How does it feel to be one of the modders who is keeping Space Engineers on top of the Space survival building games? Dude your mod is going to be a game changer for SE.
Im sure there are a lot things behind the scenes that have to be made/improved, but this looks very close to be done now! what i would like to see is the robots not having perfect aim, having them miss and possibly hit other things would be a cool feature. If they are planned to attack ships and stations, this would be a way to get them to attack centre of mass without just shooting a straight line into it, as the shots would spread and hit everything. It looks like you have different robots with different amounts of health as well same could go with the aim, some robots might have better aim, while some can barely hit a large block from 20 meters. Anyway, it all looks amazing, would love it if you could showcase some more stuff like how it looks when they do a big fight or anything (assuming that even works yet)
Hey, they do have a small deviation angle but they don’t shoot unless they’re close, which makes it not as visible. Only two of the bots use weapons, the rest want to punch. As for grids, they only aim for functioning turrets unless a player is controlling the grid, then they’ll aim for the player’s position on the grid. I did run a stress test with 100 bots all shooting at me. You can find that video in the AIEnabled collection.
@@jturp6635 Hey!, so if you wanna tell, is the plan to just have them attack things that are close? maybe it will be configurable, both at what distance they shoot and the deviation angle? im probably one of few that would like to see them have a hight missrate even at close distance :) Yeah i saw the 100bots shooting at you a while back, was more thinking about a scenario of 100v100(or less) bots where they were shooting each other, so we can get a good idea of what fun scenarios could be created with them! Or maybe you could take up Splitsie on his offer of testing and if he wants to, make some videos like that :)
Would it be possible to have them visit dedicated weapon lockers to refill their ammo in the future? This is an amazing mod and I can't wait for the release. Is there a timeline for the release?
They do look for enemies within a range of their owner and will remain near you as much as possible. My main goal is to get it released at this point, but a patrol option is definitely planned, among other things :)
This may be possible, but would I be able to create a drop ship, or some kind of personnel carrier, and load it up with these robots to send to an enemy base? If it is possible, could you perhaps upload a video of it please? I love the idea of commanding troops and sending them to distant targets to wreck havoc.
@@jturp6635 ah thats quite sad ill never live out my fantasy of battleships with big guns (i dont have enough friends to fill them) but the mod looks great i cant wait to use it
I think it shoot really fast, when us only can shoot time to time. But is really great how the mod is going, hope the developers think about it and include it like others mods... And I still waiting to they make a lighting rod... A storm kill me 3 times in pertam
Well... Is a little balance there, just hope we can have more than one and they follow in a fighter or use vehicles but I know that will be a little to much
Putting up a large grid antenna makes a lightning rod, as I discovered after three lightning deaths myself. Just make sure it is not linked to your grid when stuck…
Hey Jonathan, would you ever consider making an AI Player Protection Antenna-type mod? An antenna that you can activate to spawn in allied drones to escort or defend you, just like the in-game space pirates have? Having that would be very nice, especially if done in coordination with this mod.
@@jturp6635 I can't use Discord and I won't, since it's an easy way to get hacked and your PC bricked. That's actually happened to me before, getting hacked and having NotPetya (the malware wiper program that pretends to be ransomware) on my PC. I also had my account taken over, then used to post messages containing taboo content in servers I joined, all while I watched, helpless to prevent what was happening. And the stuff the hackers posted would have been traced back to me since they used my account to do it. That's why I refuse to use Discord until all Discord hackers are caught and banned, or locked up in prison. It's just too easy for you to end up with your computer bricked, your reputation ruined, etcetera. Discord is malware central. But that's off topic. Anyway, according to the people I've talked to, Keen's AI is hard-coded so that stuff like what I propose is impossible. You can't get into the AI code and modify it. Hell, stuff like what you're doing is supposed to be impossible - but you're doing it! What this means is that you're one of the few who has managed to do what is literally impossible, and unlock the AI players. Which is why I asked you about ships. Unless you can put me into contact with someone who can do AI as well as you, but for ships, or you branch off into ships or enable us to use your AI to control drones, I'm afraid my idea is not going to happen. And that comes from people who have experience working with the AI.
@@jturp6635 Having it friendly NPC humans/bots would be really cool. Would make a scenario idea I had much more doable, basically bringing down a colony city ship and slowly awakening the colonists from cryo
Saw ya mentioned “soon” for release.... do you realize how many people are hyped to bring some life to the game. The hype is unbearable and this mod is brought up often in keens discord channel alongside any talk about MES
I’m just as excited myself to finally see it in the hands of the playerbase! We are working hard to get the last few hiccups ironed out and hope to have it out sometime this week!
Absolutely incredible, this is going to make on foot combat in so many situations something genuinely engaging.
Thanks, man. I’ll be excited to see some episodes come from it :P
You and me both, if you ever want some testing done just let me know :)
Waiting for you to combine it with assertive @splitsie
@@soundwave1568 I don't think I've ever been so terrified since my first encounter with a reaper in Subnautica
How does it feel to be one of the modders who is keeping Space Engineers on top of the Space survival building games? Dude your mod is going to be a game changer for SE.
Amazing work, good to see you've been productive! I'm already imagining a swotor style capital ship takover.
Oh I am so keen for this, cannot wait to see it ingame and in people's videos, myself included
This is amazing work, total game changer.
This is getting better and better!
Keep it upppppp!!! Looking amazing.
Dude, this is amazing, I have no words
Im sure there are a lot things behind the scenes that have to be made/improved, but this looks very close to be done now! what i would like to see is the robots not having perfect aim, having them miss and possibly hit other things would be a cool feature.
If they are planned to attack ships and stations, this would be a way to get them to attack centre of mass without just shooting a straight line into it, as the shots would spread and hit everything.
