@jrandall

Was just curious why you "unlisted" the RE2 version.

I didn't even know it existed until I stumbled across the link contained in the description here.

Never mind, your friends list is full. BTW, when the CPU room got hit, the only thing not destroyed were the CPUs! They were just floating in space with a few health points left! Talk about lucky...

You won't believe this but I JUST got into the situation I had mentioned! My shield went down and the CPU room got hit. I plan to see if I can find a way to replace the Container Extensions elsewhere but I don't know the ship as well as you do. If there is any way you can help me with this, please let me know. You should know that I also removed the two aft Container Controllers and connected them to the two fore ones so they would be 640k. Unfortunately, I used the floor of the CPU room to connect the port extensions, so I'll also need to find a way to connect them elsewhere. I'll send you a friend request in case you have any tips, would be willing to jump in a game with me or want to trade BPs to get this figured out.

I love most of the changes you have made to the Helios. This is a fantastic upgrade to the original. Though I do have a couple of notes, if you're interested.
First off, going full Carbon was a great choice but there is one area I think you should armor up. That would be the Core room. If the worst happens, you at least don't want to lose your Aux/Quants. Second, I would add a way to quickly access the Bridge from outside the ship. So if you are traveling around with the carrier, you can enter and exit more easily. It would also be quite helpful to have auxiliary Cockpits around the ship even if they can only be used in third person view. They would allow you to quickly move the ship if you ever need to.

@Xerkus Enemy fire passes through docked ships. As far as I know, they cannot be hit by enemy fire while docked.

I wonder, is there any point in upgrading the shield? Considering how much is outside the carrier.

Can enemy fire damage/destroy docked? I remember splash damage was the bane of docked stuff.

It is not a small docking area. Whole area is a dropship sized bay. In original Helios it was on the back of the ship.

This is dropship sized module: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416680251

What docks in the small docking area to the port side of the bridge? It also has the Docking Holo on the bottom.

@ScythHO2 I was having trouble finding those myself. If your in engineering standing where the large shutter doors are that allow you to add the down thrusters looking towards the front of the ship on that wall up high and you'll see 2 smaller shutter doors on either side of a red-orange light.

What module fits into the rear? The docking led's show that it lines up to the bottom left of the dock, and its a larger dock then the others. So I'm unsure which one fits there.

Great ship. I have one problem though; the upgrade guide on the bridge says of the 'small shield parts' : Eight small shield part locations are at the front outer area of each rear thruster area.
Are these points marked like the others? I can't seem to find the locations. Do you mean the aft thrusters or the rear thrusters in the nacelles up fwd?

Cheers.

Love that you made this backwards compatible so to speak with the helios modules. Beautifully done J!

Modules with solar pannels on top can't dock correct. They are one block down and in top between ship and module have gap one module height. The front door of module is bocked.

Amazing Ship! But i can´t dock anymore. My Yanus stops about one block before i can dock, no chance. Some one with the same Problem?

Just drive forward until the docking parts attach to the ship

This ship (awesome BTW) able to idle with solar power and not consume?? (No devices on of course)

Love the ship. My only question is if the drop ship module is to be the loading ramp if this does land on a planet?

I love the Helios Concept but why is the Flor not on the same levle as the Modules?
Every Modul nead stairs to the door.
Why have the Modules not a 5x3 Dor that fits to the 5x3 Dor at the Helios.

I made a few High end modules.I would love to share with you

sweet!

awesome ship mr J !!

Thank you very much filbertfarmer!

Amazing as always J!

Thank you LYNX, Napalminus, and Nini! @Nini, I will check it out. And thanks again all!

Please show this ship https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3114939369 (End Game)

We were planning on restarting RE when 2.0 comes out... now I'm not sure I can wait that long :)

Weeee, another JR build !! *starts reforged eden*

Thank you Winslow and spyroqueen! @Winslow, lol.

love this

who needs a base when your base has engines? Beep beep outta my way *steers Helios into traffic*

Thank you sulusdacor! As in the different color cargo boxes, yes, it was intentional. I think I was just trying to add a bit of color but not on both to make them look more random if that makes any sense. lol. And also, love your work and thanks again!

always a pleasure to look at your builds. especially with the helio carrier i am always stunned how a flying flat plane can be made to look amazing, very well done.

small thing i was wondering are the different colored cargo boxes at the bridge (1+2) intentional? i assume yes, since in the deck above this is similar, but it is a detail that stuck in my mind.

Thank you Ishantil, monroe, poetryofstrings, DrPain, and Crimson Alpha! @Ishantil, they shouldn't as a solar capacitor in a CV would show as an illegal part. Reforged Eden lets you put on solar panels on CV's, but they do not need them. You do need them on bases with solar thou. @poetryofstrings, I will check it out. And thanks again all!

Hooooly crap, I can't wait to check this out!

Awesome Work as always. is there any module that covers the whole space of bay 4?

Well shoot. I had finally built a carrier I liked better than Helios-MSC, and now this comes out. Amazing. It's a phenomenal build. It's so polished, everything works and looks great. The new docking LCDs are fantastic icing on the cake. Thanks for posting, looking forward to using it.

If you scare up time from building, check out my carrier, I'd love feedback:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3006865194

Wow. Keeping the bar high jrandall!

Some of the older RE HELIOS modules probably have solar capacitors, I would guess, Jeff.

Thank you Reeth, nauba, maddog6707, «*» ']['øfféL ☆彡, Ishantil, and jackoneil! @nauba, Thank you for the heads up. I swear I had it placed right but you were correct and gravity ran out on the front 5 blocks. I have now updated the ship and moved the front gravity generator forward fixing the issue. I added a update note at the top of the post as well. @jackoneil, I tested the drop ship bay with the Apollo-HGD1 module - https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2416680251
I have noticed parking modules in both the original Helios and the new one tend to be a bit more jerky then they were in the past, but docked correctly. The same thing is happening on the original Helios as well. I suspect a change in the game is causing this. I hope that helps and thanks again all!

Was looking for a dropship that could fit where the big module goes. Seems like the D2 and variants all seem to have problems with illegal blocks or fitting in the bay. Anyone know of a big dropship that works in that spot?

I was also thinking you should do a youtube episode on the various modules that are current and functioning....Would be super helpful!

I've been following your youtube series. I'm glad to see the final release. Still cranking out substrate to build it on Anvil :D

thanks for a great build.

You have a gravity problem. Front gravity gen needs to move forward about 5-6 blocks to fully cover the bridge and upstairs lounge. Other than that, the rest of the ship looks great! Excellent work!

I seem to have an issue with missing gravity at the front end of the ship (like the captains chair on the bridge). Am I doing something wrong ?

Great work J ! And special thanks for the efford to keep the vanilla players in mind with the VA version. Appreciate it a lot.

Thank you very much Xanzoken, AlexS, Xenosch, skyphantom29, jackoneil, Javelin, jdrafton, Dadrick, and nauba! @Xenosch, I added it to the Helios module collection and will check it out. Look really cool! And thank you all again!

Excited to see the new version is available

Excellent work J!

Lovely update and amazing upgrade. Makes a great Xmas present.

Outstanding creation! Its like wish fulfillment with this updated version.

One issue though. I cannot find the small shield areas described in the upgrade LCD. Could you post a screen shot of their location?