Bit of a mistake on my part, the Prototech Jump Drive does actually have a farther blind jump distance than the base game jump drive. (Thanks Jerrai) Here are the max distances: - Base game jump drive: 2,000 km - Prototech jump drive (L): 6,000 km - Prototech jump drive (S): 500 km
The prototech jump drive also charges a bit faster than the other, with double the energy consumption (64MW), higher efficiency (90%) and a bit less than double the capacity (5MWh), it would take exactly 5 minutes and 12.5 s to fully recharge from 0%. EDIT: Small drive should take exactly 4 minutes and 10s to fully charge
Thank you for the clarification! A discord member also pointed it out and I felt silly for forgetting about that 😅 A pinned comment now shows the proper jump drive max distances.
Set and move is such a game changer. So much time fucking around programming or manually adjusting max distance and speeds. Mostly for mining rigs. Slowly move forward as to not ram the drill into the ground but quickly retract when we reach max length.
The Inset Connectors are nice. Now you can maintain air tightness without a connector extending beyond the wall. The Captain's Desk looks neat, and has actual storage in the drawers.. so cool. Too bad the microwave block doesn't allow placing a food pack in it. Then you could have the immersion of warming up your food in the coldness of space. Medical cabinet storage for your medical supplies finally shows up. Next, there should be a fridge for food items. Angled spotlights are a welcomed addition. Hopefully the next re-skin of a spotlight would allow you to VIEW through it like a camera so you can SEE as you precise aim it where you want lit up. Looking forward to seeing the Bridge Set incorporated into the Sandstorm.
It's the little additions to the script that I find most enjoyable about your videos. e.g. 'I fell out of my world' and 'I'm in a tree'. 🤣 Very informative video, can't wait to see you tackle some of the new PVE content in your playthroughs 👍
The Star Citizen builders are going to run amok with the new SG blocks. XD The prototech blocks are all great. Ever since I heard about them, I liked the straight upgrades being balanced by rarity. It's also cool that they've incorporated features from various mods, like Splitsie's Assertive NPC thrusters and the block merging gameplay of his Scrapyard. Also the animated gyros, drawing on community mods that have animated, among other things, gyros. :D But the DLC blocks look really sharp too. Those cargo blocks are a big draw for me! Fresh world start, first Unidentified Signal pops in 800 km away, but I can't get off planet yet. :( It expires. Few hours later, second signal pops in, 8000 km away. Not sure I could make it even if I speedran a jumpdrive. T_T Eventually those Willy Wonka gold foil blocks will be mine..!
It was Captain Jack but he was a complete toolbag on his channel and crashed the thing into his ship. It was 20 minutes of him f'ing around with a buddy at a facility, unprepared, and never even used the JJ.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes Ohhh, I thought he was showcasing the event system, bruh! Thanks for the info, he messed up there, at least show it in action if you need to tease the block lol, he also didn't explain properly how to claim blocks and make them not static anymore.
its safe to play on a previous save. i didnt notice they put the stuff in and i loaded into my world. i got a random unidentified signal in space and have the new blocks :)
I tried it with 2 previous saves. One worked just fine with no problems the other I had to go into the settings and turn encounters on before it would spawn an encounter. It works but you might have to enable it.
this is a game changer so awesome finally we got decent connectors yesss i am really looking forward tgo this it going to completely change how we play thanks for the review
Should note, it is my understanding that the encounters can contain DLC (all of them up to and including the contact DLC), so you can gain DLC blocks via the new encounters.
I'm extremely disappointed that the turrets are just reskins. We are sorely lacking in base game weapon variation, especially for what's actually viable. The pistons have the same problem. Otherwise a very cool update.
I would love to see more variation in weapons, but Keen usually sticks to reskins for DLC blocks so that there isnt a combat advantage locked behind a paywall. Honestly this update would have been perfect for some sort of powerful "Prototech" weapons. Maybe we'll see that in a future update!
@@AndrewmanGaming That's what I'm saying, these should not be dlc reskins, they should be entirely new blocks to better flesh out the Prototech concept, made with comps from the new fabricator. And why not make the enemy grids guarding the uncraftables use the (what should be) new more powerful Prototech turrets foreshadowing our ability to make/take them in the future?
I rarely use built-in turrets in my grids, I prefer making custom point turrets, especially on my large grids, as I can fit in one large hinge 4 miniguns and 2 autocannons all firing at the same time.
Thanks Andrew, I always find your way of presenting the new content clear and helpful. One thing I'd suggest though: using alternating single block colours (rather than all grey floors/walls) next to blocks to allow us to see their dimensions more easily. You might want to look into the types of colour-blindness before selecting the colour. I'm not colour-blind myself, but I'm aware there are some SE-playing content creators, and presumably plenty more players whom this affects.
