Timer Block Plane Setup

Hey.

I hope somebody can help me with a timer block setup on my plane. I have a jet plane with a main engine and maneuver thrusters. I want to activate my maneuver thrusters with Key 1 and my main engines with key 2. When key 1 is pressed, my reactors, lights and maneuver thrusters are turned on. When key 2 is pressed my main engines and everything else on my plane are turned on.

Here is where I struggle. When both keys are already pressed and everything is turned on, the normal way to turn everything off, is to press both again, that's all good. But I want to add a "safety" feature of sorts. When I only press key 1, to turn off my maneuver thrusters, my main engines are still on (key 2). Is their a way to turn my main engines off, without pressing key 2, but by only pressing key 1. I tried all sorts of ways through the timer blocks. The problem I am having is, I can get key 1 to turn my main thrusters off, but then when I press key 1 again, the reverse happens and my main thrusters are turned on again.

Basically what I want is, key 2 must always turn on my main thrusters and never the maneuver thrusters, key 1 must turn on only my maneuver thrusters and never my main engines. But if for some reason the main thrusters are left on (not pressing key 2), then by pressing key 1 (Turns off my whole plane basically) my maneuver thrusters and my main thrusters must be turned off, and by pressing key 1 again, only my maneuver thrusters must turn on.

Is this in any way possible to do with timer blocks. I hope this description makes sense.

Thank you
Gerart

 

Hi,
I think you'd better have a look at Easy Automation script, here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=694296356
Its guide is here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=685206874
This solves lots of problems you can have with timer blocks

 

Thanks for the reply NSI-Gromit.

Will have a look at that script.

 

Instead of using "toggle block on/off", try using a separate toggle on ON and toggle OFF for your subgroup.

YOu'll need to use 2 hotkeys for one function.. an off and an on.

Kinda sucks mybe, but works

 

Thanks.