i like how, in a game built around engineering and space travel, it's a hassle to build with cogs and wheels :D

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

It comes down to block size. This was the smallest reliable gear I could come up with.

@ImieNazwiskoOK

2 жыл бұрын

And you also can't travel fast or orbit (without scripts, mods etc)

@tra7017

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 could you use wheels as the teeth of the gears? The suspension made stiff and adjustable height along with the fact that they are designed to get grip and not damage other blocks could be helpful

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

@@tra7017 Gears out of wheel suspension?

@mikewhitaker2880

2 жыл бұрын

i could see a gear out of wheel suspension... would be a larger gear, but would have built in cushioning with the wheels....

showing the progression in the learning was great.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, trying to do more of that

@thehotdogman9317

2 жыл бұрын

A good engineer always shows their thought process when they design something.

@speedbumps8373

2 жыл бұрын

@@thehotdogman9317 Yep, never cross it out, just draw the next one

2:15 i can imagine someone doing a vault door from fallout using this

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Someone has made this: www.reddit.com/r/spaceengineers/comments/i7fcg6/any_fallout_fans_on_this_sub_been_wanting_to_make/?context=3

@gameknight0130

2 жыл бұрын

my exact thought

@prof.maniak5925

2 жыл бұрын

I removed my comment seeing that you already said this

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

@@prof.maniak5925 I wish there were more like you because I’ve gotten the suggestion of using sensors to stop on different floors like 15 times.

@prof.maniak5925

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 Hehe, yeah, it would be nice for more folks to look around in the comments first before saying anything

The little arrow on the rotor is ingenious. My first idea would've been to use a programmable block to display information, but this is so much easier, I'll definitely use that in the future!

@zacharyhutchison4006

2 жыл бұрын

I fucking facepalmed when I saw that. I needed that solution like a year ago and it eluded me, now I feel dumb. I was trying to do a jump light for a drop ship only to realize you can't actually change light colors with actions.

God damn it if I just scale up this gorgeous thing it will be a perfect fit to a mech cage deployment system! LAUNCH THE EVA!!!

@tackytrooper

2 жыл бұрын

*[SHEEPISHLY REFUSES TO PILOT THE ROBOT]*

@bi0hazardxiii28

2 жыл бұрын

@@tackytrooper fine, then leave. We will just pick another kid from your class....unless of course, you are the only one that can pilot it....then ummm, please come back 😢 🙏

@tackytrooper

2 жыл бұрын

@@bi0hazardxiii28 Are you trying to ply me with teenage girls? Do you think that will compensate for being an absent father??? *[EMO INTENSIFIES]*

@gelobledo

2 жыл бұрын

Titanfall drop incoming. Oooops physics work here your titan exploded.

@cloudexmachina

Жыл бұрын

@@gelobledo just have a set of atmosphere engines on there no probs

I love how there are multiple ways to accomplish the same task in SE. So many different elevator methods, and that's just elevators!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the beauty of the game

@Archris17

2 жыл бұрын

And then there's those of us who got sick of having to build something so complicated and clunky and that doesn't work as soon as a ship starts moving and who just decided to download a mod xD

I would probably place the gears above the elevatorcabin and watch those gears as they working :) Lovely piece of engineering 10/10

@gearandalthefirst7027

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking how cool it would be to have a larger version where you ride inside the gear compartment, as in you walk between the gear to enter and there's glass/grates on the inside of the carriage. The roof that would form could also make a better surface for the roof bumpers so it doesn't get tilted like this one does.

You have excellent problem solving and theory application skill sets. Well done.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

That's like this whole game haha

You could fix the slanting issue by adding another 4 gears above the platform, meaning there will be 2 gears for each track. That might also allow you to move up and down much faster.

@AdamBeaudryMasterProton

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, and would also minimze the Klang-risk. :)

@zwenkwiel816

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's how I usually do it with wheels too, 1 set above and 1 set below the elevator

👏👏👏 Black Armor: The Bob Ross of Space Engineers! I'm putting this elevator design in my next base

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to that ZEO

I play space engineers for over 5000 hours and can still learn something from you. Simply great buildings that you deliver again and again. Thanks a lot for this!

