The Powder Toy

OmegaSupreme

I fool around with the Lua console and with Lua scripts in TPT. I also create custom elements using Lua scripts. I thought of an excellent idea yesterday for a Pressure Proof Wifi element, but I don't know how to go about coding it because I kept getting "Unmatched Bracket" while attempting to replicate WIFI's code from 89.0. I want to make Atmoshperic WiFi 1 (AWF1) and Atmospheric Wifi 2 (AWF2) using the Lua console, but I wouldn't know how to code the extra part after the basics.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks!

boxmein

You could try something like this in pseudocode:

for every particle with type "AWF1" do
  if that particle's ctype is the same as this one's
    for every particle around that particle
      if around-particle is a metal
        change its type to SPRK(that metal)
      end
    end
  end
end

jacob1

@OmegaSupreme (View Post)
recreating WIFI would be pretty hard, since WIFI uses a lot of extra data and does other complicated things. WIFI stores info in a variable called wireless[CHANNELS][2], I think. When WIFI detect sparks it sets wireless[channelhere][0] to true. Some update thing that runs every frame before the particles update then loops through, and sets wireless[channelhere][1] to true if [0] was true. WIFI then sparks other elements if wireless[channelhere][1] is true. This is just from memory, but I Think that should work. It also avoids particle order issues, mostly ...

boxmein's psuedocode should basically show how to spark things / detect spark. Except I wouldn't do the massive loop over every particle like he does.

OmegaSupreme

But I don't know how to do psuedocode. Sorry, but when I said I knew the basics, I meant:

local atmwifi1 = elements.allocate("OSCE", "AWF1")
elements.element(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, elements.element(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1))
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Name", "UQRK")
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Description", "AWF1. Atmospheric WiFi One. Wifi Designed for use in Pressurized Invironments.")
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Colour", 0x000000) <- I'm going to make it Light Blue
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "MenuVisible", 1)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "MenuSection", SC_ELEC)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Advection" 0.0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "AirDrag", 0.0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "AirLoss", 0.00)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Loss", 0.0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Collision", 1)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HeatConduct", 1)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Gravity", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Diffusion", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HotAir", 0.0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Falldown", 0.0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Flammable", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Explosive", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Meltable", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Hardness", 100)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Weight", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Temperature", 273.15)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HeatConduct", 0)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "State", ST_SOLID)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "Properties", elem.TYPE_SOLID)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "LowPressure", IPL)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "LowPressureTransition", NT)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HighPressure", IPH)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HighPressureTransition", NT)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "LowTemperature", ITL)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "LowTemperatureTransition", NT)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HighTemperature", ITH)
elements.property(elements.OSCE_PT_AWF1, "HighTemperatureTransition", NT)

(WHERE COMPLEX CODE WILL GO FOR AWF1) <-- I don't know how to code this section in "Simple Terms" like the above.

I only know how to do this much, and I know from looking at the code that the above won't be enough to create my own wifi. I probably got off to a bad start by now specifically asking what exactly I needed help coding. A Step-by-step explanation would be perfect if possible! :D

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