Personal Crafting & Dependencies

code/_helpers/sorts/comparators.dm

@@ -64,4 +64,23 @@
 	return b_score - a_score
 
 /proc/cmp_typepaths_asc(A, B)
-	return sorttext("[B]","[A]") 
+	return sorttext("[B]","[A]") 
+	
+/**
+ * Sorts crafting recipe requirements before the crafting recipe is inserted into GLOB.crafting_recipes
+ *
+ * Prioritises [/datum/reagent] to ensure reagent requirements are always processed first when crafting.
+ * This prevents any reagent_containers from being consumed before the reagents they contain, which can
+ * lead to runtimes and item duplication when it happens.
+ */
+/proc/cmp_crafting_req_priority(A, B)
+	var/lhs
+	var/rhs
+
+	lhs = ispath(A, /datum/reagent) ? 0 : 1
+	rhs = ispath(B, /datum/reagent) ? 0 : 1
+
+	return lhs - rhs
+
+/proc/cmp_text_asc(a,b)
+	return sorttext(b,a)