Placing frames as you float down the mineshaft, then welding them as you climb back up, is certainly convenient.

Its insane how much better these are to the vanilla ones

can u make this mod overwrittes vanilla ladder models with your logic?

Thanks! I found the issue and will be fixed soon.
I was testing my local version which seems to've had some changes (done years ago xD), I should've known better =)

I have the same issue. I can see the ladder, but cant climb it and an error pops up when placing the block or pasting a blueprint with it. Heres a pastebin of the log. https://pastebin.com/CcDKuTg7

Wherever you wish, including adding me on steam or DM on discord ( @m_digi ) if you don't want it here. And for upload it might work on a text pasting site like pastebin.com - but it doesn't really matter.

Where can i post the log at?

I'm not seeing any errors on placement, can you post your SE log

The contact update seems to have broken the mod. Can´t use the ladders and get a error message when placing one.

Nope this is my model.

The original looked like this: https://youtu.be/3KDfLrWMYfE?si=bBu-hURWV63ONzCI&t=54

This was the original model, wasn't it?

How is this not the base ladder in the game after 8 years? Must have mod.

Absolutely awesome. Love that you can stand on a ladder, add a new block, then add a ladder to that.

is there any way to extend the length of the retractable ladder past one large-grid block?

This is still the best ladder mod, and also, the best mod, period, for space engineers.

Coming back to this mod just for the retractable ladder... just couldn't jump high enough to grab the normal ladder nor want to add one more ladder that would possibly get destroyed on terrain for the massive rover... so there it is xD

Thanks for creating this! Would it be possible to add the same functionality to the passenger seat so that you could have a drop ship where someone can use a handheld weapon while seated? Sort of like a door gunner.

Hi, this mod doesn't appear in mod list....

Great mod. I like the fact you can jump from one ladder to another in zero G. That is very ralistic copmared to vanila that you are in flightseat just going up and down.

Animations? meh they are always buggy

Half-Life, CounterStrike, Team Fortress have none and nobody ever care about that.

Would love to see offset variants of this, like ladders that are to the side as opposed to in the middle of the block. Would that be easy to make?

@Elite Tempest
You should read the description :}

Obsolete now lol

Thank you

@MrLinford
Same I said in build info, your server is missing the texture and it doesn't really matter since DS doesn't render anything.

I am seeing the below MOD_Error, anything to worry about?

00:48:17.9375 [DEBUG] Keen: MOD_ERROR: Ladder (climbable + use tools/weapons/interactibles on it!)
00:48:17.9375 [DEBUG] Keen: in file: C:\sspanel\gameservers\spaceengineers\52435\Instance\content\244850\600062079\Data\Animations.sbc
00:48:17.9375 [DEBUG] Keen: Resource not found, setting to null. Resource path: C:\sspanel\gameservers\spaceengineers\52435\Instance\content\244850\600062079\Textures\GUI\Icons\Fake.dds

Hey yeah another mod doing the vanilla game better than the shit that Keen shoved into it. I love how this would probably have still been made after the garbage vanilla ladders, including before

question, at how much of an angle to gravity can these be used?

I'd love to see this functionality made for the vanilla ladders.

true true

@Woodzykiler
Because these are still superior gameplay-wise, the description has the differences.

SInce there part of the game, why not take this down?

Would it be possible to make a mod that allows you to hold and use tools on the vanilla ladder? Not that I don't enjoy sprinting up and down yours, of course...

not sure if this is intentional but as this currently is it is brilliantly balanced, the ingame ladder allows you to grip it from farther allowing for a more simple solution to actually getting onto your vehicle whereas these allow you to use tools, look around, and climb quicker (ftw, I am aware that the tool usage part is intentional, I mean, it says it in the title, but specifically I am talking about how its not just a overall better ladder than the original, providing a nice bit of balance and still giving the in game one relevance so I just wanted to give my kudos to the dev)

The description still applies, I updated it to say it differently.

@Xecutor What this man said |
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so quick question why not make these use the current ladder animations?

Dependencies are automatically retrieved, and in new games are placed the same as for existing games, the mods button.

I'm new to Space Engineers i just have a question. how to use mods that need another mod to work and how to put them in the mod list when creating a new game?

Oi, Digi... Attempt to do "Cockpit (use interactibles in it!)" or "Seat (use interactibles on it!)". Something of the sort.?

is this the old school laders mod mentioned by Captain jack?

I'm with woobstyboy! xD
Please?

PLEASE DON'T GIVE UP THIS MOD!! :)

Any chance you can do some other blocks, a bit like these?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1720850239

also you can "sprint" up these and as far as i could see you cant on the new "vanilla" ones so i still greatly prefer these.

only thing i would want more form this would probably be some sort of activatable hatch to keep different sections isolated and airtight in the event of a breach or otherwise. im currently using another mod's hatches which are great but can be a pain to get up sometimes (esp if at an angle, they push me off the ladder and back down the hatch)

i hope someone could do it
if not, maybe a group of someones

make adjustable length, climbable ropes (preferably with ragdoll physics)
there could also be rope launchers as an in-game tool for ships to use for docking, towing, or to stop other ships from spinning
also you could use it to make elevators and cranes

that would that be the most useful thing ever
but for ships tool only, because having it as a hand tool would be OP

also is there any way to make it so you can add more lengths to the retractable ladder
i find it a little too short in some cases
i'm thinking you could craft a 2 retractables to make a 2-block long, retractable ladder
3 for 3 blocks etc.

can you have this remove/replace the vanilla ladders
vanilla ladders are ugly and useless compared to this

This is better than the Keen Ladders we have waited for.

I have two hands, one for ladder, one for the Welder, Grinder, tool, I am working with.

Keen should have learned from you, Digi, Animations are awesome but Functions are Epic.
Give us the ladders an Engineer Needs, Not the ladders a park ranger needs.,

I still prefer your ladder Digi! I like to sidestep onto platforms or keep climbing to the next one. :)

Out of curiosity; Will you be updating the models to fit more with the new ladders?