If you use Ion thrusters on your ship like me, the prototech thruster will be a powerhouse. Twice the consumption but 3.25 times the thrust. You can replace 3 large ion thrusters with one of these and save a lot of weight and energy (even the prototech thruster appears to be lighter than 1 large ion thruster). Even the battery is great with a 48MW I/O (x4 compared to the normal battery) and 18 MHh of storage (x6 compared to the normal battery) and a better charge efficiency. Also the small grid variant is able to charge quicker (usually while docked) and can last a lot longer than the standard battery
Is it just the jump drive that require that prototech frame? or do all blocks require that because most of the others you can craft components with the new assembler.
All "Prototech" blocks require the prototech frame as the starting component making them very difficult to craft unless you happen to have one lying around.
If you unsign for the newsletter you keep the cockpit, you do NOT lose it. It was confirmed on the livestream today. Also Xbox and Microsoft players do not have to sign up for the newsletter as the update was delayed on those platforms
You know that builders are take full advantage of the QoL changes real fast. Mechs, rigs, articulated miners. They're all gonna get upgraded and revamped. I've got a mech that while not complete, is gonna get an upgrade.
A prototex power generator would have been cool. but there is now enough space for that in the future. (pun intended=) all of those blocks look sooo cooool!
I think the reason we can’t build the new prototech blocks by crafting the parts like normal blocks is because the tech we are collecting are literal prototypes. So as some random engineer who simply just steels the technology we don’t have the knowledge on how to make the components so we just take what is already built.
With the programmable pistons and such if you can define a specific landing spot, you possibly could extend the power/material connector to the ship, or build one on the ship that flips out and connects to the flush connector. Just have to add a GPS parking routine to a craft to park in an exact spot? Can the sound block be programmed to alert if telemetry indicates an enemy grid within a certain distance of a spot? You can get an attack warning from far off then?
To answer your question, you can achieve your sound alert request using two methods both using a Defensive AI block. 1st: Defensive AI blocks have a range of 2500 meters and can trigger an action when a target is within range, meaning you can activate a timer block with multiple functions to turn on alert screens, sound blocks, door functions etc. This is useful if you're looking to get audible alerts near your base if a target gets in weapons range. 2nd. You can set up alert stations using this same method at any distance away from your base and have the base relay information using an antenna and broadcasting blocks that sends signals back to your base. So, for example, let's say you live in a narrow valley or canyon, and you want to monitor entry points against low flying aircraft, you can set up monitoring stations that will send signals to your base to alert you and activate any function you program. I use timer blocks for this purpose to activate immediately and kick off a number of different functions.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes thank you. I'm a lurker to this channel, not time to play, but like to watch and have civil and military engineering background, so I theorize a lot.
Argh! The ONE and ONLY block I was excited for and it's hobbled. The inset connector. We have reinforced T-junctions and 5-port air vents, but the LG inset connector only has the back and ONE side port. This means if you don't want to dead-end right there, you have to offset the conveyor line or the connector by a block anyway, like the old ones. Ports on opposite sides would have meshed so well with reinforced conveyors and opened up a lot of possibilities that I figured the reinforced stuff had been designed for in the first place.
It does seem a bit strange they only added a connection point to two of the sides, but I'm not too upset on that one. Maybe I will be when I start using it lol
Can you do a video on how to get these new parts? I'm worried that the only way to get them would involve combat (which I'm not a fan of) - I'm really hoping there are other ways to get into Prototech...
Makes sense. Microsoft doesn't release updates right away. They have to be approved first. This is a quote from Keen on their Forums. "The Xbox and Windows Store release is in progress - we appreciate your patience while we make sure it’s ready! We’ll announce the Xbox release date as soon as possible. "
The new endgame meta being based entirely around finding "end game" scrap to build slightly improved blocks is exactly the kind of thing i expected Keen to do the the point all i could do was just roll my eyes at how lame the entire thing is. So now we get to spend the first 4 hours mining stone and the last end game hours grinding for randomly spawning scrap pieces. Keen turned space engineers into a glorified trash collection simulator. The prototech stuff is disappointing beyond all belief but the paid DLC stuff is actually kind of neat. Atleast i can decorate my small grid ships i guess.
