BEHOLD THE SHART

@Terrance Hood:
CRAZY

Call me crazy, but the acronym "SHART" is probably not the best choice.

Just sayin'

Hi Whiplash - great job at first! ;)

I initially had some trouble understanding/defining subaddressing.
After a while of guessing, I understood it - so here's a little explanation for dummies like me! ;D
How to handle the parameters> primary,Timer Block 1

name to call from remote real name of the addressed block
fe1, Timer Block fe1


Receive timer subaddresses=
|fe1,Timer Block fe1
|fe2,Timer Block fe2

If the receivers name is forexample this will be called from remote as
"trigger foreexample fe1" or "trigger foreexample fe2"

The subadresses will not work for only one defined subadress and its also unnecessary.
Only one line in the receive timer subaddresses section wont work.

Hello Whiplash141
No, I'm connecting with a connector, not a merge.
↓Video of when the problem occurred
https://d.kuku.lu/ctefm7w2y
↓Video of normal operation
https://d.kuku.lu/pg7gb5rum

Are you using merges on your main ship to connect the drones?

Hello
I built a ship that can carry two drones that automatically return and dock. I am using this script to send a return signal to the drone that sent it, but only one of the two drones did not return even after I sent the signal. Both drones use the same UID, and if I directly recompiled the script for the drone that didn't return, it would work, but without recompiling, it wouldn't work no matter what I tried. Is there any solution?

(supplement)
This event occurs the first time the world is loaded.

Ahh that will do it :)

I think I figured out what happened before as well, checking the PB on my carrier, it says when I do "trigger Drone 2" its sending it to "Drone" sub address "2", the UID on my Drone is "Drone 2". If I change it to "Drone2" instead no issues.

Which according to the above is expected behaviour so user error :D

Hey Whiplash,

Thanks for your help before.

Would it be possible to have this script not require a recompile to recognize the custom data changes?

I am using another script I wrote for setting up a new carrier drone (trying to make it as automated as possible) and in that script I'm parsing the custom data of my SHART PB to update with the correct information, however, it still requires the user to go in and hit the recompile button which could be easily missed during setup of a new drone and as far as I know there is no way to trigger a recompile of another PB block.

Same one every time, drone seems operational in any other way. Its OK though, my other method does the trick reliably every time, thanks for making this script, I couldn't make a proper carrier without it!

Is the one that it failed on consistently the same drone? Or does it switch which is failing?

The only way the script would not report an error and also fail to trigger the assigned timer is if the timer it is pointing at is inoperable via damage, power overload, or just plain doesn't exist any more.

It only seemed to happen when I tried giving them all 'CarrierDrone' and then using a singular PB command of 'trigger CarrierDrone', it worked on 5 out of 6, the other one it didn't work on shows the received command yet wont trigger the Timer. All the timer blocks on each drone had the same name too - > "Timer - CarrierDrone - SHART".

A manual trigger of the timer through the ctrl-K menu into its terminal caused it to fire off just fine.

1. Nope, I'm trying to create a 'General Carrier Drone' that shared a lot of the same names in the terminal for blocks, and I was do a copy and paste job in creative to make more of them.

2. No warnings and I checked the antenna was fully operational and functional, I also recompiled all scripts with no change.

3. Potentially, I start fresh with the drones before using a script to spawn in a Battle. I've been tweaking drones based on outcome, they should be pristine before the fight though.

I've found a workaround, I used your other script for renaming and made each Drone have a suffix of Drone 1, Drone 2, etc. then in the PB I gave them all a Unique ID and added then made a timer block to call them all back by passing the command 'trigger Drone1' then 'trigger Drone2' etc. that seems to work just fine.

Interesting... Few questions:
1. Are these drones being built from a projection?
2. Is there any warning about the timers or antennas not being found?
3. Has the drone experienced any damage when this error occurs?

