feat: add utility function for adding info for new entities

msu/hooks/config/global.nut

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+local getDefaultFaction = ::Const.EntityType.getDefaultFaction;
+::Const.EntityType.getDefaultFaction = function( _id )
+{
+	local ret = getDefaultFaction(_id);
+	if (ret == ::Const.FactionType.Generic && (_id in ::MSU.Entities.EntityTypeToDefaultFactionMap))
+	{
+		return ::MSU.Entities.EntityTypeToDefaultFactionMap[_id];
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}

msu/utils/entities.nut

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+::MSU.Entities <- {
+	EntityTypeToDefaultFactionMap = {},
+	HighestIDDiff = -99,
+	HighestID = -99,
+
+	// Utility function that puts all the required info of an entity in all the right places
+	function addEntity( _info )
+	{
+		// _info is a table that must contain the following keys:
+		// EntityType, EntityIcon, DefaultFaction, EntityName, EntityNamePlural, TroopDef, ActorDef
+
+		// If the Diff is now greater than before, that means some other mod added something to the ::Const.EntityType
+		// table, so we should update our HighestID again.
+		if (this.HighestID == -99 || ::Const.EntityType.len() - this.HighestID > this.HighestIDDiff)
+		{
+			foreach (key, value in ::Const.EntityType)
+			{
+				if (typeof value == "integer" && value > this.HighestID)
+					this.HighestID = value;
+			}
+			this.HighestIDDiff = ::Const.EntityType.len() - this.HighestID;
+		}
+
+		this.EntityTypeToDefaultFactionMap[_info.EntityType] <- _info.DefaultFaction;
+		::Const.EntityType[_info.EntityType] <- ++this.HighestID;
+		::Const.EntityIcon.push(_info.EntityIcon);
+		::Const.Strings.EntityName.push(_info.EntityName);
+		::Const.Strings.EntityNamePlural.push(_info.EntityNamePlural);
+		::Const.World.Spawn.Troops[_info.EntityType] <- _info.TroopDef;
+		::Const.Tactical.Actor[_info.EntityType] <- _info.ActorDef;
+	}
+}