@@gamingking1002 If your on Xbox there having problems with getting it certificated by Microsoft during there live stream update, they said they are currently working on it
I don't wanna be mean because I know you're rockin' twelve extra slow brain cells, but base game jump drive = 2000km, prototech jump drive = 6000km. Come on Andrew man, I know you played this game before! :P
Bit of a mistake on my part, the Prototech Jump Drive does actually have a farther blind jump distance than the base game jump drive. (Thanks Jerrai)
Here are the max distances:
- Base game jump drive: 2,000 km
- Prototech jump drive (L): 6,000 km
- Prototech jump drive (S): 500 km
The prototech jump drive also charges a bit faster than the other, with double the energy consumption (64MW), higher efficiency (90%) and a bit less than double the capacity (5MWh), it would take exactly 5 minutes and 12.5 s to fully recharge from 0%.
EDIT: Small drive should take exactly 4 minutes and 10s to fully charge
Thank you I thought nobody noticed it. I was about to type that "Of course the jump range is 8000 because you have all of them on the same grid"😅
The jumpdrives are on the same grid so they combine their stats, the old jump drive does 2000km and the proto one does 6000km ^^
Thank you for the clarification! A discord member also pointed it out and I felt silly for forgetting about that 😅 A pinned comment now shows the proper jump drive max distances.
I was going to say it sounded kind of pointless
Set and move is such a game changer. So much time fucking around programming or manually adjusting max distance and speeds. Mostly for mining rigs. Slowly move forward as to not ram the drill into the ground but quickly retract when we reach max length.
The Inset Connectors are nice. Now you can maintain air tightness without a connector extending beyond the wall.
The Captain's Desk looks neat, and has actual storage in the drawers.. so cool.
Too bad the microwave block doesn't allow placing a food pack in it. Then you could have the immersion of warming up your food in the coldness of space.
Medical cabinet storage for your medical supplies finally shows up. Next, there should be a fridge for food items.
Angled spotlights are a welcomed addition. Hopefully the next re-skin of a spotlight would allow you to VIEW through it like a camera so you can SEE as you precise aim it where you want lit up.
Looking forward to seeing the Bridge Set incorporated into the Sandstorm.
There is already such spotlight reskin, it can even act like a turret, i.e. tracking enemies with a spotlight
Is it just me who is excited about the kitchen appliances lol
Nope me too. Finaly small Kitchens for ships to make them more immersive.
I'm more excited for those than anything else
Actually immersive experience, adding realism... Like what sane engineer is leaving without a coffee machine?
Nah dude, gonna be perfect for my Earthlike Man Cave.
One other thing you missed; Sensors now have 9 toolbars! YES!
You're right! That's another fantastic QoL change.
It's the little additions to the script that I find most enjoyable about your videos. e.g. 'I fell out of my world' and 'I'm in a tree'. 🤣
Very informative video, can't wait to see you tackle some of the new PVE content in your playthroughs 👍
Small grid Kitchen appliances? New bridge windows? Hell yeah!
omg makes me want to get back into playing; the lights and the new piston setting. that will help me in my elevators in particular
Definitely! I'm very excited about the piston set option!
The Star Citizen builders are going to run amok with the new SG blocks. XD
The prototech blocks are all great. Ever since I heard about them, I liked the straight upgrades being balanced by rarity. It's also cool that they've incorporated features from various mods, like Splitsie's Assertive NPC thrusters and the block merging gameplay of his Scrapyard. Also the animated gyros, drawing on community mods that have animated, among other things, gyros. :D
But the DLC blocks look really sharp too. Those cargo blocks are a big draw for me!
Fresh world start, first Unidentified Signal pops in 800 km away, but I can't get off planet yet. :(
It expires.
Few hours later, second signal pops in, 8000 km away. Not sure I could make it even if I speedran a jumpdrive. T_T
Eventually those Willy Wonka gold foil blocks will be mine..!
6:45 I cannot find anyone who showcased the Prototech Jump Drive before the release
It was Captain Jack but he was a complete toolbag on his channel and crashed the thing into his ship. It was 20 minutes of him f'ing around with a buddy at a facility, unprepared, and never even used the JJ.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes Ohhh, I thought he was showcasing the event system, bruh! Thanks for the info, he messed up there, at least show it in action if you need to tease the block lol, he also didn't explain properly how to claim blocks and make them not static anymore.
its safe to play on a previous save. i didnt notice they put the stuff in and i loaded into my world. i got a random unidentified signal in space and have the new blocks :)
I tried it with 2 previous saves. One worked just fine with no problems the other I had to go into the settings and turn encounters on before it would spawn an encounter. It works but you might have to enable it.
@@Itar-eg7bs im doing scrapyard playthrough right now so i dont plan on visiting it anyways haha
this is a game changer so awesome finally we got decent connectors yesss i am really looking forward tgo this it going to completely change how we play thanks for the review
Should note, it is my understanding that the encounters can contain DLC (all of them up to and including the contact DLC), so you can gain DLC blocks via the new encounters.
