SHIP DESIGN 101: A Quick Guide for Space Engineers

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In this video I will introduce you to more and less known ship-building and crafting techniques that will help to improve your next workshop submission.
I explain:
- where to take the inspiration from
- how to start the project
- how to give a general shape to your ship
- how to plan a drive for your ship
- testing the build
- how to apply details and colors
- and give you a reference list of the top tier workshop creators.
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Major Jon: steamcommunity.com/profiles/7...
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CBC - Cloud Shaper: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Amos - Cargo Transport: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
4F-08 Kona Star Freighter: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
'Wraith' Hybrid Fighter: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
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@SoundShunter72 Жыл бұрын

When designing ships you should always keep building even if it doesn't look right in the first place. Once you have everything built you can start adjusting things. I can't remember how many times I've given up on something because it looked like crap in the first few minutes...

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Yes, this is very important! When starting a project I first create a prototype/proof of concept that usually looks quite bad, and if it works with all the critical components, I start to shape it till the point it looks decent. It's very rare that I like the first iteration of my crafts 😁

@johnokean8216 5 ай бұрын

I’m learning and all my ships are ugly. I’ll learn about aesthetics later hahahaha

@termiusprime 2 ай бұрын

I had this problem the other day and felt like giving up, but by the end I had one of the best ships I've ever made!

@seangray8585 Жыл бұрын

I definitely appreciate the "make sure your ship fits in the role it was designed for." Sometimes it seems like people are trying to bolt on too many extras onto their build, and they learn the hard way that those extras take away from that primary role.

@Danjiano Жыл бұрын

I would suggest not using the Creative game mode, but rather start the game in Survival Mode, then open the Admin Screen (Alt+F10) and turn on Creative Tools. This makes fuel consumption more accurate, with reactors, generators, engines and weapons actually needing their fuel or ammo to work. Makes it easier to spot mistakes with conveyors. If you need a specific amount of fuel, Shift+F10 lets you spawn any item.

@SharkStrikeAC Жыл бұрын

It's what's always recommended. Use admin creative in survival scenario. It is a guarantee that your project will work in a real survive.

@aidanmatthewgalea7761 Жыл бұрын

I force myself to try make ships with as few or even no separate grids as possible so it can actually work without my game crashing

@RichardGQue Жыл бұрын

it's also a real bother to make in survival with subgrids

@madmo1692 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Nothing worse than building a large ship that gets damaged and now I have to remember all those subgrids to repair in survival

@chaomatic5328 Жыл бұрын

@@madmo1692 I'm not alone when I say that lots of things in SE is downright masochist, and subgrid printing is one of them. Try to get a mod that fixes that, because I don't think the dev will lift a finger. Just look at the monochrome UI, absolutely disgusting to use

@odd_bobble9106 Жыл бұрын

Try linking all the sub grids together using merge blocks. Then you have 1 large subgrid attached in multiple places. Don’t forget to lock the rotors and turn on inertia dampers.

@odd_bobble9106 Жыл бұрын

@@chaomatic5328 Can’t you stack projectors to fix that?

@CrazyDutchguys Жыл бұрын

My biggest issue is size. I either set out to make a heavy fighter and it ends up small or i want to make a somewhat compact large grid ship and it ends up FAR larger than intended.

@xBloodXGusherx Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on Cameras? You seem to be the only person out here who gets straight to the dam point and not talk about nothing for 20 mins before showing anything lol. Love your content. Thank you so much.

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Hey Viq, I will definitely consider making such a video. Also thank you for the kind words! ☺️

@hayden-corvustenno-warlock7062 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I started recently playing SE, and i still lerning. And my "flying wing" fighter can be done better, now i know how to make apper parts better. Thx again! (Sorry english is not my first language)

@Myth0l0gic Жыл бұрын

The amount of research of other creators and thoughtful editing you've but unto this video is top notch. Amazing work!

@petrus6877 Жыл бұрын

Always like how well put-together your videos are. Very handy reference guide for people that are new to ship design.

