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 # Gun_Turret_Alerts
- 
+![mod thumbnail](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Wyrrrd/Gun_Turret_Alerts/master/thumbnail.png)
+
+(Please note: This is a quick and dirty port to 0.18. As soon as the original is ported to 0.18, this will be removed.)
+
+Description
+- Adds alerts when a gun turret is out of ammo or has low ammo. 
+
+Credit:
+- Thanks to [unhott](https://mods.factorio.com/user/unhott) for the [original mod](https://mods.factorio.com/mod/GunTurretAlerts).
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diff --git a/control.lua b/control.lua
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+--control.lua
+--This mod scans the map for gun-turrets and places alerts when turrets are low. 
+
+
+script.on_event({defines.events.on_tick}, function (event)
+	--Every minute the surface is rescanned for ammo-turret type entities. This is stored in the global table. 
+	if event.tick%3600 == 0 or global.turret_entities == nil then
+		local planet = game.surfaces
+		for index,value in pairs(planet) do
+			global.turret_entities = planet[index].find_entities_filtered{type = "ammo-turret"}
+		end
+	end
+	
+    if event.tick%600 == 0 then
+	--Every 10 seconds recheck and give alerts to players for ammo-turret entities on the same force as them. 
+		for index,player in pairs(game.connected_players) do
+			
+			GTA_enabled = player.mod_settings["gun-turret-alerts-enabled"].value
+			player_threshold = player.mod_settings["gun-turret-alerts-threshold"].value
+			if GTA_enabled then
+				for index2, turret_entity in pairs(global.turret_entities) do
+					if turret_entity.valid then
+						inv_var = turret_entity.get_inventory(defines.inventory.turret_ammo)
+						if inv_var.is_empty() then
+							ammo_left = 0
+						else
+							ammo_left = inv_var[1].count
+						end
+						if turret_entity.force == player.force then
+							if ammo_left == 0 then
+								player.add_custom_alert(turret_entity, {type = "item", name = "piercing-rounds-magazine"}, "Out of ammo", true)
+							elseif ammo_left < player_threshold then
+								player.add_custom_alert(turret_entity, {type = "item", name = "firearm-magazine"}, "Ammo low", true)
+							end
+						end
+					end
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end 
+end)
+
+
+
diff --git a/data.lua b/data.lua
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+--data.lua
diff --git a/info.json b/info.json
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+{
+    "name": "Gun_Turret_Alerts",
+    "version": "0.18.0",
+    "title": "Gun_Turret_Alerts",
+    "author": "Wyrrrd",
+    "homepage": "",
+    "factorio_version": "0.18",
+    "dependencies": ["base >= 0.16"],
+    "description": "Adds map alerts for players when a turret is either out of ammo or has low ammo"
+}
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diff --git a/locale/en/config.cfg b/locale/en/config.cfg
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+[mod-setting-name]
+gun-turret-alerts-enabled=Gun turret alerts enabled
+gun-turret-alerts-threshold=Low ammo threshold
+
+[mod-setting-description]
+gun-turret-alerts-enabled=Enables alerts to be added to your player
+gun-turret-alerts-threshold=If a turret has less than this much ammo an alert will be added to your player
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diff --git a/settings.lua b/settings.lua
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+--settings.lua
+
+
+data:extend({
+    {
+        type = "bool-setting",
+        name = "gun-turret-alerts-enabled",
+        setting_type = "runtime-per-user",
+        default_value = true
+    },
+	{
+        type = "int-setting",
+        name = "gun-turret-alerts-threshold",
+        setting_type = "runtime-per-user",
+        default_value = 8,
+		minimum_value = 0
+		
+    }
+	
+})
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