I'm extremely disappointed that the turrets are just reskins. We are sorely lacking in base game weapon variation, especially for what's actually viable. The pistons have the same problem.
Otherwise a very cool update.
I would love to see more variation in weapons, but Keen usually sticks to reskins for DLC blocks so that there isnt a combat advantage locked behind a paywall. Honestly this update would have been perfect for some sort of powerful "Prototech" weapons. Maybe we'll see that in a future update!
@@AndrewmanGaming That's what I'm saying, these should not be dlc reskins, they should be entirely new blocks to better flesh out the Prototech concept, made with comps from the new fabricator. And why not make the enemy grids guarding the uncraftables use the (what should be) new more powerful Prototech turrets foreshadowing our ability to make/take them in the future?
It might be a future plan. Xocliw made it sound like they had more things in store based on this update during the update stream
I rarely use built-in turrets in my grids, I prefer making custom point turrets, especially on my large grids, as I can fit in one large hinge 4 miniguns and 2 autocannons all firing at the same time.
My early-game rover with drill arms (might) finally be safe from sudden rapture via wrong-button-related-clang drive-conversion
Thanks Andrew, I always find your way of presenting the new content clear and helpful. One thing I'd suggest though: using alternating single block colours (rather than all grey floors/walls) next to blocks to allow us to see their dimensions more easily. You might want to look into the types of colour-blindness before selecting the colour. I'm not colour-blind myself, but I'm aware there are some SE-playing content creators, and presumably plenty more players whom this affects.
Thank you for the tip! You're right, alternating colors would help a lot with seeing the scale. I'll remember that for future showcases!
DLC blocks are always cosmetic items or variations. Stat wise they are the same as base game so there is no pay to win.
If you use Ion thrusters on your ship like me, the prototech thruster will be a powerhouse. Twice the consumption but 3.25 times the thrust. You can replace 3 large ion thrusters with one of these and save a lot of weight and energy (even the prototech thruster appears to be lighter than 1 large ion thruster).
Even the battery is great with a 48MW I/O (x4 compared to the normal battery) and 18 MHh of storage (x6 compared to the normal battery) and a better charge efficiency. Also the small grid variant is able to charge quicker (usually while docked) and can last a lot longer than the standard battery
Thanks for the detailed look at the new stuff
Is it just the jump drive that require that prototech frame? or do all blocks require that because most of the others you can craft components with the new assembler.
All "Prototech" blocks require the prototech frame as the starting component making them very difficult to craft unless you happen to have one lying around.
If you unsign for the newsletter you keep the cockpit, you do NOT lose it. It was confirmed on the livestream today. Also Xbox and Microsoft players do not have to sign up for the newsletter as the update was delayed on those platforms
Thank you for the clarification!
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They should've required the scrap to be converted to prototec ingots/building blocks before the assembler can use them.
That would have been neat and also more in-line with how every other ore - ingot works.
I'm very much excited for this update dlc and all!
Alot cool new blocks.
Really love the bridge blocks.
the rotor controls alone are dope!
I really love the new cockpit.
You know that builders are take full advantage of the QoL changes real fast. Mechs, rigs, articulated miners. They're all gonna get upgraded and revamped. I've got a mech that while not complete, is gonna get an upgrade.
I didn't notice the alerts had changed! Alert 2 has a good Battlestations tone to it.
A prototex power generator would have been cool. but there is now enough space for that in the future. (pun intended=)
all of those blocks look sooo cooool!
I think the reason we can’t build the new prototech blocks by crafting the parts like normal blocks is because the tech we are collecting are literal prototypes. So as some random engineer who simply just steels the technology we don’t have the knowledge on how to make the components so we just take what is already built.
Oh man im loving it so many videos in so little
These blocks look SOOOO good. I want to keep them safe, but it would be a shame to hide them completely away
With the programmable pistons and such if you can define a specific landing spot, you possibly could extend the power/material connector to the ship, or build one on the ship that flips out and connects to the flush connector. Just have to add a GPS parking routine to a craft to park in an exact spot? Can the sound block be programmed to alert if telemetry indicates an enemy grid within a certain distance of a spot? You can get an attack warning from far off then?
