AndrewEathan's Guide to Console Screens (Wiremod) (Expression2)

This guide will help you code Console Screens with Expression2.
There isn't much to console screens, so this guide will be short unlike the EGP guide.

Introduction to Console Screens

BEFORE STARTING...
Make sure to have a input wirelink.
Example:
@name Test
@inputs Scr:wirelink

"Scr" can be anything.
Wire the wirelink input to the console screen, and you're done with step 1.



Console Screens are a type of wiremod display screens which can be scripted, the other one being EGP v3. Using expression2 to script the screens might be more difficult than CPU but it's a better reliable way of doing so.

This display screen can be used with the Expression 2 gate and CPU chip.

How console screens work and how to use them

Console Screens have minimum to maximum pixel addresses. 0-29 for X (Horizontal) and 0-17 for Y (Vertical).
All that is required to write to a screen is one line of code.
Scr:writeString(S,N,N,[N1,N2],[N3])
(Squared paranthesis are extra args.)

S is a string, which is going to be the line of text which will be written on the screen.
The first two Ns are used to specify the X and Y position of the string written (0-29,0-17)
N1 is a 3 digit argument for text color (foreground). Use with 111-999. Example: 191 (Pure green).
N2 is a 3 digit argument for the background of the written string.
Use with 111-999 aswell.

N3 is used to specify whether the text should flash. Usage: 0 - 1

Now, unlike EGP objects, this is like Paint but without a eraser. You would need a 000 color format to erase a pixel.

Using console screens, people have been able to create fascinating UIs.


(2 years later)
finally decided to provide an example to this

with this simple chip, you can just paste the chip on a console screen and it'll write some text on it

@name Paste on a console screen!
@persist Scr:wirelink
if(first()){Scr=entity():isWeldedTo():wirelink()}
#writeString(Text,XCoordinate,YCoordinate,BGColor,TextColor)
Scr:writeString("Hello World!",0,0,980,101)
Scr:writeString("According to all known laws of aviation, a bee should not be able to fly.",0,1,980,101)

Finish

Hope you liked the guide!
Check out my guide on the EGP v3 screen.

[andreweathan]

np, my bad for forgetting

[barquinha™]

Thanks!

[andreweathan]

forgot this existed, i might aswell polish it up now

[barquinha™]

and OP never added images.

[andreweathan]

I'll add pictures later.

[W3irdP3r0]

Where is a pictures???

[andreweathan]

Did a edit at the console screen functionality sector.