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Type: Mod
Mod category: Script, Other
Tags: hud
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Sep 6, 2015 @ 11:10pm
May 3 @ 9:40am
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Description
Displays more information about the block you're holding or aiming at, along with other features listed below.

Air leak finder was moved to a standalone version! This means you can use that without all the other stuff this mod provides.

Highlight features
  • Config/ModMenu - Player customizable and toggleable features
    Most of this mods' features can be customized or turned off entirely.

    Easiest way to do so is by using the TextAPI mod menu, open chat and press F2, then a button will appear top-left. (Screenshot #6)

    Alternatively you can edit the config.ini yourself, found in: %appdata%\SpaceEngineers\Storage\514062285.sbm_BuildInfo\config.ini which can then be reloaded mid-game using /bi reload in chat.

  • Equipped/aimed block information
    Equipping a block to place will show a text box showing various info about it, like its mass, integrity, time to build, aswell as block-specific data like inventory capacity, power drain/storage, etc. (Screenshot #3)

    Aiming at a block with welder/grinder (ship ones too) will also show this box with data relevant to its current state instead of definition data. (Screenshot #1)
    It shows projected block info aswell, even ones that can't be welded so that you know why they can't be and can see overlays for them too.
    Overlays can also be locked to stay on an aimed real block using Shift+Reload (Shift+R default) and you can also still see overlays for your equipped block at the same time.

    Additionally, the vanilla block info has some colored line additions for critical, ownership and components that grind into something else (e.g. power cells on battery block, Screenshot #1).


  • Overlays
    Showing mount points, airtight cell faces, conveyor/upgrade/terminal ports and various other block-specific data like ship tool influence area, thruster damage, weapon accuracy cone, etc. (Screenshot #3/Screenshot #4)

    Cycled by pressing Ctrl + (can be changed in config/modmenu).
    Also by aiming at a block and pressing Shift ToggleCubeSize (default Shift R) you activate overlay lock-on to keep it visible without needing to keep aiming.


  • Terminal extra info
    Fills in missing info from the block's bottom-right info in the terminal.
    Stuff like inventory usage+mass, power stats, production status, etc.
    Cockpits/RCs also contain grid-wide power stats.
    Selecting multiple blocks also shows some combined stats for them (affected by GUI transparency unfortunately).


  • Toolbar Info
    This covers a wide range of things for toolbars:
    - On-HUD toolbar info for the currently controlled cockpit/RC (Screenshot #5)
    - In-menu toolbar info (right side) for any toolbar, very useful to remind what PB argument that one slot has.
    - Event toolbar descriptions (left side) to explain when each slot gets triggered (for example in sensor's toolbar).
    - Block actions in toolbars have improved text status that includes block-group-aware status too.

    Block Actions also have customized icons for clarity and distinction because vanilla ones are blurry and very few.

    You can also rename slots per cockpit for the in-HUD one using CustomData with [Toolbar] header and page-slot = name format, see /bi help for more details.


  • ConveyorVis / Conveyor network visualization
    Using /bi conveyorvis or /bi cn in chat while aiming at a ship will map out the conveyor networks.
    (Screenshot #2)
    It automatically refreshes when ship blocks or connections change.

    - Blocks that have no ports connected to anything will pulse all their ports red. While broken/unfinished blocks will flash their connected ports a bit orange-ish red.
    - Yellow, Cyan, Orange, Blue, SpringGreen, SkyBlue, LimeGreen are the colors used for networks, they cycle if you happen to have more than the colors of course.
    - Dots same colors as the network indicate blocks with a single port (dead end).
    - Pink dots mean the block can connect to another grid (connectors, rotors, etc).
    - Transluscent boxes indicates inventory (and shows how many inventories with multiple boxes).


  • ... and many more little things
    But this description is too large for steam to let me write, so I've moved the full feature list to a separate page: Full feature list[gist.github.com]


Soft dependency: Text API
The Text API mod is used for better text representation and placement.
Due to the game's auto-adding of dependencies that mod should be automatically installed.

However, this mod will fall back to HUD notifications if TextAPI is not installed or not working.


