[Mod Request] Enhanced Trade Beacon

[desert]

A trade beacon with full-map radius. Accomplished by either creating a new beacon-like structure with a larger radius, or modding the original beacon. Likely involves C#.

For example:

Replace the TradeableCellsAround function in the object Building_OrbitalTradeBeacon with code enabling full-map coverage for the trade beacon.

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public static List<IntVec3> TradeableCellsAround(IntVec3 pos, Map map)
{
Building_OrbitalTradeBeacon.tradeableCells.Clear();
if (!pos.InBounds(map))
{
return Building_OrbitalTradeBeacon.tradeableCells;
}
return map.AllCells.ToList();
}

Supplementary edit to the structure XML removing the building radius highlight. In the Core mod Thingsdef_Buildings file "Buildings_Misc.xml", the code enabling radius highlight seems to be:

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<placeWorkers>
      <li>PlaceWorker_ShowTradeBeaconRadius</li>
    </placeWorkers>

Reference to this thread.

[Sion]

Do you want to sell everything everywhere that lies on the map, or only things in your stockpiles?

I think it's better to skip the checks all together and just return a list of all items or your stockpiles only, because I think the game are already tracking those so there are no need to search for them again.

[desert]

Do you want to sell everything everywhere that lies on the map, or only things in your stockpiles?

I think it's better to skip the checks all together and just return a list of all items or your stockpiles only, because I think the game are already tracking those so there are no need to search for them again.

I believe the sample code provided in OP will identify every cell on the map as a "tradeable cell", so any valid item in any cell will be listed as tradeable. That is, in the function TradeableCellsAround, the base game checks are replaced with

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return map.AllCells.ToList()

[desert]

GOOD NEWS: A WORKAROUND

PeteTimeSix's QoL Tweaks Pack allows any stockpile to be set as a trading stockpile. Any such designated stockpile will contribute items to orbital trading.

It's not a direct adjustment to trading or structures, but it accomplishes what I want without otherwise interfering (other mod features may be disabled if one wishes).