Expose the ability to create sensors from the remote scripting interface

Expose the ability to update remotely-created sensors from the remote scripting interface
Add method to get / set the font-color of sensor text

evoGUI.lua

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require "value_sensors.kill_count"
 require "value_sensors.play_time"
 require "value_sensors.player_locations"
 require "value_sensors.pollution_around_player"
+require "value_sensors.remote_sensor"
 require "settingsGUI"
 require "remote"
 

remote.lua

@@ -31,11 +31,76 @@ local function remote_rebuild(player_name)
     global.evogui[player.name].version = ""
 end
 
+--
+-- Creates a sensor managed by a remote interface (another mod or script)
+-- sensor_name: internal name of the sensor. Should be unique.
+-- sensor_text: Text to display in the active gui
+-- sensor_caption: Sensor setting name in the EvoGUI settings panel
+-- sensor_color: Font color of the text to display in the active gui, optional, may be nil
+-- example: remote.call("EvoGUI", "create_remote_sensor", "mymod_my_sensor_name", "Text: Lorem Ipsum", "[My Mod] Lorem Ipsum Text")
+local function create_remote_sensor(sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_caption, sensor_color)
+    if not sensor_name then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensorname"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    if not sensor_text then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensortext"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    if not sensor_caption then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensorcaption"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    RemoteSensor.new(sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_caption, sensor_color)
+end
+
+--
+-- Updates a sensor managed by a remote interface
+-- sensor_name: internal name of the sensor. The sensor should have been previously created.
+-- sensor_text: Text to display in the active gui
+-- sensor_color: Font color of the text to display in the active gui, optional, may be nil
+-- example: remote.call("EvoGUI", "update_remote_sensor", "mymod_my_sensor_name", "Text: Lorem Ipsum")
+local function update_remote_sensor(sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_color)
+    if not sensor_name then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensorname"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    if not sensor_text then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensortext"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    local sensor = RemoteSensor.get_by_name(sensor_name)
+    if not sensor then
+        evogui.log({"err_nosensorfound"})
+        return
+    end
+
+    sensor["line"] = sensor_text
+    if sensor_color then
+        sensor["color"] = sensor_color
+    end
+end
+
 
 interface = {
     rebuild = function(player_name)
         local status, err = pcall(remote_rebuild, player_name)
         if err then evogui.log({"err_generic", "interface.rebuild", err}) end
+    end,
+
+    create_remote_sensor = function(sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_caption, sensor_color)
+        local status, err = pcall(create_remote_sensor, sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_caption, sensor_color)
+        if err then evogui.log({"err_generic", "remote.sensor", err}) end
+    end,
+
+    update_remote_sensor = function(sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_color)
+        local status, err = pcall(update_remote_sensor, sensor_name, sensor_text, sensor_color)
+        if err then evogui.log({"err_generic", "remote.sensor", err}) end
     end
 }
 

value_sensors/remote_sensor.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "template"
+
+RemoteSensor = {}
+function RemoteSensor.new(name, line, caption, style)
+    local sensor = ValueSensor.new("remote_sensor_" .. name)
+    sensor["line"] = line
+    sensor["display_name"] = caption
+    sensor["style"] = style
+
+    function sensor:set_line(text)
+        self.line = text
+    end
+
+    function sensor:get_line()
+        return self.line
+    end
+
+    ValueSensor.register(sensor)
+end
+
+function RemoteSensor.get_by_name(name)
+    return ValueSensor.get_by_name("remote_sensor_" .. name)
+end
+
+return RemoteSensor

value_sensors/template.lua

@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ function ValueSensor.new(name)
         ["name"] = name,
         ["display_name"] = { "sensor."..name..".name" },
         ["format_key"] = "sensor."..name..".format",
+        ["color"] = nil,
     }
 
+    function sensor:get_font_color()
+        return self.color
+    end
+
     function sensor:get_line()
         return self.display_name
     end
@@ -28,6 +33,9 @@ function ValueSensor.new(name)
         self.settings = sensor_settings
 
         owner[self.name].caption = self:get_line()
+        if self:get_font_color() ~= nil then
+            owner[self.name].style.font_color = self:get_font_color()
+        end
     end
 
     function sensor:delete_ui(owner)