Add getSigns API entrypoint

[Orabig]

I would like to be able to list the signs, with their text and coordinates.

It would be a huge feature that will allow terrific automation like :

• the player can put signs on factories or containers with text containing "commands"
• a server-side script reads the signs and execute commands (this script is of course outside of this project scope, but would be very easy to write)

For example:

• a sign is put on a container with command like "tell in chat when this is full"
  or
• a sign tells "off [A is full], on [A < 100]" which will tells the server to switch this factory off whener the "A" container is full, and to switch it on when the container has less than 100 items in it

Endless possibilities !

[featheredtoast]

sounds like you'd be more interested in a mod like ficsit networks here

[porisius]

Signs have been attempted as well, but they are unique little pains...
https://github.com/porisius/FicsitRemoteMonitoring/tree/getSigns

However, Toast is more familiar with FIN (Ficsit Networks) more than I... I would suggest his wisdom.

[Orabig]

Lol, yes maybe you're right, thanks for pointing this me out. I wasn't aware of this mod which looks both promising and ... dangerous for my mental health !

[featheredtoast]

Don't necessarily know too much about the mod but I've seen what other players have done with it, and it seems like it checks all the boxes of what's being asked for here... Sorry in advance for pointing you in a direction where you debug lua code in a factory game... Impending spaghetti ception 🙃