InfoGraphx

InfoGraphX is a script (not mod) that can be run in a programmable block to show data of your grid in an appealing way on all supporting surfaces like displays or cockpits.

Breaking News: The latest Economy Update reduced the amount of sprites send to a connected player in MP by a huge amount. reducing the amount of sprites for this script is possible, but not down to this amount. Maybe I find another way around this or this script will not work in MP any more. again.

V1.3 with a lot of new update options is released NOW! (Manual still not completely up to date yet)

Description

This script enables you to display information of your ship or station as bars, gauges or just simple colored icons or text. These graphs can be shown on any supporting surface like cockpit displays, programmable blocks and of course LCDs and Text Panels.

The script can update the Graphs by itself, no programming skills needed. You can choose from Storage, Power Output, Battery Charging State, Production Information, Connector states and many more. For a complete list see the manual.

First run instructions

Stuff to check first

• Are Scripts enabled in your world?
• Are you in SP? The latest Economy Update reduced the amount of sprites send to a connected player in MP by a huge amount.
• The Example below is for a large grid. Go and make / find one with a programmable block :)

The Programmable Block After subscribing to the Script you might need to restart space engineers when you were running it during subscription, otherwise it won't show in the script list. Then place a programmable block somewhere and load the script via K-Menu -> Programmable Block -> Edit -> Browse Scripts. Click "Compile" once to see if everything is okay.

Preparing the displays Every display you want to use needs to be set to "Content - Script" in its K-Menu. Technically all Surfaces that can show the built in scripts like clocks and speed can be used by this script. Be careful though - when something else than "None" is chosen in the script list, it will flicker. If you want to use the example below, you will need to do this for the "Large Display" of the programmable block as well.

Setting the configuration Go back to the K-Menu of the Programmable Block. There open the "Custom Data" Text Field. In there you can set all the configs you need, no script edditing needed (anymore).

For starters just add this to the Editor, click OK and then "Recompile":

SCREEN:Programmable Block:0
GRAPH:BAR:SIMPLE:GRADIENT
GEOMETRY:32,256:64,256
GRADIENT:0.1:255,255,0
GRADIENT:0.3:0,255,0
UPDATE:OXYGEN:Oxygen Tank

GRAPH:BAR:SIMPLE:GRADIENT
GEOMETRY:96,256:64,256
GRADIENT:0.1:255,255,0
GRADIENT:0.3:0,255,0
UPDATE:HYDROGEN:Hydrogen Tank

GRAPH:BAR:SIMPLE:FIXED
GEOMETRY:160,256:64,256
GRADIENT:0.1:255,255,0
GRADIENT:0.3:0,255,0
UPDATE:BATTERY:Battery

GRAPH:BAR:SIMPLE:FIXED
GEOMETRY:224,256:64,256
GRADIENT:0.1:255,255,0
GRADIENT:0.3:0,255,0
UPDATE:SOLAR:Solar Panel

GRAPH:GAUGE:SIMPLE:GRADIENT
GEOMETRY:384,256:256,256
GRADIENT:0.0:0,255,0
GRADIENT:0.8:255,255,0
GRADIENT:0.99:255,0,0
TEXT:Cargo Container
UPDATE:STORAGE:Cargo Container

GRAPH:TEXT:SIMPLE:FIXED
GEOMETRY:256,96:1,1
TEXT:SYSTEM Info
GRADIENT:0.0:100,100,100

It should show now some Graphs on the screen. The complete list of Config statements can be found in the ->manual<-. (Update onging :) ) If you are seeing bars, but they are not showing anything you might need to add a battery, a solar panel, an oxygen tank, a hydrogen tank, and a cargo container. The "UPDATE" Statement has the block name to look for as its last Parameter. All blocks that contain this string are taken into account for the graph.

If you look for other examples, refer to my uploaded blueprints COYOTE and CICADA that use this script in their cockpits. Their used script version is 1.1.1. Feel free to post your implementations in the comments, it will help others as well as it will help me with further developtment.

There is also a well apprechiated remix of this script adding support for Cython's Energy Shields and DarkStar's Defense Shield: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1779677964

Foot Note

If you are remixing this script and upload it yourself I am okay with it as long as your are mentioning the original with a workshop link in the source code and in the workshop description.