JayleBreak

This is the current PB Lua script. Open and copy to your clipboard and then install from there. vplanbld.zip

The removed the ability to get position information from the space radar as NQ felt that scripting would diminish game play. They added `getEntries()` recently I guess because 1) Its consensual, and 2) promotes gameplay(?). BTW: for i,v in ipairs(Contacts) do local cID = Contacts[i] -- construct ID for 'i' Can be simplified to: for i,cID in ipairs(Contacts) do

Some final thoughts. This tool does not do "voxelmancy" for you - even in the limited domain of 2D voxels. In my view, Voxelmancy is much like solving Sudoku puzzles: making the right choices early on in the plan is important. Unlike Sudoku however, not all voxel "problems" (designs) have solutions. To gain "voxelmancy" expertise start out small. Perhaps the most frequent use I make of this tool is to fashion single 2D voxels that previously required use of an extensive "shape" voxel library or a 3D voxel wedge (which I find to be somewhat more time consuming and error prone). Also, I want to explain why I started the plan at layer 2. For those interested enough to reproduce the truncated cone as I described, test your understanding by replacing layer 2 and adding a layer 1 design so that pasting the layers together produces a traditional cone ending in a point. Finally, I want to acknowledge the encouragement from members of Objective Driveyards (ODY - where you can find free blueprints for the planner), the tutorials of Tordan, the free voxel wedge blueprint from Infinity Corp (also ODY), and Stan of NSD for zero point voxels.

As there is nothing new to be covered in the plan, I've skipped ahead to show the scratch board's content after building layer 3 and layer 4 (a second arc formed by voxel "plates"). The green quarter circle is layer 2 (plus handles). The red arc is of radius 3.5, and the yellow arc is of radius 5. The quarter cone is seen in blue, and was formed by first copy pasting layer 4, then layer 3, and then layer 2. Finally, in red is the full cone formed by rotating the quarter cone 90 degrees and pasting 3 times.

The vertices in layer 3 are adjusted to form a quarter arc. The outer edges are pushed to occupy the same positions as the inner edges since otherwise we would introduce a flat step in the cone (same as the truncation of layer 2). The radius of the circle is 2.5x1.414 or 3.535 (or as near as can be made). Additional layers can be defined in the same fashion as this layer but with larger radii (3.5x1.414, 4.5x...). However, there is a point when the offset required by the greater radii cannot satisfied by moving the bottom left or top right vertices.

The layer just completed is a quarter circle one voxel thick. To create a cone, its neccessary to force its bottom face to conform to a circle of a larger radius. The picture shows the initial voxel layout for layer 3 of the plan, Layer 2 is also visible as translucent voxels. The layer 3 voxels (green and blue) border the original positions of the yellow and blue voxels in layer 2. Since they share edges, the outer edges of layer 2 will conform to the inner edges of the neigboring voxels in layer 3 when layer 2 is pasted on top of it.

To clear the assembly board for use with the next layer, the non-scaffolding voxels need to be copied to the scratch area. This can be tricky, but recalling the original position of the voxels in the plan before the vertices were moved will guide the copy process. Using "handles" may be needed as it is here. The picture shows the row of lower 3 voxels has been copied to the side, and the selection of the 3 side voxels using the handle provided by the red voxel. The upper left voxel (red in the plan - hidden in the picture) will be copied by itself at the end. Once copied and saved to the scratch area, the assembly area can be cleared using the handles at the extreme ends of the board.

Clicking on the "Build" button begins the process of creating the voxel design. Next, exit the chair, enter build mode for the construct, activate the "Select" tool, and face the voxel board. You should see a pointer indicating a voxel which you should select and copy. Turning to the assembly board you will see a pointer and a number over it. The number "0" indicates you are pasting a "scaffolding" voxel while a number between 1 and 7 indicates a voxel that is part of the build. For these voxels, scroll on the "Quick Access" menu to the material indicated. Then paste the voxel at the position indicated by the tip of the pointer. Finally, activating ('F' key) the button on the pedestal below the assembly board will advance both pointers to the next voxel. With practice you will be able to place voxels quite quickly. When all the voxels are placed the pointers will disappear.

