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Workbench

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Sensors

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Environment

Player Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Number of players detected
Output 2 (On/Off): if at least one player is detected

Types:

Sphere (Trigger is a ball around the sensor)
Hemisphere (is half of a ball = just in the front)

Mode:

Detect All
Detect Players
Detect NPCs

Radius:

Minimum 0.25m (1 block)
Maximum 10m (40 blocks)

Wind Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Relative direction of the wind
Output 2 (Number): Relative speed of the wind (in m/s)

Rain Sensor

Output 1 (Number): How intense its raining (0 - Sunny, 1 - Thunderstorm)

Humidity Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Humidity (0 - No fog, 1 - Max fog)

Temperature Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Ambient room temperature in °C

Position of Vehicle relative to the world

Tilt Sensor

Output 1 (Number): The "angle" of tilt. 0.25 is +90 degree, -0.25 is -90 degree. Zero is defined by the direction of the block (blue arrow when placing).

Physics Sensor

The physics sensor component combines functionality of several other sensors into a single block. The sensor outputs position, rotation, linear and angular speeds over 14 composite channels detailed on the component, where the red arrow is the X-axis, the green arrow is the Y-axis, and the blue arrow is the Z-axis.

The composite output is:

Output 1 to 3 (Number): X, Y and Z position of the block
Output 4 to 6 (Number): Euler rotation X, Y and Z of the block
Output 7 to 9 (Number): Linear velocity X, Y and Z of the block
Output 10 to 12 (Number): Angular velocity X, Y and Z of the block
Output 13 (Number): Absolute linear velocity of the block
Output 14 (Number): Absolute angular velocity of the block
Output 15 (Number): Local Z tilt (pitch)
Output 16 (Number): Local X tilt (roll)
Output 17 (Number): Compass heading (-0.5 to 0.5)

Note that modifying physics sensor in xml to make it invisible and disturbs output 17.

Linear Speed Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Speed in m/s.

There are different modes:

Absolute: The speed without caring about direction.
Horizontal: The horizontal speed.
Vertical: The vertical speed.
Directional: The speed in the axis of the sensor. This is the only mode in which the orientation of the sensor matters.

Distance Sensor

Output 1 (Number): Distance to the next block (in the direction of blue arrow when placing). Max range: 500m
when nothing is detected, it will output 500m.

Laser Distance Sensor

Similar to distance sensor, but has a higher max range (4000m).
when nothing is detected, it will output 4000m.
also shows a cool laser beam when active

Removing width in xml causes laser beam to disappear (only point is visible)

Laser Point Sensor

can detect laser beacons and tell you in which direction the laser beacon is.

Laser Beacon

Needed for the Laser Point Sensor.

Compass Sensor

Output 1 (Number): your direction relative to the north

Altimeter

Output 1 (Number): the height relative to the sea level in meters.

GPS

Output 1 (Number): the x coordinate.
Output 2 (Number): the y coordinate.

Mechanical

Torque Meter

Output 1 (Number): the RPS (rotations per second).
Output 2 (Number): the force.

Radar

Basic Radar

Can detect vehicles and persons in a radius around it.
For more informations on the radar Please visit
https://stormworks.fandom.com/wiki/Radar

Phalanx Radar

Can detect vehicles and persons in a radius around it.

Radar Dish / Large radar

Can detect vehicles and persons in a radius around it.

Radar AWACS / Huge Radar

Can detect vehicles and persons in a radius around it.
Largest Radar in game

Missle Radar

Can detect vehicles and persons in a radius around it.
Desinged to be used on missles
Has a specialized composite port to be able to connect to rocket fins

Sonar

^{A sonar that returns information about detected objects within range. This sensor outputs the relative angle to underwater sound waves. The sensor can passively detect certain noisy components such as propellers or engines, but it can also send out a loud ping to detect quiet underwater bodies. While the ping input is held, passive signals will be suppressed. After activating, another ping will overwrite the previous one, and no further data will be returned from the old signal.}

Smal Sonar