Author Archives: Tomi

Dewi System, planet Amaethon

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Chief engineer Peikko of Mining Moguls Inc. sent us these fine images from the top of Mount Erebor (allegedly named by MMI):

Reactor Backup start script

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A little example for the Space Engineers game, when one reactor is shutdown, and the other needs to be started. An when main is back On, the secondary is shutdown. Do not forget to add the timer block!

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const String PRI_REACTOR = "Primary Reactor";
const String SEC_REACTOR = "Secondary Reactor";
const String STATUS_PANEL = "Reactor status LCD";
 
void Main(string argument) {
  var GTS = GridTerminalSystem;
  IMyReactor pri = GTS.GetBlockWithName(PRI_REACTOR) as IMyReactor;
  IMyReactor sec = GTS.GetBlockWithName(SEC_REACTOR) as IMyReactor;
  IMyTextPanel panel = GTS.GetBlockWithName(STATUS_PANEL) as IMyTextPanel;
 
  if (!pri.IsWorking) {
    sec.ApplyAction("OnOff_On");
  } else {
    sec.ApplyAction("OnOff_Off");
  }
  rewrite(panel,
    PRI_REACTOR + ": " + (pri.IsWorking?"On":"Off") + "\n" +
    SEC_REACTOR + ": " + (sec.IsWorking?"On":"Off") + "\n");
}
 
void rewrite(IMyTextPanel panel, String text) {
  panel.WritePublicText(text, false);
  panel.ShowPublicTextOnScreen();
}