first draft of a lua graph connection script. the base is a json that provides the start location as key and all its exits in a list

Author: StripesOO7

pythonProject/base_structure.py

@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def create_base_structure(path: str, game_name: str, game_dict: dict, test_state
             )
     if not os.path.exists(path + "/manifest.json"):
         game_name_lua = game_name.lower().replace(' ', '_')
-        for char in ("@", "#", "$", "%", "&", "(", ")", ".", "+", "–", "*", "?", "[", "^", "~"):
+        for char in ("@", "#", "$", "%", "&", "(", ")", ".", "+", "–", "*", "?", "[", "^", "~", ":", "-", "\\", "/"):
             game_name_lua = game_name_lua.replace(char, "_")
         game_name_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', game_name_lua)
         with open(path + "/manifest.json", "w", encoding="utf-8") as manifest:

pythonProject/entrance_builder_lua.py

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import json
+import os
+import tkinter as tk
+from tkinter import filedialog
+import argparse
+import re
+
+forbidden_chars = ["@", "#", "$", "%", "&", "(", ")", ".", "+", "–", "*", "?", "[", "^", "~", ":", "-", "'", "`",
+                   "/", "\\"]
+
+def create_lua_entrances(json_file_path, base_path):
+    with open(fr"{base_path}/manifest.json") as manifest_file:
+        manifest = json.load(manifest_file)
+        game_name = manifest["game_name"]
+        game_name_lua = game_name.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+        for char in forbidden_chars:
+            game_name_lua = game_name_lua.replace(char, "_")
+        game_name_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', game_name_lua)
+    assert isinstance(game_name, str)
+
+    with open(json_file_path) as json_file:
+        entrance_data = json.load(json_file)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(fr"{base_path}/scripts/logic/graph_logic/er_connections.lua"):
+        with open(fr"{base_path}/scripts/logic/graph_logic/er_connections.lua", "w", encoding="utf-8") as er_lua:
+            er_lua.write("a")
+    with open(fr"{base_path}/scripts/logic/graph_logic/er_connections.lua", "w") as er_connection_lua:
+        nodes = []
+        for region in entrance_data.keys():
+            region_lua = region.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+            for char in forbidden_chars:
+                region_lua = region_lua.replace(char, "_")
+            region_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', region_lua)
+            nodes.append(region_lua)
+            for exit in entrance_data[region]:
+                exit_lua = exit.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+                for char in forbidden_chars:
+                    exit_lua = exit_lua.replace(char, "_")
+                exit_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', exit_lua)
+                nodes.append(exit_lua)
+        unique_nodes = list(set(nodes))
+        er_connection_lua.write("-- these are the nodes for the graph is build from. \n"
+                                "-- Add more if you like\n")
+        for node in unique_nodes:
+            er_connection_lua.write(f'local {node} = {game_name_lua}_location.new("{node}")\n')
+
+        er_connection_lua.write("-- these are the connections betweens the nodes defined above.\n"
+                                "-- those are all 2-way connections. please go ahead an make them one-way if needed.\n"
+                                "-- the rules are what is needed to get from point A to B for this specific "
+                                "connection.\n"
+                                "-- only add whats actually needed. replace the 'return true' to 'return <whatever "
+                                "you use to build your rules>'\n")
+        for region in entrance_data:
+            region_lua = region.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+            for char in forbidden_chars:
+                region_lua = region_lua.replace(char, "_")
+            region_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', region_lua)
+            for exit in entrance_data[region]:
+                exit_lua = exit.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+                for char in forbidden_chars:
+                    exit_lua = exit_lua.replace(char, "_")
+                exit_lua = re.sub(r'(_)\1+', r'\1', exit_lua)
+                er_connection_lua.write(f'{region_lua}:connect_two_ways({exit_lua}, function() return true end)\n')
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    root = tk.Tk()
+    root.withdraw()
+
+    print("Select the base-folder of the pack:")
+    base_path = tk.filedialog.askdirectory()
+    print("Path to base-folder of the pack: ", base_path)
+
+    print("Select the ER.json file path:")
+    er_json_file_path = tk.filedialog.askopenfilename()
+    print("Path to ER.json file: ", er_json_file_path)
+
+    create_lua_entrances(er_json_file_path, base_path)