Logic help

[toasts]

I wanted to step up a light that would turn off when a ship was docked, and back on when it left. I can get it to turn off when the ship enters, but when it leaves the light stays off, therefore when I dock again the light is on, which I dont want. Any help is appreciated.

~Toast

 

[Jay_do]

Try using a button opposed to an activator block.

 

[toasts]

How do I get the area thing to turn on the button then?

~Toast

 

[Jay_do]

How do I get the area thing to turn on the button then?

~Toast

Oh I thought you had a activator next to a rail. Have you tried doing that? When a object docks to a rail that has a button or activator touching it it will turn on that button/activator.

 

[Edymnion]

Yes, put an activator touching the rail that you are using for your docking block. Any time something is connected to that block, the activator will be on. Whenever something leaves, it will turn off. Tie your lights into that activation block.

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

http://bugs.star-made.org/issues/2036

There's a bug that stops activators from being triggered when an entity is docked. Currently they only trigger when moving from one rail to another or completing a rotation.

 

[toasts]

Well, with this bug, how could I make it work?

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

Well, with this bug, how could I make it work?

You would have to dock to a second rail and have it move you to the one you want to detect the ship. Or dock to a rotor if rotation is not a problem.

 

[toasts]

You would have to dock to a second rail and have it move you to the one you want to detect the ship. Or dock to a rotor if rotation is not a problem.

I don't follow you. I am really bad with logic.

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

I don't follow you. I am really bad with logic.

You have two rails, one you dock to and one and that your ship gets moved to after docking. That rail has an activator next to it wired into a NOT wired into your lights. When you dock to the first rail it will move you to the second, that rail will detect your ship and turn on the activator which will turn off the NOT causing the light to shut off.

 

[toasts]

You have two rails, one you dock to and one and that your ship gets moved to after docking. That rail has an activator next to it wired into a NOT wired into your lights. When you dock to the first rail it will move you to the second, that rail will detect your ship and turn on the activator which will turn off the NOT causing the light to shut off.

Alright I'll try it and report back. Thanks for the help seriously.

~Toast

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

Alright I'll try it and report back. Thanks for the help seriously.

~Toast

If you have any more trouble I can hope in game and get some pics to help.

 

[toasts]

If you have any more trouble I can hope in game and get some pics to help.

So I did what you said, and the activation block is just flickering causing the light to go off and on.

~Toast

 

[Krougal]

Shameless self-plug again, but if you look at my last 2 screenshots in my last post, I think you are trying to do the same thing.
<a href="http://starmadedock.net/threads/krougals-driveyards.7114/#post-110962">Krougals Driveyards</a>
Rail doesn't need to be as long as mine, and it's hard to see, but there's an activator at the very end of the line (in the floor under the wall mounted activator). It closes the hangar door, opens the cargo bay forcefield and turns the red light off and the green light on once the ship reaches the end rail.

 

[Sven_The_Slayer]

So I did what you said, and the activation block is just flickering causing the light to go off and on.

~Toast

make sure you use an activator and not a button, it is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

 

[toasts]

make sure you use an activator and not a button, it is hard to tell the difference sometimes.

Wow, I'm that guy...

~Toast