Signal Nexus

Signal Nexus combines three Dyson Sphere Program utility buildings into one compact, belt-mounted facility: a Traffic Monitor, Holo Beacon, and Tesla Tower.

Monitor belt flow, drive a visible holographic status marker from the same signal IP, sound alarms, and connect nearby buildings to the power grid—all from one building and one unified settings panel.

Features

• Full Traffic Monitor belt scanning, pass/fail logic, global alarm, speaker alarm, item filtering, and signal IP.
• Holo Beacon colour, visibility, display mode, Dark Fog beaconing, height, radius, memo, and tags.
• Shared monitor/beacon IP so monitor state can drive the beacon colour naturally.
• Integrated Tesla Tower power connection and coverage.
• Direct unified configuration window with Holo settings placed below Alarm settings.
• Building copy/paste, Shift-click duplication, blueprints, and save/reload persistence.
• A compact recipe that consumes one Traffic Monitor, one Holo Beacon, and one Tesla Tower.

Screenshots

Compact belt-mounted building	Holographic marker in action

Requirements

• Dyson Sphere Program 0.10.34.28524
• xiaoye97-BepInEx package 5.4.17 (tested with BepInEx runtime 5.4.21)
• LDBTool 3.0.3
• CommonAPI 1.6.7

Installation

r2modman / Thunderstore Mod Manager

Install Signal Nexus from the Dyson Sphere Program Thunderstore community through r2modman or Thunderstore Mod Manager. Its required dependencies are declared in the package manifest and will be installed automatically.

Manual

1. Install BepInEx, LDBTool, and CommonAPI.
2. Extract the release ZIP.
3. Copy SignalNexus.dll into BepInEx/plugins/SignalNexus/.
4. Start the game through the modded profile.

Back up important saves before changing any mod list.

Usage

Craft Signal Nexus from one Traffic Monitor, one Holo Beacon, and one Tesla Tower. Place it directly on a conveyor belt, then click it to open the combined settings window. Configure the monitor and alarm normally, then use the Holo settings section to control the marker.

Shift-click duplication and building copy/paste retain the complete combined configuration. Blueprint placement and save/reload are also supported.

Building from source

The project targets .NET Standard 2.1 and references assemblies from a local DSP installation and an r2modman profile:

dotnet build .\src\SignalNexus\SignalNexus.csproj -c Release `
  -p:DSPGamePath="D:\Games\DSP" `
  -p:DSPProfilePath="$env:APPDATA\r2modmanPlus-local\DysonSphereProgram\profiles\YOUR_PROFILE"

To build a release-ready Thunderstore ZIP:

.\scripts\Build-Package.ps1 -DSPGamePath "D:\Games\DSP" -DSPProfilePath "PATH_TO_PROFILE"

Pass -DotNetPath "PATH_TO_DOTNET" if the .NET SDK is not on PATH.

Compatibility notes

Signal Nexus uses LDBTool to register its building and recipe, then patches the vanilla monitor window so the combined state remains native to DSP's save, blueprint, and copy/paste systems. It is tested in a heavily modded DSP 0.10.34 profile, including BuildToolOpt and DeliverySlotsTweaks.

Please report reproducible issues with the game version, mod versions, and the relevant BepInEx log attached.

License

Signal Nexus is released under the MIT License.

Changelog

All notable changes to Signal Nexus are documented here.

0.2.14 - 2026-10-05

• Put Signal Nexus in the Traffic Monitor's original Buildings-selector and Logistics F9 positions, moving the vanilla Traffic Monitor to Nexus's safe row-VI selector slot.
• Fixed the earlier automatic placement that could replace the Solar Panel or select an invisible construction-hotbar slot.
• Split the Traffic Monitor body and Holo Beacon overlay into independent animation records so the physical display shows live belt flow instead of the rounded holo height.
• Kept cross-tab grid reuse for non-building items, preserving compatibility with Proliferator Mk.IV and similar content mods.

0.2.13 - 2026-10-02

• Added the production-ready combined Signal Nexus building.
• Integrated Traffic Monitor scanning, alarms, speaker controls, item filtering, and IP settings.
• Added Holo Beacon colour, visibility, display mode, Dark Fog beaconing, height, radius, memo, and tag controls to the monitor window.
• Added Tesla Tower power-grid connection and coverage.
• Added full building copy/paste and Shift-click duplication support for combined settings.
• Added blueprint and save/reload persistence.
• Restored vanilla Traffic Monitor and Proliferator recipe positions when other content mods modify build menus.
• Fixed the orphaned Holo Beacon popup and settings panel layout when speaker controls expand.
• Fixed duplicate-placement preview errors in BuildToolOpt/DeliverySlotsTweaks mod stacks.

0.1.0 - 2026-10-01

• Initial combined-building prototype.