Beacon Block Handler

This Block Handler governs beacons, and is pretty straightforward. There are separate block handlers for Antennas and Laser Antennas.

• Block Type Keywords: beacon
• Block Type Group Keywords: beacons

Default Primitive Properties:

• String - Text
• Numeric - Range

Default Directional Properties

• Up - Range

“Enabled” Property

• Primitive Type: Bool
• Keywords: enable, enabled
• Inverse Keywords: disable, disabled

Enables or Disables the given block

#Enable Block
enable "My Beacon"
set "My Beacon" to enabled
turn on "My Beacon"

#Disable Block
disable "My Beacon"
set "My Beacon" to disabled
turn off "My Beacon"

“Power” Property

• Primitive Type: Bool
• Keywords: power, powered

Turns on or off power to the block. Effectively the same as the Enabled property.

#Turn on
turn on power to "My Beacon"
power on "My Beacon"

#Turn off
turn off "My Beacon"
power off "My Beacon"

“Broadcast” Property

• Primitive Type: Bool
• Keywords: broadcast, broadcasting

Gets/Sets whether the beacon is broadcasting. Effectively the same as the Enabled property.

if the "Base Beacon" is broadcasting
  Print "People can see me!"

tell the "Base Beacon" to broadcast

“Text” Property

• Primitive Type: String
• Keywords: test, message

Get/Sets the text broadcast by the beacon, which is what you see in your HUD.

Print "Current Message: " + the "Base Beacon" message

set the "Base Beacon" text to "Come and get me!"

“Range” Property

• Primitive Type: Numeric
• Keywords: radius, radii

Get/Sets the radius that the beacon broadcasts to, in meters. So 2000 = 2000m = 2km

Print "Broadcasting Radius: " + the "Base Beacon" radius

set the "Base Beacon" radius to 3000

“Range” Property

• Primitive Type: Numeric
• Keywords: range, ranges, limit, limits, distance, distances

Same as Radius. Get/Sets the range that the beacon broadcasts to, in meters. So 2000 = 2000m = 2km

Print "Broadcasting Range: " + the "Base Beacon" range

set the "Base Beacon" range to 3000