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[Micro102]

Ok new question. I connected my cockpit (by one of the 2 small ports at the back) to a connector via small conveyor tubes. The tubes turned green however items cannot be moved from the cockpit to the collector. What am I missing?

[Chiefwaffles]

Small Conveyors can only transport some items - namely things like ore and ammunition. If you want to transport anything else in a small ship, you'll have to use the bigger conveyors.

[Neonivek]

Man I love how things blow up in this game... Too bad I'd never allow it due to how impossibly long everything takes to build.

[jocan2003]

Save it as nlueprint and load it up in a projector for repairs? It become much easier, there is even mod ( nano repair or nanite system? i dont remember, sure it uses a lot of power but as long you have the part in your hold you can repair anything anywhere even if you cannot reach it with normal tools. Personally im a big fan of the extended range welders mod, they arent bigguer wich doesnt increase lag, but since they are further away from the welders you can repair much deeper.

[Sergius]

I'm definitely going to use a mod next time I have to build ships using a projector. Small ships are especially hard, because far too often an unbuilt piece ends up completely surrounded by other blocks and you can't construct it anymore (even if it's in range of the welder).

[BigD145]

The nanite mod is wireless so it's the best for repairs and building.

[jocan2003]

With nanite tho, be prepared it sucks power if you start on planet and might take a while before you can afford, a gravel extractor mod is god send too, a wee bit on the cheaty side but just lightly so as it doesnt give in big quatity, take long time and eat up decent amount of gravel.

[Micro102]

2 questions.

1) How do I get my turret to stop trying to shoot through my ship to hit enemies, thereby opening huge holes in my ship?

2) I have 3 large hydrogen thrusters connected to a hydrogen tank. A conveyor tube leaves the tank, connects to a conveyor in which itself is connected to one of the hydrogen thrusters, and then 2 conveyor tubes come off that conveyor and connect to two other hydrogen thrusters. Yet only the thruster directly connected to the conveyor is working. Could someone tell me why?

[Sensei]

I think I saw the first problem mentioned in dev branch patchnotes, so they might have already fixed it in dev. The second problem is weird, but it's possible the other thrusters have separate grid ID's, if you placed them detached at first.

[Micro102]

I reattached the hydrogen thrusters and it worked, thanks!

Now I have a new problem. My small ship for travel seems to spontaneously explode. I literally watched it just shatter for no reason. It was thrusters off with locked landing gear on the ground.

[Aseaheru]

Dont lock ships to planets, causes bugs and salt.

[Micro102]

Dont lock ships to planets, causes bugs and salt.

I have also tried one without landing gear. Also blew up.

[Micro102]

Alright I made it into space and have been trying to figure out the design of my mothership. I made all the different rooms as separate blueprints with the intent of building the armor and shape around them after I've slapped them together. Problem is, when I try and stick one of the blueprints onto my ship the entire ship explodes into pieces...

It's an oxygen farm with 2 rotors and a piston. It all works find when I test it unattached (well, sort of, I've had rotors turned off and without power and with breaking set to max and every combination of these things rip themselves to pieces when I try to modify the rotor settings), but when I try to attach the blueprint to my ship everything goes to hell. And the weird thing is I have a solar panel room that works just like the oxygen farm one, yet those are perfectly fine when I add them!

Is this a known bug? Is there a work around? What the hell is going on?

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I just had an idea... when I attach two pieces of ship together with merge blocks, can I then connect them via normal armor blocks and remove the merge blocks?

[EvilTwin]

I just had an idea... when I attach two pieces of ship together with merge blocks, can I then connect them via normal armor blocks and remove the merge blocks?

Yup. probably the way to go if you're having trouble with the merge blocks. Plus the merge blocks use energy while merged I think.

[Aseaheru]

 Rotors and pistons are rather strange objects. Watch out when they are in use.