I ave turred the RUST freighter into everythig from a base ship by replacing cargo module with a Refinery, to a gunship, to a Romulan styled freighter.
If you turned all other thrusters off in the flight ai except for the thrusters up if it would improve efficentcy due to the ai using the side thrusters constantly
When I tested this I tried that. The AI constantly turned all my thrusters back on. Also, it completely doesn't work if you don't have at least one thruster in each direction.
Great video, but I went overboard and did the math. Also, a well optimized flight program should result in a burn of 52838 Liters of fuel. This is done by restricting the thrust to a specific value, based on the experienced gravity value, that would allow for a constant velocity of 100 m/s without accelerating or decelerating. I see other pulsing methods, but it is way more tedious and larger range of error.
Cool to know the optimal value for fuel use! I'm happy that it's pretty close to what I got in a few of the tests (~5% difference). Certainly close enough for me to feel good using them.
Addendum for tip #6 Remote controls have an option to assign a camera. When set your view will go to the camera automatically when the remote is selected.
You can get around the whole printing subgrid issue by just using plugins which I strongly recommend doing. Skipping the intro video, printing multiple grid ships, and being able to do stuff like send camera feeds to LCDs opens up a lot of options in the game. Sorta like running build view and colored icons.
There's a better way to automatically close doors. Use an Event Controller that monitors all of your doors. When one is open, it triggers a Timer Block to START, running for a few seconds, then applying the CLOSED action to all doors. Only the opened doors will then close. In this way, you'll never get caught in a closing door unless you hesitate longer than the timer.
I think that staying at 100 or 99+ms is crucial for saving fuel and time. also overide is the best way , but that was not an objective test in my opinion. The right way is to stay at 100ms and drop a few ticks every 15-40 seconds unless you start dropping speed. and overide is safe , as long as you can click on lower overide 10x before the ground.
@@ShiftyshadowTV I mean just stick to 100ms , why just holding it around 95ms , this 5ms make a big difference for 2 reason , first the time that would get you to space and 2nd the less time you need to get to space the less fuel you consume , results were pretty closed and you did mention that you are not favoring override , seem a bit biaised to me , but thats just my opinion ..
@@franki99bum If you use thruster override the way you described in your first comment you will get to space faster, but it will use more fuel than the way I used thruster override. The time you're saving is very small, and you're over thrusting for the entire journey. The over thrusting will use way more fuel than then amount you save by getting there a few seconds faster. If you don't believe this, for any reason, I gave you all the tools to test it yourself.
you can install some atmospheric or smaller hydrogen thrusters to allow you to hover first, which then allows you to ramp up thrust override on a bigger more efficient thruster if you want to do it manaully
That would work just fine. Some things to think about though: If you set it up for each door individually that would be a lot of event controllers and timers, might as well use sensors at that point. If you set up one controller that detects when any door is opened and then closes all after 20 seconds, you could run into a problem where you ALWAYS have a door close in your face while walking a certain path through multiple doors in your ship. You'd have to test and time that system for each grid individually.
@@ShiftyshadowTV ah, I am building smaller ships for a while, so it didn't even occur to me. Heey, another idea for an airlock - opening of door 1 triggers closing of door 2, and opening of door 2 triggers closing of door 1.
Yeah, it would work great for small ships (or just ships with few doors). If you trigger one end of an airlock to close when the other is opened, you will have a brief time with one opening while the other is closing. In SE doors are not airtight unless completely closed, and "airflow" is instantaneous. So you'll lose all your air every time. (Unless you have an airtight block between the two doors.)
@@ShiftyshadowTV this what I was afraid, maybe I can figure out how to include timer in this chain somehow (and not complicate the use of an airlock). hmm. To turn off doors and use custom buttons? and press F on 4 buttons instead of doors
I've used it a bit in survival, the connector and cockpit hold enough ammo to last through most fights. The ship tends to get shot down (or shoot down its target) before I run out.
Did exactly this with the B-60 Bulk Freighter. Switched out the hydrogen thrusters for Ion, and added breaking thrusters too. Among other things, the end result was a ship that could travel across Space Engineers as efficiently as possible with multiple means to recharge batteries (Solar Panels, Nuclear Reactors, Wind turbines, and Hydrogen Engines). Added 2 refiners and a crafter (fully upgraded with mods, focusing on q balance of efficiency and speed/yield) into the item transfer network (which did end up up shrinking the 2 side rooms into a single cafe area and bed for 1. Added pistons to both side connectors to allow much easier docking, allowing you to dock then pull the ship in as needed. Reorganized the thrusters and removed the no longer used Hydrogen piping to create vehicle bay below the rear landing bay, allowing a ramp and land vehicle be deployed on planets. Added gun turrets to create a full around defense, mainly for asteroid defense. Added o2 generators, more batteries, an additional 2 Jump Drives. Overall it made the ship nearly a complete 1 stop shop mobile base. I didn't like dealing with Hydrogen because I didn't like dealing with an explosive tank, and also didn't like the extra resource hassle of finding Ice, especially when I couldn't find any ice for the longest time. Plus having options to switch off the reactor and recharge planetside just felt better long term for exploring. Had my small scale Mining ship I used to grind the cash in Survival to buy the B-60 and the poor ion fighters I constantly bought and salvaged to get the thruster components before I was able to find a good amount of Platnium parked on the rear landing pad, ready to go whenever.
