Trying to build a open-world shooter map that allows me to put down button panels that players can use to spawn preset vehicles at specific coordinates for use. Ideally i would like to be able to use KotH mod, or a mod like it, to be able to allow players to accumulate points that can be used as a form of currency to spawn these vehicles with. I haven't had much luck being able to find any mods that can do this though, or figure out some kind of work around that doesn't involve projectors+welders to physically build the grids. Trying to streamline this map to make it run smoothly and not lag for multiplayer as best that I can!

Also... I need a way to make grids belonging to a preset faction invulnerable to damage so players can't grief the map, but at the same time allow the spawned grids to take damage so players are free to blow each others brains out. I know I could achieve this using safe zones if I really had to but this map is going to be potentially huge so I could have to place hundreds of safezones to accomplish this which in itself could become lag inducing. More importantly I want to be able to create urban-combat zones where players can participate in vehicular combat in urbanized areas or even inside stations without the map being damaged by the ensuing battle.

WHY would I bother to do any of this though?! Just leave the game as it is, right? I COULD do that but then I wouldn't be doing anything worthwhile or cool though. There's a LOT of people out there that HATE waiting around for PvP to happen, or people who just suck at building or don't care for it very much and just want to team up with friends and blow stuff up. The idea is that this takes the best of all of those things in SE and skips all the boring grindy stuff without resorting to the anarchy of creative servers with an average simspeed of 0.2. Having mods that accomplish this would enable anyone to create maps like this as well, however you'd like it to be.

Worst case I could just disable all grid damage but that would make this map solely a on-foot FPS map... but why the hell would I want to do that! this is SPACE ENGINEERS. Your supposed to have tanks and spaceships and stuff. Any help to make this happen would be much appreciated, thanks!!