Finally got it to work...
The Block Group is named:
replace "FNAD" with "FNAD-0"
which contains the Control Panel Grid blocks that were selected to make up that group.
Then:
Run the PB with the Argument using the same name AS the block group, i.e.:
replace "FNAD" with "FNAD-0"
Result: the phrase in the first quote is replaced with the phrase in the second quote.
Very nice, thank you. It makes a carrier of Attack Drones easily distinguishable from one another.

Read the description above @Duke3D

who work ? pls a example

As long as it just numbers them appropriately, I wouldn't even mind not having a "direction" parameter, and instead your script just arbitrarily uses a default direction.

That is non trivial to do because a players conception of direction is entirely arbitrary.

There is actually one feature I noticed missing for arrays of stuff. Walls of welders, grinders, etc.

Could be nice to have where if you have the group, it'll choose one corner as offset (perhaps with a modifier to choose which, like T/BL/RF/B (Top/Bottom, Left/Right, Front/Back ex. TLF for top left front) start that block as 00 (or what ever leading zeroes) and then if all the blocks are in a single plane, it just starts naming them 00 to Whatever based on the offset from the first "origin" block, and if there is 2D plane of them, they'll be named based on offset in 2D (00-00->00-01->01-00->01-01) and in 3D, add one more. If there is multiple blocks in between, it'll just "skip" the numbers, so if I had arranged like
X0X
XXX
X0X (Xs being my renamed blocks)

They'd be named, if I start top left, they'd be named:
0-0, 0-1, 0-2
1-0, , 1-2
2-0, 2-1, 2-2

Orientation could be based on main cockpit.

This one feels like it has genuine use cases outside of preference

"Would be nice to number blocks"
It does. You can configure that in custom data

Would be nice to number blocks

Could you add a feature to append a number sequentially in hexadecimal?

@Brusura:

It's because I was dumb and wasn't reading config when prefixing with a custom prefix and not default or grid name. Fixed in v7.1.2, thanks for the report.

Step 2 isn't clear.
"2.Group blocks that you want to rename with the GROUP RENAME TAGS in the section below"
Where exactly? How?
Provide an example of a working model.

Hi, I did set no space in the custom data, recompiled but when I do prefix myprefix it keeps adding space, what am I doing wrong?

Works like a charm on pc! Was searching for sth like this, thank you very much

if you prefix or suffix name blocks with grid names before you merge, those names will persist

can this keep the name of your grid after merging with another grid?

"DOES not work after PS4 update"

It absolutely does still work.

DOES not work after PS4 update

Ok, thanks

Not possible via the programmable block

Does this support renaming groups?

Thank you for the speedy reply! That is exactly what I intend. As I add a car to the consist of the train/spaceship rename it based on its location in the vehicle to keep track of what is where to make inventory management easier.

if "Car 8" is the grid name, then "grid prefix" will do that yeah

I am designing a modular hauler (think container ship) that I hope this will help with. Am I understanding correctly that running this would allow me to rename all the components on a given subgrid to identify them (ex: "Oxygen Tank L1" becoming "Car 8 - Oxygen Tank L1")

Hi there, i was looking for this, just one more feature =) if you would look into if this could be made usable by the plugin loader. There is one script which does this similarly and is in the plugin loader just without the counter which would be the cream on top the cake.

big oof dude lol

I just finished renaming every single light and button on my 220k PCU space station.

Right after that, of course, I find this.

Why after two days Im reading it as it is. My bad, it is about lists under 10, yeah.

I literally already prefix 2 as 02.if there are 10 or more blocks of that type. If there are 100 or more, 2 becomes 002. If there are 1000, 2 becomes 0002.

It might be worth mentioning in the possibility somewhere as it makes the numbers less of a pain to find your drill #2

@Whiplash141 it is a big difference tho, since the game can't handle it's own numbering and sorts numbers from first number, instead from last.

By default, if you have more than 2 digits, single digit numbers will already be automatically prefixed with a zero. The below suggested change would enforce that 2 digits are always written at minimum. I'm not the biggest fan of that because it is kinda arbitrary.

@Vrayl actually I love that change, I will do that to mine too, because I HATE LOOKING FOR NUMBER 3 BETWEEN 20s and 30s!

Hey Whip, just started using this script. Love it! Thank you!

I made one change so that I could have preceding zeros on lists shorter than 10. If you like, maybe make this a config option? I did this because of those lists shorter than 10 it would number then 1, 2, 3 instead of 01, 02, 03 and it mixed them up in other lists like 08, 09, 1, 10, 11, etc. Yep, I got OCD! lol


string GetNumberFormat(int number)
{
string numStr = number.ToString();
int length = numStr.Length;
if (length < 2)
length = 2;

return new string('0', length);
}

I got it to work now thank you very much

prefixing group naming should look like the following:

prefix My Cool Prefix

The above would prefix all blocks in that group with that prefix

thank you, yes scripts are enabled i have other scripts running i am definitely missing something im trying to put a prefix on all the blocks on a grid i have created a group containing all the blocks i want to put a prefix on, and i put the prefix name between the <> in the (prefix<desired prefix>) is this correct and what is the next step can you help me? where do i put the group name that i want to add the prefix too?

It is not broken.

Make sure you have scripts enabled on world settings

Help i used to use this script and never had any trouble with it now it does nothing, ive tried everything i can think of and it just doesn't do anything is it broke?

i think i fixed it, i ran the script before turning the numbering off, and it just doesnt change the ones that already have a number, but if i delete the number, then it renames it fine.

i have done that, and it still doesnt work

"i cannot get it to not number the blocks, no matter what i do it always numbers them."

Disable numbering in custom data.

i cannot get it to not number the blocks, no matter what i do it always numbers them.

This Q is beyond the scope of your script's functionality and more of a "how can I do something in code." I am asking here as others may have same Q or desire.

I like to add directional suffixes to my thrusters so that I can distinguish them when not in the cockpit. It also helps, for example, with output of Damage command from AutoLCDs script.

So instead of seeing H2 Thruster (80/100%) I see H2 Thruster [UP] (80/100%) on the LCD.

How would one determine the directionally within the script? Would one need to be seated when running it, or can the script determine it from the ship's controller?

"Grid Rename, would be nice to have", For renaming the grid from "Large Grid XXXX" to what one would want, only applicable when playing alot with merging/unmerging.

But again, only a pure creature comfort, would rather wish for the accompanying function for Turret Slaving :D

"Grid Rename, would be nice to have"

Idk what this means. This script has grid name prefixing and suffixing

Been using this script alot, but missing one thing that another script has and i am missing one other thing that i can not find anyone else has.

Grid Rename, would be nice to have, but not neccessary.

One thing that would be awesome and could ease setup for your Turret AI Slaving script! :D
Let's say you got a Base rotor, either TAG it or group it and it would be able to rename/prefix/suffix a text to all blocks after this rotor, then it would be a breeze to fix all the Turret Groups when having a lot of PMW's :D

:)

Wow this is awesome

Yeah that was what I was doing originally, doesnt take too long to do it that way. Just would be nice if I wanted to make something quickly ya know.

That is a tricky one!

To do that, you'd need to make a bunch of groups like the following:

"rename CB-V - Corner Light -"

And then the numbering would be applied after the dash.

I'll see if adding a configurable delimiter for numbers is feasible