script for weather alert

[cyrusvonvirus]

I am looking for either a script or to create one to create a visual alert in the event of a storm or other anomaly or meteor shower etc.

[ShadedMJ]

There is no good way to detect weather. Scripts are made to reference blocks, not the environment. The closest I've ever seen is monitoring wind turbine power available. If power available >500kw or something then the weather is sandstorm.

Similar that scripts can't directly see game settings or directly affect an engineer.

[cyrusvonvirus]

thank you for the answer

[ShadedMJ]

In a similar way, turning lights on when its dark is by either monitoring solar panel output or manually synchronizing a day long timer system to dawn/dusk. You can't easily get the effective hour of the game day.

[ShadedMJ]

Originally posted by skivel2:

there is a weather script built into your text panels if that helps (under content pick scripts and then weather)

If I remember correctly, that just displays the weather as a sprite image and cannot be pulled out. DIsplay only, not readable so not usable to script.

[Mojo]

Originally posted by ShadedMJ:

In a similar way, turning lights on when its dark is by either monitoring solar panel output or manually synchronizing a day long timer system to dawn/dusk. You can't easily get the effective hour of the game day.

The Hud Compass mod has built in time of day that works.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1469072169&searchtext=hud

[ThePandaNetwork]

This is not possible. only possible as a mod

[MIQL]

Originally posted by ShadedMJ:

There is no good way to detect weather. Scripts are made to reference blocks, not the environment. The closest I've ever seen is monitoring wind turbine power available. If power available >500kw or something then the weather is sandstorm.

Similar that scripts can't directly see game settings or directly affect an engineer.

What an idea dude. How did I never thought of that??? Does the wind turbine produce 500kw during thunder too? (I assume so)

How would you go about to set it up?
Event controller, timer and wind turbine?

[ShadedMJ]

Originally posted by MIQL:

...How would you go about to set it up?
Event controller, timer and wind turbine?

I have not worked with the event controller, but I am a script writer and programmer.

That said and without using a script .... I'd have a LCD display with the word "Normal" in big letters. Another LCD with "Stormy" in big letters. Event controller with "Power output percentage" selected as a criteria at >100%, Action 1 (ON) to run "Timer Block 1" and Action 2 (OFF) to run "Timer Block 2". Timer Block 1 to set stormy LCD ON and normal LCD off. Timer block 2 to set normal LCD on and stormy LCD off. I don't know if the >100% is going to work but this is as close as I think can be done without a script.

With a script, I'd run the wind turbine a little and see how much power it can provide under normal conditions, multiply that by 1.5 and call it "windy", script to check the wind turbine and if its >windy run either timer block as stated above.

[cyrusvonvirus]

I think so, I would like to make an alert on an lcd monitor both in the ships and the bases (like red light to say that the storm is coming and green when it's over

[cyrusvonvirus]

je vais voir cela

[ShadedMJ]

Originally posted by Mojo:

...The Hud Compass mod has built in time of day that works. ...

I haven't looked at it, but I consider that slightly off-topic for this discussion. That's a mod and not even a script. Mods can do many things scripts cannot.

[Mojo]

Originally posted by ShadedMJ:

Originally posted by Mojo:

...The Hud Compass mod has built in time of day that works. ...

I haven't looked at it, but I consider that slightly off-topic for this discussion. That's a mod and not even a script. Mods can do many things scripts cannot.

I know was just letting you know if you ever wanted to look how they get the time from the mod, could may possibly be worked into a script. :)

[MIQL]

Originally posted by ShadedMJ:

Originally posted by MIQL:

...How would you go about to set it up?
Event controller, timer and wind turbine?

I have not worked with the event controller, but I am a script writer and programmer.

That said and without using a script .... I'd have a LCD display with the word "Normal" in big letters. Another LCD with "Stormy" in big letters. Event controller with "Power output percentage" selected as a criteria at >100%, Action 1 (ON) to run "Timer Block 1" and Action 2 (OFF) to run "Timer Block 2". Timer Block 1 to set stormy LCD ON and normal LCD off. Timer block 2 to set normal LCD on and stormy LCD off. I don't know if the >100% is going to work but this is as close as I think can be done without a script.

With a script, I'd run the wind turbine a little and see how much power it can provide under normal conditions, multiply that by 1.5 and call it "windy", script to check the wind turbine and if its >windy run either timer block as stated above.

Oh yah that makes sense...Thanks :))
And if I wanna be super annoying Im gonna add alarm blocks too xDD

[ShadedMJ]

I just saw this mod that apparently adds weather to the event controller.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2935236892

[Ronin Planetary Industries]

Accessing the weather SHOULD (IMHO) be accessible via the Mod/Scripting API. It's a simple get and can be throttled with a simple cool-down period like ray-casting.