OC controlled Railcraft routing

[Vexatos]

OC controlled Railcraft routing

[CovertJaguar]

1. You want https://github.com/CovertJaguar/Railcraft-API/blob/master/mods/railcraft/api/tracks/IRoutingTrack.java
2. See https://github.com/CovertJaguar/Railcraft-API/blob/master/mods/railcraft/api/carts/IRoutableCart.java
3. Override https://github.com/CovertJaguar/Railcraft-API/blob/master/mods/railcraft/api/signals/SignalController.java
   and https://github.com/CovertJaguar/Railcraft-API/blob/master/mods/railcraft/api/signals/SignalReceiver.java
4. The format is similar to vanilla books, a tag list of pages (tag lists) of lines (string nbt), or something like that. Look at ItemRoutingTable, I could add more support if needed. Not sure if the blocks implement IInventory though. Would be simple to add a function to the api.

[asiekierka]

Okay, I will look into this after I'm done with AsieLauncher2.

[Vexatos]

@CovertJaguar IRoutableCart should get a method to get the current owner (if that is related to that interface at all, if not, which interface is the owner related to?).
Additionally, a setter method like ItemRoutingTable.setPages (respective to getPages) would be very useful.
EDIT: 1 and 4 have been implemented, will make a Pull Request in here soon. Number 3 is being worked on and for 2 I'll have to wait.

[CovertJaguar]

Railcraft/Railcraft-API@0068793

[Vexatos]

@CovertJaguar Thank you for implementing getOwner 👍
Will ItemRoutingTable.setPages also be implemented? That would be very useful for setting the routing table content via a computer.
Secondly, apparently the TileEntity of the routing track and its TrackRouting instance aren't being initialized properly when you place the track down, but once it receives a Redstone signal for the first time, it is being recognized; this makes it impossible for OpenComputers to recognize the track as a component until it receives that redstone signal. Is that intended?

[CovertJaguar]

Hmm...I wonder if that explains the weirdness you get sometimes when placing tracks.

What function are you triggering off of?

[Vexatos]

OpenComputers recognizes a TileEntity the following way (See implementation of driver here as reference):
It calls getTileEntityClass which specifies which TE to look for, then it called createEnvironment to actually create the driver. From what I've tested, createEnvironment is never being called at all until you give the track a redstone signal, meaning that the track apparently does not have the TileEntity specified in getTileEntityClass until you apply a Redstone signal, then createEnvironment is being called.

[CovertJaguar]

I've never heard of those functions. Are they OC specific? I meant more what event are you tracking neighbors by? onNeighborBlockChanged()? onNeighborTileChanged()? or something completely different.

[asiekierka]

Everything mentioned is OC specific, and OC handles the neighbor tracking.

[Vexatos]

Okay, now that we know this is a problem with OC (See MightyPirates/OpenComputers#496), I am almost done with the drivers. Still hoping for ItemRoutingTable.setPages() to be implemented :)

[Vexatos]

Done. See https://github.com/asiekierka/Computronics/blob/master/changelog.txt for what exactly I added. If you have any more suggestions, please let me know!