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Type: IngameScript
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Telemetry Plus

Description
Keep track of all your ships.
Displays all your ships telemetry in one screen (or more).
Use the visual telemetry screen to have a Radar like visual location of your ships.
Instantly identify ships with damage, core problems or 'missing' by color!

Contains New Features and Enhancements to the very popular Telemetry script originally authored by Magistrator https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2508206005.

See the FULL GUIDE at https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884830645

NOTE: the full guide contains NEW FEATURES not shown below!

How to use?
  1. Subscribe to this script (above)
  2. Place a PB (Programming Block) in your ship and load this code (click 'Edit', then 'Browse Scripts' and select Telemetry Plus).
    NOTE: YOUR SHIP MUST NOT BE CONNECTED TO A BASE WHEN INSTALLING THIS CODE FOR 'DAMAGE' TO WORK PROPERLY!
  3. Place a PB in your base and load this code (same process)
  4. Go to the Custom Data in the PB of your base and set flag 'collector' under Telemetry to 'true'.
  5. Add the TAG [Telemetry] to the Name of a text panel (usually an LCD) in your base (i.e., "LCD [Telemetry]")
  6. Every ship telemetry with this PB will show up in the panel provided they are in antenna range.
  7. Add the TAG [VTelemetry] to the Name of a text panel or console block (projector table) in your base.
  8. Add the TAG [TelemetryAlert] to a text panel/LCD in your base to see only ships broadcasting 'alert' status
  9. Be sure to mark Telemetry Plus as a 'Favorite' and give a 'thumbs up'!

Colors from DAMAGE, NOT REPORTING and CORE issues will show up automatically - color automatically upgrades when you repair the issue!

Telemetry
  1. Ship name
  2. Ship status (if not 'normal') (NEW)
  3. Velocity
  4. Altitude
  5. Battery charge
  6. Damage level (if damaged) (NEW)
  7. Hydrogen level
  8. Oxygen level
  9. Cargo Level (NEW)
  10. Docked grid
  11. GPS location
  12. Last update
  13. Shield Percentage (Shield Defense MOD)

Alerts
  • Shows each ship, status and GPS location in one block (much easier to read)
  • LCD allows you to set the font size you like for easier reading
  • Automatically scrolls through all Alerts - no need for additional screens
  • GPS data shortened to 4 places to better fit on smaller screens

Settings
Put these in the Custom Data of the Programming Block:
collector
Set to true to enable this PB as a Telemetry collection node.
panel_tag
Text panels with this [tag] will display the telemetry.
visual_tag
Text panels or Console blocks (projector) with this [tag] will display the visual telemetry.
alert_panel_tag
Text pannels with this [tag] will display the ALERT telemetry.
subgrid_panels
Set to true to enable this PB to write to panels in other subgrids.
security_key
Change to avoid other factions from seeing your telemetry.
channel
Have ships send telemetry in different channels. Then for example, in your base when configuring the text pannel, use [TELEMETRY_2] for only seeing telemetry sent by ships on channel 2.

LCDs
See the Settings above and make sure you have an LCD with the [tag] in the Name of the LCD you want to see Telemetry, Alerts or Visual Telemetry.
You can also have the Visual Telemetry on a Console block - again, put the [tag] you have set for visual_tag above in the Name of the Console.

Commands
Run these commands as arguments in the Programming Block:
1 select the PB (Programming Block)
2 scroll down to the 'Argument' area and enter the word in the first column - for example, 'scale' (no quotes)
3 click 'Run'
scale
Changes the visual telemetry scale. (each time it is run it changes the scale 20m, 200m, 2km, 20km, 200km {wide LCD scales to 50m, 500m, 5km, 20km, 500km - though top/bottom do not show the full distance})
save
Saves telemetry data to PB Storage.
clear
Clears Telemetry data.
orbit <altitude>
Calculate the exact orbit position above the current location at the given altitude in meters and add the GPS entry to the CustomData. Example: orbit 42000

This script replaces the original one no longer updated by Magistrator. All bases and ships will need to be changed to this script to utilize all the features.

