Using Switches To Lock Doors Empyrion

I had a few viewers on my twitch stream asking me how i got my ramps and doors on my capital vessel to open and close automatically when i walked near them.

Using switches to lock doors empyrion.

You could set up a toggle switch to lock unlock a door but since you own the structure you still have the ability to open any door completely ignoring toggle switches. Doors will always open for friendly faction members and that includes their owner in this case you. You could also create a virtual signal in the main tab of control panel and then set the door to follow that. Yea ya right the doors dont seem to have a power on or off button so the only work around i have found is to set all your doors to the same code then what happens is the code box pops up and asks you for a code but it will still have in the box the code from the previous door you opened so its a matter of hitting enter twice to open each door at that point.

So you could hold a switch block and press page down till the block is under the floor place the switch then set it up via the console. You could also set it to toggle instead if the state of the lever is irrelevant and only the action of flipping it should matter. Tgib the guy in blue may 12 2018 5 16pm how do i lock a door on a public base so i want my base to be public but i want some doors to be locked how do i do this plz help last edited by. If you want a physical control place a lever switch next to it and set the door to follow its signal.

Enemies that follow the fighter ai can open doors with a few exceptions. Empyrion is a 3d open world space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. So i figured i would make a. The game will feature space planetary exploration building construction mining resource gathering survival crafting terrain deformation as well as space land combat.

The thing is locks are faction based which is why your locking settings are not working. Friendly npcs will open and close doors during the day as they wander about. Also the lock unlock signal logic is backwards to american thought when turned on the door is unlocked unless inverted. Control panel switch basics in this short guide i hope to show how to setup the most basic uses for the main control panel switches i will not try to cover a.