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Sgfence Electric

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-08

Overview​

This stategraph defines the behavior of an electric fence entity in Don't Starve Together, controlling how it transitions between visual states such as idle (with or without active connections), linking (establishing connections to adjacent fences), disconnecting, placement, and being hit. It integrates with the electricconnector component to trigger and react to networked state changes, particularly during link establishment. The stategraph is initialized as "fence_electric" with "idle" as the default starting state.

Usage example​

-- The stategraph is automatically applied via the prefab definition.
-- No direct component usage is required in mod code, but events can be pushed to influence behavior:
inst:PushEvent("start_linking")     -- Initiates the linking sequence
inst:PushEvent("end_linking")       -- Finalizes the linking sequence
inst:PushEvent("disconnect_links")  -- Initiates disconnection animation

Dependencies & tags​

Components used: electricconnector (accessed via inst.components.electricconnector) Tags: Checks fully_electrically_linked; adds state tags (idle, linking, busy) internally to the stategraph via state tags (not per-instance entity tags).

Properties​

No public properties.

Main functions​

Not applicable — this file defines a stategraph, not a component with public methods. It uses StateGraph to declare states and event handlers.

Events & listeners​

  • Listens to:

    • start_linking — transitions to "linking_pre".
    • end_linking — transitions to "linking_pst".
    • disconnect_links — transitions to "disconnect".
    • animover (per-state) — used to loop or return to "idle" after animations complete.
    • linked_to — triggers immediate transition to "linking_pst" upon successful connection.

  • Pushes: This stategraph does not push events itself. It reacts to external events and internal state transitions triggered via inst.sg:GoToState().