Hi Whiplash,

I've been using this with automatons to make a return to base command. It works most of the time, however, sometimes the drone will show the recieve command on the SHART PB on the Drone, yet it doesn't trigger the timer, yet it works on the other 5 drones and triggers their timers.

I've checked and double checked the settings and I'm not sure why it happens. I'm sending it to 6 drones at once - any tips on how I can troubleshoot?

If you make the fighters all have the same address, then you only need a single command to trigger all timers at that address :)

Is it possible to send a single command from a carrier to a bunch SHART enabled fighters much like a general recall command without having to put in each address in the command?

When running PB " | " << Please tell me I need to clear this (This comment was written with a translator)

Pssh I'm always down for others doing the hard part of creating content for my scripts lmao

With the latest Automatons release of SE this script is ESSENTIAL, use it to recall drones and cancel an attack, you can then use it on the drones to open hangar doors and let themselves back in.
I would be down to make some content related to using the script since the update if you're alright with that Whiplash141

Are the versions of sender and receiver the same? And what argument are you inputting?

Not sure if it's just me but the script I used since 22 nov.23 has stopped working and the programmable block's screen spams "Unknown Command" and echoes the descriptions.
Nothing has been changed since I made it work back then.

Got it. At
|open1, OpenHangar1T
|open2, OpenHangat2T
I used lowercase "L" instead of pipe "|".
Now it's fine.
But a suggestion, when I used L instead of |, it overwrote the entire custom data I had. Throwing an error or smth similar would be a bit more user friendly imo.

What _precisely_ did you place in the custom data?

I followed the instructions.
When I recompile the programmable block, it overwrites everything I changed in the custom data (i.e. unique id, subaddresses, etc...
No error or anything outputted.

I'd like to share target locks with other ships, is that possible with this script? If not, do you know a way to do that?
Love your scripts, can't imagine playing SE without them. Thank you!

sorry about that, and thank you

1. SHART isnt a mod
2. Jump drives can only be triggered by a player in a ship controller. That is a built in game limitation

isit just me or is Jump drive unable to work with the SHART mod?

user error. it places defaults if the inputs are invalid.

ay bruh when i recompile SHART after editing the custom data it seems to reset it to default? is that user error or is it broken atm?

oh damn.. it already exist...
I didn't find it and made my own.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2808968252

Probably not.

work with beacons too? because beacons have max dist 200km antena only 50km

Yup!

so the range is the range of the antena ?

wooah anybody else is thinking about remote orbial missile strikes here ? :O another great script whip! you are the best on SE scripting dude

never trust a fart in the bath

Purely an unfortunate coincidence

is no one going to talk about out the name shart

It's more a matter of common sense; When it gives you an example argument for the sender, it implies extremely clearly that you need a programmable block, and a way to trigger it with this specific argument. This is Space Engineers knowledge, not S.H.A.R.T knowledge.

I must have trouble reading, read the instructions many times and couldn't find any mention of a PB on the sending side. Just a reference to sending command via antenna but not exactly how. The setup on the receiving portion of the instructions are good and foolproof, but I became totally lost when it came to the sending instructions to the receiving system.

> Explain that you need a PB running the script on the vehicle

That's in the instructions...

Took me quite a while to get this working, maybe I'm just dumb but it would be super helpful to explain a little more on the SENDING side of the process. Explain that you need a PB running the script on the vehicle, then setup a hotkey for the PB and then put the trigger argument in the pop-up window. Once I figured that out the script works very well and I LOVE it.

man this is way cleaner and more professional looking than that one i made for splitsie a year or so ago. +1 and now using your version. lol

Nice!

Ok, code is updated and so is the documentation.

So a sender can address any number of receivers. Currently a receiver is a 1 to 1 link to a particular timer block. I totally forgot I didn't push an update to make that no longer the case, so give me a couple of hours to write some docs.

You can set that up by having the target timer trigger the other timers. if you're doing that from the trannsmitter, a timer block with each separate command in it.