I've started to see some spawning issues also, on earthlike. On landing you are surrounded by contacts. However as I travel from the area, I;m out like 15-20 km at this point, nothing else seems to spawn. I think there are some MES shenanigans going on.

I don't want to have to go into creative to delete all the old spawns, but maybe that's what needs to be done to clear space for more?

I've been playing on pertam for around 3-4 hours. Plenty of spawns for me. Not sure if yours is bugged somehow.\

Edit: The spawns I'm getting are all either small grid trucks or totally decrepit bases that are only good for completely grinding down. I haven't found a single power cell or assembler or anything really useful in those 4 hours.

Am not sure, but I also got the Problem, that I won't get Blueprints to rebuild, when I grind down Stuff that isn't in the G Menu anymore.
Don't know what I make wrong.
Tested it on the Ice Planet and Pertam... or how it is named.
On Earth like Planet, I spawned in a Mountain Region and couldn't find my way out. No indicator were to go, no Pad with Coordinates, nothing and a Rover that can't be "Upgraded" because the Bug with the "Grinding for Blueprints" not works.
Sad, That Szenario looked promessing. :-(

I don't think there is grinding for blueprints. The point is that you're not supposed to build certain things, and will never be able to build those things. You're supposed to find them in the wild and use them.

Originally posted by redshirtwookiee:

Edit: The spawns I'm getting are all either small grid trucks or totally decrepit bases that are only good for completely grinding down. I haven't found a single power cell or assembler or anything really useful in those 4 hours.

The only place you can grind a power cell is a certain type of shelf or a hydrogen engine. You're more likely to find them in the inventory of cargo containers after you fix and hack them to gain access.

Assemblers are not really a thing in this. The entire point of the scrapyard is that there is no mining or assembling... you have to find it all lying around.

You also never get new blueprints.

There is one basic assembler (that's been edited, like the survival kit) that you can find. But even Splitsie hasn't found one yet.

As far as spawning issues, after starting the scenario, make sure to add the MES Settings mod to the mod list and it'll overwrite the default MES spawn settings. (Link to that mod is in the description of the Scrapyard scenario, it's otherwise unlisted.)

MES settings was originally intended to be included with the Scenario, but it had issues trying to change MES settings before there was a player, which crashed the game. A proper fix hasn't been found. Once you've spawned in, it's fine to add the mod to the mod list.

Originally posted by supreme_overlord:

Originally posted by redshirtwookiee:

Edit: The spawns I'm getting are all either small grid trucks or totally decrepit bases that are only good for completely grinding down. I haven't found a single power cell or assembler or anything really useful in those 4 hours.

The only place you can grind a power cell is a certain type of shelf or a hydrogen engine. You're more likely to find them in the inventory of cargo containers after you fix and hack them to gain access.

Assemblers are not really a thing in this. The entire point of the scrapyard is that there is no mining or assembling... you have to find it all lying around.

You also never get new blueprints.

Yeah my comment wasn't that I hadn't found power cells in cargo containers, it was that I hadn't found ANY power cells at all, including in blocks.

Basic Assemblers are totally a thing in this. They're used for breaking down certain components, and you can build new ones from the materials. Obviously there's no refineries, so there's no need for mining, but assemblers still have usefulness, especially in breaking down ammo to get magnesium to make different ammo.

Don't think I said anything about blueprints.

Im pretty sure the more you salvage the more unlocks and more spawns... or am i wrong?

Originally posted by Grandad Gamer:

Im pretty sure the more you salvage the more unlocks and more spawns... or am i wrong?

MES just works on distance travelled, there's a timeout though so you won't get a spawn every (for eg) 3km it'll be 3km and after 6mins, and only then if it can find a suitable spawn location...

Just gotta keep on trucking lol

Hours in just driving around burning power, and confirmed not so much as a single spawn.
Patience is one thing, but that's a long wait for a train don't come.

I have no problem with Pertam. This is my second game in it. I think it is the best for this mod. Water is harder to find. The landscape is rough. And I play realistic all the way so my character does not go around with a couple of metric tons in his backpack. If you think that is not fun, well, just look at where i am now...

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198049949381/screenshot/2428075971321558075/

It is missing two frontal thrusters but I can fly around like an airplane and slow down by either turning 180 degrees or climbing abruptly and then goin down verticaly.

Flying is such a great achievement in this mod. You have no idea how you appreciate it unlike in the vanilla game where it is super easy to have. Thank you Splitsie and the others who are helping out for making this mod... it might just save Space Engineers.