Improvised Engineering (Grid Pickup/Holding/Manipulation Mod) Nicknamed: Grabby Hands

BUFFED VERSION FOR CREATIVE MODE USE.

Improvised Experimentation CREATIVE MODE BUFF

Report bugs or give feedback here please mz's Modspace

Description

This mod enables you to

• Grab Blocks
• Carry/Drag Blocks
• Rotate Blocks
• Throw [spoiler]warhead[/spoiler] Blocks at your friends.

Use "/mz Mods" in chat for an overview of commands.

THIS VERSION WON'T WORK IN MULTIPLAYER. USE THE LINK BELOW

Multiplayer/Server only in Experimental/Test Version of the mod. LINK BELOW to that version

Improvised Experimentation

You can grab all Grids that are below 20x20x20m in dimensions but you might not be able to lift them in gravity!

You can only grab and hold grids if you have nothing equipped!

A colored line will indicate:

• Where you hold the grid
• Where you want to move it
• How “tense” your telekinetic arm currently is

Green line = good range and enough force. Red line = you’re close to the edge of your reach / strength. After ~8 m you will lose grip and the grid will be released.

When you pull grids very close, they are automatically held slightly down and to the right (like a real hand position) so they don’t completely block your view.

This version also remembers how you held a grid:

• Whether you grabbed at the center of mass or the hit point
• Whether alignment mode was on
• Whether rotate mode was on
• Which face you set to “face towards” and “up”

These settings are saved per grid and restored the next time you grab the same grid.

It is based on the GridPickupMod by Math0424 with[spoiler] hopefully[/spoiler] a few improvements. Do not add both mods to your world

Controls

[table] [tr] [th]Controls[/th] [th]Default Key[/th] [th]Action[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Reload[/th] [th]R (press)[/th] [th]Grab or drop grids[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Use tool / Fire weapon[/th] [th]LMB (press)[/th] [th]Toggle Rotate Mode (free spin vs. fixed/placement-style rotation)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Secondary mode[/th] [th]RMB (press)[/th] [th]Toggle holding position (Grab point vs Center of Mass)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Use tool / Fire weapon + Secondary mode[/th] [th]LMB (hold) + RMB (press)[/th] [th]Throw the grid forward[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]?[/th] [th]Mouse Scrollwheel[/th] [th]Move grid closer/further away[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Middle Mouse Button[/th] [th]MMB (press)[/th] [th]Set or clear a relative grid as alignment reference (blue highlight)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Shift[/th] [th]Shift (press)[/th] [th]Toggle Alignment (auto-rotate grid so chosen faces face you / the reference grid)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Alt[/th] [th]Alt (press)[/th] [th]Cycle which face is considered "facing towards" you (90° steps)[/th] [/tr] [tr] [th]Ctrl[/th] [th]Ctrl (press)[/th] [th]Cycle which face is considered "up" (only faces perpendicular to “towards”)[/th] [/tr] [/table]

When a relative grid is set (via MMB), the held grid will align relative to that grid instead of your camera. A short blue line sticks out of the held grid along the current “towards” axis to visualize the alignment direction.

Technical Details

When the player is - floating - is in space (p-gravity = 0) - flying with his jetpack the maximum force is 1100N ~ 100kg lifting

When the player is - standing on a planet - standing on a grid (station or ship) in gravity (p-gravity != 0) the maximum force is - 11000N ~ 1000kg lifting for 1g or above and - 1100N + 9900N * p-gravity for 0g-1g

Actio est Reactio

If the player is lifting a 200kg Block on Earth (~1962N) and standing on a dynamic grid then an equal opposite force will be applied to the grid where he is standing

RECOMMENDED WITH THIS MOD

• Advanced Welding - detaching and reattaching blocks!
• Hook Solid

KNOWN BUGS

• Block Rotation is not the same as Block Placement Rotation
• => end/insert/... does not always rotate around the same axis
• Line will not be totally red if you are at maximum distance but are not applying maximum force
• => applied force is realtive to grid mass to prevent ridiculous acceleration on light grids. (fixed in experimental)
• Only the host can move grids in multiplayer. => Clients side thinks all grids have 0 mass and add no force because of that. (fixed in experimental)

ROADMAP

https://trello.com/b/go1yVFUx/improvised-engineering

BUG REPORTING

If you encounter a bug with this mod, please post a new discussion topic. Any reports posted in the regular comments will be deleted (and moved into a dicussion if I have the motivation). If the bug resulted in crashing your game, please put the game's log on Pastebin and give me the link. You can find the game's log in %AppData%\SpaceEngineers\SpaceEngineers.log