Is it possible to stop the scrolling after a console command?

I need to get the chapter numbers after the command 'lschaps', but the results are so many that it's scrolled down and cutting the first answers. Is there a command or possibility to stop and resume the scrolling?

Thanks.

 

When I use the game and console, the console remembers the last history of commands given and the display. For this reason I guess that the console usage is put into CACHE somewhere. I would like to open such a log to see the entire list of chapters given with the command
pda lschaps
Please anyone: link me to such a log, is it maybe in the user\appdata somewhere?

Thanks !!

 

You should be able to see it in the log files, but you might need to quit the game for the game to write one.

 

Yes, log files are written in the Logs folder, unfortunately no mention about my activity to enumerate missions in the console and reset them.
The only way I know about getting the 'coded' mission numbers is with the command pda lschaps, and if this is the only way to get chapter numbers then this command will not work any longer, the first mission numbers are cutt-off in the console display, in my case: the display starts with mission 11, the first 10 missions are cutt-off because the list is too long and what I'm looking for is among those (800 different missions are listed overall after running the pda lschaps command).
Do you know other ways to get the exact mission numbers required for the pda console commands?

 

You can open the pda.yaml file in a text editor such as Notepad++, find the mission that you are looking to start (you can search for the chapter name in pda.csv, then search for its localization key in pda.yaml), then put your cursor to the line before it says ChapterTitle for the chapter you want.
Then open the find box, type in ChapterTitle, click "backwards direction", then click the Count button and this will then tell you how many times the word ChapterTitle shows up before your cursor's position in the file.
Then you know your chapter ID is that number plus 1.
I had to do that a bit ago myself lol.

 

Wow, thank you so much ravien_ff, what you say works like a charm!

 

I ran into this problem as well. @ravien_ff 's solution does work, though it's annoying and error-prone to perform manually.

I wrote some PowerShell code which uses the same logic to replicate the full output of the "pda lschaps" command so you can scroll through it at your leisure.

To use it:

1. Navigate to your game's root install directory in File Explorer. This is the folder which contains EmpyrionLauncher.exe.
2. Shift+Right-click on empty space in the folder and select "Open PowerShell window here".
3. Paste the code into the PowerShell window.
   • If you use a non-English localization you can change the first line accordingly. The available localization options are represented in the column headings of your PDA.csv file.
4. Hit Enter. It will take a minute or so to run.

I only tested this on the Steam release of v1.13.1 4796 01-05:54.

Code:

$language = "English"
Write-Host "Working..."
$pdaData = Import-Csv -Path ".\Content\Extras\PDA\PDA.csv"
$localizationData = Import-Csv -Path ".\Content\Extras\Localization.csv"
$chapters = Select-String -Path ".\Content\Extras\PDA\PDA.yaml" -Pattern "^  - ChapterTitle: .*$"
$num = 0
$chapters | ForEach-Object {
    $num += 1
    $key = ($_.Line).Replace("  - ChapterTitle: ","")
    $title = $pdaData | Where { $_.KEY -eq $key } | Select -ExpandProperty $language
    if(-not $title) { $title = $localizationData | Where { $_.KEY -eq $key } | Select -ExpandProperty $language }
    if(-not $title) { $title = $key }
    [PSCustomObject]@{ Chapter = $num; Title = $title }
} | Select Chapter,Title

P.S. You may find it convenient to save the output to a TXT file for future reference; just note that the order of the output could theoretically change in future versions of the game.

It's worth noting that this output (and the output of the actual "pda lschaps" command in-game), actually lists far more than just the titles of the story mission chapters. It actually lists the titles of a bunch of other things found in the PDA, including the Empyriopedia.