Spinning up one Missile while Having another one selected

FlyMario 2018-12-03 23:14:52 UTC #1

So I am working on my weapons panel design where I plan on using a Rotary Encoder to allow me to switch between each missile. Also thinking of using a small Oled for each bay to present an ICON of what is loaded.

I am having a bit of a time trying to figure out how I will know what is happening to the missile that I do not have selected.

If you play the game, I often will select a Missile, tell it to spin up and then go to another missile and fire it. In the game you can see the missile spinning up but it seems the way output is coming from the game you have to have the missile you want information on selected. If that is the case I can’t keep the rest of the panel updated until I switch between missiles again. Is there something I am missing?

Are we able to get the spinup condition (battery charge) for each missile without having to toggle between them?

Thanks,
FlyMario

elissa 2018-12-03 23:56:06 UTC #2

Well, as it was trivial for me to add, I just added the command for you.

In the next update to 0.9.8 beta you’ll have TUBE_SPIN_UP_PERCENT, which you pass in the tube number (1-8) as the parameter, and it will return the percentage, much like CURRENT_TUBE_SPIN_UP_PERCENT.

elissa 2018-12-03 23:57:37 UTC #3

Oh, and the result will be 0-100, but -1 if there’s an error (no weapon system, weapon system dead) and -2 if it’s a valid tube but no weapon is housed in it.

FlyMario 2018-12-04 03:33:54 UTC #4

The thing is we probably would need these as well based upon an integer.

TUBE_HAS_MISSILE, TUBE_HAS_MINE, TUBE_HAS_PROBE, TUBE_CAN_SPIN_UP
TUBE_CAN_FIRE, TUBE_CAN_LAUNCH, TUBE_LAUNCHED, TUBE_EMPTY,
TUBE_LINKED, TUBE_HAS_EXP, TUBE_HAS_EMP.

Though honestly it seems as if it might be easier for you that we just request a value such as Q=TUBE_HAS_MISSLE:3 and get a response from the game like A=0.

Because we can set a variable in the MCU. Missile type won’t change after we have undocked from the station until we dock again. Having the game sending NIB / NIN values over and over might not be necessary.

I would take it any way you see decide is easiest for you folks. I look forward to making my controller and streaming the game on twitch. Even though I am not the best streamer.

Thanks,
FlyMario