Merge pull request #137 from tovernaar123/master

Adding auto-station naming

config/_file_loader.lua

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ return {
     'modules.commands.bonus',
     'modules.commands.home',
     -- QoL Addons
+    'modules.addons.station-auto-name',
     'modules.addons.chat-popups',
     'modules.addons.damage-popups',
     'modules.addons.death-logger',

modules/addons/station-auto-name.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---LuaPlayerBuiltEntityEventFilters
+---Events.set_event_filter(defines.events.on_built_entity, {{filter = "name", name = "fast-inserter"}})
+local Event = require 'utils.event' --- @dep utils.event
+local station_name_changer = 
+function(event)
+    local enetety = event.created_entity 
+    local name = enetety.name
+
+    if name == "train-stop" then --only do the event if its a trainstop
+        local boundingbox = enetety.bounding_box 
+        -- expanded box for recourse search:
+        local bounding2 = { {boundingbox.left_top.x -100 ,boundingbox.left_top.y -100}  , {boundingbox.right_bottom.x +100,boundingbox.right_bottom.y +100 } }
+        --gets all resources in bounding_box2:
+        local recoursec = game.surfaces[1].find_entities_filtered{area = bounding2, type = "resource"} 
+        
+        if #recoursec > 0 then -- save cpu time if their are no recourses in bounding_box2
+            local closest_distance
+            local px,py = boundingbox.left_top.x,boundingbox.left_top.y
+            local recourse_closed
+
+            --Check which recource is closest
+            for i, item in ipairs(recoursec) do
+                local dx, dy = px - item.bounding_box.left_top.x, py - item.bounding_box.left_top.y
+                local distance = (dx*dx)+(dy*dy)
+                if not closest_distance  or distance < closest_distance then
+                    recourse_closed = item
+                    closest_distance = distance
+                end
+        
+            end
+            
+
+            local item_name = recourse_closed.name
+            if item_name then -- prevent errors if something went wrong
+                local item_name2 = item_name:gsub("^%l", string.upper):gsub('-',' ') -- removing the - and making first letter capital
+                --Final string:
+                enetety.backer_name = string.format("[L] [img=item.%s] %s %s (%s)",item_name,item_name2,enetety.backer_name,Angle( enetety ))
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
+--add func to robot and player build entities
+Event.add(defines.events.on_built_entity,station_name_changer)
+Event.add(defines.events.on_robot_built_entity,station_name_changer)
+
+    
+--Credit to Cooldude2606 for using his lua magic to make this function.
+local directions = {
+    ['W'] = -0.875,
+    ['NW'] = -0.625,
+    ['N'] = -0.375,
+    ['NE'] = -0.125,
+    ['E'] = 0.125,
+    ['SE'] = 0.375,
+    ['S'] = 0.625,
+    ['SW'] = 0.875
+}
+function Angle( enetety )
+    local angle = math.atan2(enetety.position.y,enetety.position.x)/math.pi
+    for direction, requiredAngle in pairs(directions) do   
+        if angle < requiredAngle then  
+            return direction   
+        end 
+    end 
+end
+