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GalaxyNewsTV - Broadcast Messages Galaxy Wide

GalaxyNewsTV brings two new blocks: a sender to hold messages and a receiver to show the message.
There is a channel system allowing multiple channels with a channels list.
You can show more than one page, the receiver is flipping to the next page after a few seconds.

Mainly we wanted to show dynamic messages (eg server rules) with a more "ingame feature" than to edit script files which is limited to experienced admins having access to server files.
We like to change messages but just by admins and we like to have these messages shown in landing ships as well, so there will be more than one receiver showing text and there will be a need to place them into spawn ships too.
There should be no need for players to type in commands into the main chat - players read the message during game flow.



a) place the "sender" (your need space master function for that) and turn it off
b) select the "sender" from "K" menu. Add the channel name (eg "rules") in brackets wg "GalaxyNewsTV (rules)"
c) type in your text into "public text"
d) once finished turn on the block

There is a special material used so no player can build a sender....we don't want to see trolls leaving their messages ;-)

a) select and build the GalaxyNewsTV Receiver. Make sure it is fully constructed, has power and is turned on
b) once build it should show "Uplink" at the first line
c) select the "receiver" from "K" menu. Add the channel name (eg "rules") in brackets like "GalaxyNewsTV (rules)".

If the channel id is missing or does not exist, then a generic help text is displayed. If you like to have your own help text, just create a sender and let it broadcast at channel "(hlp)".

a) a page has normally 18 lines, use ".page" at a line to force a new page
b) use ".channellist" to show all avail channels
c) use ".title" to name a channel
d) try not to use a channel twice. The first one wins.
e) if you like to verify a channel via a receiver, start your channel id with a period like "(.newmsg)". Channels with periods are not shown in the channels list

I haven't found out how to read and set font size and background. When avail, I will add this feature (please leave a comment if you know how this is done, but be aware that this is a mod...and different from ingame scripting...I know it works there).

a) wide lcd panel for small ships (receiver)
b) due to text length limitation we need to chain sender channels which can be done with ".next" followed by space and a channel id. No need to create loops as it automatically restarts when the last page is shown (I use that to display server rules on one receiver, first 2 pages in local, next 2 in english language). There is no limit for that type of sequencing. If "next" channel id is not found it starts at the beginning.

Had to change the code due to deprecated functions, updated block definition (the font looked a bit messy since last SE update)