Space Engineers: Xbox Tutorial 146 - Cargo Monitor
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Without scripts on console for solo and hosted multiplayer, we really didn't have an option to monitor if a cargo box was full or not. Thanks to the event controller, we can make a simple system that lets us do just that.
You can't display the contents, or how they change, but you can make a status indicator. This video shows you just how to do that.
Cheers!
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Hey great to see you again! Uses for event controllers are more numerous than i anticipated, definately cool
@Dwolfyone
8 ай бұрын
Thanks, it's good to be doing vids again. Yep, the ec is extremely cool.
At 13:13 it is indicating the right contain as being FULL, but it's actually empty at that point.
@Dwolfyone
8 ай бұрын
It does tend to play up sometimes, probably triggering both lcds. The solution is to run 1 ec per cargo box. That way you get the events correctly triggered from the right box.
@_Dylanm
Ай бұрын
@Dwolfyone that isn't playing up... that's working as intended. You have set it up so that if either box is full, both signs are triggered on. The only solution to this is 1 EC per storage box as you mentioned.
Thought on the 100% issue: what you put in the box didn't fill it entirely because it could only fit "part" of an item, not a whole shell. I wonder if that's why testing for 100% didn't work. I'd assume it would only trigger when a 15000 capacity box contains 15000 exactly.
@Dwolfyone
29 күн бұрын
Good thinking there. Might be worth a revisit at some point to see 👍🥂
Should be able to trigger a light for each container too...? Going in game to setup now on one of my miners...
@Dwolfyone
8 ай бұрын
Yeah. I think the best way to do it is one ec per container, then you can trigger several events from one container status.
@metaladder1018
8 ай бұрын
@@DwolfyoneGot my Ice Freighter setup with cargo full lights...
Been awhile came back for the new update today to play and remembered your videos. Had a thought is there a way to do graphs or fill bars like the cockpits display using the screens or event controller? Closest I've come is using several lcds and events then making ###%10, ###%20 etc. On the lcds to give a illusion that I have a decent smart display but still would like more information to show up or be available and thought you'd be the guy to figure it out.
@Dwolfyone
2 ай бұрын
To get that level of info we really need scripts, though big things are coming to the game this year with an overhaul by the sound of it.
@arcalen9233
2 ай бұрын
@@Dwolfyone thar is great news indeed watching your vid now too
@Dwolfyone
2 ай бұрын
@@arcalen9233 it will definitely be more interesting now. Also, we can use the EC plus Broadcast block to send messages out to the chat window. So you can now warn yourself if your cargo is full etc.