Common YOLOL

A collection of small common scripts meant to be easily copied and understood for the YOLOL beginner.

This page is a WIP. Please contribute to it! (Avoid complex scripts and the renaming of fields.)

Fuel chamber

Ships will require enough batteries to act as a buffer for the generator spool up time.

"Standard" Generator Script

:FuelChamberUnitRateLimit=100-:StoredBatteryPower/100 goto 1

Makes the fuel chambers' rate limit follow the battery charge inversely.
Note: The Laborer Module ship rewarded during the tutorial has these fields renamed by default to: Generator and Battery_1

"Alternative" Generator Script

An alternative script that will keep the batteries fuller.

:FuelChamberUnitRateLimit=1000-:StoredBatteryPower/10 goto 1

Settable on/off Generator flag

c=(c<1)*(:Battery_1<5000)+c*(:Battery_1<9999) :Gen=c*22+0.001 goto 1

Fitting this code on the Laborer Module requires renaming at least one device. (here the Generator was renamed Gen)

5000 and 9999 are the start-charging and stop-charging levels. 22 is just enough charge to run the stock two box thrusters.

Generator Script (Basic YOLOL Chip)

This YOLOL script is inspired by the standard generator script and is further optimized. You can set from which amount of stored battery power the generator should generate less compared to the stored battery power.

It is assumed that specific YOLOL fields are renamed:

Ship Part	Old YOLOL field name	New YOLOL field name
Every Fuel Chamber	FuelChamberUnitRateLimit	Gen
One Rechargeable Battery	StoredBatteryPower	Bat

Depending on the amount of batteries and the amount of generators, a higher or lower value can be used for the variable "a" in the script. A too high value leads to the fact that the algorithm cannot find an optimal balance for the FuelChamberUnitRateLimit/Gen.

Generator Script

// Variables for Tweaking
a = 9500 // If Battery Amount is lower than this, Gen is 100%
// Static variables and precalculation
c = 10000 // Max Stored Battery Power
d = 100 // 100%
e = (c-a)/d
// Final Generator Scriptline
:Gen=((:Bat<a)*d)+((:Bat>a)*((:Bat-c)*-1)/e) goto 8

Generator Script with On/Off Button and Minimum Power Production

If the battery consumption is very high and the amount of rechargeable batteries is not enough until the generator produces enough power, you should consider using the following version of the script.

Use a Hybrid-Button with the following field names and values configured:

Name	Value
On	0
ButtonOnStateValue	1
ButtonOffStateValue	0
ButtonStyle	1

The variable b can be used to set the minimum amount of power that the generators should generate. A too low value, can lead to the fact that the generators do not provide enough power yet and the batteries are already discharged. A too high value leads to the fuel rod consumption during standstill being too high.

// Variables for Tweaking
a = 9500 // If Battery Amount is lower than this, Gen is 100%
b = 10 // If Button is On, Gen will be at least this much
// Static variables and precalculation
c = 10000 // Max Stored Battery Power
d = 100 // 100%
e=(c-a)/d f=(d/b)
// Final Generator Scriptline
:Gen=:On*(((:Bat<a)*d)+((:Bat>a)*(((:Bat-c)*-1)+(:Bat-a)/f)/e)) goto 9

Flight control unit

Slow Mode

Requires a lever with "LeverState" renamed "Fwd" and a button with "ButtonState" renamed "Slow" and "ButtonStyle" set to "1". This script is useful when you need more manoeuvrability but have too much forward thrust (e.g. while mining or docking). Note: Replace "X" with the number you want to substract from the percentage rate of your main thrusters. Example: A "X" of 80 means you'll have 100-80=20% of maximum thrust.

:FcuForward=:Fwd/100*(100-(X*:Slow)) goto1

Single Forward/Backward Lever

Requires a center lever bound to "FcuForward".

:FcuBackward=-:FcuForward goto1

"Note: Eventually you might need to modify forward and backward individually (e.g. slow mode), in which case you'll need a lever unbound to any instead (name it "FwdBwd" for example) and 2 YOLOL chips.

:FcuForward=:FwdBwd

:FcuBackward=-:FwdBwd

Material point scanner

Material Point Scanner Script

Requires 2 displays for "Material" and "Volume", 2 buttons to toggle "Active" and "Scan" and a third one with "ButtonState" renamed "Next" and "ButtonStyle" set to "1".

:Index=(:Index+:Next)*(:Index<:ScanResults) :Next=0
:Material=:Material :Volume=:Volume goto1

Automatic Material Point Scanner Script

This is a modified version of the above script so it can be used when the scanner is "Active" without the need of any additional buttons. Note: launching a new scan reinitialize the index to "0".

Next=0
:Scan=1
//Pause
:Index=Next
Next=(Next+1)*(Next<:ScanResults)
:Material=:Material :Volume=:Volume goto2

Mining laser

Pulsed Mining Laser

Requires a button with "ButtonState" renamed "Mining" and "ButtonStyle" set to "1". Reduces power consumption by continuously switching mining laser "on" and "off" while the button is active.

:MiningLaserOn=(1-:MiningLaserOn)*:Mining goto1

Configurable Pulsed Mining Laser

Similar to the previous script but with configurable timers for the "on" and "off" phases of the laser. Note: Each phase is calculated in number of YOLOL "tick" (0.2sec). Replace "X" with the duration of "on" and "Y" with the duration of "off". Example: A "X" of "3" means the "on" phase will last 3*0.2=0.6sec.

T=0 On=X Off=Y 
:MiningLaserOn=(T<On)*:Mining T++ T*=T<(On+Off) goto2

Navigation receivers

Received Signal Display

Requires a text panel with "PanelValue" renamed "Nav".

if :SignalStrength>0 then goto2 else :Nav="No Signal" goto1 end
:Nav=:Message+"\n"+(1000000-:SignalStrength)/1000+"km" goto1

Ship transponder

Leaving Safezone Warning

Requires an active transponder and either a warning button or a safety lid button.

:ButtonEnableBlink=1-:InsideSafeZone goto1