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Concrete Tool - placing voxels in survival
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Script, Production, Other
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Feb 21, 2015 @ 1:35pm
Apr 28, 2022 @ 12:14pm
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Concrete Tool - placing voxels in survival

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Description
This mod adds a tool that can place concrete asteroid voxels (not blocks!) which needs 'ammo' in order to work, primarily for survival use.

Usage in survival

  • Make the tool (Concrete Tool) in an assembler;
  • Make some ammo (Concrete Mix) in the assembler as well;
  • Equip it from the G menu like any other tool;
  • Aim at an asteroid or planet up close and click!
    You should be able to see the green box, that's where the concrete will be placed when you click.

    For other controls simply press right mouse button or type in chat: /concrete help

Concrete mix usage is box volume (Scale cubed) * 1 for add or 0.25 for paint/replace. Final value is rounded up (so it can't be below 1).
You can see ingame exactly how much it will cost when rescaling box.

You can't place concrete voxels near floating objects or ships (they will glow red when you try to) but you can place them near or in stations.

Another limitation is that you can only place voxels inside an asteroid/planet's bounding box (just like voxel hands).


TO-DO/FIX list/Known issues
- Prevent burrying some blocks that shouldn't be able to.
- Paint option smears other materials - game issue (voxel hands do the same).
- Concrete placement on planets to be restricted to existing surface only (currently you can place it mid-air :/ )
- FIXED Concrete mix (ammo mag) is considered explosive ammo (all ammo is, see bugreport: https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers/pc/topic/22815-railgun-sabot-explodes-when-in-a-container-that-is-destroyed )
- Seems fixed Can't place concrete on boulders on planets - game issue (voxel hands have the same bug).
- FIXED Issue: Can't use it as a client in MP due to internal modAPI admin checks, workaround will come.
- FIXED make the tool trigger with mouse click
- FIXED prevent concrete from spawning naturally


Related mods
Paint Gun - more realistic painting in survival
Advanced Welding - detaching and reattaching blocks!
Soil Tool - based on this mods' code (not maintained by me tho).


mod io?
No, because it won't work[gist.github.com]
559 Comments
Deapri Apr 3 @ 1:10am 
Added a patch for this with AI Enabled Icon Compatibility https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3210284580
AlienXtream Mar 6 @ 10:02pm 
is there a way to make deleting voxels faster?
Space Ace Jan 31 @ 12:01pm 
Does this mod work with Industrial overhaul? I noticed in the desc you had to fix "concrete naturally spawning". Does that mess with other mods that edit world generation?
Amarillo Jan 16 @ 6:00am 
would it be possible a ship tool similar to this one (a survival friendly voxel hand) to remove voxels with that box shaped form? I love this tool to make roads and flat grounds, but will love it in a bigger scale to make tunnels and flat roads faster and in bigger scale..
Sausage Apr 18, 2023 @ 11:56am 
I love this mod; it's a great tool for flattening surfaces by cutting away rock, and useful for making stairs/steps. Thanks for keeping it going. Got some lag going overboard with the concrete. Very simple though creative tool. Thanks again!
Maya Nov 23, 2022 @ 3:46pm 
Would it be possible to add a concrete tool for grids(large and small) that works by placing concrete on top of existing terrain, allowing for relatively quick and easy creation of clearly marked roads?
BaNe A.I. Nov 18, 2022 @ 4:06am 
Just one idea for the mod community that is working making and updating concrete ideas. A concrete Mixer which you can put on top of a small grid or large grid truck/rover aswell as a static base for produce of the concrete mix itself.
BaZERGer Sep 23, 2022 @ 3:56pm 
This mod is disabling the unknown signals for me.
sir_lancealittle Sep 14, 2022 @ 12:03am 
Thank you so much for this great tool!
I came back after years of absence from the game, delighted to see this mod still works, and even has been improved!
The Person Sep 12, 2022 @ 3:14pm 
Ok, cool!