| Emotion Controller | |
|---|---|
| |
| Category: | Functional Block |
| Function: | |
| A status LCD displaying preset smiley faces | |
| Fits small ship | |
| Fits large ship and station | |
| Data Controls: | [edit] [purge] (?) |
The Emotion Controller is a decorative LCD panel block in Space Engineers. You can only build it (or weld it) if you have purchased the Automaton Pack DLC, but other players can use it after it has been built.
This LCD panel is able to display 16 pre-loaded smiley faces on its front display. The difference to a standard LCD panel is that switching between these 16 images is available as toolbar action.
Usage[]
Most commonly you will use this block as a simple status indicator together with Sensors, Automaton AI Blocks and Event Controllers. You react to game events by triggering Timer Blocks with Toolbar actions. But unless you add some coloured Interior Lights or Sound block actions, it can be hard to tell quickly whether an event is already happening.
Instead of toggling coloured lights or playing klaxons, you use this block to show different smileys on an LCD. In the Timer block in which you have defined the actions, simply add the smiley action as well, to accompany the event with a change of displayed emotion.
Examples:
- If block integrity > 90% then Happy else Cry.
- For two linked airlocks, look Suspicious Left for the leftside airlock cycle, and look Suspicious Right for the rightside airlock cycle.
- If enemy player in range then Angry (or Evil), else Neutral (or Skeptical).
- If cargo full then Sad else Neutral
- If obstacle then Annoyed else Happy
- If low on hydrogen/power then Dead (or Sleepy) else Happy
And so on.
Construction[]
The Emotion Controller exists for large grid and small grid and is 1x1x1 blocks in size. It attaches to other blocks on all sides. One side contains a Control Panel so you can access it and configure it. The configuration consists of a list of 16 emotions that will be displayed on the large screen in front.
Tip: The front screen can still display text and images together with the smiley (for images, using the interval to alternate between smiley and another image).
The large grid block has two extra configurable LCD panels which are independent of the Smiley functionality, a Small Screen and a Keyboard, which can display text and images as well as scripts.
Available Actions[]
You can add static text on top of the Smiley image.
Open the block's Control Panel Screen.
(On large grid only, first select one of the three displays.) For use as an LCD panel, select the standard options described under LCD Surface Options: Text and Images, Scripts, or "no content".
The smiley only apears on the front display. To display smileys, select Text and Images. Then click one of the 16 buttons to preview the Smileys:
- Angry >:-[
- Annoyed ◔_◔
- Confused :-/
- Crying ;_;
- Dead x_x
- Evil >:-)
- Happy :-)
- Love ^_^
- Neutral :-|
- Sad :-(
- Shocked :-O
- Skeptical ಠ_o
- Sleepy -_-
- Suspicious Left <_<
- Suspicious Right >_>
- Wink ;-)
Tip: Click Edit Text if you want to display text or ASCII Art on top of the smiley face. Changing the text is not possible through an action, so the same text will overlay all images statically.
Recipe[]
 Emotion Controller | ||||
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| Component | Large Ship/Station Required | Large Ship/Station Optional | Small Ship Required | Small Ship Optional |
 Computer | 20 | — | 5 | — |
 Bulletproof Glass | 6 | — | 1 | — |
 Display | 12 | — | 1 | — |
 Interior Plate | 10 | — | 1 | — |
 Construction Comp. | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
