What are some examples on how automation can be useful in SP?

[DarkBlueAgent]

Can you automate mining? Can you construct a carrier and have fighters automatically undock and engage?

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

It is self-explanatory of how it can be useful. Even before AI update I had automation.

With the new AI update it only really seems useful for combat/defense. Really feels like a Remote Control with a few extra features and more requirements.

[Storm]

I loved the demo of the little mining rover with a bot running ore back that can land on the back while the rover is mining ( moving ). That's what I want to set up. How do you do it? Not sure I see that functionality here in these blocks unless somehow we can produce/emulate the moving GPS location like the spawn ship has.

[~WiFiEmoPurrletarianNekoGirl~]

Originally posted by Storm:

I loved the demo of the little mining rover with a bot running ore back that can land on the back while the rover is mining ( moving ). That's what I want to set up. How do you do it? Not sure I see that functionality here in these blocks unless somehow we can produce/emulate the moving GPS location like the spawn ship has.

Play around with it.

Use AI task I think and have it follow an antenna. I have not tried it but that should work.

If you mean to have a bot mine ore, then that was both available before (with RC) and after AI update. I am unsure how you would mine ore with AI as I have not used it much. But with RC you would just place waypoints and manually place a waypoint however deep into the ground and override gyro on RC. I made an example long ago but it is not the best compared to my newer designs.