Design Requirements Checklist

I tend to forget about important but minor additions to the vehicles I build ( like fuel ports, rope anchors ) so I have decided to make a guide so that my building progress is more organized (and yours too!). Keep in mind that this guide is WIP and if you have any ideas for a certification or criticism please inform me.

Preamble

Certifications

Certifications are given for matching all requirements (excluding optional and other variables). Feel free to add certifications to your vehicles workshop page. By the suggestion of Q I have added a date of certification.

Recommended Usage

Build a rough basis of your vehicle with engines & basic shape, once this is done, reate a notepad TXT file. add every single certification you want your vehicle to have there and check off each one as you build.

General - Safety

☐ Heaters
☐ Keep your seat shielded or atleast half a meter away from propellors and other dangerous parts

☑ - SAFESPEC CERT : 12/16/24

General - Optimization

☐ Unused rooms are physics flooded
☐ Less than 6 physical objects
☐ Less than 5 monitors
☐ Less than 20 lights
ALTERNATIVELY:
☐ Less than 5 TPS hit (variable, but nonetheless a good mark anyways)

☑ FUSIONSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

General - Rescue

☐ Fire Extinguishers
☐ Transponder Locators
☐ Defibrillators
☐ Compass

☑ SARSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

OPTIONAL -

☐ Radar/Sonar
☐ Map

MULTIPLAYER -

☐ Radio

WEAPONS DLC -

☐ Pistol and Ammunition

The pistol is required to deal with hostile wildlife missions.

Ground Vehicles

☐ Instrument Panels (with lights and including speed & fuel)
☐ Fuel Port
☐ Handcrank
☐ Engine Generator
☐ Spotlights
☐ Welding & Fire Extinguishing Tools
☐ Rope Anchors on front and back

☑ - GROUNDCERT Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

OPTIONAL -

☐ Interior Lights
☐ Rear Bumper
☐ Front Bumper
☐ Radio
☐ Electric Port
☐ Rope anchors on all sides

Ground - Military

☐ Offroad Capable
☐ Radio
☐ Ammunition
☐ First Aid
☐ Rifles/SMG/Pistol
☐ Normal/Night Vision Binoculars
☐ Flares/Flareguns
☐ Rope Anchors on all sides

☑ ARMYSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

I stress the importance of rope anchors here, this will allow your vehicle to be transported by helicopters and make fastening it into a cargo hold far easier.

Ground - Transport

☐ Rope Anchors
☐ Extra Ropes
☐ Inventory Blocks
☐ Towing Capable

☑ CARGOCERT Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

IF USING CARGO HOLD -

☐ Linear Tracks
☐ Interior Rope Anchors

OPTIONAL -

☐ Container Capable *




* - (11 blocks wide x 29 blocks long)

Cars - Roleplay Realism

☐ Brake Lights
☐ Indicator Lights
☐ Tail Lights
☐ Hazard Warning Lights
☐ Emergency Brake Lights
☐ Reversing Lights
☐ Parking Lights

☑ SAFEREQ Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

Air Vehicles

☐ Instrument Panels (with lights, including altitude, speed, and fuel)
☐ Navigation Lights
☐ Fuel Port
☐ Electricity Port
☐ Engine Generator
☐ Welding & Fire Extinguishing Tools

☑ AEROSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

OPTIONAL -

☐ Radio
☐ Interior Lights
☐ GPS Map
☐ Altitude Hold/Autopilot
☐ Handcrank

Air - Transport

☐ Bottom and Rear Rope Anchors
☐ Vertical Speed Dial
☐ Landing Lights
☐ Ability to pull at least twice of its own mass

☑ AEROTRANSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

IF USING CARGO HOLD -

☐ Linear Tracks
☐ Interior Rope Anchors

Technological Restrictions

keep in mind im not that much of a historian so if any experienced people have advice to give me about this section please do

These are based on operational vehicles, there were many prototypes that may have been ahead of their time.

☑ 1890 - 1920 - World War 1
☐ No Radar
☐ Only Passive Large Sonar Allowed
☐ No Lasers
☐ No GPS
☐ No Monitors
☐ No Nuclear Power
☐ No Large Diesel Engines
☐ No Shell Feeders
☐ No 3x3/3x1/5x5 Modular Engines
☐ No Defibrillators
☐ No Night Vision
☐ No Cameras
☐ No Rotors
☐ No Radio RX Large & Huge
☐ No Jets
☐ No Rotary Autocannon
☐ No Liquid Fuel Rockets

Note:

☑ 1920 - 1939 - Interwar
☐ No Radar
☐ Only Large Sonar Allowed
☐ No Lasers
☐ No GPS
☐ No Monitors
☐ No Nuclear Power
☐ No Shell Feeders
☐ No Defibrillators
☐ No Night Vision
☐ No Cameras
☐ Rotors can only be used for Autogyros
☐ No Radio RX Huge
☐ No Jets
☐ No Electric Heaters
☐ No Rotary Autocannon
☐ Small Liquid Fuel Rockets Only

☑ 1939 - 1945 - World War 2
☐ Only Phalanx Radar Allowed
☐ Only Large Sonar Allowed
☐ No Lasers
☐ No GPS
☐ No Monitors
☐ No Nuclear Power
☐ No Defibrillators
☐ No Night Vision
☐ No Cameras
☐ No Turbofan/Prop Jets
☐ No Rotary Autocannon
☐ Rare Turbine Engines *
☐ Rare Helicopters *
☐ Small Liquid Fuel Rockets Only

☑ 1945 - 1960 - Early Cold War
☐ Only Large Sonar Allowed
☐ No Lasers
☐ No GPS
☐ No Monitor Coding
☐ No Defibrillators
☐ No Rotary Autocannon

☑ 1960 - 1975 - Middle Cold War
☐ No GPS

* There were multiple helicopters in World War 2 and the Interwar Period, and many autogyros. However, I don't think you can make an autogyro in Stormworks, for the same reason you cant build a glider.

Also, there were only a few operational helicopters in world war 2 and none during the Interwar period. And those that did saw limited service.

* There were multiple jets in World War 2, but most only saw limited service.

Naval Vehicles

☐ Engine Access
☐ Multiple sets of Welding and Fire Extinguishing tools
☐ Fuel Port
☐ Electric Port
☐ Generator

☑ SEAREQ Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

OPTIONAL -

☐ Autopilot Systems
☐ Bilge pumps

Naval Vehicles - Submarines

☐ Bilge pumps
☐ Depth Hold
☐ Sonar
☐ Periscopes/Cameras
☐ Airlock

☑ AQUASPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24

Other Certifications

Completing these certifications can add detail and utility to your vehicle
GENERAL:

☑ FLAMESPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Engine can put itself out
☐ Engine can repair itself (Optional)

☑ COUNTER-RADAR CERTIFIED CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Atleast 5 Flares
☐ Warning system that can alert the pilot of incoming missiles and shoot out countermeasures

FOR GROUND VEHICLES:

☑ LANDSHIP ACCORD CERTIFICATION CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Atleast 25 blocks long
☐ Atleast 13 blocks wide
☐ Atleast 8 blocks tall
☐ Able to operate on land
☐ Unable to fly

FOR AIR VEHICLES:

☑ TRAINERSPEC Certified Vehicle CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Plane can seat 2 pilots
☐ Controls can be taken by the copilot
☐ Copilot has access to basic instrument panels (fuel, altitude, artificial horizon, and speed)

☑ CARRIER CAPABILITY STANDARD CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Rope Anchors on all sides
☐ Capable of short or vertical takeoff and landing

☑ HOST-CAPABILITY STANDARD CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Can dock parasite fighters and store them inside the plane
☐ Rope Anchors
☐ Connector


☑ PARASITE-CAPABILITY STANDARD CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Can dock onto a HOST-CAPABLE aircraft
☐ Rope Anchors
☐ Connector Rod

☑ V/CTOL CAPABILITY STANDARD CERT : 12/16/24
☐ Can VTOL
☐ Can transition between vertical and conventional takeoff and landing safely

[Siege3373]

Can we get an update for space related vehicles and more types of vehicles like tug boats, fishing boats, research boats or mining vehicles/oil vehicles?

also major props to you for writing this ive been using it for weeks and has really helped give my builds more direction.

[Avothecardo]

omg your amazing to write out all this and it being useful so props to Oakrotic

[Q]

You should add numbers / dates to the certifications (or require people to put those). In case the requirements change ppl's workshops with "SARSPEC 2023/09 certified" would still be true, even if they didn't qualify for new criteria

[Hushey]

missing Momentum simulator on engines as a requirement as this game has bad speed ramp up

[paulson]

@rushpsulion Feathering an engine is a term used in air vehicles to reduce drag on a propeller when the engine has failed by turning the propeller blades to be parallel to the airstream, this reduces overall drag on the vehicle and also stops the blade from spinning which could potentially damage the engine. In gliders feathering also usually involves locking the propellers

[Oakrotic]

Thanks, i fixed that

[Jeb.]

To be fair, the Titanic was built in 1912 and did have electric heaters, but I see where you're coming from.

[☰FivePoint0☰]

this deserves a award and thats what im giving it

[☰FivePoint0☰]

Great guide mate

[rushpsül1on]

Im wondering how I can feather an engine. Anybody know how?