Join my Discord for discussions, first-look scripts and more - https://discord.gg/eFJ9vNQ7ET

See the FULL GUIDE at https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884830645

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EVEN MORE STUFF YOU'LL LIKE!
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Informative videos for tips/tricks about the games I play (including the best SE S.A.M. videos online!)
https://youtube.com/TechCoder1

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PLEASE BE SURE TO RATE (thumbs up) and FAVORITE the script - thanks!
102 Comments
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khan
Jul 31 @ 3:42am 
I fixed the following error that I'm getting from this script which happened when playing on a multiplayer server without defense shields mod:

Error: "> TelemetryPlus vTC1.2.1 <

E: (2) Run(UpdateAdvertise): Object
reference not set to an instance of
an object.
I: Started ...
I: Visual text size changed to: 0.45"

Fix: Replace the GetDefenseData function with the following, disabling trying to access defense shields mod data.

private void GetDefenseData(Program p)
{
// Skip entirely - no defense shields mod installed
shield_percent = -1.0f;
return;
}
PaynMusic
Jan 6 @ 7:16am 
subbed to thread. il see any issues people are having, and if i can, i will help provide a solution.
ChiefGully
Nov 30, 2025 @ 9:10pm 
@TechCoder,

Was reading the comments as I was testing this app... Great app by the way.

Wanted to touch base on what one of the people where talking about.

xxmanofmemesxx Mentined a "Blue Force Tracker", this is the common term for an FBCB2 [Force XXi Battle Command Brigade an Below]

This is a Situational awareness tool used i nthe US army, it shares All station telemetry in a network mesh. I.E. GPS, Velocity, Heading. It also has additional functions such as shared battle planning Intigration in spot reporting and so on (theres even a way to do Call for fire missions f you know how, and its apart of unit Proceadures).

TLDR BFT works like you program if all stations where both reporters and collectors.

Specificaly FOr his issue: The only possible work around for this I can see is utilizing multiple PB. Setting each on a differnt channel. I wouldnt do this for more than a few Ships though
TechCoder  [author]
Oct 1, 2025 @ 4:13am 
Sorry you folks are having trouble. I got some time to look at this today and, again, can't duplicate the issue (so I can't fix it...) - here's a video showing how simple it is to have working https://somup.com/cT6VXQPvN1 - please follow along on that and the instructions and give me some solid info (neither of the 'issue' posts tell if it is on a base or ship...) and I will look into it.

With YOUR help, it can be found/fixed. But when I follow the instructions and it works, not much I can do. I can't fix what I can't find!

Also, I HIGHLY recommend you take this discussion to Discord - I get updates on my phone there - when you post on Steam, I may not see it for some time.
Seagull1362
Sep 21, 2025 @ 6:06pm 
trying this code, i get the same error as below, object reference not set to an instance of an object. and although i scoured the description the only needed items are the Programable Block with the script loaded, then on the base/flagship it needs an LCD with the tag [Telemetry], both grids i assume also need antennas, which they both have, so my question is, what object am i missing?
TechCoder  [author]
Mar 12, 2025 @ 3:33pm 
@RougeSable - Not sure what your post is - obviously some error, but what happened to cause it (which would help identify the horribly non-informative, yet horribly common 'reference not set' message...) - though it is MOST LIKELY that you didn't install a needed item (see Description), though your post is, sadly, also non-informative about if this is a base or a ship, what you did to double-check all things are installed, what you then did when you see the error, etc...

I.e., if you help me, I can help you, but "It don't work" sort of things just are no help.
RougeSable
Mar 12, 2025 @ 1:50pm 
> TelemetryPlus vTC1.2.1 <

E: (2) Run(UpdateAdvertise): Object
reference not set to an instance of
an object.
I: Started ...
I: Visual text size changed to: 0.45
TechCoder  [author]
Feb 9, 2025 @ 6:12am 
hmmm.... - looks like you didn't install one of the LCDs (that typically people using this script do, as this is the first time someone's said anything about it...) and I missed catching if it isn't there.

Note the different names and one was NOT found, while the other was...

Not where I can look at the code right now, but my guess is the [TelemetryGPS] (see full instructions link).

If you can check that and the instructions and let me know, I can fix that in a few days. Also, the Discord is best if you need to chat about something.
Spencer
Feb 9, 2025 @ 5:24am 
I decided to give this one a try. After ironing out the setup, all seemed to be going well, and it did find my LCD and projector, but then the script broke.
Projector was found
LCD not found.
Please check block name and recompile.
LCD Panel was found
Caught exception during execution of script:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Program..ctor()
TechCoder  [author]
Sep 19, 2024 @ 7:17am 
I did see you joined and I'll send you the post I am talking about via Discord. Sadly, it isn't a link I can post on Steam because only those that are in the Discord can see it...