Space Engineers

Space Engineers

(DX11)Advanced Wheels
98 Comments
Aubee_1 26 Jan @ 1:23pm 
Started in survival, did the Alt f10 to go into creative. Was able to spawn them in and they seemed to work. Have a mix of about 110 mods/scripts installed.
Sapioit 21 Jan, 2024 @ 5:06am 
Unfortunately, I cannot find them to craft them or to spawn them in creative mode.
The C𝔬w God 27 Sep, 2020 @ 3:40pm 
do these still work?
Hirnsausen 14 Jul, 2019 @ 6:19am 
Why not you add additional sizes to them, like 7x7, 10x10, 15x15?
Also needed; 1x1

Is it possible to scale up just the X and the Z axis, but keep the thickness of the wheel (Y) unchanged? And would such a re-scaling need a 3D editor, or can that be done by defining scaling values to the text file of a mod?

And there is one type of wheel that I want to suggest to you for a new mod. All regular wheels with a middle axis have necessarily a low ground clearance. There is a new type of wheel that was developed by NASA and is in discussion for planetary rovers. It has no middle axis but a mechanism along the upper area of the inner wheel frame that holds and propulses the wheel. Is there any way to have you look on a graphic that illustrates that mechanism?
Argon_Ironhammer 1 Jan, 2019 @ 7:01am 
Колеса не поворачивают как надо. Исправьте баг. А так выглядит ничего но толку из за этого от них никакого нет.
jaargo2000 23 Sep, 2018 @ 8:59am 
Control script for wheels on subgrids (not my work)
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1445055239
Duschlampe 3 Jan, 2018 @ 12:51pm 
5x5 wheel is not there
Eternal Darkness 29 Sep, 2017 @ 4:17pm 
i am a bit sad theirs no video or a setting pic but it looks so good
Nips 24 Feb, 2017 @ 7:31pm 
wheels need to be stronger, pop very easily
Obscurity 1 Feb, 2017 @ 2:15pm 
This seems even better now with Digi's Control Module. Now rotor based wheels and steering finally is viable (and even superior then native suspended wheels, albait requires more effort)
Zankar 15 Sep, 2016 @ 2:12pm 
Sad that you never got to finish this wish you would stay on SE.
Geech6 9 Aug, 2016 @ 7:31am 
No matter what I do I can't get the 5x5 strut to go on my truck. It just keeps saying that wheel can't be placed. The 3x3 works fine, but I need the beefyness of a 5x5 wheel with my build and normal rotors don't have enough give to them without shattering.
H3xx 24 Jul, 2016 @ 4:07pm 
Any chance of getting rotor arms? This would be really cool...
SimplyBenjamen 13 Jun, 2016 @ 4:12am 
I have a favor to ask of you biomech, can you please up the crash tolreance of these wheels. I toke the sandcrawer and made it into heavy armor but due to the weight the wheels are under some stress and they pop almost all the time.
Starship Owl 9 Jun, 2016 @ 5:04pm 
I approve this mod. will keep an eye on it :)
limnovi 3 Jun, 2016 @ 9:42am 
If you're taking suggestions, I'd like a 3x3 wheel with 2x2 dimensions (placed on the centre block, but only 2-thirds the diameter). It would be great for small-ship retractable landing gear where 3x3 is impractically large, and 1x1 just doesn't work.
Vermillion 28 May, 2016 @ 11:14pm 
if the wheels themselvs are modified rotors, then you could use Control Module by DIGI to control them
Prophet_01 22 May, 2016 @ 11:28pm 
Can't you mod a new part for a steerable joint between the chassis and the suspension arm? It would have to be based on the vanilla steerable wheel, but without the ability to propell a wheel and instead it would need a fixed joint for a rotor head (you can already attach a rotor head to it in vanilla; it's just that the handbreak won't hold it in place).

