What happened to the linked mods in the description? All i get is an error from steam when clicking the links.

@perahansen80
Script updated, see the July 13 entry: Change Notes

Is there a way to make this work for sub-grid panels? I would like to use this script for my unfold-able but otherwise fixed panels.

This works great for vanilla solar panels but it does not seem to work for Advanced power 2 :/

Im getting an error thats saying "Caught exceptions during executions of script: An item with the same key has already been added. at" then it goes on to list a bunch of lines. For example the first one is "System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResourceresource)" Any help figuring out what the problem is would be great.

Will this pick up on the panels from the Advanced Power 2 mod? I been having a problem finding a script that will align them properly

is this usable for a Station on the Moon ?

to add on to my previous comment, it occasionally forgets to check a single axis. just now it missed roll and i had to manually roll it a bit before the script kicked in. also a command to force it to start adjusting would be cool.

also, i've noticed that it isn't very good at correcting pitch. frequently when i turn it on (judging from the shadows) it gets the pitch wrong. i can clearly see the shadows extending forwards when if it were full efficiency the shadow would be directly underneath.

It's easy enough to add a command instead of taking the old commands away and breaking builds. :P

Thanks for the idea, the script has been updated. A new command togglesolar has been added to simply toggle the state. (Note: I could not use the word toggle because it was already taken by one of my other scripts... which would cause problems with my "super scripts".)

could you make it so that instead of "pause" and "resume" to start and stop the script, it's just one "toggle"?

i may be dumb, but it wont face towards the sun in any single direction, it just moves back and forth a bit

Look for these lines

public class SolarGyroController
{
private const double RunDelay = 1.0;
private const string ActiveKey = "SolarGyroController_Active";

Change RunDelay to whatever. It's the number of seconds between each update. So 0.5, 0.1, etc. would be faster. But you will probably have to scale SOLAR_GYRO_VELOCITY up to compensate as well.

No idea about the 100% vs 85% thing, but it would probably be SOLAR_GYRO_MIN_ERROR. But it's already set to 0.5%. So I've no clue where your 85% comes from, unless they changed the power output of solar panels. (I don't follow the game closely anymore...)

how do i change it so that it updates more frequently?

how do i change it so that it will move to get 100% power instead of 85%

Simply, amazing.

This script is only for gyros. I do have one for rotors as well (single-axis only), but I admit I haven't really used it in a while, since I seldom build with rotors. I still keep it up to date though.

Love the script! Everything working on my sattelites. I was wondering if there was a way for the script to reference a panel connected from a rotor?

Thanks for the timely response! If that's how it works, I may be able to work with it : )

This script should work fine with only GyroControl.Yaw enabled. Or any single axis. In the past, I used only roll for some of my ships.

As for interaction with other scripts, it really depends. This script only gives up the gyroscopes when the change in max power output is small (default around .5% of the absolute max). With sun rotation, it probably won't release the gyros all that frequently.

Could one remove GyroControl.Pitch and GyroControl.Roll, and leave only GyroControl.Yaw and expect the script to function accordingly? Furthermore, could one use a script that keeps a ship oriented "right-side up" on a planet along with this and expect them to play nice? Wanna make a hovering atmospheric base with a vertical, front-to-back solar sail, such that the whole ship will stay upright and point one or the other of its sides to the star.

const float SOLAR_GYRO_VELOCITY = 0.051f; // In radians per second

I've been looking through the code and my unexperienced eyes were unable to find a limiter to how fast the station will move, granted I love the code and will continue to use it. but ever 30 odd seconds the station dramatically swivells towards the sun and I can already foresee some dents and scrapes. Any help is appreicated

good work. how about to make full roll in case of Power<25%, to fix partially exposed panels issue? better optional for different cases. please

thank you. Because the solarpanels on the botom of the ship.^^

This version can align on all 3 axes. It requires a minor code edit, I've updated the description with instructions.

I'm not quite sure how solar panels with pistons would work. Got a picture or something?

I also have a (1-axis) rotor controller for solar panels, but I'm sure others have done that better.

Nice. Do you can build an expandet version wich can handle 3 Axes (pitch roll yaw) and solarpannels on Pistons?

