SmartPanel

SMART PANEL

A multi-row LCD dashboard you build from the terminal - no Programmable Block, no scripting, no command syntax to memorize. Works even on worlds with in-game scripts turned off.

Pick a data source from a dropdown, add a row, and it shows up on the screen. Stack as many rows as you like: stored power, hydrogen, cargo fill, item counts, ship speed, whatever your base or ship needs - each with an optional label, a bar, and a low-value warning.

HOW IT WORKS

- Place an LCD Panel and open its control panel (K)
- In the Smart Panel section, choose a Source, set the options, and press Add row
- Set the screen's script to Smart Panel (Content -> Script) and your rows render
- Reorder, edit, or clear rows any time - selecting a row loads it back into the editor

No command language. Every option is a real terminal control - dropdowns, sliders, pickers.

WHAT IT CAN SHOW

- Power: stored charge, load, output, battery time-to-empty/full, uranium runway
- Gas: hydrogen & oxygen fill, net H2 balance, H2 runway, air-vent O2
- Cargo & items: cargo fill, cargo mass, fill/empty ETA, count any item - or a whole category (ore, ingots, components...) that expands to one line per item present
- Production: refineries / assemblers active, projected ingot yield from your ore
- Flight: speed, acceleration, stop time & distance, altitude, gravity, ship mass, jump range, and lift ratio - can this ship take off in the gravity it's in right now
- Status: damaged blocks, block/PCU counts, blocks enabled, turrets firing, connectors & landing gear locked, docked ships, enemies within a set radius
- Time: real-world clock and session time

THE NUMBERS NOBODY ELSE CALCULATES

Most readouts just repeat a value. Smart Panel also computes the derived ones people actually want: time to empty/full, net hydrogen balance, cargo ETA, ore-to-ingot yield, and lift ratio. Rates are measured as a running average over a window you set - not a jumpy instant sample.

NICE TOUCHES

- Block filter on most sources: type part of a block name (Miner Cargo) and the row counts only those blocks - so two rows can track two different tank groups
- Warn threshold turns a row amber when it drops too low
- Text / spacer rows for headers and gaps, so big dashboards stay readable
- Runs on LCD panels of every size, including the large DLC panels and modded panels
- Settings persist in the save AND travel with blueprints

Remove the mod and your panels revert to normal LCDs - no broken saves. Note: this version configures on LCD text panels; cockpit and button screens are planned.