(a8f2f39bd) The ai now sorts the weapons by the combat priority value, which can be set in xml. Ranged weapons are favored. The required items are also taken into account.

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Holdable/MeleeWeapon.cs

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
             set;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// How useful the weapon is in combat? Used by AI to sort the used weapon. For the sake of clarity, use a value between 0 and 100 (not enforced).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Serialize(0f, false)]
+        public float CombatPriority { get; private set; }
+
         public MeleeWeapon(Item item, XElement element)
             : base(item, element)
         {

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Holdable/RangedWeapon.cs

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
             set;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// How useful the weapon is in combat? Used by AI to sort the used weapon. For the sake of clarity, use a value between 0 and 100 (not enforced).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Serialize(0f, false)]
+        public float CombatPriority { get; private set; }
+
         public Vector2 TransformedBarrelPos
         {
             get

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Machines/Deconstructor.cs

@@ -430,6 +430,25 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
                     }
                 }
                 
+                if (targetItem.Prefab.DeconstructItems.Any())
+                {
+                    inputContainer.Inventory.RemoveItem(targetItem);
+                    Entity.Spawner.AddToRemoveQueue(targetItem);
+                    MoveInputQueue();
+                    PutItemsToLinkedContainer();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (outputContainer.Inventory.Items.All(i => i != null))
+                    {
+                        targetItem.Drop(dropper: null);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        outputContainer.Inventory.TryPutItem(targetItem, user: null, createNetworkEvent: true);
+                    }
+                }
+                
                 if (targetItem.Prefab.DeconstructItems.Any())
                 {
                     inputContainer.Inventory.RemoveItem(targetItem);

Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/Machines/Steering.cs

@@ -796,6 +796,19 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
             return true;
         }
 
+        public override void OnItemLoaded()
+        {
+            sonar = item.GetComponent<Sonar>();
+        }
+
+        public override bool Select(Character character)
+        {
+            if (!CanBeSelected) return false;
+
+            user = character;
+            return true;
+        }
+
         public override void Update(float deltaTime, Camera cam)
         {
             networkUpdateTimer -= deltaTime;