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This widget calculates the amount of metal a mex will extract when you're about to build it. Doesn't account for spots being already occupied. Nothing fancy. May optimize/merge into another widget later.

Version History:

v1.9
Now displays extraction pre-game when metal map is on instead.

v1.8
Fixed bug where pregame circle was not being drawn level with the ground.

v1.7
Now displays extraction pre-game when Shift is held.

v1.4
Hack to get around broken gl.GetTextWidth. Tooltips should have properly-sized backgrounds now.

v1.2
Fixed for new Spring, a few optimizations.

v1.1
Fixed for even footprints.

v1.0
First forum release.

Get it from caspring: http://trac.caspring.org/browser/trunk/ ... pector.lua

Dev Notes
As with all my widgets, several of the major config variables are at the top.

Pregame extraction display looks for a unitname="armmex". If there is no such mex, it uses the weakest mex (i.e., lowest positive extractsMetal).

cool pies! I've gotten used to the widget that tells you how much m you reclaim, this will be just as indispensable.

nice idea, but the background of the font isnt used for the whole length of the font

Yeah, the background thing is a bit wierd; I'm already making its width equal to gl.GetTextWidth times a correction factor, but the necessary correction factor seems to vary from machine to machine. In any case, you can change TEXT_CORRECT_X in the file itself to change the background width (I think Licho used 2.1, while 1.75 works on my current machine).

I haven't tried it so not sure if its a big deal or not but you could probably cache the result of 'IntegrateMetal' and update it a few times a second rather than each frame, looks good tho :)

Yeah, it's a pretty unoptimized widget. I'd probably put in a MouseMove callin, check if I need to update, and cache the result. Maybe after I finish working on SWIW's weapon CEGs :p

What about S44's CEGs!?

WZ 1v1 Flozi to determinate on who's cegs zerg works on

Fixed for mexes with even footprints.

As for CEGs, the later you get your CEGs, the more experience I'll have by then :p

Fixed for new Spring; unitDef.ysize got renamed to unitDef.zsize. Also a couple optimizations.

I can see this replacing easymetal...

request:

situation: when u play an unknown map and u dont know what a metalspot gives as M-output(before choosing startpositions). with this lua u will see the m-output (for normal metal spots, not metal areas) while choosing the startpos.

Good idea. Done. Hold Shift pregame to see.

MidKnight wrote:I can see this replacing easymetal...

No, they're two completely different things that can complement eachother.

seems to be a bug there:

while holding shift (in the startpos-phase) the circle isnt on the right place

Ah, I see, it wasn't being drawn at ground level. Fixed.

Hi,

can the shift key replaced with other key ?
It is a little bit confusing by fast scrolling [with shift pressed]

And btw. great Widget

Regards
R-TEAM

I've changed it so that it displays automatically when you're looking at the metalmap pregame.

Hoi wrote:WZ 1v1 Flozi to determinate on who's cegs zerg works on

But the mod they must 1v1 in has to be one of emmanuel's mods.

En Garde!