Reaction wheels should not be gated under the new DLC

[FirewallDaProto (She/Her)]

A lot of large boats have reaction wheels in them to keep stable. its been something myself and others have wanted in the base game for FOREVER.

i mean technically the boats use gyroscopes and not reaction wheels but i mean seriously.

[zorro_101]

Good point to consider.

[NiceGuy]

Reaction wheels are not gated behind the dlc. I don't own the dlc but have reaction wheels. Or are they not functional without the dlc? Did not test them yet.

[FirewallDaProto (She/Her)]

Originally posted by NiceGuy:

Reaction wheels are not gated behind the dlc. I don't own the dlc but have reaction wheels. Or are they not functional without the dlc? Did not test them yet.

i tested them, they are purely decorative and do not function if you do not own the dlc

[Teamkiller]

Even in DLC they are really only useable ib space. They are very week. The only way to use it to balance ship - is to use it as a ballast.

[FirewallDaProto (She/Her)]

Originally posted by Teamkiller:

Even in DLC they are really only useable ib space. They are very week. The only way to use it to balance ship - is to use it as a ballast.

thats not very fun! i was hoping to use them like they are used in real life, for example, a one wheeled robot

[Teamkiller]

One wheel robots do not use reaction wheels. They just balance. IRL reaction weels are week too. They can be used to balance a car, but they will be the most mass of that car.

[Dumb.Dumb]

Wether or not they are usefull is besides the point, the point is that there is no indication that a block is DLC or not / will work without the DLC or not. Gas was added with the DLC. Gas tanks are DLC items, right ? No.
Electrolysers, to make a viable submarine, aren't DLC, right ? No.

What about the sludge separators and other industrial items, are they DLC ?
What about fishing, is that DLC or not, because some of the blocks tagged FISH aren't from the fishing update ...
So now you get to wonder if the vehicle you spend weeks to make is going to work or not solely based on DLC ownership.

The people who are rejoicing at being able to "use" DLC blocks despite not having the DLC are ... mentally diminished... in my opinion, because these blocks do not work and there is 0 indication that they work or not: the reaction wheels even show in the tooltip that they are working, the electrolyser shows it's under power...
This is either a terrible business practice or a monstruous oversight, and the people supporting that are too dim-witted to realise that they can LOOK at the blocks, they can't use them.
Devs: Please remove the DLC blocks from people who don't have the DLCs, or make them usable to everyone, Or grow at least a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ brain and mark very clearly that an item is DLC and cannot be used, this is infuriating.