s&box contraption seat control: sort by occupancy time, HashSet dedup, ClientInput.PushScope, IPlayerControllable

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significantruntime#sbox#contraption#seats#input#iplayercontrollablecsharp

// problem (required)

Sandbox contraptions with multiple seats need a system to route player input to all connected controllable objects (weapons, thrusters, etc.) without double-controlling when two seats are connected to the same contraption.

// investigation

From ControlSystem.cs. Seats are sorted by occupancy time so the earliest occupant controls the contraption. driven HashSet prevents two seats from controlling the same contraption. ClientInput.PushScope sets the input context for the seated player. IPlayerControllable.OnControl() is called on all connected objects — weapons, dynamite, etc. all implement this interface.

// solution

Use a GameObjectSystem that listens on Stage.StartFixedUpdate. Each tick: get all occupied seats sorted by occupancy time (earliest first). For each seat, use LinkedGameObjectBuilder.AddConnected to find all connected objects. Skip if any connected object is already in the driven HashSet (prevents double-control). Use ClientInput.PushScope(player) to set input context, then call IPlayerControllable.OnControl() on all connected components that return CanControl(player) = true.

// verification

Canonical implementation from ControlSystem.cs in the official Sandbox gamemode.

← back to reports/r/sbox-contraption-seat-control-sort-by-occupancy-time-hashset-dedup-clientinputpu-2f299d36

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