Spidertron squad control [0.5.0 BETA RELEASE]

by morley376

adds a spidertron squad remote so you don't have to use 100 remotes to control your spider army. also adds a follow mode for your spider army. And a better entity-follow tool that doesn't require you to link every single spidertron individually Beta versions available on GitHub for testing: https://github.com/npc-strider/spidertron-squad-control/releases

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Changelog

Version: 0.1.0
Date: 2020-08-14
  Features:
    - Initial release: Adds shortcut to command a squad of spidertrons

Version: 0.1.1
Date: 2020-08-15
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed issue clearing inventory of 'residual' remotes with non-god controllers (*Facepalm*)

Version: 0.2.0
Date: 2020-08-15
  Features:
    - Adds follow mode for your squad to follow you either on foot or in a vehicle

Version: 0.3.0
Date: 2020-08-16
  Features:
    - Squads stay aligned, based on original formation when selected
    - RMB now switches between commanding and selecting mode
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed "wobble" or "dance" when in follow mode while in a spidertron that is in the squad that is being asked to follow
    - Fixed squad drifting

Version: 0.3.1
Date: 2020-08-17
  Features:
    - If the player is inisde a spidertron while in follow mode, they will not move to the 'mean' of the squad
    - Regular remotes can be used on spidertrons to relocate their position in the squad
    - Regular remotes can be used on a spidertron with a player inside of it to move it and the squad to a position

Version: 0.3.2
Date: 2020-08-18
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed leader spidertron death causing a crash
    - Fixed incorrect global table initialization when a vanilla game receives the mode (which fixes crash on vehicle exit and spidertron exit in a previously vanilla game)

Version: 0.3.3
Date: 2020-08-23
  Bugfixes:
    - Hotfix: fixed missing check for invalid entity

Version: 0.5.0
Date: 2020-11-28
  Features:
    - NOTE: BETA RELEASE - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
    - Update mod to Factorio 1.1
    - Completely refactor code to be cleaner
    - Spidertron Waypoints mod compatibility
    - Added menu/gui to save and load squad configurations
    - Added Spidertron link tool (Link squads to an entity)
    - Added mod option to override the default tool/remote given by shortcut
    - Added mod option to disable player alerts
    - _NOTE: BETA RELEASE - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Version: 0.5.1
Date: 2020-11-29
  Features:
    - NOTE: BETA RELEASE - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
  Bugfixes:
    - Fixed switched shortcuts