@sixgill8967 Жыл бұрын

Nah I love my solid boxes of lead

@21LOLxPRO Жыл бұрын

im not used armor for build utiliti ship XD only utiliti block

@christianmcdonald419 Ай бұрын

Yeah lead blocks

@maxwellfujs6124 4 ай бұрын

This is such a great video. Definitely great at demystifying the creative process. Thank you!

@codywatkins4466 Жыл бұрын

You arrived at the point within the first seconds of the video, gave super useful info as always, and shouted out community creators that deserve love. easily my favorite SE ytbr.

@yoyi8285 2 ай бұрын

Really nice build and great eye for detail.

@aapzehrsteurer9000 Жыл бұрын

Great vide with lots of great tips and directions. A comprehensive starting point for people who want to learn how to make better looking ships. You're easily become one of my favourite SE youtubers.

@madmo1692 Жыл бұрын

One of your best videos yet! Thanks for these inspirations!

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@EclipseEngCorp. Ай бұрын

i love making fighters for one reason: taking in account where they will be used, when they will be used, the methods of delivery, its use, and making it as compact as possible. here is a fighter design i came up with: a fighter that can be deployed mid battle to 1: overwhealm enemy defences, and 2: destroy integral parts of a ship (perferably asap). therefore it must have reloadable rockets, which for convinence ill stick into the wings. now: considering a fighters 2nd biggest threat. other fighters. since this is a hit and run bomber/fighter it will be more than useful to have a gatling gun, or in this case, a gatling turret, which we could easily impliment due to the verticle nature of the medium cargo containers put on all ECF ships, and top down docking system. this will also allow the pilot to focus on their misson objective without having to swat away enemy fighters, and allow for a wider kill area on our fighter/bomber. now for the integeral part of any ship: her thrust. due to the mobalised and space oriented reality of ECF outposts, mostly consisting of space stations, and also for convience we use Ion thrusters. this is because i cant be bothered to work with the limitations hydrogen provides. now to overview. the (theoretical fighter/bomber) is meant to be carried on the ECF KR - 06 "Orcin" Spacecraft carrier, and deployed mid battle to assist frontline naval defences with quick bombing runs on enemy ships vital systems, to achive this it has 2 reloadable rocket launchers and a gatling turret manned by ai to swat away opposing fighters. overall a pretty well rounded ship (if i didnt miss anything)

@KelevraEngineering Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video and the honoring use of my builds. I am trying to get into the tutorial thing by myself and you video is a pretty good baseline for getting into designing. 👍👍👍

@CSGdesign01 8 ай бұрын

Lovely presentation of tips. Well edited vid too

@Generalphoenix8438 10 күн бұрын

I dont play this game but i like the concepts and ideas. For my spaceship drsigns i mostly use star wars and halo. One design is a semi circle design with a large tower for the structure and weapkns all around with wings on the sides and the bottom area with a longer tower structure. The side wings are for thrusters. The bottom also acts as a bridge and a hidden hanger. The top also has an observation platform.

@loach5348 Жыл бұрын

Oh this is gonna be cool

@mlq1718 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been playing this game for a long time, this is a great tutorial. I’m pretty good at building highly-functional ships with decent designs, but I always struggle to either leave space on the hull for decorations or to use the hull space for effective decorations.

@marty7442 Жыл бұрын

3:04 I designed a modular ship like that, but with the 3x3 Adv rotor instead to save space. Might be something for others to consider if you only want to say, stick a large ore detector on a small grid ship, attach a survival kit module, or an extra hydrogen tank or batteries, etc... leaving custom turret builds alone, I will subgrid just to save space and components, and it works wonders with things like beacons, timer and programmable blocks, reactors, etc, and allows for attaching jump drives to small grid ships.

@danielthorp8717 4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if this is a consideration, but I have found that if you apply a gyroscope to each engine, the craft you build. This helps the craft to manoeuvre better.

@DrummClem Жыл бұрын

I needed this. Tanks

@mattp1337 Жыл бұрын

An old school creator to check out is Dolan. Gorgeous big craft in the style of the Nostromo. Lovely greebling considering how many fewer blocks were available then.

