Help with creating elements/properties
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I've been working on a sort of test script by trying to add cheese and liquid cheese. Most of the code works just fine, but I seem to be having trouble with properties "HighTemperature", "HighTemperatureTransition", "LowTemperature", and "LowTemperatureTransition". The elements are just ignoring these properties. CHES(Cheese) is supposed to become LCHS(Liquid cheese) when high enough temp, and other way around for low temp.
I pasted the whole script below so you can see (ignore indentation, its correct in the actual lua file)
local ches = elem.allocate("RAMEN", "CHES")
elem.element(ches, elem.element(elem.DEFAULT_PT_DMND))
elem.element(ches, {
Name = "CHES",
Colour = 0xDCDC42,
Description = "Cheese. Very cheesy.",
Temperature = 295.15,
Flammable = 0,
MenuSection = elem.SC_SOLIDS,
FallDown = 0,
Weight = 100,
Meltable = 1,
Hardness = 45,
HeatConduct = 120,
HighTemperature = 348.15,
HighTemperatureTransition = elem.RAMEN_PT_LCHS,
AirLoss = 0.90,
Diffusion = 0,
Collision = 0
})
local lchs = elem.allocate("RAMEN", "LCHS")
elem.element(lchs, elem.element(elem.DEFAULT_PT_MERC))
elem.element(lchs, { Name = "LCHS",
Colour = 0xEAEA55,
Description = "Liquid cheese.",
Temperature = 363.15,
Flammable = 15,
MenuSection = elem.SC_LIQUID,
FallDown = 2,
Weight = 35,
Hardness = 48,
HeatConduct = 100,
LowTemperature = 348.15,
HighTemperatureTransition = elem.RAMEN_PT_CHES,
AirLoss = 0.90,
Diffusion = 0,
Collision = 0,
Gravity = 0.03
})
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It might be that you're referencing elem.RAMEN_PT_LCHS before it's ever defined. Usually, I declare all my elements' identifiers at the top of the script and give them properties further down to prevent this. Also, LCHS specifies HighTemperatureTransition for turning back into CHES when it should probably be LowTemperatureTransition.
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you need to firstly create all your elements then use the update functions to do this e.g:
local function LCHSUpdate(i,x,y)
if sim.partProperty(i, "temp") > threshold+273.15 then
sim.partChangeType(i, elem.RAMEN_PT_CHES)
end
end
elem.property(LCHS, "Update", LCHSUpdate)
local function CHESUpdate(i,x,y)
if sim.partProperty(i, "temp") > threshold2+273.15 then
sim.partChangeType(i, elem.RAMEN_PT_LCHS)
end
end
elem.property(CHES, "Update", CHESUpdate)
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This would work, but I'd advise against doing it since it results in much more lag than using the heat transition properties. If you want to create a transition more complicated than "become X above/below Y heat", then this would be a better approach.
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Isn't the temperature the exact same ?
this would seem to revert any changes right after they happen,
348.15 kelvin - 75 Celsius ( I'm guessing you probably all ready know the game uses kelvin )
I've gotten liquid cheese to turn into cheese when cooled, however melting cheese turns into molten cheese, using the meltable property and change the "Base" of the element from dmnd to ttan.--code below
local ches = elem.allocate("RAMEN", "CHES")
elem.element(ches, elem.element(elem.DEFAULT_PT_TTAN))
elem.element(ches, {
Name = "CHES",
Colour = 0xDCDC42,
Description = "Cheese. Very cheesy.",
Temperature = 295.15,
Flammable = 0,Meltable = 1,MenuSection = elem.SC_SOLIDS,
FallDown = 0,
Weight = 100,
Meltable = 1,
Hardness = 45,
HeatConduct = 120,
HighTemperature = 348.15,
HighTemperatureTransition = elem.RAMEN_PT_LCHS,
AirLoss = 0.90,
Diffusion = 0,
Collision = 0
})
local lchs = elem.allocate("RAMEN", "LCHS")
elem.element(lchs, elem.element(elem.DEFAULT_PT_MERC))
elem.element(lchs, { Name = "LCHS",
Colour = 0xEAEA55,
Description = "Liquid cheese.",
Temperature = 363.15,
Flammable = 15,
MenuSection = elem.SC_LIQUID,
FallDown = 2,
Weight = 35,
Hardness = 48,
HeatConduct = 100,
LowTemperature = 323.15,
LowTemperatureTransition = elem.RAMEN_PT_CHES,
AirLoss = 0.90,
Diffusion = 0,
Collision = 0,
Gravity = 0.03
})
