More gates by Strand8319 · Pull Request #3532 · wiremod/wire

Strand8319 · 2026-02-18T00:52:33Z

It might not be the end of the list, so feel free to suggest your ideas — what you’ve been missing in the gates and what would actually be useful in practice 🙃

Entity gates:

entity_vehicle: returns the vehicle a player is sitting in
entity_getmovetype: returns move type enum (WALK, NOCLIP, FLY, etc.)
entity_activeweapon: returns the weapon a player is currently holding
entity_weapons: returns an array of all weapons in player inventory
entity_eyepos: returns the world position of a player's eyes
entity_getchildren: returns an array of children parented to an entity

Ranger gates:

rd_hull_pos: hull trace between two positions with optional entity parenting
rd_hull_ang: hull trace by angle and distance with optional entity parenting
Both hull trace gates support Filter (ARRAY) and Parent (ENTITY) inputs

Misc:

frametime: returns the time in seconds it took to render the last frame
added reciever01d to interactive prop

thegrb93 · 2026-02-18T01:07:50Z

lua/wire/gates/angle.lua

-		if !F then F = Angle (0, 0, 0) end
-		if !G then G = Angle (0, 0, 0) end
-		if !H then H = Angle (0, 0, 0) end
+		if !A then A = ang0 end


This is not good since if the output angle is modified in some way, then all the ang0 will receive that modification.

Same goes for vec0.

So is this the same issue as with the table? Is a link being passed into the variable instead of the vector value?

Gonna revert it then

Yeah, all variables pointing to a same angle/vector will be changed if the values in one of them are changed.

Astralcircle · 2026-02-19T00:07:28Z

lua/wire/gates/unitconv.lua

+local speed = {
+    ["u/s"]   = 1 / 0.75,
+    ["u/m"]   = 60 * (1 / 0.75),
+    ["u/h"]   = 3600 * (1 / 0.75),
+    ["mm/s"]  = 25.4,
+    ["cm/s"]  = 2.54,
+    ["dm/s"]  = 0.254,
+    ["m/s"]   = 0.0254,
+    ["km/s"]  = 0.0000254,
+    ["in/s"]  = 1,
+    ["ft/s"]  = 1 / 12,
+    ["yd/s"]  = 1 / 36,
+    ["mi/s"]  = 1 / 63360,
+    ["nmi/s"] = 127 / 9260000,
+    ["mm/m"]  = 60 * 25.4,
+    ["cm/m"]  = 60 * 2.54,
+    ["dm/m"]  = 60 * 0.254,
+    ["m/m"]   = 60 * 0.0254,
+    ["km/m"]  = 60 * 0.0000254,
+    ["in/m"]  = 60,
+    ["ft/m"]  = 60 / 12,
+    ["yd/m"]  = 60 / 36,
+    ["mi/m"]  = 60 / 63360,
+    ["nmi/m"] = 60 * 127 / 9260000,
+    ["mm/h"]  = 3600 * 25.4,
+    ["cm/h"]  = 3600 * 2.54,
+    ["dm/h"]  = 3600 * 0.254,
+    ["m/h"]   = 3600 * 0.0254,
+    ["km/h"]  = 3600 * 0.0000254,
+    ["in/h"]  = 3600,
+    ["ft/h"]  = 3600 / 12,
+    ["yd/h"]  = 3600 / 36,
+    ["mi/h"]  = 3600 / 63360,
+    ["nmi/h"] = 3600 * 127 / 9260000,
+    ["mph"]   = 3600 / 63360,
+    ["knots"] = 3600 * 127 / 9260000,
+    ["mach"]  = 0.0254 / 295,
+}
+local length = {
+    ["u"]   = 1 / 0.75,
+    ["mm"]  = 25.4,
+    ["cm"]  = 2.54,
+    ["dm"]  = 0.254,
+    ["m"]   = 0.0254,
+    ["km"]  = 0.0000254,
+    ["in"]  = 1,
+    ["ft"]  = 1 / 12,
+    ["yd"]  = 1 / 36,
+    ["mi"]  = 1 / 63360,
+    ["nmi"] = 127 / 9260000,
+}
+local weight = {
+    ["g"]  = 1000,
+    ["kg"] = 1,
+    ["t"]  = 0.001,
+    ["oz"] = 1 / 0.028349523125,
+    ["lb"] = 1 / 0.45359237,
+}


I think these tables could be made global for use in E2/Gates instead of duplicating the code

May I put them in WireLib?

