Instructions/call

call

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Lua ID	call
Category	Flow
Icon	icon_input

Call a subroutine


Lua ID	call
Category	Flow
Icon	icon_input

Description

This instruction is effectively a subroutine. As you add parameters to the subroutine, it will expand with multiple inputs, 1 per parameter in your subroutine. These parameters work by reference, so if you change the parameter in the subroutine, it will return a value to the calling routine in that same parameter or variable you used in the call function. This allows you to pass parameters back and forth between the two programs.

Uses

Optimal usage tends to be breaking code down into more repeatable sections in cases where you would use the same string of instructions multiple times.

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Notes

Any unused sub-behaviors that aren't called by a call instruction get trimmed out of the behavior.

Instructions
Unit	Check Altitude:Check Battery:Check Blightness:Check Grid Efficiency:Check Health:Clear All Links:Clear Link:Connect:Count Items:Count Slots:Disable Transport Route:Disconnect:Drop Off Items:Enable Transport Route:Equip Component:First Item:Fix Item Slots:Get Active Order:Get Closest Entity:Get Closest Unit:Get First Locked Id:Get Inventory Item:Get Item Info:Get Unit Info:Get Unit Power Info:Get Unit Type:Inventory Total:Is Docked:Is Equipped:Is Fixed:Is Inside Logistics Network:Is Moving:Is Same Grid:Is Unit A:Lock Itemslot:Loop Nearby Resources:Match:Order to Shared Storage:Order Transfer To:Package All:Pick Up Items:Read Radio:Read Signal:Request Item:Request Wait:Set Link:Solve Explorable:Sort Storage:Switch:Turn Off:Turn On:Unequip Component:Unfix Item Slots:Unlock Itemslot:Unpackage All
Move	Move Unit (Range):Attack Move:Is Passable:Move Away (Range):Move East:Move North:Move South:Move Unit:Move Unit (Async)*:Move West:Scout:Scout Range:Stop Unit
Component	Deploys held unit:Mine:Radar:Set Signpost
Flow	Loop Signal:Break:call:Call:Clear Research:Compare Entity:Compare Item:Compare Register:Compare Unit:Data type switch:Exit:Get Max Stack:Get Research:Get Research Requirement:Have Item:Is a:Is Empty:Is Unlocked:Jump:Label:Lock:Loop Components:Loop Entities (Range):Loop Inventory Slots:Loop Number:Loop Producers:Loop Recipe Ingredients:Loop Research:Loop Research Ingredients:Loop Research Unlocks:Loop Signal (Match):Loop Units (Range):Restart:Select Nearest:Set Research:Unit Type:Unlock:Wait Ticks
Math	Add:Check space for item:Combine Coordinate:Combine Register:Compare Number:Copy:Divide:Get Battery:Get Entity At:Get Equipped Num:Get from Component:Get Grid Efficiency:Get Health:Get Resource Num:Get Self:Get Shield:Get space for item:Get Unit At:Is Working:Modulo:Multiply:Random Coordinate:Random Number:Separate Coordinate:Separate Register:Set Number:Set to Component:Subtract
Global	Abort Construction:Can Produce:DebugPrint:Distance:Faction Item Amount:Get Home:Get Ingredients:Get Location:Get Season:Get Stability:Get Trust:Get Type:Is Day/Night:Land:Launch:Lookat:Notify:Percent:Pings a Unit:Place Construction:Produce Registered Unit:Produce Unit:Read Key:Remap:Resource Type