MechScope

In my opinion, there is one big issue with wiring. You can’t really SEE what is actually going on. Everything happens instantly once you flip the switch. This isn’t a big deal if you just want to build simpler door mechanisms or traps, but when you have a huge chain of logic gates, things will quickly become rather confusing… To resolve this problem, I have created MechScope, a TModLoader mod that can pause and visualize the wiring execution process. How does it work? There are 4 hotkeys you can use to control MechScope. They can be remapped in the vanilla controls menu. (If the listed default keys don't work, you might need to reset them manually.) Toggle (NumPad1) Activates or deactivates MechScope. While active, any wire trigger will be intercepted and paused. The state of the wiring system will be displayed based on the visual settings. Step (NumPad2) Advances the wiring system by one step. The granularity of the steps depends the mode setting. Auto-step (NumPad3) Activates or deactivates the automatic step timer. When active, a step will happen once the number of frames indicated by the auto step rate have passed. Settings (NumPad5) Opens the settings menu. Mouse indicator The small squares next to your cursor indicate the state of the mod. Yellow square: MechScope is active Red square: MechScope is active, and wiring is currently paused Green square: auto-step is active. While the wiring system is paused, additional wire triggers will be queued up, and will only run once the current wire iteration has finished. Timers will also be paused. Mode The mode setting determines when the wring gets paused during the execution process. Single The wiring system will be paused after examining every individual block. Wire The wiring will pause after processing a whole run of wires. Red, blue, green and yellow wires will all appear separately. Source Wiring will be paused after handling all wires connected to a trigger source. Stage Wiring will only be paused before proces