Count Setter

Description

The Count Setter's control panel allows users to select a target value between zero and eight (inclusive).  When a Count Setter receives an 'actuation' signal (such as from a repeater or other automation), it searches for Count Repeaters through its pin/cable network and sets their current counts to the target value.  The Count Setter does not send out actuator signals.  Instead, it uses custom logic as described below.

The Count Setter can be found at the end of the fourth row in the 'small printer' category of the Research Catalog, right after the other repeaters.  It costs 1,000 bytes to unlock and 1 Zinc to craft.

Setting Current Count

When setting the current count of a Count Repeater, if the Count Repeater's current max count (defined in its control panel) is less than or equal to the target value of the Count Setter, then the Count Repeater's current count will be set to zero.  An outgoing actuation signal will then be triggered from that Count Repeater.  When directly setting a current count of zero because the target value is zero, an actuation signal will not be triggered.

Finding Attached Count Repeaters

The search is conducted through the pin/cable network created by pulling the target pin out of the top of a Count Setter.  A Count Setter can connect directly to multiple Count Repeaters.  If a pin connects to something other than a Count Repeater that has sockets, the Count Setter will recursively search through those sockets to find all attached Count Repeaters (but does not search through Count Repeater sockets).  You can, for example, have several Count Repeaters slotted into a Medium Storage that's slotted into a Large Storage that's slotted onto a Large Platform B.  If you connect a pin from a Count Setter to that Large Platform B, then the Count Repeaters attached to the Medium Storage will be found.  The search does not work in the reverse direction.  That is, if you were to connect the pin to the Large Storage instead of the Large Platform B, the Count Setter would not search for what the Large Storage is slotted into, and thus would never become aware of the Large Platform B or anything else slotted into it.  It would still find the Medium Storage and the Count Repeaters slotted into it.  This logic should offer a good balance of convenience and control.

Resetting Stacked Count Repeaters

Before version 0. 1. 2, the recursive search did not proceed through Count Repeater sockets under any circumstance.  As of version 0. 1. 2, when the recursive search encounters a Count Repeater while the Count Setter has a target value of zero, recursion will proceed through that Count Repeater's socket to reset all downstream Counter Repeaters to zero.  This allows resetting the collective/effective count of a stack of Count Repeaters by pinning only the base Count Repeater or an upstream socket item.

Important Notice

I am no longer involved with Astroneer modding.  It is unlikely that I will update any of my mods or be available to support them in any way.

This mod currently does not work on Aeoluz, the Glitchwalkers planet.  I do not have the Glitchwalkers DLC, so I'm unable to properly test a fix for this.

Installation

This mod requires the third-party mod loader AstroModLoader Classic to function.  Extract the PAK file from the ZIP file and drag it into the mod loader window.  I will not provide help or support for mod installation or using mod loaders.

• []This mod adds a new item to the game.  There's a possibility of a research catalog order conflict with items from other mods that could cause this item to not show in the control panel interface of printers.  You can use CorporalWill's Print Menu Fixer mod to fix such conflicts.

  []This mod does not supersede any game assets directly.  All edits are made dynamically via the mod loader integrator to avoid conflicts and update issues.

  []Version 0. 1. 2 tested on Astroneer version 1. 36. 43. 0.

  []This mod was created to fulfill a mod bounty.  The mod logic was designed to accommodate the preferences of the bounty creator.