I tend to not write bug reports as I don't like running the risk of seeming uneducated, but these two problems have plagued me for metaphorical centuries.
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- Space Engineers is a sandbox recreation about engineering, development, exploration and survival in area and on planets. Players construct area ships, area stations, planetary outposts of assorted sizes and makes use of (civil and army), pilot ships and journey via area to discover planets and collect sources to outlive.
- Blocks in Space Engineers can either be constructed Small, and so intended to be used on Small Ships, or Large and so intended to be used on Large Ships and Stations. Most (but not all) blocks can be built in either size, and so have two completely different sets of weights, volumes, and build recipes depending on which size is ultimately created.
- This subreddit is about the video game 'Space Engineers', a space themed sandbox game with creation tools similar to minecraft which can be best described as: 'Shape and Build your own functional Space craft from self-obtained resources'.
This is the official Space Engineers soundtrack composed by the award-winning composer, Karel Antonin. NOTE: The music from the official Space Engineers soundtrack is free for all and can be used by everyone for videos on their YouTube channels or similar digital services. It can also be used when monetizing the videos.
The first problem is that sound blocks are exceedingly unreliable. 'playing' a sound has about a 10% chance to work, be it manual, timer, or button activation. 90% of the time, you can hear the sound start to play for like a tenth of a second and then just stop, and you keep pressing the button, and it does that, until after like the 10th or 15th time it finally decides to play. I use Space Engineers as a way to create and write stories, and make lots of adventure type maps, so this one in particular has been quite stressful for me. I can provide video of this bug if it is requested, but I do not believe I am the only one with this problem as I saw it reported many eons ago, but nothing was done to fix it.
The second problem is, despite your 'fix' (ie, making it so turrets on the same grid cannot deal damage to said grid, and the option in the advanced menu), Turrets do still damage the same grid they are on. I have witnessed many a turret blow holes in the ship and blow off other turrets while trying to attack an enemy.
There are a lot of bugs for a game that is in Full Release, but these two are by far the most annoying to me.
Let me know if I'm actually just a peanut brain.
~Admiral Yu
Programming in Space Engineers is done with the Programmable Block which can be given scripts written in C# (pronounced C Sharp). This can be used to make autonomous mining drones, long-range player-killing torpedoes, automated welding arms for ship construction and much more.
- 1Introduction
- 2Available interfaces
- 3Example programs
Introduction
Editor access
Only one player can edit the same script at time. If someone else has an editor for the current block open and someone else tries to open that block's editor, a notification will be shown that the editor is already open.
Main method
When the editor is opened for first time, void Main() method is present inside the code editor.This is entry point that will be called when executing script. If Main method is removed / renamed, the script will not run and you will be notified in the programmable block details area. Custom methods/variables can be defined and used, but only the Main method will be called without reference.
Variable lifetime and scoping
There are two types of variables for scripting:
- Local (inside the methods)
- these variables will keep their value only during execution of a method. Value will be “lost” when the method ends.
- Global (outside the methods)
- these variables will keep their values during the lifetime of script. For example, if the variable needs to keep its value between separate runs of the script, it needs to be defined outside the methods.
After pressing “Remember & Exit” or “Remember” buttons, the previous script will be overwritten and all Global variables will be lost.
All variables, local and global except for the built-in Storage variable will lose their value or return to their default value when recompiling the code and between saved game loads.The Storage variable is unique in that it will store the data as a string for use between saved sessions and recompile.
Compiling
When the “Check code” button is pressed, the code will be compiled and the result of the compilation will be shown.There are two steps of the compilation process:First the code inside editor is compiled by c# compiler for language errors.If there are any errors during compilation the following dialog is shown:It this case “aaa” string is placed before Main method. This is the wrong language construction and the compilation failed.In the error dialog the Line number error and description of the error is shown.
After compilation, the code is checked for usage of disallowed namespaces and types. In case that check fails,the following dialog is shown:In this case System.IO.Directory was used to delete some directory. This is forbidden and error is shown that “Not allowed type was used in script”.
If compilation and checks pass, a dialog is shown, confirming the checks passed, and the code is saved.
Script execution
Script can be triggered by the following means:
1. By pressing 'Run' button in terminal properties of programmable block.
2. By assigning terminal action and manually pressing the action button (1-9) while controlling the grid using cockpit, control station or remote control.
