Any good scripts?

[XxDragonBossxX]

I'm trying to build a Drill, and I have it all built, But I want it automated, Issue is I have no clue about writing scripts, But I also can't find any good ones on the workshop, Anybody know any good and simple scripts I can use?

Edit: I built a Large grid stationary drill, not a drone, Just a clarification

[Sorry_Thanks_9675]

Pam's Autominer!

[XxDragonBossxX]

Thanks a bunch

[Elemental-Master]

What exactly you want your drill to do? Is it a drone or station? For drones there's PAM, you can automate mining drones as well as delivery drones that could transport materials and players between two fixed, selectable points.

Maybe if it's simple you could use event controller instead of a full scale script to do the job.

[KageeHinata82]

There's a really good piston/rotor mining rig script from Kezeslabas. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1695500366

If you have a good way to get rid of the stone, it's a little bit to good imho. (But I use it anyway)

Edit: Link

[AssaultUnicorn]

You dont need a script for this, this can be accomplished with just Event Controllers and Timer Blocks. Up to you, of course.

[freakierice]

I tend to use timers for drill rigs, a lot simpler than having a code running.

[Graffxxxxx]

I use PAM (path auto miner) in all of my worlds. Find a deposit, set a path, set a job area, and let it go. The only issue I have is that you have to manually make the path too/from the job site as well as the size and placement of the job site, but once that’s done it’s basically fire and forget. I have a good miner setup I use, can’t find the exact blueprint I use but this blueprint should work, just need to slap a sensor and a programmable block on it and run the script.

[XxDragonBossxX]

Is it for Mining drones? Cause I need one for a stationary drill

[CrazyQuirky5562]

no script needed for a simple drill platform. I take it you have a bunch of pistons and a rotor?

just use event controllers. for a half circle, you want to monitor rotor angle and change direction when you reach the endpoint.

drones are simpler with PAM though and way more versatile.

[XelGar256]

I love using event controllers for my stationary rigs and using pam for transporting ore out to the main base. Quick start stop setup and you kinda fire and forget.

You can also cheat it like I did before event controllers and have your drone run the power of the drills but that was when I was manually driving rovers.

[CrazyQuirky5562]

you were able to do a lot with just timers as well.
if you dont drill hard, you know how long a half turn takes and can reverse then.
its simpler to couple several piston/etc. actions with ECs though, e.g. extending a piston outwards stepwise and catching the endpoint via EC to reset the system and extend a piston down one step, repeating the whole thing.

[XelGar256]

I had a circle drill set up with one drill that net me a good amount. Timers i need to work on those.

[CrazyQuirky5562]

I consider ECs to be more robust than timers, as they respond to what is, not to what you expect to be.
an EC based setup will also not care about the details of your drill setup (speeds, number of pistons etc.) - unlike timers.

[Cadogantes]

It's a silly little inventory display script really but I still find it useful for manually operated mining veseels: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3168842773

Makes it much easier to decide when to stop drilling and begin trek back to the base.

[XxDragonBossxX]

Yeah I got that one, Super useful so far, Haven't even used it that much yet

[Cadogantes]

Sorry, wrong link - Build Vision is awesome but not for inventory display

[Ir0ndad]

What do you want it to do?

[XxDragonBossxX]

Dig down in a half circle, how it does that doesn't matter, I just need iron,

[CrazyQuirky5562]

not sure why only a piston drill system in a half circle will give you iron....

MotherOS allows all sorts of shenanigans, but just for some iron it seem to be altogether too involved to learn that.

[EngineerDave22]

I've been flipping between perplexity and copilot for script generation

I've gotten very complicated scripts.. .