To answer your question, you can achieve your sound alert request using two methods both using a Defensive AI block. 1st: Defensive AI blocks have a range of 2500 meters and can trigger an action when a target is within range, meaning you can activate a timer block with multiple functions to turn on alert screens, sound blocks, door functions etc. This is useful if you're looking to get audible alerts near your base if a target gets in weapons range. 2nd. You can set up alert stations using this same method at any distance away from your base and have the base relay information using an antenna and broadcasting blocks that sends signals back to your base. So, for example, let's say you live in a narrow valley or canyon, and you want to monitor entry points against low flying aircraft, you can set up monitoring stations that will send signals to your base to alert you and activate any function you program. I use timer blocks for this purpose to activate immediately and kick off a number of different functions.
@@50_Stars_and_Stripes thank you. I'm a lurker to this channel, not time to play, but like to watch and have civil and military engineering background, so I theorize a lot.
I haven’t been able to find any planetary encounters on my newly made earthlike world. I do see the unidentified signals but those are 10k km away
Argh! The ONE and ONLY block I was excited for and it's hobbled. The inset connector. We have reinforced T-junctions and 5-port air vents, but the LG inset connector only has the back and ONE side port. This means if you don't want to dead-end right there, you have to offset the conveyor line or the connector by a block anyway, like the old ones. Ports on opposite sides would have meshed so well with reinforced conveyors and opened up a lot of possibilities that I figured the reinforced stuff had been designed for in the first place.
It does seem a bit strange they only added a connection point to two of the sides, but I'm not too upset on that one. Maybe I will be when I start using it lol
Are the square pistons stronger at least? I tend to use them as landing gear for large ships and weight is always an issue
This is sick I’m going to be hunting all of the new stuff making a super ship lol
I really enjoy your showcase videos
Can you do a video on how to get these new parts? I'm worried that the only way to get them would involve combat (which I'm not a fan of) - I'm really hoping there are other ways to get into Prototech...
has to be if not the best one of the best dlcs!!
Is it possible to use the prototech blocks in CREATIVE MODE ^without^ doing the scenario?
So, why was there a Vent in the showcase?
Anybody know the exact difference in effectiveness between vanilla and prototech gyroscopes? I can't find it in the block menu
Sweet love the vids
tks a lot for the vid! what a wonderful stuff. new world in 3, 2, 1 :)
Can some one make a full set of machining machines using the new mechanical settings
I'm on Xbox and I don't have the update yet. Is that a problem?
Makes sense. Microsoft doesn't release updates right away. They have to be approved first. This is a quote from Keen on their Forums. "The Xbox and Windows Store release is in progress - we appreciate your patience while we make sure it’s ready! We’ll announce the Xbox release date as soon as possible. "
@@StellarisIgnis thanks for the info!
I love set value more
Small Grid Long Range ship. Small Grid gone large.
The new endgame meta being based entirely around finding "end game" scrap to build slightly improved blocks is exactly the kind of thing i expected Keen to do the the point all i could do was just roll my eyes at how lame the entire thing is.
So now we get to spend the first 4 hours mining stone and the last end game hours grinding for randomly spawning scrap pieces. Keen turned space engineers into a glorified trash collection simulator. The prototech stuff is disappointing beyond all belief but the paid DLC stuff is actually kind of neat. Atleast i can decorate my small grid ships i guess.
well not everyone plays multiplayer lol
@@Byzz2077 Most people don't. The game has around 5,000 active players at any given time with less then 200 participating in multiplayer.
Wish microsoft would approve the update so it can release on XBOX
Dont look forward to it until Thursday
Has it not came out in console yet?
And still no triangular armor face panel..
I suppose I'll have to start playing the game without sandbox mode. Because the update basically ruined sandbox mode on PS4
When is it out on xbox
I'm not sure. They announced a delay for xbox so I would stay tuned for more info on that.
Is this in beta or in the base game?
This is all in the game as of today!
@@AndrewmanGaming oh I had no clue I haven't gotten any updates for space engineers
@@gamingking1002 If your on Xbox there having problems with getting it certificated by Microsoft during there live stream update, they said they are currently working on it
@@gamingking1002 restarting steam is sometimes necessary for updates to hit, just fyi. Happy engineering!!
@@J0shuaGam3r i am on Xbox but even restarting on Xbox didn't work not sure if Xbox would receive the update later on
I don't wanna be mean because I know you're rockin' twelve extra slow brain cells, but base game jump drive = 2000km, prototech jump drive = 6000km. Come on Andrew man, I know you played this game before! :P
So the new inset connector is just a reskin? it still connects only on one side? Lame. There have been better modded solutions for literal years.
All this stuff is in the game… unless you play Xbox, then you’re screwed… like me… why Microsoft…
Happens in all consoles... If that's a problem... Get a pc... Why cry...
pres Yes to all stuf accept and give them for freee your presonal data