Space Engineers - Say goodbye to Starmade and Blockade runner. - Games

Just saw this on the Space Engineers twitter [vid]http://zippy.gfycat.com/WavyFilthyArawana.webm[/vid] Neat

D00M in Space Engineers when

Seems like they fixed resources :v: [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/7gkIIBH.jpg[/thumb]

So with the new program block, should it be possible to create solar panel arrays that continuously adjust to the position where they gain optimal power? At least from experience it seems that solar panels create more power at certain angles, and automated panels could be really useful to prevent power fluctuations on solar powered ships.

[QUOTE=Tmaxx;46839645]i was really hoping for a simple, mindstorms-esque way of programming.... well time to have a whole portion of the game cut off for me.[/QUOTE] If they at least included that as some sort of alternative, it would allow everyone who plays this game to indulge in programming their ships/stations/stuff and possibly have the same effect to kids that play this that Mindstorms had to me and a load of other people when they were kids? Also sorry about that shitpost, I don't really have any excuse but the fact that I had a massive brain fart, in reality all programming languages are tools, and there each tool has a use for a purpose/a set of purposes.

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;46841201]Just saw this on the Space Engineers twitter [vid]http://zippy.gfycat.com/WavyFilthyArawana.webm[/vid] Neat[/QUOTE] as much as i want to see like music blocks like in minecraft it would kill the immersion but at the same time if they can do crazy picture things like that, someone should recreate the opening of star wars.

totally need to get pong achieved onto that display.

[QUOTE=Liem;46839083]Do we have a Facepunch server going?[/QUOTE] Soon™

[QUOTE=Whitefox08;46841811]Soon™[/QUOTE] When is soon? Soon is never soon enough :(

I imagine someone might be able to mod a Mindstorm esque programming window in. I don't know how much of the game is availible to mod but if you can put in interactive hud elements, then I don't see what would be difficult about compiling small, useful scripts and turning them into a GUI element with inputs and outputs. Although I find it hard to believe that the team would have skipper over that idea, I'm sure they said they want it to be accesible as possible. They're most probably working away on it as we speak; this is only the first implementation. I would really like to see a world option to toggle thrusters affecting CoM - it'd be a much more interesting challenge if you had to balance thrusters. It'd be easier to balance them now that we have scripting too as long as the appropriate values are available to the programming block.

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;46840592]I finally upgraded my survival mining ship. For some reason I feel really proud of the way it just eats giant square holes through asteroids. [t]http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188613367423/C991B4A2C609845398B4E727121D22ABF596441F/[/t] [t]http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188613369069/7DDC34AC303F15D696A6F7F8B05392EDD4669549/[/t] [t]http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/37485188613370288/B5812F037E92266C6CB5EE6CBCE3EE08435F6D68/[/t] In other news, I'm looking into making walking machines, but I can't seem to figure out how to get blocks/grids to attach to pistons and rotors at multiple points, like you'd need in order to simulate a mech's leg. I also saw someone put a piston between two rotors (in that cool video of eXtro's) but couldn't get that to work either.[/QUOTE] Hot damn. I made this a while back (well, several times actually) in creative. Protip: If you make the drill clusterfuck roughly circular, it seems to bore through asteroids [I]slightly[/I] better than if it's square.

Just to let you guys know someone made a GPS script. [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367510548&searchtext=[/url] Tried it and it works great.

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;46843182]Just to let you guys know someone made a GPS script. [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=367510548&searchtext=[/url] Tried it and it works great.[/QUOTE] ...how though if we can't get vectors or distances to other objects.

Apparently there are a lot of undocumented functions we can use, here's a full list, though without descriptions [url]http://forums.keenswh.com/post/file-programmable-block-api-documentation-generated-7224725?pid=1285584170#post1285584170[/url] Could be something to do with that, I saw someone make a script for sorting ores in cargo containers and checking how much fuel is in the reactor, too

I hope they add some easier way to find each other on the infinite worlds. This is fucking ridicoulus. And that GPS and waypoint mod aint really all that helpfull. :v:

Since they're going to add programming into the game what's the best way to get a basic grasp on C#

I just realised, according to that one load screen, in the SE universe we're apparently supposed to consider things like "ethicality" and "safety" Uuuhhhhh

[QUOTE=esalaka;46844061]I just realised, according to that one load screen, in the SE universe we're apparently supposed to consider things like "ethicality" and "safety" Uuuhhhhh[/QUOTE]Hey, it's not my fault my weaponized medical bay crushed his escape pod rather than healing him.

