Space Engineers

OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!

The collision avoidance is no joke. It really does work!

 

I like Oki's weapons more than most, but I've been gravitating towards "less is more" in recent months. Also, the rounds of his guns have pretty mediocre velocities. Personally, by far my favorite big gun is still the old Railgun:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=344199068
It is really all a capship needs that vanilla weapons can't already provide. The damage is not explosive, but it has very fast travel speeds and has excellent range (which are the two things capships need most of all).

A couple of other nice small modpacks to consider (especially for heavier AAA alternatives to the vanilla gatling guns)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=434749358
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=441223817 (might be OP, need to test it)

When we get the dedicated server going, I'm going to want to slash the mod list as much as possible. That being said, the two Sektan mods you pointed out are pretty damn good ones. I'm definitely open to suggestions.

 

links?

Fair warning: massive megamods will have the smallest chance of making the cut. Not saying, it is impossible, but every mod we add needs to be something important. I don't want to overload people's G-menu with a bunch of crap that only a few people use. I'm also not enthusiastic about mods that significantly change from the vanilla aesthetic. Again, less is more.

Keep in mind I'm looking at this from an optimization perspective. Those high rez mods will be worthless if the server is too unstable for anyone to get a decent framerate.

If you want an idea of what I'm looking at so far, check this out:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=297744815

 

That may be so, but I'm running the Railgun in DX11 right now and I see no graphical issues. Not sure what is going on there, but suffice to say the weapon works fine as is. Same goes for the UESA conveyors, but I like that new one you pointed out for ease of block orientation. The lack of blocks is no big deal. Honestly, those three are all you need.

In regards to the maneuvering thrusters, are you talking about the EM thrusters? They still look ugly, but they are the best way to make long n' skinny engines without resorting to turning off thruster damage. I always cover up the EM thrusters anyway so the poor textures aren't really an issue (they make great "padding" between bulkheads).

The RCS thrusters are for one specific purpose: landing thrusters. It is the only way to reliably land large ships on manmade surfaces without causing damage. That being said, since we already have the EM thrusters, I could be convinced the RCS' are unnecessary... one less thing to scroll past on the G-menu, right?

I used to have that same armored gate mod until I realized the vanilla gate does just fine for most situations (single row or double-door depending on what you need to fit). If you need a bigger gate, chances are good it's for a large ship. In that case, you are parking it inside something big enough to handle a standard piston gate. Using only the vanilla gate also has the nice side effect of setting "soft" limits to the size of small ships; which is very important for server stability.

Besides, if we must have a door mod pack, Sekten's Airtight Door mod seems like it will get a lot more use; one of them even allows for a 5x6 door (double-door).
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=416810412
If you need anything bigger than that, just use a normal piston door.

 

Okay I was wrong. Been playing in DX9 mode this whole time..lol. Will give an update here after I tested it again.

UPDATE: yeah. they look matte black. still, I think I will keep using them anyway... they are just so damn useful on big ships that can't maneuver for shit

 

So I'm having a ton of fun with the AI scripting. I've already sent my first "hoard" of minions after some poor NPC transports. We took no prisoners. AI is currently about as intelligent as your average doberman, but that is still better than what we've had before.

I'm already starting to fabricate ships that can be easily generated for PvE content. I've confirmed that scripts can be saved to ship blueprints so the second they spawn, they are immediately ready to go. This can be done either through copy/pasting or through automated manufacturing.

I'm hoping to help standardize sizes for the purpose of balanced gameplay. If you are interested in building ships, save this list for future reference:

 

Bad news for me: the game has become almost unplayable after 30 mins or so. It starts off totally fine, but by 30 mins or so it turns into a slide show... in singleplayer. FPS hovers around 100-60, but Simulation Speed keeps dropping as low as 10% as what it should be.

65%


48%


15%


at 20-10%, the game chugs so hard it eventually freezes. I hope they get this fixed soon.

 

was definitely happening before that. even Sage posted a video on it:

 

I am too.

I have an Intel Core I5 @ 3.4 GHz, Geforce GTX 660 and 16 GB RAM; it should NOT be running this slow for me at minimum settings.