@MrArbreFleuri Жыл бұрын

Another banger video from Pro100tv

@Gottaculat Жыл бұрын

I like to build with a task in mind, and make it as survival-friendly as possible, as well as vanilla builds only (for maximum compatibility). My stuff isn't spectacular, but it's also not bad for survival. I do need to update some builds, though, as some features have been broken (like door-less air locks). I also heavily favor the industrial, well used style that I loved so much about the original Star Wars trilogy. I love that look that conveys the fact ships are expensive not only to buy, but to maintain, too, and not everyone would have the time or money to keep them flying in pristine condition. It's also fun to post some silly stuff, or even functional prop builds that can add flavor to your world or custom scenarios. I only upload the builds I feel are polished enough to be uploaded. I have so many crazy builds that are really neat, but I never upload them due to not being happy with how they turned out. Funny thing is, my most popular build was one I never intended to make public, but some players saw it, and said it was so legit that they wanted it, too. If anyone is curious, this is my latest, and most popular build: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2834250701

@demize7498 Жыл бұрын

Damn, if I didn't take so many long breaks and had more time to play SE, maybe I could've gotten on the list haha. Great video nonetheless! Very informative and useful for even experienced players, awesome job!

@verivy Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 11k! I remember when you had 70-ish😳 awesome news. I got space engineers! My brother got a pc and allowed me to get it on it so now I’m able to play on Wednesdays, thursdays and fridays. Can’t wait to use your creations! Definitely have to learn the game first though

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And that's awesome news! Welcome in Space Engineers family ☺️

@helfexer9019 Жыл бұрын

nice video, I have over 2k hours in space engineers but every ship I made looks like a GOD DAMN BOX

@captaindarksign3589 Жыл бұрын

Same here XD

@davidmartensson273 Жыл бұрын

Well, first step would be to make it an interesting box :) Instead of trying to change everything, just adding detail and depth to a plain box can be a good exercise and you do not need to create an interesting shape to begin with. Once you get the detailing working for a box, then you start with different shapes.

@Redfur2002 4 ай бұрын

Saw this video in my down time, I'm designing a company called Foxtech (company as faction tag) series of vehicles and bases, they are Mars based and use a mixture of rovers, ships and stations, rn I'm focusing on Project Ahphitanu, project 3 of 26, it's a carrier pushing 150k PCU and I'm probably gonna finish it by the 18th of August this year, and then I'd release it world form then the individual blueprints later on

@The_Envix 3 ай бұрын

I would like to learn how to make ship interiors on large grid ships and how to space rooms out and connect them

@Grebanton 9 ай бұрын

It‘s been 8 months and I only just now realized that my ship was in this video. You should‘ve told me, stuff like this makes my day :D Thank you!

@cameronhill8279 Жыл бұрын

PrimoSuperT is an amazing creator too. He does all the scifi stuff you can think of

@rextron6437 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Your builds are super well made and creative. I haven't found anyone with as useful and complex as what you have made. I do have 1 suggestion for your videos which is to increase the volume of your voice it is quieter then some of the other sounds in your videos and I have to turn up my volume on KZfaq to hear you properly. Make your voice to be a bit loader then the music at the end of the video would be great.

@nritten6142 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I am usually torn between looks and survivability, usually leaning towards survivability.. Cool looks don't last long in turret and rocket fire..

@user-xsn5ozskwg Жыл бұрын

You always give such great tips, By the way, could you tell us what the tank is that appears at 1:12? I didn't see it in any of he builder showcases.

@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox Жыл бұрын

I'd also like to point out the creator Smokki. If ya don't know who they are, they're the one who built several worlds and builds used in some of Keen's trailers for the game such as Carcosa Valley (Full release trailer), Sparks of the Future (Sparks of the Future trailer), Port Argos R & D Site (Style Pack trailer), and Rust Point Colony (Heavy Industry trailer).

