Update 01.179.1 Minor - ModSDK Improvements, Font Tool

Yay!
Am I first?
Nice Teaser!

 

ESCAPE PODSSS!!!

Also, second

 

I WAS a Deluxe Edition owner 3 years ago.

 

Is the walking bug fixed?
https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/stuck-in-the-jump-on-ramp.7393847/

It's been around for the last 2 - 3 updates and makes no-jetpack worlds near-impossible in SP and pretty hard in MP.

EDIT: Just tested, it's fixed. Nice work Keen
EDIT 2: No its not... Boooo.

Love the teaser though!

 

Parachutes!

 

Are the parachutes made from the ground up or just imported from Draygo's mod and (perhaps?) made more stable?

 

Parachute mod found it's way into vanilla! Now it just has to walk through it But I wonder if this means other aerodynamics will be there too, like wings?

 

*gasps* parachutes! Gonna put those to good use when those are in.

 

Nice

 

Wow only the big issues get fixed here....... ???

 

From what I understand they started with the mod, but they are working to improve it visually and otherwise. What we see is the prototype only.

Devs were very clear to say that parachutes does NOT mean aerodynamics. However if they are working on parachutes, you can bet they are at least looking into possibility of some kind of aerodynamics. Again it does not mean we will have it, but I think they are probably looking into whether it would be possible.

 

I approve of this. This got seriously annoying during mining!

....aaaaand it still is.

 

Why don't the devs throw in some new weapons instead of making interior wall textures look slightly prettier. Its only been 3 years and we still have only the same 2 boring weapons....

 

- fixed cockpits forcing 1st person camera view

...errr, all but mine I suppose

 

Nope. Wings i'd guess are a "maybe in the future" since everyone seems to like those, and they're just blocks (or could be implemented as cosmetic blocks only; i have no idea how those wing mods work) but as pointed out above the aerodynamics have been noped on stream. @Xocliw, reminder that teasers need more information to not confuse people or hype them for features that aren't happening.

Well, the Interior Wall is just a stragler of the New Block-updates, which consumed the devs for quite a while. (If that was a wise investion of time, resources, necessary or even a good idea to start with is an entirely different question.) New blocks take quite a bit of time to produce - you're not just looking at the finished end model but also LOD-versions and building state-models, plus you gotta code them and ideally you'd want them to do something else than the existing models, else they'd just do the same as the other ones, so you're ALSO looking at coding an entirely new kind of weapon. Basically, your eyes are quite busy oggling, and the devs would be quite busy producing, which they didn't have time for because of the unnecessary redesigns. (Already bracing myself for the Red Flood here, go on, hit me, i can take it.)
So, new blocks have a low priority as-is and they're not really doing new blocks right now, least not that we know of (the parachute looks like the original mod but if they're refining those they're probably even busier).
Now, the REAL question is why the Keen-mod Cannon Turret and Sniper Cannon haven't been revamped and made vanilla yet. 'cause fixing those up can't take that long.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=402952773&searchtext=Cannon
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=337637515
(The internet says both have been broken since forever but since i'm way too lazy to check, i didn't check.)

 

Could this imply the possibility to mod the PB font to be monospaced?
Monospace hype level: |---------------------------------| []

 

Machicolations for Medieval Engineers, parachutes for Space Engineers, the next week is gonna be pretty sweet.

Unless the parachutes are scheduled for later. In that case, we're gonna have two moderately sweet weeks with an unspecified gap between them.

 

Parachutes!

Hopefully the parachute's collapse animation will be touched up before release, looks a little jank atm but thats not a huge issue.
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As for people hoping for aerodynamics from this....An object being slowed falling straight down is a far cry from gliding, uplift, perpendicular gravity interaction, wind resistance stress, etc. Hopefully they will have the means and opportunity to put in aerodynamics eventually but for now just enjoy what you get ;D

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@Keen : if at all possible I would like to see cables (like rope)

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Keep up the good work (b^_^)b

 

Hopefully these were respawn pods for barebones start.

 

Nice teaser!
I cant wait for this new parachutes.

 

The physique and gait of the engineer at 3:30, hmmmmmmm.......

 

YEEEEEESSSPLEAAASE!! Survival rebalancing will hopefully be the next major update and in my dreams it contains this together with the revamped scenarios and respawn ships and a few more things from my secret wishlist!

 

(Left: live /// Middle: Teaser /// Right: Medieval Engineers Female Engineer*)

Not really seeing a difference. The thighs might look a little thinner in the update video but that's likely just a mixture of camera angle and distance being slightly different, and everything else (from the little curvature in his waist to the way the arms move around and the long steps) is pretty identical. Observe the more elegant, fluid slow walk of the female ME-Engineer to the right. An SE-version might reuse Treebeard's animations but i doubt it.

* Press F to praise @Deepflame

 

heres hoping this covers those tiny little rocks that can harm an engineer.
https://forum.keenswh.com/threads/l...se-disable-player-clipping-with-them.7393766/


Dat leaning tower of piston eh?
and parachutes! finally a quick way of stopping a wheeled rover!

 

Guess nothing to talk about batteries being completely broken.

 

Nice teaser guys! Those parachutes look good. Will they have custom colours?

 

So, where is this batch file located? What is it called?
In the SpaceEngineersModSDK folder, or it's sub-folders, I can find nothing called "Premultiplication" or anything that appears to be this fantastic new script.

EDIT: Apparently maybe it is supposed to be called "Premultiplication.bat" or something, but it's apparently missing? Dude, guys, don't say you have a fix for an issue affecting every mod in the game, then not deliver.
(Fingers crossed I'm just being Batman again) *blind*

 

was hoping for more bug fixes well off again to wait for another week ... updates before this were a page long seems like Keen is slowing down and not wanting to fix anymore just want to play with textures , make more money off a broken game deluxe broken !

 

Thanks