New function: find all connected tiles about factorio-stdlib HOT 6 CLOSED

This sounds easy enough, but I need a bit of clarification: what constitutes a connected tile? Does a tile have to be directly North, East, South, or West to be connected. Or can it be a corner tile (NE, SE, NW, SW?)

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As you see in this screenshot, it's not really possible to make conneted tiles in the diagonal directions:

So for now I would stay with N, W, S, E - basically what is visually connected.

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Okay, I just added Tile.adjacent, please take a look and see if it fits what you are describing. For your use-case, I imagine you could use this:

local connected_tiles = Tile.adjacent(surface, position, false, 'moat')
for _, adj_pos in pairs(connected_tiles) do
   ... do stuff
end

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@mojo2012

I've tested out the Tile.adjacent a bit and it seems solid. Just checking in to see if it matches what you were thinking about.

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Closing unless @mojo2012 reports any discoveries.

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Sorry, was too busy. I try to report back this week

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