[QUOTE=esalaka;46844061]I just realised, according to that one load screen, in the SE universe we're apparently supposed to consider things like "ethicality" and "safety" Uuuhhhhh[/QUOTE] Maybe its because we seem to have medical bays that clone people, so safety is not a major concern for contraptions, as for ethicality, we do things for science and engineering, like monsters.

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;46841195]You built this in Survival?[/QUOTE] The first half (the drills all the way to the cargo containers). The second half was cut off and replaced by a more efficient layout in creative; the old design had two refineries, two large thrusters, and two assemblers while this layout has four assemblers, four large thrusters (and sixteen small thrusters mounted on the drill head) eight refineries, batteries, and reactors. I'll export it as a blueprint and make it in my survival world that has the original mining ship; I have no patience for designing things in survival. [editline]3rd January 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Sunkite;46843849]I hope they add some easier way to find each other on the infinite worlds. This is fucking ridicoulus. And that GPS and waypoint mod aint really all that helpfull. :v:[/QUOTE] I dunno, it helped a lost friend find his way to my base

Can someone make an intro tutorial for this, it would be much appreciated. The programming I mean. Show me the basics, and how they interact, and I think I can take it from there.

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;46844503]Can someone make an intro tutorial for this, it would be much appreciated. The programming I mean. Show me the basics, and how they interact, and I think I can take it from there.[/QUOTE] Reddit. [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/2r181c/software_development_for_pirates_raiders_brigands/[/url] [url]https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/2r3dxn/for_everyone_who_wants_to_learn_c_but_doesnt_know/[/url] more on the sub itself

[QUOTE=Pigbear;46844210]Maybe its because we seem to have medical bays that clone people, so safety is not a major concern for contraptions, as for ethicality, we do things for science and engineering, like monsters.[/QUOTE] I am convinced that they're not even clones in the conventional sense, but rather just bodies you control from a life support pod on earth.

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;46841201]Just saw this on the Space Engineers twitter [vid]http://zippy.gfycat.com/WavyFilthyArawana.webm[/vid] Neat[/QUOTE] Now, someone make doom.

[QUOTE=Fourm Shark;46841236]Am I correct in assuming that the program block is limited due to it being blind rather than its language lacking?[/QUOTE] Pretty much. Blocks share very little information and without that, it's pretty limited. [QUOTE=Mrfantasticool;46841550]So with the new program block, should it be possible to create solar panel arrays that continuously adjust to the position where they gain optimal power? At least from experience it seems that solar panels create more power at certain angles, and automated panels could be really useful to prevent power fluctuations on solar powered ships.[/QUOTE] To do this you would either need to be able to get the max output of the solar panels (so you can have the program move the panels to follow the power) or be able to get the angles/vectors of your ship vs. the direction of the sun. As far as I know neither are currently possible... but there are a lot of hidden, undocumented functions and some one posted a GPS script here so I'm going to check it out. EDIT: Turns out (solarpanel).DetailedInfo returns a string that contains the panel's max and current outputs. Looks like I might be wrong and automatic panels might be possible. Output looks like this: Type: Solar Panel Max Output: 40.74 kW Current Output: 40.74 kW (used an antenna's name field to capture this string. It doesn't show the line returns but when you copy/paste they're there)

Lined up all my big ships that i still have blueprints or save files of. ive thrown out a few before blueprints were a thing. Ships are from left to right Goliath, unnamed frigate, Brutus, Paladin mk1, Orion, Paladin mk2, and my new frigate Knight [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00005_zps84ace913.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00006_zpsefd0724b.jpg[/img] Goliath exploding because old pistons ... [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00007_zps017b1d35.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00001_zps94c4e099.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00002_zps5ce08135.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00003_zpsa383b94f.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00004_zps10874af2.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00009_zps7603502e.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00010_zps7aeb7ce3.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00011_zps7b091308.jpg[/img] [img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e244/teshok/2015-01-04_00008_zps5dcfc0c2.jpg[/img]

Nice engines

they all look gorgeous but what do they look like on the inside? i need to know so i can chinese it.

[QUOTE=GreenLeaf;46847801]they all look gorgeous but what do they look like on the inside? i need to know so i can chinese it.[/QUOTE] they are all on my workshop imm grab some links [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] ill just paste one you can navigate through my profile for the others [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=365255853[/url] [editline]4th January 2015[/editline] why is my steam never in English on crome its always a random language

[QUOTE=teshok;46848275]why is my steam never in English on crome its always a random language[/QUOTE] Mine always comes up in Finnish. I can tell because the words look like an epileptic flailed across a keyboard and then added umlauts to literally every other letter :v:.