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Bubberstation/code/modules/mapping
Ghilker 3e8407c471 Smart Pipes(reborn) (#58038)
How these new pipes work.
-Smart pipes autoconnect to nearby smart pipes
-They are now color coded, so they only connect to the same colored pipe, the GREY pipe is the wildcard and can connect to every other color, so be aware of this
-ALL components spawned by the RPD can be colored (from pumps to connectors, from pipes to manifolds), if you leave them GREY they can connect to every other color. Color adapters can be colored, but they'll still connect two pipes with different colors. BUILDABLE machines are GREY (thermomachines, cryo, HFR) so be aware of this
-Trying to go across another smart pipe will now build a bridge pipe automatically already colored of the color you choose, so you don't have to place it yourself anymore (is still available in the RPD tho)
-ALL binary components, layer manifolds, color adapters and bridge pipe can be put ONTOP of a smart pipe, but not on another of these. Smart pipes can't be placed on top of these pipes, so you have to build them first.
-Lcrossings can't be made anymore (sorry y'all i tryed, if someone have a way of doing them ping me on discord)
-REMEMBER you still have 5 layers to go, these rules apply to the same layer pipes, so if you do a crossing on different layers you won't see a bridge pipe appear.
2021-04-05 20:55:41 -04:00
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The code in this module originally evolved from dmm_suite and has since been
specialized for SS13 and otherwise tweaked to fit /tg/station's needs.

dmm_suite version 1.0
	Released January 30th, 2011.

NOTE: Map saving functionality removed

defines the object /dmm_suite
	- Provides the proc load_map()
		- Loads the specified map file onto the specified z-level.
	- provides the proc write_map()
		- Returns a text string of the map in dmm format
			ready for output to a file.
	- provides the proc save_map()
		- Returns a .dmm file if map is saved
		- Returns FALSE if map fails to save

The dmm_suite provides saving and loading of map files in BYOND's native DMM map
format. It approximates the map saving and loading processes of the Dream Maker
and Dream Seeker programs so as to allow editing, saving, and loading of maps at
runtime.

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To save a map at runtime, create an instance of /dmm_suite, and then call
write_map(), which accepts three arguments:
	- A turf representing one corner of a three dimensional grid (Required).
	- Another turf representing the other corner of the same grid (Required).
	- Any, or a combination, of several bit flags (Optional, see documentation).

The order in which the turfs are supplied does not matter, the /dmm_writer will
determine the grid containing both, in much the same way as DM's block() function.
write_map() will then return a string representing the saved map in dmm format;
this string can then be saved to a file, or used for any other purose.

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To load a map at runtime, create an instance of /dmm_suite, and then call load_map(),
which accepts two arguments:
	- A .dmm file to load (Required).
	- A number representing the z-level on which to start loading the map (Optional).

The /dmm_suite will load the map file starting on the specified z-level. If no
z-level	was specified, world.maxz will be increased so as to fit the map. Note
that if you wish to load a map onto a z-level that already has objects on it,
you will have to handle the removal of those objects. Otherwise the new map will
simply load the new objects on top of the old ones.

Also note that all type paths specified in the .dmm file must exist in the world's
code, and that the /dmm_reader trusts that files to be loaded are in fact valid
.dmm files. Errors in the .dmm format will cause runtime errors.