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"Behind you" drone-companion script
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Skleroz  [developer] 28 Feb, 2016 @ 10:00am
Short installation guide
  1. Create ship with some required blocks:
    • Thrusters in all directions.
    • Gyros, according to ship's mass.
    • Power source, according to thruster's Max consumption.
    • Remote Control Block.
    • Programmable Block.
    • Sensor.
    • Button Panel.
  2. Configure Programmable Block:
    • Go to Terminal
    • Select Programmable Block
    • Push button "Edit"
    • In new window pus button "Browse Workshop"
    • Select this script from the list and confirm selection.
    • Script should upload into your Programmable Block.
    • Change parameters, if you need to specify name of determinated blocks, or values for safe speed, follow mode, etc.
    • Push button "Check code". System compile script if all parameters are OK.
    • After confirmation push button "OK". You should get back to terminal.
  3. Add suffixes to vital blocks:
    • In Terminal, add suffix to Remote Control Block (by default "_Follow").
    • In Terminal, add suffix to Sensor Block (by default "_Follow").
    • In Terminal, add suffix to Thrusters (by default "_Follow").
    • In Terminal, add suffix to Gyros (by default "_Follow").
  4. Configure Sensor:
    • In Terminal, select Sensor
    • Set Sensor's first switches group to detect players.
    • Set second switches group below to detect owner only. Drone will follow you in that case.
  5. Configure Button Panel:
    • In Terminal, select Button Panel.
    • Push the button "Setup actions"
    • In new window drag Programmable Block to Toolbar below, select "Run" with parameter follow in new window's argument box.
    • Close window.
    • In list below select button number, that you assigned to command.
    • In box below the list type new name for button (For example "follow").
  6. "Smoke test":
    • In terminal, check that power source, Programmable Block, Sensor are switched on.
    • If you are in creative, set owner for all blocks to you.
    • Exit Terminal
    • Push the button!
Last edited by Skleroz; 14 May, 2021 @ 1:36pm
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Roasty my Toasty 15 Dec, 2019 @ 8:56pm 
I would love it if you could put more information on what you can do with this script. Even something like detailing what happens when you mess with the suffix's like thrusters
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Skleroz  [developer] 16 Dec, 2019 @ 9:18am 
@Roasty my Toasty Hi! Command for the script are wrote on the main page, this is more o less full list of functions and how to access them.Suffix used only by script for detecting terminal block, so, no suffix - no block for the script
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Roasty my Toasty 5 Jan, 2020 @ 1:04pm 
What do I do to tell it to dock to a connector?
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Skleroz  [developer] 7 Jan, 2020 @ 4:02am 
It is not an istallation related question.
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