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[BROKEN] Evil Sensor (Dispenser Sensor)

[BROKEN]
[Broken in an undefinable manner due to updates since development]
[Will be investigated by developer ASAP and any further developments will be in comments]
My original intention was just to update the Dispenser - ModAPI example to get it working. Through playing around with the API, I found there were a few features I wanted to add. Since permission was given by Ondrej Petrzilka to re-use the code, I'm creating my own mod from it since it is now going past the original functionality of the example. The original mod/example can be found here. Since this is going to be an extension of that example, I've named it after the class found in the example code (EvilSensor).

I removed the quote with the original mod's instructions since it may be confusing as the instructions have changed.

To get this mod to work, you just have to rename the sensor according to the examples and instructions found below.

Added Features:

• Ability to specify amount of ore dropped, the distance from the sensor, and the position in relation to the sensor to have it spawned.
  
• Ability to spawn components and ingots as well as ore.

Instructions: Some examples are shown below. The type, amount, distance from the sensor, and direction from the sensor can all be specified. The tags are "TYPE:", "AMT:", "DST:", and "DIR:". You need to specify at least one and you can put them in any order, and in any combination. They can be separated by a semi-colon or a comma (if you use a semicolon, use all semicolons. Same for commas. Unexpected errors may occur if you mix semicolons and commas in the same name). They MUST all be surrounded by square brackets as shown below. The rest of the name outside the brackets no longer matters to the mod. Lastly, don't use square brackets anywhere else in the name.

Important Note: Capitalization generally doesn't matter for this but looks more uniform. There is one place that the capitalization needs to be correct and that is the second part of the type (the "Magnesium" in "Ore/Magnesium"). Forward slashes or back slashes can be used in the type specification.

Defaults:

Valid Examples (You'll want to name the sensor something like this):

Valid directions for "DIR:" tag
Ore/Component/Ingot types (as they are needed to be typed into the name of the sensor):
[/list]

You can also use the names of components from mods. This mod will print out a list of available component and ore names when you walk into range of any sensor into the log file found in %APPDATA%/Roaming/SpaceEngineers/Storage .

Planned Features:

• Ability to change the distance the ore drops from the sensor as well as the amount using a format like "Iron Dispenser [AMT:1000;DST:5]" to drop 1000 ore 5 meters in front of the sensor. Added in Update: Nov 11 @ 9:12pm
  
• Possibly the ability to spawn components as well as ore (I need to examine the API further to be sure) Format would be something like "[TYPE:Component/Steel Plate;AMT:1000;DST:5]" to spawn 1000 Steel plate 5 meters from the sensor. Added in Update: Nov 15 @ 6:15am Thanks to tyrsis for helping me with the list of component names.
  
• Possibly the ability to change where in relation to the sensor the ore spawns (front, back, left, right, up, down) Format would be similar to "[TYPE:Ore/Iron;AMT:1000;DST:5;DIR:UP]" to spawn 1000 iron ore 5 meters "above" the sensor. Added in Update: Nov 14 @ 12:13am

Known Issues:

• Seems to work fine on locally loaded worlds, but on the dedicated server there's an issue. It drops 2 items, one of which you can pick up and the other you can't. They disappear on log out and log in, but still not 100%. Fixed in Update: Nov 10 @ 4:55am

Incremental patches documenting the changes can be found in the changelogs. I've decided to discontinue the full patches.The last full patch from the original mod to Update: Nov 14 @ 12:13am of this mod can be found here[pastebin.com]. All patches are in unified diff format.