It looks like you have different robots with different amounts of health as well same could go with the aim, some robots might have better aim, while some can barely hit a large block from 20 meters.
Anyway, it all looks amazing, would love it if you could showcase some more stuff like how it looks when they do a big fight or anything (assuming that even works yet)
Hey, they do have a small deviation angle but they don’t shoot unless they’re close, which makes it not as visible. Only two of the bots use weapons, the rest want to punch. As for grids, they only aim for functioning turrets unless a player is controlling the grid, then they’ll aim for the player’s position on the grid.
I did run a stress test with 100 bots all shooting at me. You can find that video in the AIEnabled collection.
@@jturp6635 Hey!, so if you wanna tell, is the plan to just have them attack things that are close? maybe it will be configurable, both at what distance they shoot and the deviation angle? im probably one of few that would like to see them have a hight missrate even at close distance :)
Yeah i saw the 100bots shooting at you a while back, was more thinking about a scenario of 100v100(or less) bots where they were shooting each other, so we can get a good idea of what fun scenarios could be created with them!
Or maybe you could take up Splitsie on his offer of testing and if he wants to, make some videos like that :)
Amazing
Looking good my man!
This could very well be a very popular mod
I'm impressed, but not suprised
Cool 👍
Would it be possible to have them visit dedicated weapon lockers to refill their ammo in the future? This is an amazing mod and I can't wait for the release. Is there a timeline for the release?
Do they stay close to the player of c an you direct then to guard a so e or even patrol an area? Would be a great addition for npc ships.
They do look for enemies within a range of their owner and will remain near you as much as possible. My main goal is to get it released at this point, but a patrol option is definitely planned, among other things :)
@@jturp6635 awesome, can't wait til it's ready. Also sorry for the horrible auto correct in my last post. Not all AI is good 😁
Only one question: When?
Very soon ;)
@@jturp6635 You were NOT kidding! JUst starting to mess around with it now. Great work!
This may be possible, but would I be able to create a drop ship, or some kind of personnel carrier, and load it up with these robots to send to an enemy base? If it is possible, could you perhaps upload a video of it please? I love the idea of commanding troops and sending them to distant targets to wreck havoc.
iRobot vibes right here
Sounds more like MES coming to get you :P
I HAVE AN IDEA IF YOUR WILLING TO LISTEN Do you think your able to make them operate a cockpit to use manually operated turrets??
That’s been asked before, and unfortunately that is an entirely different problem set as it requires manipulating the grid itself.
@@jturp6635 ah thats quite sad ill never live out my fantasy of battleships with big guns (i dont have enough friends to fill them) but the mod looks great i cant wait to use it
@@slipperysherman2670 maybe some turrets can be added that have an engineer sitting in them permanently that way it looks like they are using them
So, where do I put my money again? 🤨
I think it shoot really fast, when us only can shoot time to time. But is really great how the mod is going, hope the developers think about it and include it like others mods... And I still waiting to they make a lighting rod... A storm kill me 3 times in pertam
Hey, yeah they shoot fast (they have robot fingers!) but the damage is also far less per shot :)
@@jturp6635 lol
Well... Is a little balance there, just hope we can have more than one and they follow in a fighter or use vehicles but I know that will be a little to much
One thing of note - I’m actually using Keen’s default shoot interval for each of those weapons :P
Putting up a large grid antenna makes a lightning rod, as I discovered after three lightning deaths myself. Just make sure it is not linked to your grid when stuck…
When do you think you will be releasing the mod?
Well the more I think I’m getting close the more things I find left to do, so it’s hard to say. As soon as I feel it’s ready!
@@jturp6635 Hat is off to you this is some amount of work you have put into this mod over the last year.
Hey Jonathan, would you ever consider making an AI Player Protection Antenna-type mod?
An antenna that you can activate to spawn in allied drones to escort or defend you, just like the in-game space pirates have?
Having that would be very nice, especially if done in coordination with this mod.
Hi, ships aren’t really my thing, but I would ask in the keen discord. That seems like a useful mod!
@@jturp6635 I can't use Discord and I won't, since it's an easy way to get hacked and your PC bricked.
That's actually happened to me before, getting hacked and having NotPetya (the malware wiper program that pretends to be ransomware) on my PC.
I also had my account taken over, then used to post messages containing taboo content in servers I joined, all while I watched, helpless to prevent what was happening. And the stuff the hackers posted would have been traced back to me since they used my account to do it.
That's why I refuse to use Discord until all Discord hackers are caught and banned, or locked up in prison.
It's just too easy for you to end up with your computer bricked, your reputation ruined, etcetera. Discord is malware central.
But that's off topic.
Anyway, according to the people I've talked to, Keen's AI is hard-coded so that stuff like what I propose is impossible.
You can't get into the AI code and modify it.
Hell, stuff like what you're doing is supposed to be impossible - but you're doing it!
What this means is that you're one of the few who has managed to do what is literally impossible, and unlock the AI players. Which is why I asked you about ships.
Unless you can put me into contact with someone who can do AI as well as you, but for ships, or you branch off into ships or enable us to use your AI to control drones, I'm afraid my idea is not going to happen.
And that comes from people who have experience working with the AI.
@@jturp6635 Having it friendly NPC humans/bots would be really cool. Would make a scenario idea I had much more doable, basically bringing down a colony city ship and slowly awakening the colonists from cryo
Saw ya mentioned “soon” for release.... do you realize how many people are hyped to bring some life to the game. The hype is unbearable and this mod is brought up often in keens discord channel alongside any talk about MES
I’m just as excited myself to finally see it in the hands of the playerbase! We are working hard to get the last few hiccups ironed out and hope to have it out sometime this week!
*Heavy Breathing* Don’t threaten us with a good time :D
The deed is done :P