From 3d585d4d699d74c0f3f4cd569e00f7fae9f5324a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AkjaHAsLk1IALk0MasH <46046453+AgaSpace@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 09:38:35 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added the `UpdateSection` method.

I described its action in the comments.
---
 TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs b/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
index 284d9a31..79572412 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TSPlayer.cs
@@ -1499,6 +1499,41 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Changes the values of the <see cref="RemoteClient.TileSections"/> array.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="rectangle">The area of the sections you want to set a value to.
+		/// The minimum size should be set to 200x150. If null, then the entire map is specified.</param>
+		/// <param name="isLoaded">Is the section loaded.</param>
+		// The server does not send the player the whole world, it sends it in sections. To do this, it sets up visible and invisible sections.
+		// If the player was not in any section(Client.TileSections[x, y] == false) then the server will send the missing section of the world.
+		// This method allows you to simulate what the player has or has not seen these sections.
+		// For example, we can put some number of earths blocks in some vast area, for example, for the whole world, but the player will not see the changes, because some section is already loaded for him. At this point this method can come into effect! With it we will be able to select some zone and make it both visible and invisible to the player.
+		// The server will assume that the zone is not loaded on the player, and will resend the data, but with earth blocks.
+		public void UpdateSection(Rectangle? rectangle = null, bool isLoaded = false)
+		{
+			if (rectangle.HasValue)
+			{
+				for (int i = Netplay.GetSectionX(rectangle.Value.X); i < Netplay.GetSectionX(rectangle.Value.X + rectangle.Value.Width) && i < Main.maxSectionsX; i++)
+				{
+					for (int j = Netplay.GetSectionY(rectangle.Value.Y); j < Netplay.GetSectionY(rectangle.Value.Y + rectangle.Value.Height) && j < Main.maxSectionsY; j++)
+					{
+						Client.TileSections[i, j] = isLoaded;
+					}
+				}	
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				for (int i = 0; i < Main.maxSectionsX; i++)
+				{
+					for (int j = 0; j < Main.maxSectionsY; j++)
+					{
+						Client.TileSections[i, j] = isLoaded;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gives an item to the player. Includes banned item spawn prevention to check if the player can spawn the item.
 		/// </summary>