XWL:wirelink(E) or E:wirelink()

[rich_27]

I have no knowledge of Lua, so I have no clue how feasible this would be, but if you already defined a wirelink in the @inputs, would there be anyway to create an E2 function to wire it to an entity?

Say if you had '@inputs Pod:wirelink' at the start of your code, could you have something like:

Pod:wirelink(E) or Pod:connect(E), where E is the entity of your Advanced Pod Controller, or even Pod=E:wirelink().

From what I know, I see no reason against it, as if you have already defined the wirelink then it will get recognised by the compiler. It would just be useful for when you need to switch between seats for an entity, or screens for an output. Say, for example:

@inputs Pod:wirelink
@persist LastSaid:string

if(first()|duped()){
    runOnChat(1)
}
if(chatClk(owner())){
    LastSaid=owner():lastSaid()
    if(LastSaid=="~pod"){
        Pod:wirelink(owner():aimEntity())
    }
}

[Whosdr]

There are some functions around which wire entities together. I'm not sure if wirelink was included.

[rich_27]

Was that official? Unofficial stuff is a bummer to use. And if its like wire A of Ent to Thrust of Ent2, thats a bit ridiculous. Its just that wirelink is build for that kind of ease...

[Colonel Thirty Two]

Unofficial stuff is the best stuff. I know unsmart's server had wire functions, as well as E:makeWirelink and E:getWirelink

[mattwd0526]

It is unofficial, looking for thread right now...

Edit: Here we go, scroll down to the E2 Create Wire Functions: http://www.wiremod.com/forum/wiremod...re-addons.html

I don't believe it contains wirelink, but IIRC TomyLobo made some patch at some point that accomplished this. (Never SVN'D)