ComfyFactorio/modules/sticky_landfill.lua

-- landfill is sticky, making it difficult to isolate

local math_sqrt = math.sqrt
local math_floor = math.floor
local table_insert = table.insert

local vectors = {}
table_insert(vectors, { 0, 0 })
for r = 1, 64, 1 do
    table_insert(vectors, { 0, r })
    table_insert(vectors, { 0, r * -1 })
    table_insert(vectors, { r, 0 })
    table_insert(vectors, { r * -1, 0 })
end

local vectors_2 = { { 0, -1 }, { 0, 1 }, { -1, 0 }, { 1, 0 } }

local function is_position_sticky(surface, position)
    local tile = surface.get_tile(position)
    if not tile.collides_with('resource') then
        return
    end
    for _, v in pairs(vectors_2) do
        tile = surface.get_tile({ position.x + v[1], position.y + v[2] })
        if not tile.collides_with('resource') then
            return true
        end
    end
end

local function move_tile(surface, tile_name, position)
    for key, v in pairs(vectors) do
        local p = { x = position.x + v[1], y = position.y + v[2] }
        if is_position_sticky(surface, p) then
            surface.set_tiles({ { name = tile_name, position = p } }, true)
            return
        end
    end
end

local function safe_players_from_drowning(surface, tiles)
    local a = math_floor(math_sqrt(#tiles)) + 2
    local left_top = { x = tiles[1].position.x - 1, y = tiles[1].position.y - 1 }
    local area = { { left_top.x, left_top.y }, { left_top.x + a + 2, left_top.y + a + 2 } }
    local players = {}
    for _, character in pairs(surface.find_entities_filtered({ area = area, name = 'character' })) do
        if character.player then
            table_insert(players, { character.player, { character.player.position.x, character.player.position.y } })
            character.player.teleport({ 0, 0 }, surface)
        end
    end
    return players
end

local function sticky(surface, tiles, tile_name)
    local revert_tiles = {}
    local revert_entities = {}
    local i = 1
    local i2 = 1
    for _, placed_tile in pairs(tiles) do
        revert_tiles[i] = { name = placed_tile.old_tile.name, position = placed_tile.position }
        local resources =
            surface.find_entities_filtered(
                { type = 'resource', area = { { placed_tile.position.x - 1, placed_tile.position.y - 1 }, { placed_tile.position.x + 1, placed_tile.position.y + 1 } } }
            )
        for _, resource in pairs(resources) do
            revert_entities[i2] = { name = resource.name, position = resource.position, amount = resource.amount }
            resource.destroy()
            i2 = i2 + 1
        end
        i = i + 1
    end

    local players = safe_players_from_drowning(surface, tiles)

    surface.set_tiles(revert_tiles, true)

    for _, placed_tile in pairs(tiles) do
        move_tile(surface, tile_name, placed_tile.position)
    end

    for _, entity in pairs(revert_entities) do
        surface.create_entity(entity)
    end

    for _, v in pairs(players) do
        v[1].teleport(v[2], surface)
    end
end

local function on_player_built_tile(event)
    if event.item.name ~= 'landfill' then
        return
    end
    sticky(game.surfaces[event.surface_index], event.tiles, event.tile.name)
end

local function on_robot_built_tile(event)
    if event.item.name ~= 'landfill' then
        return
    end
    sticky(event.robot.surface, event.tiles, event.tile.name)
end

local Event = require 'utils.event'
Event.add(defines.events.on_robot_built_tile, on_robot_built_tile)
Event.add(defines.events.on_player_built_tile, on_player_built_tile)