NIDAS

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NIDAS

NIDAS is an acronym for Networked Information Display & Automation Software. It's an OpenComputers HUD program written by Sampsa, capable of running in-game as a control for power networks, fluid/power monitoring, notification of Maintenance issues, AE2 autostocking and infusion automation. The source code for NIDAS can be found on GitHub, and its documentation can be found here.


As shown in the picture above it displays various power

  • Total Energy in Energy Storage
  • Energy input/output
  • Minecraft world time, day and year
  • Real Time

Installing NIDAS

  • You need to be at least in late HV-tier, preferably EV, to get started with NIDAS due to needing Titanium.
    • look in the Quest Book under the "SFM and Computers" tab to get started.
  • Get an OpenComputer Case T3 and equip it with a T3 CPU, T3 GPU, at least 1 stick of T3.5 RAM, an internet card, a T2 wireless network card, at least a T2 hard disk drive, etc. Not sure how?
    • Install OpenOS
    • Install NIDAS (copy into the shell and press enter).
      wget -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/S4mpsa/NIDAS/master/setup.lua && setup
      
  • Run a length of OpenComputer cable to the Lapotronic Supercapacitor and set down an Adapter next to it connected to the cable line. (The Adapter has to touch the LSC controller, the cable doesn't have to.)
  • Get a glasses terminal and a pair of AR Glasses; set down the terminal connected to the computer (range on it is infinite, don't worry) and right click the glasses on the terminal (there won't be any immediate feedback but the glasses' tooltip will have updated).
  • On the NIDAS machine, click on "Primary Server" under "Available" and click "Activate"; do the same for the "HUD" module; click on "Save" at the bottom.
  • Click on "Primary Server" again and select "Configure"; ensure that "Main Server" is enabled (should be by default) and click on "None" beside "Power Capacitor"; if you see a long string, that's your LSC, so select it; click on "Save Configuration".
  • Open the HUD module's config page in similar fashion and select the UUID from the list; enable the HUD elements you want.
  • Check what your GUI scale is set to in your options and set the scale accordingly (1=small, 2=normal, 3=large, 4=auto).
  • Check your screen's resolution; if you're playing in fullscreen it's easy, but if you're in windowed then you might have to subtract a bit from your Y resolution.
  • If you care about the time display, check your time zone's UTC offset and input that.
  • Save configuration; reboot for good measure; hit "Run".
  • If everything's good, open the settings pane at the bottom, enable "Autorun", and save.
  • Don't forget to equip the AR glasses, either as a helmet or in an extra-slot such as baubles necklace slot or Tinker's Construct glasses slot.