Blocks & Tags

Overview

Blocks are, of course blocks. MCS finds these so called blocks based on a "tagging" system, usually denoted as such:

<type>[side][group]<+/->

• A type is a variety of joint (or block), such as a: hip, knee, etc.
• A side is left or right, abbreviated as L or R.
• A group is a number defining a leg group, 1 by default if left empty.
• A +/- provides a way to invert joints, useful for hinges or rotors placed untraditionally.

  • NOTE: This is required! It's also used as a "distinguisher" between other block names/tags

Leg Groups

Legs are handled by a "grouping" system, where a group has both left and right legs.

For example, group 1 could be referenced as such:

• HR1+ and HL1+ would be the right and left hip of group 1 respectively

Each alternating group has an offset, so 1 and 3 have the same animation offset, and 2 and 4 have the same animation offset.

Each leg group has it's own configuration that includes leg type, offsets, and etc; you can access these configurations through any block within the leg group in the Custom Data.

NOTE: For configuration changes to take effect, you must run the reload command or have setup mode active.

Block Types

🔄 - Rotor or Hinge 🌌 - Rotor + Gyroscope or standalone Gyroscope 🪐 - Gyroscope 🚀 - Thruster ⏰ - Timerblock 🧲 - Magnetic plate / Landing gear 📷 - Camera 💪 - Piston

Legs

• 🔄 hip
• 🔄 knee
• 🔄 foot
• 🔄 quad
  • For 4 pieced mechs such as spiders or digitigrade
• 🔄 strafe
• 🔄 turn

Arms

• 🔄 ap (arm pitch, mouse up/down)
• 🔄 ay (arm yaw, mouse left/right)

Thrusters & VTOL

• 🚀 thruster
• 🔄 vy (vtol yaw)
• 🔄 vp (vtol pitch)
• 🔄 vr (vtol roll)

Stabilization

• 🌌 gy (yaw / azimuth)
• 🌌 gp (pitch / elevation)
• 🌌 gr (roll)
• 🪐 gg (3 axis)

Timerblocks

• ⏰ tb:<event>:[specific]

For timer blocks, there is events you can listen for, and are all detailed here.

Miscellaneous

• 🔄 tt (torso twist)
• 📷 camera
• 💪 hydraulic (pistons)
• 🧲 magnet