From ff5a2469e66a34ce8f2b23d9c84249acb8cba64f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Watermelon914 <37270891+Watermelon914@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 23:54:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Makes the component menu in the integrated circuit interface
 more intuitive. (#75364)

## About The Pull Request
Added a notice box to the component menu in the integrated circuit
interface explaining how to link an integrated circuit to a component
printer to allow for integrated circuit programming away from the
component printer.


![image](https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/assets/37270891/6a7ed31a-7d45-49a6-8025-09564ef099d2)

Last sentence in the above image has been removed. Integrated circuits
will now update their static data once linked so closing and re-opening
the UI is unnecessary.

## Why It's Good For The Game
It wasn't clear anywhere in game that you could link integrated circuits
to component printers. I've run into players being completely unaware of
this feature, so this should help to make it more clear that players
don't need to print out components manually from the component printer
and slap them into an integrated circuit each time.

## Changelog
:cl:
qol: Added a message to the component menu in the integrated circuit
interface that explains how to link an integrated circuit to a component
printer.
/:cl:

---------

Co-authored-by: Watermelon914 <3052169-Watermelon914@users.noreply.gitlab.com>
---
 code/modules/wiremod/core/component_printer.dm       |  1 +
 .../interfaces/IntegratedCircuit/ComponentMenu.js    | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/modules/wiremod/core/component_printer.dm b/code/modules/wiremod/core/component_printer.dm
index c161239e8af..ca05ac68a87 100644
--- a/code/modules/wiremod/core/component_printer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/wiremod/core/component_printer.dm
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
 	if(istype(weapon, /obj/item/integrated_circuit) && !user.combat_mode)
 		var/obj/item/integrated_circuit/circuit = weapon
 		circuit.linked_component_printer = WEAKREF(src)
+		circuit.update_static_data_for_all_viewers()
 		balloon_alert(user, "successfully linked to the integrated circuit")
 		return
 	return ..()
diff --git a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/IntegratedCircuit/ComponentMenu.js b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/IntegratedCircuit/ComponentMenu.js
index 63acabbd1b0..8515f18e4ab 100644
--- a/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/IntegratedCircuit/ComponentMenu.js
+++ b/tgui/packages/tgui/interfaces/IntegratedCircuit/ComponentMenu.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Section, Button, Dropdown, Stack, Input } from '../../components';
+import { Section, Button, Dropdown, Stack, Input, NoticeBox } from '../../components';
 import { Component } from 'inferno';
 import { shallowDiffers } from 'common/react';
 import { fetchRetry } from '../../http';
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export class ComponentMenu extends Component {
     // Limit the maximum amount of shown components to prevent a lagspike
     // when you open the menu
     shownComponents.length = currentLimit;
-
     return (
       <Section
         title="Component Menu"
@@ -133,6 +132,15 @@ export class ComponentMenu extends Component {
           </Stack.Item>
           <Stack.Item>
             <Stack vertical fill>
+              {trueLength === 0 && (
+                <Stack.Item mt={1} fontSize={1}>
+                  <NoticeBox info>
+                    You can hit this integrated circuit onto a component printer
+                    to link it so that you&apos;re able to remotely create and
+                    add components to this circuit.
+                  </NoticeBox>
+                </Stack.Item>
+              )}
               {shownComponents.map((val) => (
                 <Stack.Item
                   key={val.type}