RotatingCameraLCD (Starter)

Space Engineers Plugin Starter (Rewrite of Avaness' CameraLCD) for VS2022. NuGet-based references (no local SE required), NUnit tests, classic C# (without init).

Projects

• RotatingCameraLCD.Client (net481) – Plugin, SpaceEngineers.ScriptingReferences, optional deploy via SE_DIR.
• RotatingCameraLCD.Shared (netstandard2.0) – Parser & Logic.
• RotatingCameraLCD.Tests (net8.0) – NUnit Tests.

Features

• Parser only reads [MultiCamera2LCD] section (see example in DEBUG.md).
• Thread-safe scan skeleton;
• LCD sprite rendering with camera name overlay (placeholder).
• No C# 9 features → compatible with Space Engineers plugin builds.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 (17.x)
• .NET Framework 4.8.1 Developer Pack
• To run: Space Engineers + Pulsar

References (NuGet)

• SpaceEngineers.ScriptingReferences – bundled SE DLLs
• Lib.Harmony – optional for later patches
• Tests: NUnit, NUnit3TestAdapter, Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk

Setup

• Unpack ZIP, open solution.
• Build (NuGets will be downloaded automatically).
• Optional: set SE_DIR so the DLL is copied to %SE_DIR%\Bin64\Plugins\RotatingCameraLCD.

Loader (Pulsar)

• Install Pulsar, start SE via Pulsar.
• Plugins → enable RotatingCameraLCD → restart if necessary.