUNDS_CHECK)
{
r=pmap[x+rx][y+ry];

if(r&0xFF!=PT_HTER && parts[r>>8].temp + parts[r>>8].temp * 0.2f <= MAX_TEMP){

parts[r>>8].temp += parts[r>>8].temp * 0.2f;

}
else {parts[r>>8].temp = MAX_TEMP;}
}
return 0;
}

@xetalim (View Post)
I want it to either heat itself up constantly, or heat the surrounding particles constantly without heating itself.
@jacob1 (View Post)
I did that, but still only the very first pixel of HTER placed heats up...