Good evening Pat I was curious if you might be able to make a mod that would hide empty cargo by default? TheGeneralZinn

That issue has been fixed. Please report crashes and bugs on the Discord linked in the description above.

Game unable to load due to error after updating 2/22/2024 patch from dedicated server. Server can boot up normally but client cannot load after the latest update. Please check. Client log as below as following:

2024-02-23 18:33:57.871 - Thread: 1 -> [TBD] SESSION > RequestConfigFromServer [BEGIN]
2024-02-23 18:33:57.871 - Thread: 1 -> [TBD] SESSION > RequestConfigFromServer [COMPLETE]
2024-02-23 18:33:57.871 - Thread: 1 -> ERROR: Loading screen failed
2024-02-23 18:33:57.872 - Thread: 1 -> Exception occurred: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at CargoScanner.CargoScannerSession.LoadData()
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Yes

does this still use the beacon model?

Hi LeviOz! I'm glad you like it!

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of how the Terminal UI works in Space Engineers, it's not possible to make the LCD script work with blocks that have multiple displays while keeping the UI somewhat intuitive.

Great mod! Making a large scanning station to work with it.

However, with displays on seats and the sci-fi button panel there is an option to select it, but it doesn't have the option to select which scanner to use. Because of this it doesn't work at all with those displays.
Would it be possible to add this to those kinds of screens as well? Thanks.

For some reason the LCD script isn't working for me. I have all the "experimental" game features turned on as well as every thing else and this is the only mode loaded.

@silver.talon I don't know, I don't have access to an EOS server to try it. Please let me know if you try it out!

Hey Patrick, quick question, is this xbox friendly if I put it on a EOS server?

In base game please. LCDs need love

The X-Wing games come to mind with this mod.

this is excelent, knowing it is compatible with IO mod is phenomenal, you should also colaborate with modder that made all ships spawn loot inside them, the possibilities for survival and pirate roleplay are endless.

You bet!

Thats excellent thank you!

Yep, it is compatible with Industrial Overhaul and all modded ores. It will not have problems scanning them.

Is this compatible with industrial overhaul? Will it have problems scanning new ores/items?

Yes. If you are having problems, feel free to join the discord linked above and file a bug report.

this working ?

I saw you joined the discord. Can you post a logfile please?

Game crash when trying to spawn the scanner in creative or as an admin. Similar to the member below, G menu makes the game crashes. Not suitable for a server yet.

Sounds good. I've added a discord link above. Feel free to follow that and paste your log in the channel for the cargo scanner, along with any additional information you think might be relevant.

I wiull have to recreate crasha nd find it, arf

Can you send me a log file? Please reach out to me on Discord. Patrickq#8415

crashes game when adding to g menu

Hm. Odd. Please join the Keen discord and @me or DM me from there. You can find me in the #modding-programming channel. Look for patrickq

i added you but your name don't exist so i used Patrick#8415

Faction doesn't matter. Please reach out to me on Discord. Patrickq#8415

Hey, we try to implement this Mod at our Server but we don't get any Data! He is scanning all time but no Output! Or does it only work if the Ship is not in your Faction?!

@black_dragon1230 I'm glad to hear it! I glad you like it!

@Patrick this has litterally changed my game play alot. Thank you so much for this mod.

@EnjoyCoke thanks! That's high praise :D

This is fucking awesome and we need it incorporated into the core game!

@C4PTRAMPAGE, What they say is correct. You might want to read through the section preceding the part you quoted, to see the explanation of what Sensitivity is and how it works.

> High sensitivity is more likely to detect items, and produces more accurate results, however the scanning distance is *very short*.
> Low sensitivity has a higher chance of missing items, however the scanning distance is much *farther*.

you might want to read through these in your description carefully to make sure they actually say what you want them to

Minimum Range
(kilometers) This is the scanner's range when set to its *highest* sensitivity.
Default is 5 km

Maxmimum Range
(kilometers) This is the scanner's range when set to its *lowest* sensitivity.
Default is 25 km

@LeeTheFlea, that's the general idea. I hope it works for ya! :)

@EnjoyCoke, it's a modded block (not a script, not a plugin). Add the mod to your game and then you can build a cargo scanner on your ships. If you want to know how to use the cargo scanner, including the LCD script, just watch the little video in the description. It shows how to do everything. Hope it works for you!

How does this work? A plugin? This is no mere script, I'm guessing?

Xwing v Tie cargo inspection mission vibes!!

@Trinity 5150, thanks! :D

This is cool. Reminds me of some of the tools in Elite Dangerous :)

@stanis1979 That's a very cool idea! It's a bit out of scope for this mod, since the mod doesn't mess with factions or reputation, and there are no vanilla "police" factions, or vanilla "contraband" items -- I'd have to define all that and all the behaviors as well. It sounds like you may be using EEM, which does have those things. I'll mention your idea to the creators. :)

One more question. Can you do so - that when the player scans a neutral NPC ship. If criminal goods were found. Would the NPC ship's faction change to - would pirates and the NPC ship fly away from the player or attack the player?

Hi. Thanks for this mod! Any moder can easily add custom goods to the station trade - for example: weapons, drugs, slaves. Can you add functionality to your mod so that the ships of the police faction scan and when illegal (criminal) goods are found - the reputation would fall and the police would attack the player?

@Abisius, you can click the LCD and the full scan results are displayed in the text area. Full results are also located in the Custom Data field of the scanner itself.

@Patrick
i have soemtimes 10 or 11 grids for mmes spawns that ar elarge grids in a range of up to 2km to me, outgoing form what they have loaded this could basically overload the display area of any lcd

@Abisius, what did you mean by "could have interesting outcomes if you have a few grids near you" then? If you think its too much information or too much of an advantage, I would consider adjusting the config ranges to 0.5 and 2. You could also drop the probabilities down to 0.35 and 0.9, and set the broadcast factor to 10.

The default values are intended to be rather friendly to the player. But I made them configurable so SP players and server admins could balance the cost/benefit to their vision of how they want their game to be.

@Patrick
have seen 2 ships ther ebut it could also have been depending on orientation so that there were 8 ships all around but only 2 in the viewangle of the scanner

@Abisius
Yes, every grid in range. If you look in the images or watch the tutorial video, you'll see that it's showing two ships and their contents.

@Patrick
so it scans every grid in range?
could have interresting outcomes if you have a few grids near you.

@What.. No, it does not use raycasting.

@Abisius There is no need to designate a target. It scans within the range set in the config (modified by the sensitivity slider in the terminal). The default ranges are 5 km (high sensitivity) and 25 km (low sensitivity). They can be modified in the config, which is in the save game folder under Storage.