This also isn't how conversions should be done. It should be two parameters, a 'from' and 'to' which are simple conversions from natural units to unit and the resulting conversion factor is then x = to/from.

e.g.
Hours -> Minutes
from = Hours (Hours would be 1/(60*60) using seconds as natural unit)
to = Minutes (Minutes would be 1/(60) using seconds as natural unit)
conversion factor = to/from = 60

I guess with gates the functionality would be a lot more limited though so maybe nvm.

Astralcircle · 2026-02-19T00:08:40Z

lua/wire/gates/serverinfo.lua

+		Server Info
+]]
+
+local sv_hostip   = game.GetIPAddress()


You can't cache ip because of this issue:
Facepunch/garrysmod-issues#3001

Will be fixed

Entity gates: - entity_vehicle: returns the vehicle a player is sitting in - entity_getmovetype: returns move type enum (WALK, NOCLIP, FLY, etc.) - entity_activeweapon: returns the weapon a player is currently holding - entity_weapons: returns an array of all weapons in player inventory - entity_eyepos: returns the world position of a player's eyes - entity_getchildren: returns an array of children parented to an entity Ranger gates: - rd_hull_pos: hull trace between two positions with optional entity parenting - rd_hull_ang: hull trace by angle and distance with optional entity parenting - Both hull trace gates support Filter (ARRAY) and Parent (ENTITY) inputs Misc: - frametime: returns the time in seconds it took to render the last frame

Server info gates (serverinfo.lua): - sv_hostname: returns server hostname via GetHostName() - sv_hostip: returns server IP via game.GetIPAddress() - sv_map: returns current map name - sv_maxplayers: returns max player slot count - sv_numplayers: returns current player count - sv_gravity: returns gravity via sv_gravity convar - sv_airdensity: returns physics air density - sv_propgravity: returns gravity as a vector - sv_tickinterval: returns server tick interval Unit conversion gates (unitconv.lua): - unit_tounit: converts from Source units to a named unit - unit_fromunit: converts from a named unit back to Source units - unit_convertunit: converts between two named units of the same type

- sv_hostip doesn't use cache

Strand8319 · 2026-02-19T13:01:28Z

Not sure whether to keep these as gates or add these settings to the Target Finder instead.

Anticept · 2026-02-19T15:13:27Z

Some make sense in target finder, others... I wouldn't expect to see them in it, like "entity_getchildren".

The target finder is more or less mainly about finding a target and feeding data to a targeting computer for the purpose of guidance.

I think maybe this would be more of an "entity info gate" if you wanted to roll them together. As far as selecting what entity, defaults might be what its attached to or owner of the ship/fpga as appropriate, but to target another entity, feeding target finder data into it would be needed (i cant remember, doesn't target finder have an entity output?)

Strand8319 · 2026-02-19T15:22:30Z

Some make sense in target finder, others... I wouldn't expect to see them in it, like "entity_getchildren".

The target finder is more or less mainly about finding a target and feeding data to a targeting computer for the purpose of guidance.

I think maybe this would be more of an "entity info gate" if you wanted to roll them together. As far as selecting what entity, defaults might be what its attached to or owner of the ship/fpga as appropriate, but to target another entity, feeding target finder data into it would be needed (i cant remember, doesn't target finder have an entity output?)

Specifically, I’m thinking about removing the separate find gates and instead modifying the Target Finder so that in the Filter you can specify a string with Lua patterns and choose the search shape — cone, box, or circle.

Right now, Target Finder has as many Entity outputs as configured in its settings, but it doesn’t have an Array output.

I’d like to change the way it works internally, but I’m worried that would break backward compatibility.

Anticept · 2026-02-19T15:25:55Z

Worst case scenario, you end up creating target finder 2.

thegrb93 reviewed Feb 18, 2026

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Strand8319 force-pushed the new-gates branch from 6941693 to 131a120 Compare February 18, 2026 12:00

Strand8319 changed the title ~~More gates & minor optimizations~~ More gates Feb 18, 2026

Astralcircle reviewed Feb 19, 2026

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Strand8319 added 4 commits February 19, 2026 17:29

➕ Added reciever01d to interactive props

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- E2 and gates use the same function to convert units

436afe6

- sv_hostip doesn't use cache

Strand8319 force-pushed the new-gates branch from 2d2461c to 436afe6 Compare February 19, 2026 12:32

➕ Added find gates

8be872d

🔨 fix find gates can update at most once per second

4cd14aa

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