Add a modded tag to entities
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:31 am
I would like an ability for mods to add a field to entities. Right now I've got some code that looks like this:
While this works fine for small amounts of entities, this code scales quadratic with the number of entities. Even as few as 100 entities cause 10.000 iterations.
My suggestion is then to add a way to tag entities. For example: entity.set_tag(tag) to set a tag and entity.get_tag() return said tag (or nil). Preferable that this tag is mod specific just as global is.
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entity_data = {{ ["entity"] = entity, ["tag"] = entity_tag},
{ ["entity"] = entity_2, ["tag"] = entity_2_tag}}
new_entities = surface.find_entities(area)
for k1,v1 in pairs(new_entities) do
for k2,v2 in pairs(entity_data) do
if v1 == v2.entity do
some code involving v2.tag
else
code to add v1 to entity_data
end
end
endMy suggestion is then to add a way to tag entities. For example: entity.set_tag(tag) to set a tag and entity.get_tag() return said tag (or nil). Preferable that this tag is mod specific just as global is.