For modders:
Read: https://github.com/THDigi/BuildInfo/blob/master/Data/Scripts/BuildInfo/API%20Information.txt


Known issues
- Rotating blocks while they're frozen doesn't rotate overlays (game issue: SE-7722).
- Multi-selection block detail info is affected by GUI opacity because it's rendered under, unfixable without KSH adding a way to draw over GUI.


Public testing of new features / bleeding edge version
I've decided to add new features/changes to a separate mod for public testing, if you want to help with testing and feedback, head over to this other mod and read its description:
BuildInfo (bleeding edge build).


Common fixable issues
  • Mod doesn't do anything
    If there wasn't a very recent SE update then it might be download corruption, see guide on fixing that: https://spaceengineers.wiki.gg/wiki/Fixing_Download_Corruption
  • No text / text and background misaligned
    Most likely you just changed your monitor which has a new aspect ratio, an easy realtime fix for this is to go to options -> display and click ok. Simply restarting the game should also fix it.
  • Error during loading - IOException: The process cannot access the file
    Most likely caused by another mod's errors during your previous world's unload.
    A game restart will temporarily get rid of it but you need to identify the erroring mod by looking in the log at the previous world's unload.
    For more details: SE Wiki - known errors[spaceengineers.wiki.gg]


mod io?
Please read[gist.github.com]
Popular Discussions View All (60)
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May 28 @ 12:55pm
Error trying to load BuildInfo
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Apr 7 @ 11:13am
Toolbar lables
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Mar 1, 2024 @ 2:19pm
Show overlay for more than 2 blocks at once?
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Digi  [author] Jun 25 @ 5:05am 
@SpaceLooker thanks, I posted in the mod's page explaining the cause which happens without my mod too in the right contexts, it's just something they need to check and it won't crash anymore.
SpaceLooker Jun 24 @ 12:09pm 
Hi Digi,
First off — thanks for the amazing BuildInfo mod, it’s incredibly useful!
I’ve run into a serious conflict between BuildInfo and another mod:
Space Anchor by 寂语不言丶 (Workshop ID: 3059041579).
When selecting the Space Anchor block in the toolbar or placing it, the game crashes with a NullReferenceException triggered from the Anchor's ClearGravity() method. BuildInfo likely triggers the block logic prematurely during preview or info generation.
Here’s the relevant log excerpt:

Exception: System.NullReferenceException
at 不言.空间锚.逻辑.空间锚逻辑.清除重力() // "ClearGravity()"

Would it be possible to add a way to exclude specific block SubtypeIds from BuildInfo’s processing via a config or internal filter? Something like:
[IgnoredBlocks]
SpaceAnchor = true
This would let players use both mods without crash issues and would be useful for similar edge-case mods.
Oleg Jun 11 @ 9:35am 
This mod does not support localization? :(
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3019243704
Mellie May 23 @ 9:54am 
Sorry.
Digi  [author] May 23 @ 9:45am 
@Mellie - but why? :winter2019saddog:
Jack Schitt May 23 @ 12:32am 
@Mellie: The author (Digi) probably added Leak Finder as a required mod for this because people complained it was removed from Build Info. Leak Finder used to be included in Build Info, but due to requests Digi was kind enough to make Leak Finder a stand alone mod.

This mod has over 236 THOUSAND subscribers. That's a lot for a mod author to provide support for. I haven't seen anyone else complain about Leak Finder being a requirement / dependency. More than a few people complained it was removed.

The majority wins.
Mellie May 22 @ 8:34pm 
Air leak finder gets auto installed when put into mod load list and starting the world. I don't want it
Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius May 11 @ 9:57am 
@Jack Schitt
i usually dont outright delete it but move it to a backup location in case i need it later and delete it then when its clear its no longer needed.
Jack Schitt May 11 @ 9:51am 
Ah, thanks! Delete it and the default will get generated?
Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius May 11 @ 9:46am 
@Jack Schitt
config stuff inside the main and world specific storage file is usually autogenerated if its not there, so that is one way to reset configs.