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Inventory Light

This simple script monitors the fill level of your cargo. As inventory fills or empties, the script changes the color of any light you have tagged. Color progresses from green (empty) to red (cargo full) to flashing red (now you are filling other things like connectors). The script will also display a simple percentage on any tagged LCD.

This is one of the very first scripts I wrote years ago.

Performance is adaptive to minimize sim impact. Below, 95%, the script only runs once every 100 frames. Above 95%, the script runs once very 10 frames.

After adding the script to a Programmable Block, check the Custom Data to adjust settings. Recompile the block after making changes.

Place this text anywhere in the custom name field of any light or LCD that you want this script to manage. Default value: [INVLT]

Place this text anywhere in the custom name field of any cargo you want this script to monitor. Default value: cargo

Note: this is not a "tag" so it is not wrapped in brackets. It is a keyword so it just needs to appear anywhere in the block's Display Name. By using "cargo" the script will monitor all cargo containers.

Determines if drill inventory is included in the calculations. Default value: false

This is the number of steps between the "empty" color (green) and the "full" color (red). This count includes both the "empty" and "full" color. So if you want "green -> yellow -> red," then you would put 3. Default value: 5.

Must be at least 2. Works best with small values, such as 3 or 5.

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I don't troubleshoot, give technical advice, or have discussions in the comment section. That's what the Discord is for. Comments get lost to time, but discord histories can be searched and referenced.