Fixed GetData() descriptions being unable to alter Modname, Quality and object icons

eid_api.lua

@@ -428,6 +428,29 @@ function EID:getLegacyModDescription(Type, Variant, SubType)
 	return nil
 end
 
+-- Returns the icon and mod name of a given EID description object as a preformatted description string
+function EID:getModNameString(descObj)
+	local modString = ""
+	if EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Both" or EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Name only" then
+		local modName = EID.ModIndicator[descObj.ModName] and EID.ModIndicator[descObj.ModName].Name or descObj.ModName
+		modString = modString .. " {{"..EID.Config["ModIndicatorTextColor"].."}}" .. modName
+	end
+	local modIcon = EID.ModIndicator[descObj.ModName] and EID.ModIndicator[descObj.ModName].Icon
+	if (EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Both" or EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Icon only") and modIcon then
+		modString = modString .. "{{".. modIcon .."}}"
+	end
+	return modString
+end
+
+-- Attempts to merge two given Description objects into one
+function EID:mergeDescriptionObjects(oldDescObj, newDescObj)
+	for k,v in pairs(oldDescObj) do
+		if not newDescObj[k] then
+			newDescObj[k] = v
+		end
+	end
+	return newDescObj
+end
 -- returns the specified object table in the current language.
 -- falls back to english if it doesnt exist, unless specified otherwise
 function EID:getDescriptionEntry(objTable, objID, noFallback)

eid_debugging.lua

@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ local function onDebugRender(t)
 			local descTable = {
 				["Name"] = "Some Item with seed ".. v.InitSeed ,
 				["Description"] = "Test specific description#Init seed: ".. v.InitSeed,
-				["Transformation"] = "1,2"
+				["Transformation"] = "1,2",
+				["ModName"] = "My Mod name",
+				["Quality"] = 4,
+				["Icon"] = EID.ObjectIcon["5.100.1"],
 			}
 			v:GetData()["EID_Description"] = descTable
 		end

main.lua

@@ -625,12 +625,7 @@ function EID:printDescription(desc, cachedID)
 	end
 	-- Display the mod this item is from
 	if desc.ModName then
-		if EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Both" or EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Name only" then
-			curName = curName .. " {{"..EID.Config["ModIndicatorTextColor"].."}}" .. EID.ModIndicator[desc.ModName].Name
-		end
-		if (EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Both" or EID.Config["ModIndicatorDisplay"] == "Icon only") and EID.ModIndicator[desc.ModName].Icon then
-			curName = curName .. "{{".. EID.ModIndicator[desc.ModName].Icon .."}}"
-		end
+		curName = curName .. EID:getModNameString(desc)
 	end
 
 	EID:renderString(
@@ -1367,9 +1362,7 @@ local function onRender(t)
 						local desc = EID:getEntityData(closest, "EID_Description")
 						local origDesc = EID:getDescriptionObjByEntity(closest)
 						if desc ~= nil and type(desc) == "table" then
-							origDesc.Description = desc.Description or origDesc.Description
-							origDesc.Name = desc.Name or origDesc.Name
-							origDesc.Transformation = desc.Transformation or origDesc.Transformation
+							origDesc = EID:mergeDescriptionObjects(origDesc, desc)
 						else
 							origDesc.Description = desc
 						end