@TheGribbler Жыл бұрын

my god, what a great video

@daxtermc9330 10 ай бұрын

Nice video)

@whackycracker1987 10 ай бұрын

I learned that details and good looking features take up pcu that you could have put to railguns or thrusters or other utilities that make your ship more combat viable. Don't go for looks, just put railguns on a super-manuverable grid with some jump drives and bam you have a killer ship.

@zamba136 3 ай бұрын

Also remember folks, that you only need 1 small ion thruster in each direction. This leaves more room for Railguns and other utilities.

@lordbellonn3007 Жыл бұрын

Hey can you make a video on cluster bombs and cluster missiles? I’ve seen other KZfaqrs show off their neat designs but I would like a tutorial. Regardless, love your work, really inspires me. Looking forward to seeing your next video!!!😅

@gelobledo Жыл бұрын

When i started i was building to make ships look cool or nice. once i started playing more with Hostile NPCs i started building more practical ships that can take a beating and keep going. find that crashing ships and getting attacked will show the flaws that need to be addressed. so get out there and pew pew even with ships that are not for combat that way you know if your miner has to run it will survive long enough to get away

@daveotoole2k7 3 ай бұрын

The ship at 0.02 in what is it it looks so good

@dusty4896 Жыл бұрын

What is a good amount of armor? I usually have to rely on shield mods to give a decent amount of defense, and not have to repair ships after every minor encounter. Current armor can't really protect even just a small amount of fire, and that weakness doesn't go well when people make ships literally covered in weapons.

@ned760 6 ай бұрын

i liked the video

@Robi_Bobi Жыл бұрын

best of best~ !

@PraetorPaktu Жыл бұрын

Intresting.

@bruckenpfeiler6550 Жыл бұрын

you forgot Newfang on your list! i know, i might sound like "that type of guy that allways knows better people etc" but check him out! he is (imo) the best when it comes to multi-grid, detail and original builds. PS: i love your videos! keep it up okay :)

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Very nice workshop, I saw the Lunar Shuttle published not so long ago. I'll definitely follow this person's work. Thanks for reference! 🙂

@vadernation1233 Жыл бұрын

YES newfang has really helped me improve my building in SE. Definitely my favorite builder.

@itswindyyy 4 ай бұрын

0:39 I am going to steal that ship.

@Lambda420 4 ай бұрын

Start with the box. Then expand and add systems.

@nyxborne1786 Жыл бұрын

This is a GREAT video! my only qualm with it is that people use Conveyor Junctions WAY TOO MUCH. Junctions are weird with Keen's coding in that it tries to push the items out of EACH side when an item is transported through it, and with ships that have frequent item traffic it can really lag a server down. I would suggest using the C-shaped, T-shaped, and X-shaped conveyors instead as this helps clear up lag issues that ALOT of ships bring from the workshop. For example the "miner" that you started the video with. That has way too many junctions in it's conveyor system for a ship that will constantly have item traffic. Yes they make good placeholders, so why the thrust system is determined, those junctions need to be removed and replaced accordingly.

@peanut_clarity Жыл бұрын

I think Lunar colony is a very good builder too

@maquard3223 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive! But how do i combine large and small grids!?

@proadventurer Жыл бұрын

Through rotor or connector

@wittyjoker4631 Жыл бұрын

Building ships to look a certain way is the fundamental flaw that results in weak underperforming ships.

@dani-dv Жыл бұрын

3:12 is the ship on the workshop?

@Chazzee23Gaming Жыл бұрын

I like building space stations and the l;ike. Not very good at making ships look good though haha

@Flakintosh 25 күн бұрын

How do you get different colour galaxies?

@Pro100tv9 25 күн бұрын

You can look up different skyboxes on workshop and add them to your world in the world settings in "mods" tab

@Robi_Bobi Жыл бұрын

ah this is megaSuper!

