Pixel Starships 2: How to Script Power Management AI

To script basic power management AI in Pixel Starships 2, program each room with top-to-bottom priority rules that cut power to damaged or inactive systems and funnel energy into operational modules. The AI engine evaluates commands strictly from top to bottom, executing the first valid condition it encounters. Placing deactivation triggers above baseline power commands prevents destroyed rooms and idle modules from locking up reactor wattage.

Depower Damaged Compartments Immediately

Disabled rooms continue drawing reactor power unless an explicit AI command removes it. When enemy fire destroys a compartment, leaving power allocated locks energy bars that your active weapons or shields could otherwise use.

Place these condition checks at the top of a room's AI list:

1. Current Room HP = 0% -> Set Zero Power: Releases all energy bars the moment the compartment is breached.
2. Current Room HP < 50% -> Set Zero Power: Optional safeguard for secondary support systems to cut power before total destruction.
3. None -> Set Maximum Power: Serves as the fallback command at the bottom of the stack, restoring power automatically once crew members repair the room.

Route Power Dynamically to Defensive Systems

Shields require constant power, but evasion systems like Engines can draw energy selectively to keep reactor capacity open for weapon batteries. Instead of leaving Engines powered at all times, script them to engage only when your ship faces incoming ordnance or low structural health.

Swap Weapon Power Based on Enemy Shields

Running shield-stripping weapons and hull-damaging weapons at the same time can overload your reactor grid. You can split power between specialized weapon banks by reading enemy shield levels:

• EMP and Ion Cannons: Place Enemy Shield > 0 with Set Maximum Power at the top of the script, followed by Enemy Shield == 0 with Set Zero Power. These weapons charge and fire to break barriers, then shut off as soon as the enemy shield collapses.
• Standard Lasers and Railguns: Set Enemy Shield == 0 with Set Maximum Power to strike unshielded hulls, backed by Enemy Shield > 0 with Set Zero Power or Decrease Power by 1 while barriers remain up.

De-Power the Teleport Room After Boarding

A Teleport room consumes significant reactor power to launch boarding crew. Once your assault units cross into the opposing vessel, maintaining power to the empty pad wastes energy until you need to recall or redeploy crew.

Set the Teleport module to drop power using conditions such as Friendly Ship Has No Boarders or by triggering power reductions once boarding crew deploy. Shutting down the transit pad redirects those energy bars to your ship's exterior cannons and shield regeneration while your ground troops fight aboard the enemy vessel.