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Start: Earth-like

Want to be near body of water (jump out with F; start jet pack ; HOLD SPACE to FLY!; TAP on/off X to level out

Go to your drop

]]> Jetpack Fast Tech

Start: Earth-like

Want to be near body of water (jump out with F; start jet pack ; HOLD SPACE to FLY!; TAP on/off X to level out.

The focus here is to leverage the 100 m/s speed of a jetpack to fly around to discover.

Leverage the H2/O2 Generator + the fuel tank to maximize total travel distance.

NOTE: the 'fastest' search algorithm is a spiral pattern from a focal point

Thus, from a starting base move outward in 25m-growing circles

]]> Minimum Viable Product - Drill Rover

This rover is designed to be the SIMPLEST, buildable forward/back drill rover

Main goal: be able to drill forward and back with a single drill

Crtical limitation: The medium cargo container(s) greatly limits ability to collect ores for processing

]]> Pro Tips These are general tips to consider when playing. ]]> Movement

Jet Pack [X]: IF Upside down, then tap it (1 off-1 on) until you right yourself

Middle Mouse Button: will add hovered item to the build list

When building: hold alt + mouse wheel to "zoom in and out"

Mario-toe, bridge building can be dones IF at least two blocks high....

]]> Machinery

Start: Earth-like

Want to be near body of water (jump out with F; start jet pack ; HOLD SPACE to FLY!; TAP on/off X to level out

Go to your drop

IF a hydrogen engine is NOT fueling, then turn rover/ship/etc. off then on

Thrusters' exhaust cone is as long as the jet housing, and will ONLY effect the block where the nossle is pointed

Hydrogen gas flows like energy, but can get stuck with routing (e.g., small grid, small cargos)

Hydrogen tanks can be marked for storage only, so a connector does NOT leach it's tank back to a base

Sorters should be TURNED OFF when hooking connectors together (EXPLOSIONS HAVE occured!)

]]> Sorters

Attaching to a conveyor system, BEFORE a connector, with "Drain All" (applicable items + whitelist) will quickly empty a vehicle

Blacklist, with nothing, and drain all will steal EVERYTHING

Consider using them to constantly push/pull production items (e.g. refinery ores|igots); flow parts in, and constructed items out to a large cargo

]]> Vehicles

NEVER use 1x1 for "real" vehicles

Add Gyroscopes to have some ability to right-out a vehicle (if it flips)

Consider "side spikes" (e.g., place two ramps back to back, beyond width of tires, to force rolling)

Add a projector that blueprints your current vehicle for quick fixes

Control+G will put you into build mode (e.g., you can place/build INSIDE a vehicle, a welder can then construct the object)

DON'T try to merge two grids connected by the same (advanced) rotors pieces, it GOES CRAZY

Place blocks/tools/items into a saved|named group -- when the part (e.g., hinge) dies it normally would remove it from the hotbar|shortcuts area, BUT if you restore the group it will renable to shortcut (so you DO NOT have to remap hinges or cameras)

]]> Builds Rovers Ant-Tony Rhino Hippo Super Hippo Truffle Hog

a 6-wheel Rover

Leverages the "rotor bug" (i.e., attach a LARGE GRID Ore Detector to a Small Grid)

Add a connector to enable towing by Ant-Tony or Hippo Class Vehicles

]]> Super Truffle Hog

An 8-wheel variant

Adds a survival kit

+a SECOND Large Cargo Container

This design can be built first up to the 6-wheel portion (i.e., with a projector), then be a simple mod to extend the default Truffle Hog design ]]>