Time to Stop

This repository is formatted such that it can be used with the malware-dev's MDK^2. The only necessary file is the Program.cs file, which contains code that will be put in a programmable block.

Installation

The contents of the script inside and not including the brackets that define Program should be copied and pasted inside a programmable block.

Usage

The script is told how to function using the custom data. Inside the custom data there should be two lines. The first will be a cockpit, remote control, or cryopod that provides the velocity data. The second will be a semicolon-separated list of displays with a specific format.

First Line

The name as seen in the control panel. For example, "Control Seat". Example line: Remote Control

Second line

The semicolon-separated list of displays to output to. It works with blocks that have multiple displays and single displays. There is an additional parameter, that tells the script whether to display a longer output or a shorter output. Format for ONE display: Block Name:l or Block Name:s. The format for a multi-display is more complicated. Inside the block, it should have a list of displays. The first display in the list is numbered 0. You point the script to the block and then the number of the display, like so: Block Name:0:s to target the first display of block "Block Name" in short mode.

Example:

Control Seat
Control Seat:0:l
Control Seat:1:s
LCD Display:l

Reading the output

It uses your last measured deceleration to calculate the distance and time to stop. This means it won't work until you have started decelerating. This is a little odd to get used to, but it is highly accurate and provides results within ~2 meters (depending on how heavy your ship is). The inaccuracy is due to the deceleration curve, which is constant until the last few meters, where it becomes linear¹

Footnotes

1. Maybe linear, maybe logarithmic, maybe quadratic. I don't really know, but your deceleration does reduce significantly. ↩