@chaomatic5328 Жыл бұрын

OP: Try to add angles that aren't 90°, mix small and large grids Servers: 👁👅👁

@thefirstblank607 11 ай бұрын

sometimes adding a mod can help but you should always try all ways and find the smartest way, ive build fighter that needs to be fast and agile with atmo thrusters but 7 batteries could not do it so i tried bigger thrusters and still not quiet right than i tried hydrogen but i never tried it and think a fighter should not use it becouse it can fail an takes space so i used a mod that gives me more batteries that are stronger but way more expensive and it looks like 2 tier 2 batteries with 40Mw might be enough, it first felt unfair but its not becouse loosing one fighter hurts more and you only can spam print them if you dont have recource problems. After 6 trys my fighter works but needs more testing before i make more, it has 6 autocannons and is for fast strikes to take down the enemy when it attacks my base or for a fast bomb mission, sometimes it takes a long time to finish something but thats what makes fun, im allways lookung for balanced mods.

@Sscorpion07 Жыл бұрын

6:00 What name of that ship? Can i get link to it?

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

That's Kelevra's Argo Mole, the link is in the description

@Duckdoingstuff Жыл бұрын

Where do i find the calculator

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

I used this one in the video: 343n.github.io/spaceengineers-thrust-calc/ But there's also an up to date table with values for each thruster on official Space Engineers Wiki: www.spaceengineerswiki.com/Thruster

@MertDizemen Жыл бұрын

i used der makrat products i modified hektor cargo ship now its names Vektor Miner its the best solutions for mining

@Logarinq Жыл бұрын

Hi / Witam. Nice gameplay from Space Engineers. LIKE for this video. Greetings from Poland / Pozdrowienia z Polski. See Yaa.

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Dziękuję! 🙂

@atheosathonille130 Жыл бұрын

I have 3.5k hours in the game I haven't played in about a year or so.. The problem is. Once you build all the cool things and have crafted so many ideas, etc There's just nothing to do .... There's no story. No challenge to overcome.. No real threats. And most highly populated servers that are well maintained are just a bunch of griefers, cheaters, inside traders, etc without many dozens of mods that make vanilla building blocks useless.

@ReconRaccoon Жыл бұрын

How did you color the ship at once?

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Shift + P + MMB while aiming at the grid

@ReconRaccoon Жыл бұрын

@@Pro100tv9 ty so much!

@KerboOnYT Жыл бұрын

My builds are definitely the top half of the thumbnail

@articchar-lf Жыл бұрын

Check out New Fang. The kid is on YT and he build gorgeous complex small grids.

@Pro100tv9 Жыл бұрын

Very nice channel, thanks for referencing!

@zamba136 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I think I make my Large Ships too small. I think that is the main reason for why it's so hard to fit detail in.

@captaindarksign3589 Жыл бұрын

The sad part here is, that in PvP boxes with guns are the most efficient design😖

@odd_bobble9106 Жыл бұрын

Not really, especially one you get into suicide drones. Can they shoot missiles and small craft out of the air? Sure, but good luck targeting a wall of decoy blocks, missiles, and suicide drones

@pedropimenta896 Жыл бұрын

I want to improve my computer!

@CedricPaire Жыл бұрын

Référencement

@kaiserrat70 4 ай бұрын

I just wanna make my silly little submarine realistic space ships :(

@Light.-- Жыл бұрын

Get the paint gun mod

@K-Anator Жыл бұрын

There is a disconnect between this YT channel and it's Twitch counterpart that I don't understand.

@jackiewelles973 Жыл бұрын

Say no more, I want kids from you

@iloveplayingpr Жыл бұрын

The only thing that is keeping me from fully enjoying Space Engineer are the Servers, my ping is too high for the closest one, and the lack of players as well.

@JV-un7qw Жыл бұрын

They say: create in creative, build in survival. Me: What is creative?

@MANU-dw9dh 7 күн бұрын

My constructions are like: ⬛

@matthewwagner47 Жыл бұрын

Making a pretty ship is fine but needs to be built so it's effective in a fight but just neat looking. Most fights are joust and this should be taken into account. Simular to how helicopters fly. Using atmospheric tactics for a space vehicle combat is nonsense.