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Space Engineers

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Dynamic Laser Compression Modular Thrusters
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block
Tags: NoScripts
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134.976 MB
Jul 10, 2020 @ 8:08am
Feb 26, 2022 @ 5:08pm
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Dynamic Laser Compression Modular Thrusters

Description
MODULAR THRUSTERS! Now with over 50 variations!

Huge thanks to Mike_Angel for making the ship in the screenshots to model my thrusters, and to the Immaterium guys for their feedback during the development of these thrusters. And viewers like you.

Inspiration taken from these fine mods:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=572147909
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=388525350



Updates
12/12/2020
Major change:
Reduced the cost of all thrusters by Half for Thruster components, steel plates and Large/Small Steel tubes.
Reduced the cost by half for small grid thruster power. 1mw Down from 2mw
9/5/2020
Minor Change: Added Thruster to the block descriptions. Because I'm an idiot and for got it. They'll now read "Modular Thruster (variant here)"
8/22/2020
-Reduced audio 50%
7/21/2020
-Reduced power requirement across the board. Large grid is now 3MW(down from 5) Small grid is now 2MW(down from 5 because I'm an idiot)
-Reduced build cost on thruster components. Large grid is now 150 components(down from 225). Small grid is the same
-Increased Thrust output for Large grid, is now 1750000, up from 150000.
-Decreased Thrust output for small grid, is now 400000, down from 800000(felt a bit over powered for the size given how close that is to the original Large grid)
-Changed some audio files, will monitor these and how they perform
-Adjusted mirroring on Ramp variants

Thruster stats:
Large Grid Cost

<Components>
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="100" />
<Component Subtype="Construction" Count="150" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="75" />
<Component Subtype="MetalGrid" Count="100" />
<Component Subtype="LargeTube" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="75" />
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="50" />
</Components>

Small Grid Cost

<Components>
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="Construction" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="50" />
<Component Subtype="MetalGrid" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="SmallTube" Count="15" />
<Component Subtype="Thrust" Count="25" />
<Component Subtype="SteelPlate" Count="25" />
</Components>

Large Grid Thrust output and Energy Drain
<ForceMagnitude>1700000</ForceMagnitude>
<MaxPowerConsumption>3</MaxPowerConsumption>

Small Grid Thrust Output and Energy Drain
<ForceMagnitude>400000</ForceMagnitude>
<MaxPowerConsumption>2</MaxPowerConsumption>


These are completely new models, that were inspired by the old modular thruster mods. I've made them from scratch, from the ground up. There are 54 variants for large and small grid, including some new shapes. These work in space and in atmo, have a good thrust output but cost quite a bit. I will be working on the balance of them as I go.



Known issues:
Some of the blocks have mirroring issues, I'm aware of these. I tried to get these issues fixed, however, mirroring sucks in this game and I gave up. I'll try and fix these eventually.






“Copyright 2021 [Spacebar] This item is not authorized for posting on Steam, except under the Steam account named Spacebar http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198061525011 No one is allowed to republish my mods without my permission.
264 Comments
Jul 12 @ 4:28pm 
lmao im just making my own thruster mod but i should probably stop using the music too
Jul 12 @ 9:07am 
I stopped using the game music years ago, but... that's a new one.
Jul 11 @ 10:36pm 
Why does the music change whenever I use them? It will be calm music and then once i get in my small grid ship using these the music will instantly change to a fight music track?
Apr 12 @ 4:53pm 
I want to know what happened to the 1x2x1 model.
Apr 12 @ 4:51pm 
TenTech, it is!!!
Jan 15 @ 10:09am 
I assume stopping power is still insane...
Jan 14 @ 4:52pm 
Confirm that this mod works and it's awesome. The variants are great. There are a couple up/down facing sloped variants that I wish were in this set, but either I overlooked them or I can work around it. A lifesaver.

Thee work in-atmosphere AND in a vacuum, and are air tight. They are not overpowered and do add weight, but at the moment it's almost perfect for my needs.

Thank you for this!!!
Jun 12, 2025 @ 1:19pm 
Remove all other mods and see what happens.
Jun 12, 2025 @ 8:57am 
I seem to be experiencing a strange bug, where dampeners are actually less powerful than manual thrust. Not sure if it's a game bug, or a bug introduced by a mod.
Dec 25, 2024 @ 1:34pm 
Love this mod, but have to ask if there is a way to get rid of the x10 dampening? In a config file or something? Perhaps it is just the way I fly, but I find coming to a stop that fast in a dog fight more of a hindrance than a help.