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3. By pressing button on a button panel with assigned action 'Run'.
4. By a timer with assigned action 'Run'.
5. By another script in another programmable block in the same grid.
6. By antenna with assigned programmable block, when recieved message from another antenna. (see Antenna#Programming)
7. By the script itself, by assigning a value to Runtime.UpdateFrequency variable. In this case, no argument can be specified, however, you can use the following Main method signature: void Main(string argument, UpdateType updateSource) to gain acces to the information about what exactly triggered the script and so make the script 'know' if it was triggered by Update1, Update10, Update100 events or manually or whatever event was the reason of trigger execution.
Script is executed only on server even if it’s triggered from client. If there is any exception during script execution, all clients will be notified in programmable block details area about failure.In case of exception during script execution, script will not run again unless User opens editor and change script.
Counting of instructions
Every time script is executed, every instruction of script is counted. If script executes more instruction than limit, execution is stopped and user is notified that script is too complex for execution. This prevents scripts to “freeze” game.
Whitelist
The types and classes allowed in scripts are restricted. Refer to the Scripting Whitelist to see what you are allowed to use.
Available interfaces
Possible Actions
Currently only terminal actions can be triggered inside scripts. User can access terminal system for grid on which programmable block is located and trigger any terminal action on any block at grid.
Block Classes (Action List)
Same block class for different SubTypeID
Some blocks have the same parent (e.g. <TypeId> in cubeblocks.sbc) and differs only by subtype (e.g. <SubtypeId>). This means there is no distinction between these blocks in code.
Example of these blocks is the Cargo Container: there are 3 types of cargo containers in the game: small, medium and large. These three types differ only by the Subtype and Type is the same for them e.g. large cargo container id is:
Medium is:
And small is:
In this case there is only one class IMyCargoContainer for all types of cargo containers.
Example programs
Hello world
The standard Hello World program in Space Engineers can be written as such:
If this program is entered into a programmable block and run, it will result in 'Hello, world!' being displayed in the programmable block's interface on the lower right hand side of the screen.
Getting your position
This program will show the current GPS coordinates of your programming block's position in the world.
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Checking a sensor
It's easy to get a sensor to open a door or trigger some other action even without any programming if you just place that action in the sensor's 'Setup actions' list. However, triggering an action when a sensor does not detect something is more difficult, and cannot be done with timer blocks. This program will automatically check a sensor every 10 ticks (working out to about 6 times per second) and close a door if the sensor does not detect anything. This can easily be applied to other purposes, like turning off drills when asteroids are not in sensor range.
For this script to work, the sensor must be named 'Door Sensor 1' and the door must be named 'Door 1'. If you configure the sensor to open the door, the door will automatically open when the player enters the sensor range and close when the player leaves the sensor range.
Compilation errors
This is a list (in progress) of known compilation errors and what causes them.
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- Method name expected: The compiler found parentheses when it wasn't expecting them. You could be missing a method name before the parentheses, or you might be inappropriately using parentheses instead of square or curly brackets, depending on what you're trying to do.
See also
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- MyGridTerminalSystem - Methods for getting object references to your various ship components.
- Programming Guide/Action List - Actions you can apply to objects via the Object.ApplyAction method. Also includes some of the object properties. Data appears incomplete as of March 19th, 2018.
External links
- [Guide] Programmable Block - C# 101 For Space Engineers - Basic intro to C# programming for Space Engineers.
- [Guide] Programmable Block - C# 102 for Space Engineers: Loops, Strings, and Other Things - Basic intro to using loops and strings in C#
- [Guide] Programmable Block - C# 103 for Space Engineers - Math Class - Basic intro to using the Math library in C#
- Programmable Block Inter-Grid Communication Guide - Using antennas to enable programming blocks to remotely communicate with each other.
- Continuous Running No Timers Needed - Configuring programming blocks to run automatically without needing to use a timer.
- Tutorial: Constructor And Save - Saving and reloading data
- C# Operators - C# language reference for all operators, such as and, or, greater than, less than, etc.
- Space Engineers ModAPI Documentation - Includes many API methods and properties which can be used by Programmable Blocks.