StarCitizen ship order in terminal device (prefixes your favourite ships with numbers to show up first using alphabetical order)

README.md

StarCitizen Favourite Ships (Author callsign: DRoBeR)

To avoid having to scroll into a big ship list, one can add a Prefix into their ship names... so they would pop up first on machine lists!!

Configuration

add your favourite ships by key into fav_ships.txt at same dir as the ps1 script. Example:

vehicle_nameANVL_Carrack
vehicle_NameANVL_C8R_Pisces_Rescue

Execution

open a PowerShell in directory where script and config is and just run .\starcitizen_fav_ships.ps1.

This script would create a global.ini file that should be copied into your STARCITIZENMainDirectory\LIVE\data\Localization\english\global.ini. Also requires to have set, in STARCITIZENMainDirectory\LIVE\user.cfg the value:

g_language = english

Each time this script is executed, you must copy global.ini.

extra info

Open downloaded global.source.ini to check vehicle ids, look for vehicle_name (case insensitive, as there are variations).

fav_ships.txt

vehicle_nameANVL_Carrack
vehicle_NameANVL_C8R_Pisces_Rescue

output_example.log

 .\fav_ships.ps1
Downloading global.source.ini from https://sctranslator.danidomen.com/download?locale=&hash=global...
Download completed.
Reading favorite ships from fav_ships.txt...
Favorite ships loaded: vehicle_nameANVL_Carrack, vehicle_NameANVL_C8R_Pisces_Rescue, vehicle_NameDRAK_Cutlass_Red, vehicle_NameCRUS_Starlifter_C2, vehicle_NameARGO_Mole
Processing global.source.ini...
Modifying line: vehicle_NameANVL_C8R_Pisces_Rescue -> 1-Anvil C8R Pisces Rescue
Modifying line: vehicle_nameANVL_Carrack -> 0-Anvil Carrack
Modifying line: vehicle_NameARGO_Mole -> 4-Argo MOLE
Modifying line: vehicle_NameCRUS_Starlifter_C2 -> 3-Crusader C2 Hercules Starlifter
Modifying line: vehicle_NameDRAK_Cutlass_Red -> 2-Drake Cutlass Red
Processing completed.
Files closed.
Script completed.

starcitizen_fav_ships.ps1

# Author CallSign: DRoBeR (in-game donations are welcome but I probably won't get notified...)
# Define the URL and the destination file names
$url = "https://sctranslator.danidomen.com/download?locale=en&hash=global"
$sourceFile = "global.source.ini"
$destFile = "global.ini"
$configFile = "fav_ships.txt"

# Download the global.source.ini file
Write-Host "Downloading global.source.ini from $url..."
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $sourceFile
Write-Host "Download completed."

# Read the favorite ships from the config file
Write-Host "Reading favorite ships from $configFile..."
$favShips = Get-Content $configFile
Write-Host "Favorite ships loaded: $( $favShips -join ', ' )"

# Open the destination file for writing
$destFileStream = [System.IO.StreamWriter]::new($destFile)

try
{
    # Process the global.source.ini file line by line
    Write-Host "Processing $sourceFile..."
    $sourceFileStream = [System.IO.StreamReader]::new($sourceFile)

    while ($null -ne ($line = $sourceFileStream.ReadLine()))
    {
        # Split the line using the first '=' as the delimiter
        $splitLine = $line -split '=', 2
        if ($splitLine.Count -eq 2)
        {
            $key = $splitLine[0]
            $value = $splitLine[1]

            # Check if the key is in the favorite ships list
            $index = [array]::IndexOf($favShips, $key)
            if ($index -ge 0)
            {
                # Replace the value with the prefixed value
                $value = "$index-$value"
                Write-Host "Modifying line: $key -> $value"
            }

            # Construct the new line
            $newLine = "$key=$value"
        }
        else
        {
            # Line does not match the "key=value" format, keep it unchanged
            $newLine = $line
        }

        # Write the new line to the destination file
        $destFileStream.WriteLine($newLine)
    }

    Write-Host "Processing completed."
}
finally
{
    # Close the file streams
    $sourceFileStream.Close()
    $destFileStream.Close()
    Write-Host "Files closed."
}

Write-Host "Script completed."

Keep in mind must reload the whole game to see the new strings applied! :)