Space engineers: Autopillock script Versus the Automatons update! 

Good to see a COADE style drone battle in Space engineers. On another note, that looks damn impressive

i thought this was going to be a video on mod ai vs the new vanilla ai then I proceeded to watch a large grid ship get cut in half by 100 drones in about 10 seconds 😂 that was fucking awesome

I Always Admire the people behind every script and the ingame madness they could break loose on ur game, but like all scripts, it tends to melt my PC. That's why the Automatons Update and the AI blocks implemented in-game is really a game changer for me, also ur absolutely right about how the Automatons still need more time to be perfected, updated, and hotfix but for now having Automatons on ur game without relying on scripts without melting ur PC is awesome and for me who tend to Join PVP servers casually where scripts are outlawed Automatons has become a META for Multiple Meshes Servers with absolute freedom I making ur own drone fleet without lagging the Host Server in the Process. Scripts may be 1 step or even 2 steps ahead of every vanilla update but Automatons has just changed the way I play the game without relying on scripts but only pure vanilla goodness. Automatons still need fixing but for me, it's a step for the game to enhance our playstyle without relying on scripts on private pvp servers. Although ur creations are mind-boggling awesome the fact u cant use them on private servers makes them useless for me, although I can still use ur creations in my own survival game but sometimes survival is boring no matter how much u advance and create on ur own private world it still lacks real people for me to encounter and establish communication.

beautiful, although i am curious, how effective is automaton ai drone in combat in comparison to APCK drones? I think we might need a comparison?

These drones can benefit from event controller reading cargo to see if ammo is depleted, then arm a small warhead and enable missile behavior upon running out of ammo

I always get a kick out of your vids. Very satisfying bulletstorm -- Those 25mm Aryx guns cut the target ship in half, then the big chunk in half again, like a hot knife through butter. How do the drones fare in PVE/PVP combat when the target is trying to maneuver more? It's still grossly overwhelming force, of course. :D Really got a laugh from your subtitles too! Ages ago you had a video with a missile warship spewing fountains of missiles, but you didn't include which script you used. If you see this comment, I'd love to know which missile scripts you have liked the most. I'm familiar with Whiplash's LAMP and Rdav's script.

I now want to make a ship whos sole mission in life is to dump hundreds if not thousands of drones into any large scale combat encounter

We’re getting close to Children of a Dead Earth-level drone swarms here, which is crazy! I never thought this would be possible in SE’s engine

I've seen the vanilla AI do something I never expected it to do. It's capable of handling the simulated "aerodynamics" from atmospheric wing mods. Sure someone could put that into a drone script, but it was impressive to see that Keen made a system robust and variable enough to be compatible with lightly modded setups. Never seen them take off and land with single-thrust winged designs though. Unlike this which is just...riddled with custom content, and bullets. I dunno if this is creative or not because I just can't see how you'd fit that many bullets into these...what are those, 3x2x6 small-grid drones at the most?

Imagine capturing a mining outpost and the owner sending a laser CNC machine in response lol. Those drones literally cut through that ship like a hot knife through butter

I should have figured your solution would involve more dakka than an entire Touhou game. :P

Uhhhhh, hmmmmm what to do against that? Counter micro drone missiles?

To anyone who would use this to compare scripts to the new update, I don't think that is the right approach, as the update was meant to get better drones into the base game without scripts, and give those who don't know code an easier time getting into drones. Scripts will always be better, but the new blocks just make drones more accessible~

You would not believe your bones If 100 micro drones ripped up your ship as you fell in deeeeeep

The Zerg Rush is back baby!

More tools in your mighty arsenal.

"I'm gonna make the drone more aggressive" Just make mobile factories that make them in waves.

Tennison gambit, 114 autonomous fighter swarm variation

I said the same thing(the vanilla ai blocks were nothing compared to this script from Cheerkin) to a few other people that swore that the new ai blocks brought something to the game it didnt have. Hands down not even in the same ballpark. Anyway awesome video would like to see more. Im also hoping that the sound effect for the 25/40 gets changed as its terrible. Right now my favorite Gatling type weapon is Nukeguard's MCRN PDC's.

Those drones ripped that ship apart

This is the sickest shit I’ve ever seen, reminds me of the sigma draconis expanse server, but there AI is way too aggressive haha.

Should have used 114 Kingsword drones

Was that an interdict or a 25mm buzz saw?! 1. Vent atmos into space, 2. Knockout drives systems 3. Take out weapons array 4. Power & air supply 5. Crew dies 6. Tear down or rebuild for local use

Time of Battleships is over.... Time of drones shall begin

nothing can survive that, especially if you got the script to target the reactor or energy/engine cores specifically.

This is cool!

super compact drone setup. nice

Freaking amazing.

can the survivors re dock after deployment?

nice orange Ship

was the APCK Weapon Core Targeting script used for this or just the base script?

Yeah that feeling when you have that infinite storage from multi dimensional .. something..

Beautiful. Now do this in real life minus the sci-fi

That's not a fight it's a execution

"he's already deaaad" *crying*

Hi, I would like to know at what hardware did you simulate it? And, if you know, what sim speed you had?

Insane.

Loved The Music. Whats The Name Of It?

Noice!

The code works with weapon core? Read somewhere in the script that it doesnt work with weapon core...or was AWE not weapon core when this video was made?

How did your computer not melt from all this awesome carnage?!

I mean, the whole point of Automatons was not actually made for PC regular players .. it was actually made for those trolls that think they are better than using scripts or for console players like me who don't have access to scripts at all...

Awesome light show lol but how about a more balanced fight to see which ai out ai's the other? Lol

MAXIMUM EFFORT

How do they see the target? R they depending on the main ship?

Doors and corners.

If a script in a single programmable block is enough to make a drone why Keen didn't do this? Are modders better than the original developers? I actually got dissapointed about the update. It does automate a lot of things but you have to use multiple event controllers or a lot of AI blocks. Drones can't fly properly without having thrust for each direction. So you can't make a good missile just with a forward thrust. You can't make an AI rover actually. A lot of things are missing.

Tutorial: how to cut your ships into two pieces

The future of combat is about which AI is better....

i guess that'll do it

SICK!!!

You could’ve just opened the entity list, selected the carrier it’s drones and a few of the microdrones, hit delete and the result would’ve been the same. I’ll admit though the optics on this are way cooler…

What is that mining ship and where can I find it?

Gross. Also beautiful.

i have a feeling u need to be a millionaire to afford a server that can handle this on hourly basis.

*disables scripts*