Compare Display Variables

[CoC0]

When using a sensor block to compare the contents of displays, it would be nice if the value of a display variable in one display module could be compared to text in another display module. For example, if one module contains [sector], and another module contains for example the homebase sector coordinates, then a match happens when the ship reaches the homebase sector. Then we could program things to happen at specific sectors or ship speeds, etc, like hanger doors that open on arrival, or chain drives that shut off when the waypoint is reached.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Ah, I'm pretty sure you can do this with the new functionality.
[doublepost=1476393404,1476393330][/doublepost]Oh wait, not the ship speed control.

 

[Ithirahad]

Ah, I'm pretty sure you can do this with the new functionality.
[doublepost=1476393404,1476393330][/doublepost]Oh wait, not the ship speed control.

You cannot do it, period. What gets compared is, for instance, "[sector]" and "2, 2, 2", not "5, 4, 2" and "2, 2, 2".

 

[Lone_Puppy]

You cannot do it, period. What gets compared is, for instance, "[sector]" and "2, 2, 2", not "5, 4, 2" and "2, 2, 2".

Ah! That's a shame. I was hoping to make use of it when I had a chance.

 

[Ithirahad]

Basically, the way the game works, the actual ship metadata just stores [sector] or [powerAux] or [docked] or whatever; there is a separate part of the code that replaces those tags with whatever quantity (or string-from-boolean) they reference on the server. Sensors compare the metadata text.

 

[GalactusX]

... actualy.. you can do that, using the command [ADD] and [REPLACEFIRST]
give a moment and i post here the stuff you need for do that

 

[Ithirahad]

... actualy.. you can do that, using the command [ADD] and [REPLACEFIRST]

[ADD] and [REPLACEFIRST] use the stored string data, too, last time I checked, not the output string rendered on the display block.

 

[Lone_Puppy]

Basically, the way the game works, the actual ship metadata just stores [sector] or [powerAux] or [docked] or whatever; there is a separate part of the code that replaces those tags with whatever quantity (or string-from-boolean) they reference on the server. Sensors compare the metadata text.

Makes sense.

... actualy.. you can do that, using the command [ADD] and [REPLACEFIRST]
give a moment and i post here the stuff you need for do that

I was wondering if there was a way to parse the output somehow.