SpaceEngineers-Scripting

Tips and Snippets.

Space Engineers uses C# with custom namespaces.

API wiki at spaceengineerswiki

Good repository with tutorials at MDK-SE

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Default clean script that will re-run every 100 server ticks

public Program()
{
    Runtime.UpdateFrequency = UpdateFrequency.Update100;
}

public void Save()
{
}

public void Main(string argument, UpdateType updateSource)
{
}

Snippets

Get a block in grid by its name (in example its an LCD called ‘LCD’):

var lcd = GridTerminalSystem.GetBlockWithName("LCD") as IMyTextPanel;

Get all blocks in grid with same name (in example gets all blocks with name ‘LCD’):

List<IMyTerminalBlock> lcds = new List<IMyTerminalBlock>();  
GridTerminalSystem.SearchBlocksOfName("LCD", lcds);

Get all blocks in grid of a particular type (in example batteries):

List<IMyTerminalBlock> batteries = new List<IMyTerminalBlock>();  
GridTerminalSystem.GetBlocksOfType<IMyBatteryBlock>(batteries);

Get all blocks in a group (in example batteries):

IMyBlockGroup group = GridTerminalSystem.GetBlockGroupWithName("Ship Batteries");
List<IMyTerminalBlock> blocks = new List<IMyTerminalBlock>();
group.GetBlocks(blocks);
foreach (var block in blocks)
{
    Echo(block.CustomName);
}

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Functions that can help your scripting

Get block detailed info by the info name:

string getDetailedInfoValue(IMyTerminalBlock block, string name)    
{   
    string value = "";   
    string[] lines = block.DetailedInfo.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n", "\r" }, StringSplitOptions.None);   
    for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)    
    {   
        string[] line = lines[i].Split(':');   
        if (line[0].Equals(name))    
        {   
            value = line[1].Substring(1);   
            break;   
        }   
    }   
    return value;   
}  

Convert power string to int:

int getPowerAsInt(string text)    
{   
    if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text))    
    {   
        return 0;   
    }   
    string[] values = text.Split(' ');   
    if (values[1].Equals("kW"))    
    {   
        return (int) (float.Parse(values[0])*1000f);   
    }   
    else if (values[1].Equals("kWh"))    
    {    
        return (int) (float.Parse(values[0])*1000f);    
    }   
    else if (values[1].Equals("MW"))    
    {   
        return (int) (float.Parse(values[0])*1000000f);   
    }   
    else if (values[1].Equals("MWh"))    
    {    
        return (int) (float.Parse(values[0])*1000000f);    
    }   
    else    
    {   
        return (int) float.Parse(values[0]);   
    }   
    return 0;   
}