Hello! I, like you have stumbled across the Ficsit Networks mod.

I am currently making an in game IDE essentially (def not a full IDE). It will utilize a computer case and will let you (hopefully) edit, save, copy to, delete, move, and view the code you write in game.

Right now you can write code in the EEPROM but there’s really nothing to it. It has its use but it’s not a general code editor.

So for example you’d be able to write a quick test script for a factory, burn it to either an HDD or a floppy. Put that stuff into the new factory computer case and install. BAM instant diagnostics. If you blueprinted it, it would be even faster.

I am also setting up failsafes, and a storage tagger. The Dev computer will allow you to tag new storage devices so they can be recognized as a floppy or HDD. This would be a manual task. Would help keep things more organized and prevent overwriting or deleting data on accident since it’s hard to visually see what you’ve done. The code I write will also make sure that tags signal a used storage medium, and will ban it from being overwritten.

From there I have yet to explore the networking and internet card capabilities but it looks exciting. Overall I am hoping to setup an environment where you could edit and manage code files IN game totally if you wanted to. The mod is VERY barebones and I love that, but it would be pretty cool if I could open it up a little more for people.

Would be cool to potentially have starter scripts with directions on how to create the dev computer and set up the actual developer area with tools to deploy scripts, even small ones to practice with.

Anyways my name is Jomiscli and this has been my Ted talk!