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Asteroid Catalogue System

An asteroid cataloguing system for vanilla game. Can use sensor to record asteroids, or camera to remotely record them with raycast. Raycasting disabled by default, enable in script settings.

UPDATE: Added "search" function.

Has two modes and needs up to 4 LCD panels.

Panels:

-Ore Panel: used to record or display ores in an asteroid.
Manually input ores you find on asteroid.
Automatically populated in Station Mode from records.

-Scan Panel: Outputs results of sensor scan or remote scan.
Displays the EntityId of the asteroid, distance (in raycasting mode), volume (from bounding box).
In raycasting mode, also displays whether the asteroid is already catalogued in ship's records.

-Details Panel: Outputs data retrieved from records.
EntityId of the asteroid, coordinates and distance, bounding box volume.
Lists records of ores or other notes about the asteroid you put into the Ore Panel when creating entry.

-IO Panel: used for transferring records between grids and retrieving asteroid coordinates.
Doesn't need to be visible.
Doesn't need to be present when the script is compiled.
Script can output to IO Panel on a different grid it's connected to. Useful for storing data from survey ship to base.


Modes and commands:
Commands are input as arguments to the script.

Ship only commands(default):
run with no arguments - sensor scan - requires Sensor and Scan Panel, outputs data to Scan Panel
save - save data from Scan Panel and Ore Panel to storage, also requires Details Panel for storage.
remote scan - uses Camera to raycast to asteroid and display result on Scan Panel, automatically records result in storage, requires Details Panel for storage.
Ship and station modes:
prev/next scrolls through the stored data and displays it on Details Panel
export - writes data from Details Panel to IO Panel, IO Panel doesn't have to be on same grid
import - stored data from IO Panel in storage.
edit - adds/updates data from Ore Panel to the record selected on Details Panel
delete - removes the record selected on Details Panel from storage
search - lists records containing the exact words you typed after the search command.

Main use cases:

Small survey craft:
Would have a sensor and/or camera for scanning. Ore detector recommended.
Scan Panel to display scan results, Ore Panel to input/record ores you find there, Details Panel to store the data when finished. Use commands prev/next, default/save (for Sensor scan), remote scan/edit (for Camera scan), export (when docked with grid that has an IO Panel).

Long term survey craft:
Sensor/camera, panels as above, heavier use of edit command to update records.

Base/station:
Ore Panel, Details Panel, and IO Panel, no sensor or camera. In Station Mode scanning is disabled, and using prev/next to browse records also updates Ore Panel from memory for easier editing. Use the import command to store data from the IO Panel into storage. The export command also outputs the GPS data for the selected record for ease of navigation.


Don't hesitate to ask for alterations if you need something specific that the script doesn't quite do.

UPDATE:
Script now works with my new Deep Scanner mod, allowing you to automatically add the ore composition of an asteroid to the database.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2020088518