crashed every time i try to load this up. what gives?

I've never had probs with messing with any files before but I must have drank something laced with crack cause this ain't making no sense but everyone else seems to understand. The only thing I'm having a problem with is my mental disintegrating as i reach the only step by step guide I cant understand and I've put together IKEA level of instruction manual furniture. "Locate both saves" First off all following the steps there is no saves at all. Taking initiative i went to the community area and found world one so that's one down. On to the second... Okay does he mean a blank world, earth world. system world, duplicate world. personal save, a world with just a LED display with a dinosaur on? I must be blind but between step 1 that is not step one it would be i presume step 3 cause you need to create 2 worlds first (I assume) By step 3 I decided **** this and read a latin astrophysics book upside down in the dark and had more success. Am I A- Dropped as a child, or B- These steps suck.

@djslim_sa1 You really just need to backup your own world save. Its really just to make sure you don't screw up your only save when trying to follow my instructions. Backing up the mod was the second save I was talking about, but its not necessary because you can always just delete the workshop item and re-download it.

question what do you mean both saves do you make a backup copy of your save twice or is there meant to be a different thing used that first set may not be stated right or is there meant to be a save with drukulara enhanced for caves world and another save with protocal 51 caves please example also will this work on a gave server where you can only have 1 save

@Rex the ODST - It will work right out of the box if you load it up -- you just won't have any other planets besides the caves, and it will only be the caves and that is all. This is why I included instructions on how to add it a world of your own so people can be flexible with how they want to play. I have had plans for a while to revisit this and release one that could be part of a simple scenario that included many other planets (earth, mars ...) but in that case it would have to come with some other mods included to make it make sense and look/work right. --- basically this was a proof of concept mod that I was hoping to grow on some day when work wasn't so busy! :) Hope you enjoy it!

So you have to go to the world files to get the caves to work? You can't just subscribe and play in game?

@thegrandseraph the race event is directly related to the survival server. Many of the features used in the race are actually test runs for the survival server.

Any word on the pve server?

ohh ok

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@Apothicon I tried multiple ways to make the Caves, and the final and only performance friendly way I found was to smash about 19+ 120km planets together with only 1 planet that had gravity. There are other ways to do it but this was the quickest, dirtiest and most simple way to create it.

When you made this planet did you use voxelmaps for the cave roof? If so, how did you make them not hollow like swiss cheese? I am trying to use voxelmaps for a custom enviromental item on a planet mod i'm making but every time I import the model via SEtoolbox to test it it is hollow and really messed up.

@thegrandseraph Keep an eye out for Keen Software House to announce an upcoming events which will be hosted by us MisFit Studios, if all goes as planned the events will culminate in the release of our Protocol 51 Multiplayer Server. These events will take place all of February and will introduce our fans to Protocol 51. Once again when it is announced by KSH, I will also announce it here.

@Thanatos370 Jump on our discord and chat with me I can help you fix it.
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Nah its fine, waiting on news of a server.

@thegrandseraph, Sorry.

Anyways, redownloaded the game, and remade the save game. Found my way to an area that lights up... as long as I stay above a certain altitude. Can we get a version that is a more vanilla state, while still being the Caves map?

I tried modding it as well. World settings work fine. Mods settings just crashes my game when trying to access the mod management menu for the world. Ideas??

I got all excited when I saw a new response to this thread. Oh well.

I made a new save with this world, but I can't get it to allow me to add mods, and the whole thing is pitch black inside, instead of dimly lit like your photos. Is it just the starter area that is dark like that?

@thegrandseraph Its a blank slate so no enemies will spawn correctly. So if you don't mind just mining and exploring the Caves yourself with a group of friends there is really nothing stopping you from doing that. But if you want the full experience like I am making there is a ton of setup and testing to get things working right.

Of course. The server performance takes priority. The drill one actually helps with that as far as I understand it, not sure. As for the build and repair, I don't know, I imagine it hinders a bit. Either way, I look forward to playing on it with you. Out of curiosity, do you have to do any set up on the client side to play with this map on a server?

@thegrandseraph I may add those, It has been in and out of my mod list for Protocol 51 quite a bit. It all depends on testing and if people end up able to grief or cheat using it like they could in the past. Also Server performance .... (sadface)

Good, always been more prone to focusing on building than PVP. Was never my strong suit. Might I suggest nanobot build and repair and nanobot drill and fill.

@thegrandseraph It will be heavily focused on PVE Co-op survival experiences. But PVP will have its place and there will be reasons for boarding and focused multi-tiered battle experiences. The PVE is where all the work I have put into it has gone. So PVP might be an evolving experience after release.

Can't wait for the server. Is it going to be pve or pvp?

