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Clang Drive Manager

Version v35 - 2023-07-29


This script is necessary for:
(These drives can only be used with the script, not manually
(These also all work in two directions i.e. also in reverse)
-MPD-1 Merge Pulse Drive
-MSD-2-21 Mass Shifting Drive (old)
-MSD-35 Mass Shift Drive (new)
-MSD-2-S Mass Shift Drive

This script is optional (but recommended) for:
(You can use these without the script, but limited)
-PDD-3 Piston Door Drive
-PDD-1 Piston Door Drive
-MID-6-3 Merge Inertial Dampener

This script no longer supports(old versions, superseeded):
-MID-6 Merge Inertial Dampener
-MID-6-2 Merge Inertial Dampener
-MPD-2x4 Merge Pump Drive

It can handle an "infinite" (script crashes after like 150 or so) number of drives in all 6 directions. These drives work everywhere, even in natural gravity.
The drives are detected and handled fully automatically by the script, you need to do zero setup besides actually placing the drives. You can build everything in survival, nametagging or grouping anything is not required, the script will detect the drives as soon as you have placed the blocks in the right order. There's building instruction videos for the more complicated ones (MID-6-3 & MPD-1).

The drives can be activated by WASD, even if your ship does not have any thrusters at all.
I also built in an inertial dampening feature for all drives, which is toggled just like normal thrusters with 'z'. Due to the nature of these drives, the dampening is not perfect and can only reduce the speed to about 0.2 m/s, so your ship will still drift ever so slightly if not backed up by normal thrusters. There is a gravity compensation to prevent downwards drift on planets, but you should still add one or two vanilla thrusters in addition to these drives to build stuff that hovers.

The whole script and all drives can be toggled on and off by running the programmable block with argument 'toggle'. Put this in your toolbar for easy access if your want. You can also switch to manual mode -> no wasd, no dampening, all forward drives always on (if script is toggled on).

Most of these drives can be easily built in survival by just copying the block layout, the script will detect them automatically. Just follow the building instructions on the respective pages.


-Place programmable block and load this script into it
-Place or build a bunch of Drives on your ship (in whichever direction you need thrust)
-Done


No drive is just better than the others, it always depends on what you want and what ship you have.
You can mix and match everything, but I would recommend to use only one or two different types for each ship. Torque means that the drives inflict a torque on your ship if placed offcenter. By simple I mean that the drives themselves work with a simple principle and are also easy to build in survival.

-PDD-3 Piston Door Drive:
super simple, won't ever blow up, little power, torque, good for small ships

-PDD-1 Piston Door Drive:
the same as above, but printable and tileable (and slightly more janky)

-MSD-35 Mass Shift Drive (new):
fairly simple, pretty safe, high power, torque, good for small-medium ships, tileable

-MSD-2-21 Mass Shift Drive (old):
same as above, less safe, larger, not tileable, but more powerful

-MSD-2-S Mass Shift Drive:
same as above, but for small ships - only small ship clang drive

-MPD-1 Merge Pulse Drive:
complex, a bit more risky, fixed acceleration, no torque, good for large ships


-MID-6-3 Merge Inertial Dampener:
Not a drive, just helps you do tight turns, fairly complex, fairly safe, good for medium-large ships