Space Engineers

Space Engineers

Total Annihilation-ARM-Solar Collector
14 Comments
kennet0508  [author] May 18 @ 10:48pm 
<3 Thank you!
Gydan May 17 @ 1:37pm 
Icredible... is a very very fantastic!
kennet0508  [author] Apr 16, 2023 @ 3:45am 
Enjoy :D
StormSpiritGB Apr 15, 2023 @ 4:19pm 
I first saw the video for your Core Solar collector but after visiting your work shop to grab it then learn of the ARM one too super Epic! TA forever!
kennet0508  [author] Nov 14, 2022 @ 5:38am 
nothing in the works atm.
kennet0508  [author] Nov 14, 2022 @ 5:38am 
Only the core Solar collector, link below your comment <3
BBDoesTheThing Nov 14, 2022 @ 1:15am 
This is awesome! Any more TA stuff?
kennet0508  [author] Oct 14, 2022 @ 11:29am 
kennet0508  [author] Oct 2, 2022 @ 9:01am 
The core solar collector has a really interresting way of opening that makes it hard

Step 1 flat closed top lid
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/__\

Step 2 Opening sequence

./...\
/__\

Step 3 180° (up until this point its pretty basic and managable)
_...._
./__\

Step 4 240° Open state (Here you need to add pistons to heightens the rotating solar panels so they align flush with the exterior shell, and you need to have rotors instead of hinges)

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Also theres the whole part of the 4 corner pieces that extend after the construction lifts up from the ground which would be a mess of its own xD
kennet0508  [author] Oct 2, 2022 @ 8:51am 
@Colonel Gant:
Great game, i also loved Core.

@Tiredraptor:
This build actually started from me trying to build the core solar collector. but i ran into massive issues with creating the hinge system.
Theres just no way to build the hinge type needed for large grid for the needed 240° in vanilla...
As it doesn't allow for the rotation needed combined with the height offsets to make it flush. (without inducing massive clang by adding rotors stacked on Pistons to create temporary offsets during the rotational phase.)

I guess,if i start mesing about with small grid solar panels and small grid blocks i could do it, but again, it would make it less viable as a playable build and more just a proof of concept.

So in the end i just couldnt find a way to make the core solar collector a playable build with vanilla solutions. and the Arm Solar collector was born from that failure
Tiredraptor Oct 1, 2022 @ 7:03pm 
Nice job! do you think you can make the core solar collector next?

CORE FOR LIFE
Colonel Gant Sep 26, 2022 @ 9:31pm 
I was a fan of the CORE myself.
Colonel Gant Sep 26, 2022 @ 9:31pm 
Ahh! Good Ole T.A. What a great game that was. Modded to hell and back on 256x256 maps nuking the snot out of my friends on multi player. the good old days! :steamhappy: :steamthumbsup:
kennet0508  [author] Sep 25, 2022 @ 4:25pm 
PS, if someone knows a script or a way to trigger a timer block with a day night cycle solution, that would be an awesome addition