One change, should add an H2/O2 generator and/or a few ion thrusters for emergency use. As is it cant maneuver once built until something docks to it to refuel the hydrogen tanks.

Hi @weregamer yes it's hydrogen powered

Is this hydrogen powered? I'm considering it as my first miner after reaching the moon, so I don't have platinum or uranium yet.

@pro100tv TY muchly https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3350500369

Hi, go ahead

Hi, I've found that this drone fits perfectly in one of the blue fleets ships - would you mind if I re-uploaded it along with the ship and credit?

@proo100tv hi thanks for your reply i just had a go at your Xu-1 or 3 drone ( the orange planet one) it works wonders thanks, i would try the reset argument if i understood how to do all of that lol total script noob here

Hi @-DNZ-Stretch try running "RESET" argument in the Programmable block - PAM. This should configure the script for the autominer role

i love these little drones thank you there awsome but ive a issue and a question, how do i setup multiple drones on 1 job setup if its possible? the issue i have is i built a drone and added a projector to it (so it can be repaired if it takes damage as it sometimes bangs into the connector) i took a BP of it and set about building another one prob is when its finished its set to SHUTTLE MODE not mining and i dont know how to get it to the right mode.

is pam still working

kustard follow the videos

Can't agree here. I use them in every survival game

basically worthless outside creative

ill have to give it a try later .... i only got to use this once and then keen fucked everything up xD

It's a bug, I found out that it helps to place a hydrogen generator, or a tank right behind the station's connector, as conveyor sorter may prevent a hydrogen flow

I don’t understand why the drone does not refuel hydrogen cylinders, there is ice at the base, there are also cylinders at the base, but the cylinders on the drone do not want to be filled?

Did it work or not atm?

lol keen always messing up mods

No, the bug was still there last time I checked

any fix for hydrogen tanks?

Would it be possible for you to make a ion miner? also any inventory script will remove the ore and ice if there is cargo space elsewhere for ore

Did that work?

@Electric Butthole Glue

I made, what I believe is a fix for the below issue, by including a Conveyor Sorter on the ship itself just behind the Connector. With the Connector still attached to the rest of the system with small conveyors on the side.

I'm doing testing now to see if this works the way I intend it.

This drone will not refill it's hydrogen tanks if you hook it up the way you have setup in your tutorial. Unfortunately, Hydrogen does not pass through a conveyor sorter, and anyone experiencing this is likely experiencing a glitch.

This is even documented on the wiki, here https://spaceengineers.fandom.com/wiki/Conveyor_Sorter#:~:text=Conveyor%20sorters%20will%20not%20drain,hydrogen%20gas%20through%20the%20block .

Unfortunately, this renders the drone functionally useless once it runs out of juice, unless you want to unload everything manually or replace the conveyor sorter every time.

@pro100tv the main problem was with stone getting stuck inside the sorters/ejectors since the sorters would still suck in stone, sorry for not mentioning that earlier and thanks for the anserw

@PanMati About those ejectors - I tested it today and it seems like you just need to turn the sorters off in the behavior settings and in the k-menu by hand and they won't turn on since that point and the drone will collect stone. Turning them back on in the behavior settings will restore default settings.

@PanMati I will try to debug the stone ejection issue and come back to you.
When it comes to sorters - it's confusing for me. During the initial tests, it seemed like the sorter doesn't let the hydrogen get through. After publishing the drone I got feedback saying that it does and there's no need to do a separate circuit for hydrogen supply. Checked it and it worked just fine. Got no idea what does it depend on.

@ Aspect™ It's a difficult task because such a drone would require a lot of thrust, so the powerpack needs to be large enough. I can't say that challenge is accepted but I may give it a go in the future.
I could recommend you one of DerMarkat miners if you need something for now: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2025630883

oh and during testing i have found out that for some reason at least in creative mode you do need a sorter "sorting" hydrogen in, really funky as when i had a similar set up in survival it worked, the diffrence tho is that in survival i put refill stock on manually while in creative i let the script do it

i have found out one particular thing with at least this model: the scripts option to turn off stone ejecting isnt working, dont know whos party fault is that
personally i replaced the ejectors and sorters with small cargo

Hey - that's not exactly what that meant. I've seen XU-3, it looks great, but I meant more of the compact design of XU-2, but atmospheric.

Go ahead! :)

So, I recently integrated a modification of this drone into a ship I've been working on. Basically it's a scriptless version of the drone and requires only the remote-control block and an antenna. I've made no exterior changes yet but I plan to, most likely involving some form of modded thrusters. If I were to credit you, could I upload this completed blueprint (ship and drone) to the workshop?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2710915106

Hey, of course. In fact it's already being prepared. You can take a look at it over here: https://www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/t7e3ay/xu3_automated_mining_drone_prototype_a/

Hey, is there any possibility of you making an atmospheric version of this ship? I know you have the XU-1, but I like this model because it's nice and compact. I was considering making one myself by modifying XU-2 but I'm not great at designing, so I figured I'd ask here.

Check if the in-game scripts are enabled in the world settings

I keep having an issue after the blueprint finishes crafting from Connector to Miners. The Programmable blocks grouping 1-3 on the toolbar do not function, and i'm confused how i'm supposed to fly the ship into dock with a hydrogen sufficient connector without adding engines that don't need hydrogen. Even after it's docked (through use of Ion thrusters) the programmable blocks don't allow me to start the program.

Oooh, yellow, I approve!

[PAM] (the script which operates the drone) in general is adjusted for static drop point operations.

If you want to use your mobile base make sure that it is in the same place for the duration of mining as the drone get`s to the coordinates recorded during setup phase not to the coords of the connector.

how do u set this properly for the drone to drop at my mobile base ship

(sorry for comment spam) well your second anserw is probably the issue since my current location is 2... ls from earthlike (the space spawn ship spawns crazy far away), thanks for anserw

@TigersFangs It looks like you are absolutely right. Something must have gone wrong during the drone's initial tests which confused me and made me think it was the case. Thank you for pointing it out!

I was looking at your suggested hydrogen fueling setup. It will work like that, but to my knowledge conveyor sorters have never blocked gases like oxygen and hydrogen from passing in either direction. It has been that way for some time, unless they changed it in the last update. Believe me, I have WANTED to have a way to control gas flow for a REALLY long time, but vanilla has never accomplished that. I will need to double check. I haven't setup a hydrogen fueling system since the new DLC dropped.

Such situation may occur in two cases:
1. Some mod doesn`t like PAM or
2. Quote from the reddit post where somebody had similar issue:
[quote=karpjoe](...)If you're using a realistic sized star system then you'll end up with floating point integers in your GPS cords that are to large for the script to accurately handle. The further away from the center of the universe you are the more inaccurate that math gets.

It's an issue in lots of games, not just Space Engineers.[/quote]

ive ran into a problem while setting up this miner, after being docked, clicking set home/path, undocking, flying to mining area and then saving it, then choosing go back home causes the rover to miss the connector by around 2-3 blocks to the right side, is that a bug or am i doing something wrong?

thanks for quick reply

@PanMati Take a look at that picture: https://imgur.com/gallery/yNvn6MB

If the hydrogen tank would be plugged in behind the conveyor sorter, the drone would not be able to refuel as the sorter would block the hydrogen traffic.

The station doesn`t need to look exactly like that, it`s just an example. The point is to plug in the hydrogen before the sorter.

I dont understand the part about putting the hydrogen output before the conveyor sorter, will hydrogen not flow into the ship? do i just need a hydro tank attached near or need to build something more complicated? or can i replace the hydros with ions or will it mess up with the weight/power limit?

Thanks guys!

darn that is slick.