Spacebuild Light Freighter

[MrTitan0707]

Yes, origonally, My server was based off of two factions, Space pirates (rebels), and The elite guard (combine) we settled an agreement that states that all space pirates would locate a planet far away and not interfere in business. So we conquered planets, built stations, destroyed useless moons, Unfortunantly, we didn't know there was a pirate outpost, thus starting a war

[MrTitan0707]

Wow, I should use this for my server, I've been fighting a HUGE space war against "Space Pirates" and We're trying to control a moon, It'll put us one big step closer to destroying there main planet, We can get enough supplies and life supports systems to the moon in time, most NPC's die on the spot, and real players get eliminated by the pirates space stations. This, with an escort, will give us a stranglehold.

[MrPepsi305]

I made something like this before on a public server, and a buddy had a life support system in a cargo container. So i picked it up and was bringing it to him on the moon, when the server's "Space Pirates" came and destroyed all my wire.... causing my ship to let go of the container and the "pirates" took the container and left me stranded in space... I eventually landed on the moon from all the forward momentum i had...

[MegaGTAzocker]

nice ship, but try spacebuildpack, much better and easier to build with it :D

[TechnologicsCo]

how do you calculate altitude?

[R3dF41c0n]

@TechnologicsCo It's just a simply ranger. All the altitude on the screen means is distance to ground.

[TechnologicsCo]

@R3dF41c0n interesting, but what if you fly over a hill or building? or into space?

altitude is your distance from sea level

[R3dF41c0n]

@TechnologicsCo Honestly "Distance to Ground" is a better description, but it would have looked bad on a display. It defaults to zero after about 2000 units (I think) so it's meant as a rough guide for the pilot when the craft is planetside.

[TechnologicsCo]

@R3dF41c0n makes sence

good work

[Mylesdude101]

Good think they didn't want there cargo intact...might want to work on that.

[wherestheshroomsyo]

i like phx better than sbep thats really cool

[Littlepetslinki]

PHX ship? i would have used SBEP...

[R3dF41c0n]

@Littlepetslinki I think I made this before SBEP.

[MajorWales]

Great video, but even though you used hoverballs, I'd recommend the wired ones as you can turn them on/off easily. Also, as an alternative, use a gyropod. They do a lot as well (use a wired numpad and adv. Pod controller too!)

[SuperSonicFreak101]

Great ship even though you used grav balls but who cares grav balls help and I dont think people who use grav balls are nubs.

[PyrOTeEchNik]

aweome now make it look like thunderbird 2 :D

[destructoin101]

I kinda like it its simple and effective.

[EOCB]

it's a PHX ship not a SBMP ship.

[pigeon1256]

it needs defense mechanisms

[NoBigGuyUpstairs]

Amazing, it's very rare that I find someone making a cargo ship, that doesn't also work as a battleship, resource station and space station. 5*

[Unclevertitle]

Nothing terribly fancy but gets the job done, nice.

[xxxxxJSxxxxx]

you could use the cargo with one side open and put some of those chair thingys in it so it could be dropship .

[lovingkorvs]

wow! cool ship! =) well, I'm just wondering (i'm a noob so I don't know much about gmod) how did u make the cargo to stay in the ship?

[wherestheshroomsyo]

@lovingkorvs

there called wire grabbers its like a laser tractor beam

[lolmaster42]

How do you make wire screens display the amount if resources you have on your ship?

[Earhippo]

you could always use info screens. they're under the special devices catagory of life support i think. although they require energy to run.

[lolmaster42]

Im aware of that,I just like wire screens better because the value is bigger and easier to see.Although,he uses life support 2,so wire screens are now out of the question.

[Brimshae]

Not glorious, but very interesting. Good job!

[demolition000]

awesomness ^_^ i made a similar one but it has crane things under it when i take cargo to my space station xD

[effinretards]

lets say i wanna transport sumthing to mars from earth using this freighter....how long will that take?

[Q3HackerPolice]

23472348 years

[effinretards]

ooooooooooooucccccch

[Madurjafro]

ok how does it pick up the stuff?

[holycrapapie]

wire grabbers

[halomaniac52]

giggity XD

[liquidee]

do you guys know why my ships start to collapse and go craizy when im leaving a planet? It must be a zero-gravity issue but i dont know how to avoid this :s

[R3dF41c0n]

Are you using hydraulics by chance? If so taking them off should fix the problem.

[PXRacer1]

are you noclipping all the peices?

[poyzinXwonderbread]

@liquidee instead of welding your props, theres this addon its called parenting tool, get that ! its like - a super weld, makes multiple props into one, should fix the problem... keep in mind after youve parented ur props you wont be able to add stuff to them so make sure ur finished with your ships

[ownade]

play X3 reunion or Terra conflict if you like this

[xXPhazorXx]

Can this pick up med/large ships too? Life support and all?

[firewurker]

How do you press buttons when you are in the airboat seat cause i tried clicking the buttons but nothing happens

[R3dF41c0n]

There are two ways, either use numpad input or a pod controller.

[firewurker]

hmmmm im not good with pod controller so could you make a tutorial with it cause I AM NOT USEING NUMPAD

[R3dF41c0n]

tricky has an excellent pod controller tutorial and orb might have one too.

[firewurker]

which tricky cause ther is a million trickys when i search for him

[guthixking6]

gmod tech has one too, it's the one I used.

[firewurker]

thx

[Suthek]

@firewurker actually the advanced pod controller is really simple, because you wire it up yourself. Just pick the functions you want to control and then wire them up to the button you want them to have.

[youtabeer]

i found it out ^^ tv_source

[youtabeer]

how do i get this source recorder

[coldkill537]

very nice so what if you make a portable base will it work as well

[CptEykal]

instead of a bottom cockpit, put an RT camera so youcan do it all from the primary cockpit :D

[puredogs11]

2 advice:

1. set up weight of the grabbers to about 30 and make them without gravity

2. add 2 grabbers on each side of it soo its not gonna bounce

[jasontangy]

thats good for ur first working ship. my first "working" ship was a chair strapped on to some thrusters .

[Boom12495]

use the black hole cache for infinate recsources

[CptEykal]

why? its no fun

[connorpc1]

nice building skills

[dynomite115]

on my garrysmod 10 i dont have those metal plates

where do i get them???

[R3dF41c0n]

You have to download them, search for PHX models.

[dynomite115]

thanks

[Dragonrider202]

you can also make it one cockpit with camera screens for pickups (aft fore mid)

[jackster137]

Put some more weight on the grabbers with weight tool to now make it flimsy as much ur disable gravity on them

[Kingzogre]

Nice to see you in spacebuild!