About Octopus: Full-Auto Mining Robot for Planets
From Steam WorkshopThis is a full-auto planetary mining robot. It can mine resources in 2 different regimes. "Ore field mining". You all have seen ore-containing dark spots on planets. This mining regime is desined to…
This is a full-auto planetary mining robot. It can mine resources in 2 different regimes.
"Ore field mining". You all have seen ore-containing dark spots on planets. This mining regime is desined to mine these dark spots. Drone will mine multiple vertical shafts one-by-one. It will make a little horizontal shift after each run. "Rock scavenging". In this regime drone will find and mine rocks, also in full-auto mode. (Thanx to @Innoble for his awesome planet scanner).
20/04/2017
Octopus updated. Now you do not have to Calibrate thrusters, set Inv Mult and search for planet center.
Here are things to do to start automining: 1. Paste bot from BP into your world 2. Recompile Octopus1PB_Nav block 3. Connect to base connector and press "5" to remember connector position 4. Disconnect bot, take it to mining site, float above ground (10-15m) anf press "6".
That should work on all planets and moons with atmosphere.
PB_Nav arguments: -------------------- SaveConnector - stores base connector from ship's position. StartDepoDrill - starts "square spiral" mining StartRockDrill - starts hunting for rocks Pause - toggles pause Rename - rename all ships block from ShipName to NewName (you need to set ShipName in both prog blocks after renaming). It's needed when you want 2 drones working on 1 base. They must have different block names. PlanetCenter - Takes points to calculate planet center coordinates SetFlyHeight - sets safe flight height DisplayHeight - displays current height on status panel (needed for thruster calibration) -------------------------
PB_Scan arguments: ------------------------- Stop - toggles scanner stop/continue reset - resets scanning results and starts scanner -------------------------
Highlights
From source dataFootprint
A 2 MB download, rated a light load on a server.
Last update
Its author last shipped an update 8 yr ago.
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- Not available. One-click install isn't available for this game's mods yet. Download it and upload it to your server in Files.
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Space Engineers — 8 GB (8 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- 2019-03-16, released 2019-03-16, 2 MB
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop |
From 1 recorded build of Octopus: Full-Auto Mining Robot for Planets.
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What kind of mod it is
From the catalogWorld generation
Changes or adds to how new terrain, biomes and structures are created.
Compatibility
- Game
- Space Engineers
- File size
- 2 MB
Verified at the source
- ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
- ✓AuthorPennywise, as published on Steam Workshop
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree
