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The 2.0.16 docs state for e.g. LuaLampControlBehavior for the circuit condition field:

circuit_condition :: Read|Write CircuitConditionDefinition

The circuit condition. Writing nil clears the circuit condition.

However, the debugger says something else:


So the value of the "circuit_condition" field is not a CircuitConditionDefinition but a CircuitCondition. And lo and behold, doing this:


works fine in spite of the angry yellow lines in VSCode (and using a CircuitConditionDefinition does not).


This may apply to everything that extends LuaGenericOnOffControlBehavior

Given that CircuitConditionDefinition has a screaming TODOC item inside, i am moving this to documentation improvement requests.

boskid wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 11:32 am Given that CircuitConditionDefinition has a screaming TODOC item inside, i am moving this to documentation improvement requests.

Agreed but as this not only affects CIrcuitConditionDefinition but everything that uses LuaGenericOnOffControlBehavior (which seems to be a number of things such as LuaAgriculturalTowerControlBehavior, LuaArtilleryTurretControlBehavior, LuaAssemblingMachineControlBehavior, LuaAsteroidCollectorControlBehavior, LuaInserterControlBehavior besides LuaLampControlBehavior to just name a few), I think updating the docs is important as IDEs etc. rely on them to show possible code errors.