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Darkaiser

Jul 28 @ 11:27am

Programmable Block Not Working?

I've read several threads posted after the update and while I'm not experiencing most of what I've been reading, I AM having trouble with Programmable Blocks. Simply put, my Prog. Blocks refuse to accept any scripts. I'm on a vanilla map, Creative mode (as a test bed), and no matter what I do, my Prog. Blocks will not accept scripts of any kind.

Is anyone else having this issue and are there any known fixes for it?

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ShadedMJ

Jul 28 @ 3:12pm

You may need to clarify that more. If the buttons are not working, try holding left-mouse and pressing right. It's been an on/off problem for a good forever.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/244850/discussions/6/3710432845023998951/

jjloy1

Jul 28 @ 3:40pm

you have the button to add scripts, you might not have scripts enabled in the save.

Capt Fuzzy has Space Engineers

Jul 28 @ 6:57pm

Originally posted by jjloy1:
you have the button to add scripts, you might not have scripts enabled in the save.

I was just going to ask that.
Check the world settings and make sure that the tick-box labeled 'Allow Scripting' is checked.
It's not checked by default, even in creative worlds. You have to turn it on yourself.

Darkaiser

Jul 29 @ 6:13am

Scripts are checked and the specific issue is with the Browse Scripts button. I click it and everything freezes. After more than a minute's wait, still nothing and I have to Esc out of the function. No issues on the same map the day before the Update.

Pirata

Sep 27 @ 3:15am

Originally posted by Darkaiser:
Scripts are checked and the specific issue is with the Browse Scripts button. I click it and everything freezes. After more than a minute's wait, still nothing and I have to Esc out of the function. No issues on the same map the day before the Update.

I have the same problem. I restarted a new world without any mods ( thinking that the cause of the problem would be some Mods ), but it still doesn't work. 🤬🤬

Rox

Sep 27 @ 3:58am

Originally posted by Pirata:
... I have the same problem ...

This is not a Space Engineers problem, it is a Steam workshop server problem, and there's not much you can do about it other than wait for Steam to fix it and avoid looking at or for mods in the meantime.

Pirata

Sep 27 @ 4:24am

Originally posted by Rox:
Originally posted by Pirata:
... I have the same problem ...

This is not a Space Engineers problem, it is a Steam workshop server problem, and there's not much you can do about it other than wait for Steam to fix it and avoid looking at or for mods in the meantime.

You are absolutely wrong, the problem is that you cannot interact with the Programmable Block. No matter which button I press, the screen freezes for a few minutes; this happens before activating a script or when searching the Workshop.

Pirata

Sep 27 @ 4:26am

This is a SE issue, since the Programmable Block is a standard SE block and not a Mod.

Valen

Sep 27 @ 5:37am

Yes, but the the script is retrieved from the Steam workshop. If somehow the connection with Steam isn't working, it is looking for the scripts you subscribed to, but hanging because Steam might not be replying. Either your internet/network connection is blocked, or the interface with the Steam app (or whatever is behind it). Best is to narrow it down to that first.

Valen

Sep 27 @ 5:40am

Upload your world here or to the Keen support site. So others can check if it is a local issue (PB works for others in that world), Or if it is a problem with that particular world (settings or grid power).

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Pirata

Sep 27 @ 5:48am

Originally posted by Valen:
Yes, but the the script is retrieved from the Steam workshop. If somehow the connection with Steam isn't working, it is looking for the scripts you subscribed to, but hanging because Steam might not be replying. Either your internet/network connection is blocked, or the interface with the Steam app (or whatever is behind it). Best is to narrow it down to that first.

So I repeat to myself once again:
I started a new world without Mods, I built a Programmable Block, I go to EDIT, and now there are four buttons: OK - Check Code - Help - Browse Scripts:

if I press Ok the screen freezes,
if press Check Code the screen freezes, etc. and all this without having downloaded any scripts from the Workshop.

The Programmable Block has a bug, and here is what I think.

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Captain Canard has Space Engineers

Sep 27 @ 7:45am

Originally posted by Pirata:
The Programmable Block has a bug, and here is what I think.

I'll try this myself sometime today and report back if nobody else does.

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ShadedMJ

Sep 27 @ 10:31am

Originally posted by Pirata:
.. I built a Programmable Block, I go to EDIT, and now there are four buttons: OK - Check Code - Help - Browse Scripts:
if I press Ok the screen freezes,
if press Check Code the screen freezes, etc. and all this without having downloaded any scripts from the Workshop....

Did you try what I suggested as response #1 on this thread? I've seen this on-and-off for the last few years, almost always the solution I posted helps.

Last edited by ShadedMJ; Sep 27 @ 10:33am

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Bojik

Oct 23 @ 2:54am

haven't had issues, but i STILL randomly have task blocks corrutpt and be utterly useless for following a path. (been an issue since they were introduced) vanilla/modded it does not matter. only way to fix is to completely cut them off and start from scratch with a new block. scripts even, OLD drone/miner ones? never gone to crap like these "stock" blocks do at random.

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