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I'm pretty sure this is currently impossible, after looking around for it for a while, but I'd like to be able to get a List<ThingComp> of all the comps on a given ThingWithComps that derive from one of my base classes/interfaces. Specifically, I want to get List<CompSignal> or List<ICompSignal>and have it contain all the direction-specific subclasses too. My goal is to make it so that CompSignal connects on any sides that aren't already connected by direction-specific subclasses, without having to actually specifically check every possible variation in the code (That's 7 so far, N/S/E/W, NS, EW, and N+Source, but I expect that list to grow over time).

Is there a way to get all Comps of a given supertype (or just all, I'll filter it myself...) from a ThingWithComps?

I'm working on a mod that adds Signals to RimWorld, so that you can automatically detect and react to various events

Currently functional parts:
Signal Conduit - Works like Power Conduit, but it carries a signal (true/false). It links under similar rules to Power Conduit. Currently conduit connects on all sides, but a future release will add the option to block connecting on some sides, to allow running multiple signals side-by-side.

Power Sensor - Produces a signal based on the amount of power available in the connected PowerNet. Currently hardcoded to output the result of [Stored Power > 100WD], but this will be configurable soon with an interface similar to the temperature buttons on heaters/coolers. (This also eventually needs a new graphic - it currently looks like a Power Switch.)

Power Relay - A modified Power Switch that switches on/off by a signal.

Pressure Plate - A floor tile which emits a signal when items are placed on top of it.

AND/XOR gates - These take up to 3 input signals, and AND/XOR them, to produce one output. Gate can be rotated in any direction. Also has an option to invert output. I'm terrible at drawing

Logic Buffer - Passes a signal in one direction. Has an option to invert output, to be used as a NOT gate.

Crossover Node - Allows one signal to run across another. Useful for designing large circuits with many signals.

De/Mux and dense conduit - 3-into-1 De/Mux, and 3-signal conduit. Further upgrade to take three bundles of three and combine into a 9-signal conduit.


Planned Components (in no particular order):
Switch - An input switch for colonists to flip.
Radios - for sending signals long distances. Multiple levels for range/channels.
Solenoid-locking Doors - Doors that lock/unlock based on a signal.
Light Sensor - Either a 1-signal output of above/below threshold, or a multi-signal output for light levels.
Temperature Sensor - Either a 1-signal output of above/below threshold, or a multi-signal output of temperature value.
Simple functional blocks (maybe) - A Flip-Flop, 3/9 bit adders/comparators/logical operations. (Yep, definitely building a computer...)

Eventually I'm also hoping to tie in the mechanical walls from MD2 (to make a "lockdown" button, that activates turrets and re-arranges external walls to route all traffic through the killbox(es)), and make some components that link with the A2B belts to allow smarter thing-routing.

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I'm trying to sort out a particularly hairy bit of code for managing networks between Things (well, technically ThingComps) for my in-progress Signals mod, but it's very difficult to see what's going on without a debugger attached. Is there any way to run RimWorld such that I can drop breakpoints in the code for my mod and step through it? If it makes a difference, I'm using SharpDevelop instead of Visual Studio, but afaik they should be interchangeable for this purpose (and since Unity is using Mono, SharpDevelop is actually a little bit more closely related!).

When I try, it seems like the debugger never really attaches, possibly because of something Unity/Mono does under the hood?

I know this must be possible, I just can't seem to make it work...

I'm trying to make a mod that provide Signal Conduit and various input/output devices. First up will be a relay to switch power on/off by signal, and a pressure plate to switch a signal on/off by Things and/or Pawns being on that tile, but I'll likely be adding much more after that (logic gates (at least AND/NOT, the conduit will be a wired-OR), integration with A2B with a new selector type). Basically, I want to make the building blocks with which to automate things!

However, I'm starting with what is probably the hardest part: Making conduit that connects to itself, but not the power grid, and holds a single bit 0/1, instead of a power value. I've got the XML stuff figured out, but I'm still having a little trouble wrapping my head around the architecture inside the game's code for dealing with power. It looks like I'm going to have to not-quite-duplicate a lot of PowerNet and it's related components, and then not-quite-duplicate CompPower on top of that to make SignalNet and related, and CompSignal. Am I on the right track, or is there a vastly easier way to do this?