Buttons
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 Tool |  Back |
 Type: | Construction tool |
 Primary fire: | Places a button. |
 Secondary fire: | No action |
 Notes: | Buttons simulate a key on the numpad being pressed whenever they are used. |
Brief
Using a button is equivalent to pressing the numpad key that the button is set to. They are useful if you want other people on a server to be able to use your contraption or if you don't want to memorize which numpad key does what.
Instructions
 Create a contraption that uses thrusters, hydraulics, winches, or any other tool that uses the numpad. In this case, a blast door with hover-balls. |
 Open the context menu and select the Button tool. Set it to the same numpad key as the tool in your contraption (in this case, the hover-balls are set to ascend with key 8), then place the button in a convenient location. |
 If you're standing close enough to the button, it will be highlighted when you aim at it. Press your "Use" key (usually 'E') to activate the button. Buttons can be held or tapped. |
 You can create as many buttons as you like to manage all of the functions of your contraption. |
 Now anyone on the server can enjoy your contraption! |
Go ahead and experiment. Buttons are great for things that other players might want to use like elevators or doors (or traps).
Variables
- Button model
- Changes the model of the button. You can change it between the clock model, a button and a switch.
- Keypad
- Changes the button on the number pad that the button emulates.
- Description
- Allows you to change the hint that appears on mouse over of the button.
Useful hints
- Place the buttons in positions where you can always reach them when you need to.
- Buttons are best suited to contraptions with one or two functions such as an elevator that goes up and down or a cannon that fires - not a plane that requires every key on the numpad.