Using vertex-drag, the original layout of voxels can be changed to a quarter circle of radius 1.5x1.414 or 2.121 voxels. Note that each "tick" in the vertex position is 1/8th (.125) of a voxel. So the lowest left most vertex in the quarter circle was moved to (0,-7) and the top right most vertex was moved to (-7,0). The blue voxel's upper left and lower right vertices were moved by (-12,-12) - to the extreme upper left position. This limit is what determines the steepest possible "slope" that the cone can have using 2D voxels. The remaining vertices were adjusted "by eye" to make the "best" curve. Note that the plan being created here is going to result in a truncated quarter cone which will be used to make the full cone by using copy-rotate-paste operations.

Moving the mouse pointer near the lower right corner of the red voxel, holding the left-shift key down and left clicking allows you to "drag" the nearest vertex to a new position. The numbers displayed are changes to the X position (increasing X to the right), and Y position (increasing Y goes down) of the vertex. These values range from -12 to 12 and result in the possible positions being restricted to the transparent white square overlayed on the screen. Releasing the left mouse button will fix the new position of the vertex. Note that holding the left shift key down without a mouse click will result in the current mouse position relative to the upper right vertex of the voxel it is in being displayed as you move it around.

The terminal screen used in designing the layout of a layer consists of the left panel with a series of color buttons that can correspond to the materials in the Quick Access menu, or (as here) to distinguish between different voxels in the design. The "Build" button is used to create the voxel layer on the assembly board. The "Reset" button clears all layers permanently. The right panel has at the top the index of the current layer; 2 in this case. Below it are buttons for the 4 "pages" that provide access to the current layer. A layer consists of 15 rows by 15 columns of visible voxels. Shown here is the portion of the plan found on page 1 and has 8 rows of 8 voxels. The right most column on page 1 will appear on the left most column of page 2. The last row on page 1 will also appear on the first row on page 3. Next is the "Undo" button which undoes the last action, the "Redo" button which re-applies the action just undone, and the "Clear" button which clears the current layer (and unlike "Reset", it can be undone). Note that there is no hard limit on the number of actions that can be undone - it is limited by the amount of free memory in the client. Also, the undo "stack" is cleared when the board is deactived. Finally, the "Help" button shows screens that give brief instructions on the use of the planner, and "Logout" deactivates the program board. The center panel shows the starting point for the layer 2 plan for the truncated "cap" of the cone. A left click on a voxel assigns it the "material" currently selected in the left panel. Note that clicking the middle mouse button is a short-cut for performing the "Undo" operation. The next step alters the voxels to form a quarter circle.

About a year ago, I wrote the 2D Voxel Planner now found on "dual.sh". I'm now introducing a fully in-game construct that combines an enhanced 2D voxel planner with an integrated voxel board. Free blueprints for the planner/builder can be obtained at the Objective Driveyards shipyards. The entrance is at ::pos{0,2,23.4393,73.7082,3.5773} The blueprint is labled "2Dplus Voxel Planner Builder" The "plus" refers to the support for multiple (12) "layers" of 2 dimensional voxel plans. These layers can be stacked together to produce 3 dimensional objects. In the picture, on the right, is a voxel board that is the source of voxels placed on the assembly board on the left. In the center is the planning terminal with a "scratch" voxel board behind it. To illustrate how things work, I will walk through the creation of a truncated cone. The process begins by sitting in the provided chair and activating the program board. Note that your plan is saved in a databank on program board deactivation, change of layer, or change of page. The plans for up to 3 different avatars are seperately tracked (the number can be increased by adding additional databanks).

From your nanopack inventory find the "Deploy construct" tool and move it to your toolbar. Then equip the blueprint. Note that you could get this information from the ingame support chat or discard much quicker.

On my system it is found in: `%ProgramData%\Dual Universe\Game\documentation`

No, the '8' in the pos string is for Teoma (Alioth's body ID is '2'). With the current map UI, you have to always double check the position string is set to what you expect. Its terrible.