Space Engineers

Space Engineers

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Alb's Survival Jetpack
   
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Character, Other
Tags: NoScripts
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Jul 7, 2019 @ 11:22pm
Jul 12, 2021 @ 5:56pm
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Alb's Survival Jetpack

Description
This mod is my own attempt at making a balanced and fun jetpack mod. It's just another nerfed jetpack mod.

Details (In layman's terms):
  • Hydrogen efficiency remains the same.
  • Reduced thrust power significantly on planets AND in space
  • When in 1.0 gravity = Your jetpack (when facing straight forward and not tilted) is just barely incapable of holding you in the air. You are capable of making "floating jumps" but can't stay up in the air for very long. UNLESS you tilt sideways, utilizing more of your thrusters; and if you do that, you're capable of true flight, albeit awkwardly.
  • In space = Your jetpack is noticeably more sluggish

Details (the code):
<ForceMagnitude>1750 (was 3200)
<SlowdownFactor>1 (was 5)
<EffectivenessAtMinInfluence>0.5 (in space)
<EffectivenessAtMaxInfluence>1 (in planet gravity)

Notes:
Tilting your character slightly sideways effectively gives you significantly stronger thrust (multiple thrust directions being utilized). I find this difficult to balance around.
I don't want fuel consumption to be any faster than it is now. I've tried ultra-quick consumption rates before, and I found it to be very annoying and not fun (constantly losing thrust between bottle refills).
17 Comments
MagikChikin Aug 6 @ 1:32pm 
Just what I needed. I love playing with rovers and disabling jetpack to encourage it, but there are just some things that really need it. This is a great middle ground.
Tip: If you jump before turning your jetpack on you don't have to struggle with the awkward diagonal boosters just to build up your walls
Lord Foog The 2st Jul 15 @ 11:04am 
@LazyFlamingo it literally says "just another nerfed jetpack mod." in the first line of the description :awkward:
LazyFlamingo Sep 10, 2024 @ 12:43pm 
yeah awful mod it actually nerfed my jetpack i didn't expect this to happen so when i needed to reach my miner i put my ship at like a 60 degree angle and told my friend to run up its ramp while boosting with the jetpack he died brutally never install this :steamhappy:
Space Jan 11, 2024 @ 3:58pm 
i had this mod in my server the took it out and it is still limiting my character, is there a way to disable it?
Osfor Feb 18, 2022 @ 1:28pm 
I wonder if it would be possible to implement something like an overheat logic, so you can use your jetpack normally, but only for a short time after which a cooldown starts...
But for now this mod is fantastic for me!
Rooster Sep 7, 2021 @ 9:44pm 
This isn't working for me
Alb  [author] Jul 12, 2021 @ 6:01pm 
Updated. Was a bit overdue... Everything current now. Glad you guys like it! :steamhappy:
16BitPotato Jul 12, 2021 @ 2:13am 
Absolutely perfect. I'd call this an immersion tweak moreso than a nerf; your jetpack has the same capabilities as ever, but has skill and weight involved in its use. :steamthumbsup:
Geologian Jul 30, 2019 @ 3:27am 
I run this on my survival server and it does a great job balancing the jet pack, it doesn't make jetpack travel completely unviable on planets but it makes it tedious enough that players are encouraged to make vehicles and devise other engineering contraptions to move their resources, which IMO is right where it should be. Great work.
DustyFennec Jul 17, 2019 @ 6:15pm 
Damn... I had the feeling that'd be the case...
Thanks for the quick reply though, and hey, maybe someday Keen will decide to actually get this game properly balanced XD
Till then, fellow engineer, may Clang find your creations worthy!