@Ximien nope - not yet. Pre.. and Holidays are crazy when you got a bunch of munchkins. Jump on our discord if you need help!

Hey, im trying to get this mod to work but im really bad with text directions, have you made the installation video yet? i cant find it on your youtube so i assume not

Woot

@thegrandseraph I will make sure to announce it here when I am done building it!

Gonna subscribe to this thread to be on the lookout for a server.

@DeAnti yes you can enable spiders if you want

oh ok soo ...no there isnt ...

Honestly didn't have any FPS issues. Once the worlds load in it was fine EXCEPT when you go into spectator and fly around like a madman then there is a huge drop in FPS. I ran a few events on twitch as well with not many FPS problems. Where are you getting your issues in FPS?

its great but the amount of FPS it takes.... I cannot imagine how did Last Stand Gamers make it run so smooth. Any tips?

can we enable spiders on this world?

@blainecook14 - yes it works on survival. Also same ore you would see on Earth Start but with a much bigger distance between deposits (so harder to find due to size of planet.)
Missing elements would be
-- No access to Uranium
-- No Stores unless you place them yourself.
-- No random spawning as everyone spawns right now at the one public spawn point that is placed.

The Survival Version of this World is still in development
The Scenario Version of this World is still in development
The Mars Version of this World is still in development
The Multiplayer Server Version of this World is still in development
The Race Version of this World is still in development.

All of these things are part of Protocol 51 - all support sent our way to complete this is much appreciated.
http://paypal.me/misfitstudios

Got a question can this would be use for survivor? and what ores spawn on it?

a video would be great, I would also play on the server

@Const thanks for writing all that, I was tempted to explain it but then just decided to remove it. Would rather more people downloading and enjoying it then people worried about the license and what it means.

@thegrandseraph no install video but if enough people ask I will throw one together. - I am building the server with my spare time, hopefully will have it up soon. Someone give me a deadline :P jking but honestly if we gather a list of maybe 32 people wanting to play it would help push me to finish it quicker.

Seconded. Also, anyone have a youtube vid of how to install this?

Is there a server that uses this world?

while yes, it is free to use, you cannot modify and redistribute without the express permission of the original author. Next time, read the ToS, or at the very minimum, the parts most related to consumers (ie; user generated content/workshop creations)

Otherwise, you open yourself up to a DMCA claim

@Jostar980
steam subscriber agreement says otherwise

6.D. Representations and Warranties

You represent and warrant to us that you have sufficient rights in all User Generated Content to grant Valve and other affected parties the licenses described under A. and B. above or in any license terms specific to the applicable Workshop-Enabled App or Workshop page. This includes, without limitation, any kind of intellectual property rights or other proprietary or personal rights affected by or included in the User Generated Content. In particular, with respect to Workshop Contributions, you represent and warrant that the Workshop Contribution was originally created by you (or, with respect to a Workshop Contribution to which others contributed besides you, by you and the other contributors, and in such case that you have the right to submit such Workshop Contribution on behalf of those other contributors).[/b]

@Jostar980 Honestly I was happy to see that LSG made a caves map for the community and that people were having fun. The main reason I have the GNU v3 was for the understanding that people who use my mod do not hold anyone responsible for liabilities or issues with the mod. Also so they understand fully I am allowing everyone to use it free and to redistribute it. *shrugs* I could remove it if it makes people mad but I do believe all creators including people who make mods should be getting way more respect for their work then people give them. (including LSG) Anyways hope your having fun with Space Engineers.

will when i have more time right now im having a few other issues

@furykuiku'l go ahead and join our discord https://discord.gg/6r7r6nX and we can chat more about your issue there. Seems like this might be a bit more complicated to fix for you via comments on steam.

its to make the server work without having to go in to the files im uploading to the program as it wont work right with worlds that have mods needed in them to run no idea why the owners of the program are looking at fixing that fact but they said it will take ages to fix it

im asking for a world that will not error when i try to upload it to the online program that runs the server if its more than one mod in the world then the program wont load the maps that have a lot of worlds edited that require mods on top of them so the cave world wont load as they have to be setup twice and due to that they wont work on the server program

@Furykuiku'l basically are you asking for a version of this world but with a few other planets for example the solar system? -- if you follow the directions correctly the game should not error out if you want to add it to your world. But if you just starting a new world and want it added as part of the "Solar System" Start I could look into maybe releasing a version for that purpose.

i have a server through serverblend and love the idea of these planets however the server wont let me upload the worlds once they are edited they error out and wont upload any chance i could maybe get a predone set so i like a system with a around 4 planets pre done in one file format so i can launch it in my game save then upload it to the server as once the file of the game is zipped the mods in the save dont copy over and if they are in the servers list itself the server just wont start at all

:O