Im like 2 weeks into playing the game now.. been using pistons to lift the builds so far but never thought to park the crane over it first. Im gonna miss the smashing breaking noises from dropping the boom of my crane on the rovers now.
If I'm doing a more decorative build I often start at the cockpit or bridge as well. You're going to spend a lot of time there, might as well make sure it's going to be nice.
16:39 The vent is right behind the corner bar for the captain's bedroom. Wait, what bedroom (ship) are you talking about? I'm pretty good about making my ships survival ready, but some of the small NPCs refits definitely don't have air vents in all rooms.
Noob question here, so I built a welding wall and at the end of the welding the ship it just gets stuck (can't move my vehicle from the spot). Anyone know why that happens and is there a way to prevent it?
If the ship you are welding has a cockpit (or control seat) and that cockpit is set to "Main cockpit" as soon as it is welded it will take over. At that point you won't be able to control your projector ship. You can fix this by going into your menu and unchecking the "main cockpit" box for that block. Alternatively, it's possible to get stuck in welders (put a glass wall right up against them to prevent this).
@@ShiftyshadowTV Did not know about that option for the cockpit, Thank you. I built a space fighter(99% Ion) on Earth like planet LOL. Needed to add 5 large flat Atmos to help get it space 😏.
@@ShiftyshadowTV So was even more out of Luck as I made my space base on a Large Asteroid. So to get to the Moon(which is on the other side of the Planet) I had to setup 2 Jump points to get to the moon from there.
I needed to move a bank of 2x8 into a row of 1x16 refinery's from the hall floor to a wall inset position, approximately 10 blocks away and I didn't want to rebuild it, so with a series of 1x1 Large grid suspensions, some batteries and a cockpit I was able to move it into it's final resting place easier than rebuilding the whole thing
There is, but it's not always convenient to set up, and it will only work for a specific location on a specific grid. If you wish to dock elsewhere, you'll have to set up more AI blocks for that, or do it yourself.
bro' you've gained a subscriber in me, as obviously you are very skilled in SE and we can all learn from you... the tutorials are quite good, and so far I'm learning a lot... if I may, I'd suggest: - please keep it under 10 minutes per video, and eventually split it in bits, like part #1 and #2 and so on, - and please go slower while showing and demonstrating where to click and what to click... you might be very used to the UI and all since you're advanced, but for us dumb nubies like myself, it's confusing on where to go and what to click... not to mention, some (like myself) are slower than others in catching up and keeping up with your presentation... that being said, your tutorials are great, keep up the good work
For thruster override, I just hold space bar until I reach max speed, then engage the override. Doing it before you take off or as you take off is kind of goofy.
bout the doors thing, might aswell place a sensor above it (or below it) thatll open the door for you as soon as you step into the detection field. and ofc closes the door behind you. its able to be set up pretty tight aswell sooo yeah, automatic doors
I set up sensors for airlocks (you can see them working in the video), but I'm usually too lazy to set up sensors for all my doors. There are also times I don't want the doors to open when I'm close to them, such as in the cramped small grid interiors I tend to make.
Interesting, seems like a lot of extra weight, and that it would slow the aiming. Weight isn't a problem on stations, but there you could share inertial tensor to stabilize. Could also just reduce the turret turning speed. On ships adding weight to subgrids tends to making moving chaotic, but if your ship is significant heavier than the subgrid you're probably ok. Might give it a shot.
Can also invert the atmos on the rover and when youre hauling ass across the plains and hit a questionable hill, just turn those bad boys on and hit your ascend button and viola! Insta-stick to terrain.
I have both an F22 and F35 that came from somebody's F22 build, thing had like 60 small reactors and nothing plumbed in. I found out after I printed in survival. (Couple years ago). I cut it up and rebuilt it. Had to build a telehandler as well to move parts and also batteries without losing power cells.
Ladders is something that I put in places where they look good, but where I won't be going often. Ladders can also be used as structural pieces and that's probably the best use for them.
Hello there, I am trying to replicate your ship setup using the workshop blueprint in a survival world, i've gotten everything else set properly, just trying to figure out how you did the main airlock lights! The toolbar for the Timer Block (AL Empty) and (AL Full) both have a missing item on slot #1. How do you get it so that it knows when there is air in the airlock or not?
I'll look into it and get back to you. I may have broken that in my most recent update to the blueprint. The air vents can detect if a room gets pressurized or depressurized, they have actions you can set up when those things occur.
@@ShiftyshadowTV ahh okay so like the control seat actions that queue the alert system on and off, okay now I understand! I think I know what block is missing in that timer set as well, the green airlock light shown in the video was replaced with a 1x2 window above the interior airlock door. Thanks so much for your speedy response, and I absolutely love the ship design! Edit: I also used your ship printing guide to help me with printing this gargantuan small-grid shuttle, really saved me a ton of hassle. Thank you!
