Space Engineers

Space Engineers

Grid AI Radar System (Automatons Beta)
10 Comments
Goblin Godaky 23 Feb, 2023 @ 11:14pm 
the school is not mobile enough to require its own target tracking, sattelite imaging will be sufficent, however a school bus us a significantly more mobile threat capable of carrying multiple squads of enemy persons making it a higher priority target
g o o s e 23 Feb, 2023 @ 6:09am 
Of all the things to target, why a school bus? why not just a whole school?
Dots 23 Feb, 2023 @ 4:26am 
these grids are front page now and the blocks aren't even out yet for people who don't go to beta version. :steamfacepalm: I feel sad by those that spent days and hours making cool stuff and don't get covered as much.
TigersFangs 22 Feb, 2023 @ 9:31pm 
Really neat concept. Waiting to see how scripts will be able to interact with the new AI blocks for integrating stuff like this. This has given me a few ideas, like replacing the thruster with a gyro and setting the detection to rotation position instead of power output. Lots of really interesting possibilities.
EmberStar 22 Feb, 2023 @ 8:25pm 
@Chief_IDK - I'm not sure why you'd want a chain of them, since that would sort of point right back at your base. The max range on a beacon is pretty high - dot these things around the perimeter of your area, and set them up just inside the max range of the beacon. Even for the small grid version that's like 25km away. Beacon sees enemy, lights up, probably gets shot. Now you know there's a bad guy and what general direction, and they don't know for sure where *you* are unless they trip over more of them. There's probably a way to extend it even further with laser antenna to relay the Beacon signal, but I haven't used them enough to try to guess at a setup.
Qu33f Chief 22 Feb, 2023 @ 3:10pm 
Interesting. This could also be triggering sound blocks and combat lights in your base/ship.
McTec Ind. 22 Feb, 2023 @ 1:12pm 
Genius idea.
Reavvr 22 Feb, 2023 @ 12:51pm 
Very nice, definitely gonna use this on future builds.
Chief_IDK 22 Feb, 2023 @ 9:39am 
Is there any way to set up a chain of them, so one one pings, it triggers multiple, like dominos, back to your base, so you know about enemies like 50 km before they see you?
GATQS 18 Feb, 2023 @ 9:06pm 
This is cool