Activate Turret AI using logic

[Sunkin351]

My suggestion is to make it so that logic is able to activate turret AI when connected to the turret docking block. Send an "on" (high) signal to the Turret docking block would activate the turret AI, and sending an off (low) signal would deactivate the AI. I would love to be able to activate my station turrets from inside my station.

 

[CyberTao]

I think the only problem with that is that logic will undocked when connected to a turret module currently. You could always use the structure tab (Delete) to deactivate AI.

 

[Sunkin351]

Ah, I thought there was something blocking this angle... Figures that it would detach the turret instead... And besides, I would have to be inside a build block in order to activate the turrets like that. Is there any other way to activate turrets besides the direct approach? And if not, There needs to be an easier way.

 

[CyberTao]

Well they are supposedly redoing turrets with the next major update (Probably v0.20), and apparently somewhere in the Dev blog I assume (found under news), there was a mention of wireless Logic (remote signals I believe). If Logic can be made to toggle BobbyAI on/off when connected to it, you could used the wireless-ness and toggle them that way.

I really should read the blog thread :/ been putting it off too much.

 

[Sunkin351]

Now that sounds sweet. Thank you for telling me!

 

[Bench]

I really should read the blog thread :/ been putting it off too much.

i know right, i put a lot of time into writing that thing

But yeah, AI at some point will have logic control for it, just don't know when that's planned to happen.