I have tried your script on small scoutship and worked great. But If Iam trying to apply a script to my almost finished "pilgrim base" ship, the ship is rotation in quit high speed no meeter where is sun. My ship has its own solar panels, but also has additional foldable panels over rotors - all oriented same direction fully deployed. I cant see a solution of this issue.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/868488441779258277/C90E9387840366038567116538E47E9517B8507E/

Been working since February of last year, first through a hackish workaround (parsing DetailedInfo) and then they finally added back what was needed.

So. Now, after 2 years, it working again? :)

The script will fail if there's absolutely no light falling on any of your solar panels.

Otherwise make sure you have a reference set up so yaw & pitch are correct for your ship.

Never mind, solved it. Now it seems my ship's left side is always facing the sun... Any ideas?

Any error messages from the prog block?

Otherwise that usually means there's a timer block issue. Make sure it runs the prog block with no argument and then "starts" itself.

My ship keeps rotating nonstop regardless the sun position...

I'm not really into UIs for my scripts.

What sort of things would be useful that Automatic LCDs doesn't already provide?

anyway to get this to show a status on an lcd screen?

Heya, sorry to spam your workshop, but it wouldn't let me comment you directly. Just letting you know that in my own upload, I have credited you for your work on this script, here's a workshop link: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=936622135
Thanks for making this script!

Hi ZerothAngel!

This is a great script! Would you please upload a separate 3 axis version?
I've found it useful if the satellite gets nudged or takes a small hit.

To answer the previous question, yes it works on a 10 sec timer no problem.

Awesome, thanks ZerothAngel! Based on the testing that I've done, it looks like it works OK with a slower timer. I only asked because I haven't actualy tried letting it sit for a few hours/days and seeing what happens.

Does it work with a slower timer? I'm actually not sure. Though I just noticed this script doesn't control the timer block like my other scripts, so maybe it does.

Not sure about optimizations, this script pretty much only does one thing.

And yeah, the workshop thing is cool. Thanks for letting me know!

Thanks so much Zeroth! That easy. Do you have any suggestions for code blocks I should remove/tweak to optimize for a slower timer and for use on a stationary satellite with no thrusters? I plan on printing these en masse so I figure any little performance save is a good thing.

I plan on doing a workshop release for a build that uses this script in the next few days (unless you object). I'll of course include your name, a link to this page, and give full credit to you for this script - please let me know if you prefer that I not do so. Thanks!

I guess switching it to 3-axis isn't very user-friendly anymore (or maybe it never was).

Look for this part of the code, it's not far down:

private readonly SolarGyroController solarGyroController =
new SolarGyroController(
GyroControl.Pitch,
GyroControl.Roll
);

and make it look like this:

private readonly SolarGyroController solarGyroController =
new SolarGyroController(
GyroControl.Yaw,
GyroControl.Pitch,
GyroControl.Roll
);

Basically, you just add "GyroControl.Yaw," in there.

I am really liking this script so far - I just have one question - how do I enable 3 axis control for the script? Thanks for this great tool!

This is the plug and play script I've been trying to find for *days*, that doesn't require special naming schemes or rotors and stuff. Thank you!

I would set up the reference group on a properly-oriented block (station, remote control, cockpit, etc.) anyway since it's so easy to do.

The only other way I know of figuring out the grid orientation is to enable displaying of the grid axes. But that assumes you can see the axes somewhere (they're not buried deep in your ship) and you know what colors correspond to what direction... offhand, I don't know what that is.

And in case I answered something else entirely: the yaw, pitch, & roll used by the script is based on what the script thinks is "forward" and "up" on your ship. If those directions don't align with how you normally fly your ship, then your solar panels probably won't line up correctly, especially if you have solar panels on a single plane.

Can you explain how this reference thing works? How do I know (without the solar gyro reference thing) where "up" and "front" is?

I checked it out and it's because they changed the type of the newly-added "CenterOfMass". I haven't seen any announcements about it and I'm not sure what direction they'll be going for the next stable.

But this should work on 01.174:
https://tyrannyofheaven.org/ZerothAngel/SEScripts/Solar%20Alignment/Script.cs

Well, that's still worrying. Wonder they broke this time...

Anyway, thanks for letting me know.

ya, it the dev version sorry about that.

What version of the game?