WireNetwork PCMod2 addon

[immibis]

What is this?
This adds a simple program to PCMod 2 computers (servers only). The program uses an attached I/O Device to tunnel wire links over a PCMod network.
You give it the IP address of another computer running the program, and it transmits data.
Technically, it isn't a Wiremod addon because it doesn't interface directly with Wiremod (the attached I/O Device does), but since it's only useful in the context of Wiremod I'm posting it here.

How do I install this?
1. Extract this into garrysmod/addons/pcmod/
2. Open garrysmod/lua/pcmod/sh_config.lua and find the line starting with "cfg.FullProgramList" (without quotes)
3. Add ",wirenetwork" (without quotes) to the end of the list, before the last quote.
4. Start GMod.

How do I interface this with Wiremod devices?

Input F is the clock. When input F changes from 0 to 2, the numbers in A-D are stored as the target IP address (A.B.C.D). When input F changes from 0 to 1, if there is a saved IP address it sends the values of inputs A-E to that IP address.

Outputs 1-5 receive the values of A-E when a packet is received.
Output 6 is the output clock. It toggles between 1 and -1 when a packet is received, 2 and -2 if a "net port locked" error is received (indicating that the port has been locked via the firewall), 3 and -3 if a "net port closed" error is received (indicating the other computer is not running the program).



Also, this is my first Lua scripting and first garrysmod.org upload. I started this without even knowing Lua, but it seems to work. Just don't be too surprised (but do be a little bit surprised, because I did test it) if it doesn't work for you.

[Buggzie]

Isn't there already a PCMOD v2?

[emspike]

Isn't there already a PCMOD v2?

This adds a simple program to PCMod 2 computers (servers only).

Read first :P

Didn't PCMod2 interfere with Wire? Or am I thinking of something else?

[Buggzie]

Read first :P

Didn't PCMod2 interfere with Wire? Or am I thinking of something else?

PCMod2 doesn't use wire.

[nescalona]

PCMod interfered with Wire, because of some filename overlap I think. This is no longer a problem in PCMod2 IIRC

[Grocel]

Read first :P

Didn't PCMod2 interfere with Wire? Or am I thinking of something else?

Yes, it has, but it's pretty useless, it's like the wire debugger, but one you you have to wiring it up and refresh it manually, so far I know it only supports numbers.

[immibis]

I am open to suggestions how this could transfer data other than numbers, given that the I/O Device only supports 6 numeric inputs and 6 numeric outputs. If it could transfer strings, it could interact with chat servers and printer servers.

Edit:
Just noticed Grocel was talking about PCMod2's built-in wire program, not this one. If you want to send strings, program an E2 to do it I suppose.
I still can't think of any practical reasons to use this addon.

[Colonel Thirty Two]

Isn't there a "WireAdjustSpecialInputs" function or something?

[immibis]

Isn't there a "WireAdjustSpecialInputs" function or something?

Apparently not.

What would this function do, anyway?

[Colonel Thirty Two]

Dug up from E2's init.lua:

	self.Inputs = WireLib.AdjustSpecialInputs(self.Entity, self.inports[1], self.inports[2])
	self.Outputs = WireLib.AdjustSpecialOutputs(self.Entity, self.outports[1], self.outports[2])

I am assuming it re-creates inputs/outputs based on the provided tables. First table is the names, second is the types.