It isn't needed any more.
There is a dedicated communications interface for scripts.

Are you still supporting this script? Is it still working? Does it work on DS?

im wondering if this script can do what i think it can cant realy tell so lets say i have a laser annenta setup but it gets block by lets say it was going around a planet but i have another laser com setup for it to connect to kinda like a laser com sat net so thing maintain connecting will this script auto reconnect to what it can see or if laser antannes are marked

Can you DO Script that Checks sensors at remote positions via Laser Antenas and execute event if one of sensor is triggered?

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@ Loues, can u have more then one LCD? like on my main base id liek to read the stats of my Sats (Online offline) then have an LCD for the incomming messages?

perfect :) i havent had much time to play space engineers but i would love to mess with this script when i get a chance

Yup. Still works. Needs so polish... a lot of polish, and I finaly have the time to look at it.

No idea. I'll test it now and fix it if it isn't.

Curious to know if this script is still functional as of v1.103

i can see this ebing used for planets heavily for pvp servers with a panetary laser com network you cna be prety much invisable

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=485200934
this ship can print drones that have ur laser antenna data transfer script to make comunication trails

You're awesome.

I've created a support thread. Why don't you post what it is you need in there and I shall see what I can do for you.

Oh, I see it in there, in the status report and all, but It's a string, and I need it by itself.

I thought that was already built in.
did you set up a panel with the string indicated by LCD_DISPLAY_TAG in it's name?

I tried doing it myself, and lets just say my understanding of C# is less than rudimentary. My experience is limited to DOS, Java, and Visual Basic, and that was all about 13 years ago.

Last time I'll bother you. Could you provide any assistance, as I'd like for the code to output incoming messages to an LCD?

You certainly could. You wouldn't nessiserily need to though. Just testing for a connection and then opening the door in responce would be enough, but you can have a programable block trigger just about any action in responce to LComm messages

That is intentional. The title is used as the out going message so the public text of the same panel can be set to be used as a display. If you want to change that behavior just look for where the script checks the public title of the LCD and change that to checking the public text.

I'm transmiting the public title of the text screen, not the public contents. How do I change this?

You should be set then.

Every drone only has a remote but no cockpit. With the scripts that are used on each drone (including the ones on the miners) There is no need for any human interaction (I also use the automated inventory sorting mod).

I have 4 Refinery Stations and each has 3 (solar) Mining Stations
Each Mining Station has 2 special mining drones and a medium cargo ship to gather ore and transfer it to the (1 large reactor) Refinery Stations.
Each Refinery Station has a large cargo ship to transfer ingots to the (1 large reactor) Command Station.
The Command Station has 2 small cargo ships to transfer supplies to both my control ship and the mobile base.
Every cargo ship has 2 escort fighter drones, command has 5 patrol drones, and both of my other ships have 4 escort drones each.
This allows for a full harvesting, collection, refining, and transfer supply fleet. So I can continue to build and explore without ever running out of supplies.

I was going to end up with:
2 laser antennas on my Control Ship (that I fly around to do everything with) connected to my Command Station (to get connection no matter what direction I am facing).
2 connected from my Mobile Base (used for remote construction of other floating stations) to my Command Station.
1 connected from each station to the next (to allow for remote monitoring and control).
I also use the autopilot script to control my entire drone fleet.

To avoid the network blinking, I sugest having one laser antenna connected without cycling it and another used for data transfer. That way you dont have your network blinking in and out of existance :p
If you want to be covert, disable broadcast on regular antennae, what way you can still recieve signals through them, such as from enemy ships, but they cant see your antennae.

I like this. It will be very useful with my alert script I am working on and it will allow me to keep an eye on my other assets on the server I run.

I like this.

Yup. Same method works. Have a script check the name of what the door Laser Antenna is connected to. If the antennas name happens to contrain the string "&Open Door Please" the script responds with the message "I'm Sorry Dave. I'm affraid I can't do that"

Can you use this to say open up the hanger of a station from within your ship? (I know basic sensors can do this) but a 'encrypted' laser data link is much more fun method