orwell96 05cb6090ac Move passive API to the advtrains core
to remove dependency of interlocking on luaautomation
2018-08-16 19:18:03 +02:00

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Lua Automation - Passive Component API
Passive components are nodes that do not have code running in them. However, active components can query these and request actions from them. Examples:
Switches
Signals
Displays
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Those passive components can also be used inside interlocking systems.
All passive components have a table called 'advtrains' in their node definition and have the group 'save_in_nodedb' set, so they work in unloaded chunks.
Example for a switch:
advtrains = {
getstate = function(pos, node)
return "st"
end,
-- OR
getstate = "st",
setstate = function(pos, node, newstate)
if newstate=="cr" then
advtrains.ndb.swap_node(pos, <corresponding switch alt>)
end
end
}