With that you could at least get proper steering and make this somewhat usefull.
Short King 21 May, 2016 @ 2:02pm 
@Darth Biomech are these considered as rotor heads or do you simply place them on a rotor?
Iranian missile enjoyer 15 May, 2016 @ 5:19am 
i dont know why but everytime i hover the mouse over a block while having one of these wheels selected my game crashes... please halp :c
Tonatsi 13 May, 2016 @ 3:29pm 
well, still wont place. the rotor susension is pretty cool tho, and if i configure the rotors correctli i can get a cool slowly lowering down efffect when i turn off the rotors and the vehicle will sink slowly to the ground. it will look cool! and i cant wait until KSW start optimisation!
Theonlylee 13 May, 2016 @ 12:03pm 
so it dont work yet?
Tonatsi 12 May, 2016 @ 5:52am 
hmmmm. curious
Darth Biomech  [author] 12 May, 2016 @ 4:18am 
I can't yet, because I'm trying to find cause of that myself.
Tonatsi 11 May, 2016 @ 9:58am 
um darth whenever i try to place a 5x5 wheel strut it says cannot place wheel even in the middle of space, can you help me?
mjc4wilton 9 May, 2016 @ 4:14am 
+Darth Biomech You can use Digi's script mod in conjuction with this to make the wheels controlable
737✈Garrus 8 May, 2016 @ 12:31pm 
ALERT!: small & large grid wheel strut 5x5 won't place the weel: All area required to 'project' the wheel is empty. still a red text: Wheel could not be placed. :/

Please.
Darth Biomech  [author] 6 May, 2016 @ 11:18pm 
@Autowar AKA Paladin
Keen's forum is preferable, because in comments that's an offtopic.
Autowar 6 May, 2016 @ 10:52pm 
Darth Biomech, I want to ask you a question on Space Engineers mechanics. should i send you questions through the keen software forum PM system, or leave a comment on one of your workshop items? Do you have a preferred method of contact?
Goobs 1 May, 2016 @ 10:57pm 
Darth, would it be possible to somehow network the wheels to a control block in a similar manner to how the turret/rotor tracking scripts are slaving multiple seperate grids onto one control?
XCanG 29 Apr, 2016 @ 8:01am 
Darth, check also ingame console, I give 8 errors from this mod.
Darth Biomech  [author] 29 Apr, 2016 @ 4:27am 
Yeah, 5x5 bugs out for some reason, I was unable to pinpoint why it's doing that.
XCanG 29 Apr, 2016 @ 1:27am 
Can't place wheel 5x5, try every positions, it say no space to place... 3x3 placing ok
MagnusEffect 24 Apr, 2016 @ 11:04pm 
do these wheels allow for other settings (not related to turning/suspension) such as power,friction, etc.? nice job either way
Darth Biomech  [author] 14 Apr, 2016 @ 10:22pm 
You need to setup rotor suspension first.
Virtual Valtyr 14 Apr, 2016 @ 4:26pm 
Does that mean I have to setup a control for each rotor to turn a certain amout of degrees? or it's a simple connect and it works type of thing (like the vanilla wheels)?
Darth Biomech  [author] 14 Apr, 2016 @ 4:04am 
In theory yes.
Virtual Valtyr 14 Apr, 2016 @ 1:50am 
So this will allow you to use rotors and still turn the wheels as normal?
Darth Biomech  [author] 4 Apr, 2016 @ 5:57am 
Yeah, I confirm, but unsure yet why this is so. Needs more testing
AntShekhter 3 Apr, 2016 @ 10:32pm 
yeah the same is happening to me as bml
blm1123581321 3 Apr, 2016 @ 2:56am 
Ok that actually only seems to be the case for the 5x5 wheels and there is plenty of room for them.
blm1123581321 3 Apr, 2016 @ 2:55am 
I keep tring to place these and no matter where or how ive tried placing them i get the message "wheel could not be placed" any suggestions?
Darth Biomech  [author] 25 Mar, 2016 @ 11:08pm 
Because it is like normal. These wheels are supposted to be mounted on rotors.
DarkdragonKev 25 Mar, 2016 @ 12:39pm 
when i wanted to turn left or right the wheels go sideways vertically? why? why not like normal?
icedsteelwolf 19 Mar, 2016 @ 3:29pm 
Hey Darth, It would be awesome if you could take this model and make a rotor out of it It would make an awesome leg system.
icedsteelwolf 17 Mar, 2016 @ 3:12am 
I think it would be awesome if you could make a set of robotics parts, i.e. foot shaped, high impact blocks, hinges designed to work well as walker and manipulator joints, maybe even just blocks designed to be limbs, a torso rotor, etc...Or A special piston block for chicken legs a la ED 209
Olympus 10 Mar, 2016 @ 2:56am 
@Junoberries What are you even trying to make?! XD
Ambitious Dreamsickle 1 Mar, 2016 @ 7:50am 
these wheels are great just not sure how to get them to work nicely with my machine (its 2 million kilos)
Ambitious Dreamsickle 24 Feb, 2016 @ 3:37pm 
subbed! <3 *secretly cheering inside*
Bapkins 17 Feb, 2016 @ 5:07am 
Sorry i realise now that its actually not possible at all for a suspension to work whilst connected to a rotor.. and having read the comments properly can see how to use them...