@sebione3576

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested to see what you've built, René.

@rextron6437

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me there is always things to be learnt in SE no matter your hours.

Damn, these are surprisingly smooth. Never thought Lord Klang would allow something like this to exist...

"What if we turn it, vertically." God, I just love that smooth delivery and turn, you make this so much fun

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wikus!

That is by far the coolest intro to any youtube channel I have seen

I wonder how much load you could lift with a system like this. It would be interesting to experiment with cantilevered versions that just use a trailing set of wheels to offset the moment. This opens up some really interesting ideas for elevators that can lift large ships from underground or even to orbit

@delta4phoenix4

2 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought. I wonder if one could make this out of large blocks and lift proper capital ships

@ectior

2 жыл бұрын

I think having them as small rotors is probably more advantageous since if I remember correctly both large and small rotors have the same torque and detach limits so it’s more space efficient to use small

I suspect this can be done more compactly by tucking the gear mechanism into the left and right walls of an elevator car, but that's just tweaking. You've done the hard work. Very nice.

Neat! I love the use of the letters on the elevator!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

No matter how I try and how long, I still feel like a DUNCE from brilliant creators and ingenious designs.

man this beats a lot of the mobility schemes around bases i've seen so far.

800 hours spent in this game and I've never even had the slightest idea or even like heard of gears in space engineers this is legendary

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Now you can come up with the next big thing

That intro was top tier

This feels like a high invocation of Klang, but now I'm interested in trying this as a large grid for moving big ships on a space elevator.

@Daman2287

2 жыл бұрын

combine it with the Waffle iron from @CaptainJack

@stevenraycopley8885

2 жыл бұрын

Its is kinda funny when you think about it. The dev's gave us reactors, jump drives...combustion engines, but God help us if we ask for a elevator and elevator shaft in vanilla lol

I had a grin on my face through the whole video, saying "yes, yes ,yes!". Maybe one day Keen will make a track block that integrates with a gear (or linear accelerator) block. And if Keen adds some curved track blocks we will have Space Engineers roller coaster edition! Think of the possibilities.....

@brodriguez11000

2 жыл бұрын

Spiral gears would allow for scissor jack lifts.

@tonyflury2291

Жыл бұрын

Or Even a simple way to build train tracks - flying from A to B shouldn't be the only solution when you are planet side.

This is amazing, I would love to use it for my future ships!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Link in the description, I hope you get some use out of it!

@lacai527

2 жыл бұрын

Add connector to uptairs aswell and make it connect when its on floor, otherwise if not connected and ya start flying, soon yar front elevator is back engine heat sink.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

@@lacai527 the elevator operates no problem on a moving ship

@lacai527

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 time flies when having fun! Sadly had no fun and still over year gone fast

You could compact it even further out by having the cogs displaced by 1+ block, but at that point I would rather resort to the "climbing piston" elevators that are better for displacing one player. I really wish this sees the days in an underground base as a massive vehicle platform, it would be so badass

This is the most impressive space engineers video I've ever seen. That into just wowed me

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear! Did you see the Lightning Saix or Pteras vids? Because those are some of my favorites

@pyroparagon8945

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 not yet, but I'll definitely check them out now!

Very interesting to see the conceptualizing process. I could imagine some quite interesting steampunk-styled builds utilizing these gears and potentially some other less functional parts.

That’s why I love this game ♥️ Thinking about a concept, testing it’s behavior and limitations in the game and finally using it in a suitable build and trying it until it works 👌🏻 that’s just beautiful…

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Well said Luke

That intro was really cool

That intro was dope too.

This is actually a really cool idea. I could see it being used for a landing platform, that lowers your ship into a station. But i can already hear clang laughing in the distance just thinking about that idea xD

thia has to be his coolest creation yet

I ran into a similar problem trying to put that oversized 'gatling railgun' into a more practical setup. I was bound to the arbitrary size of the large-grid and small-grid block, and I had to write my own trig formulas for overall size and shape, number of 'barrels', RoF, how to aim it reliably, and not kill your ship's batteries; without having an irregular shaped unit which would misfire or fire into the subgrid it was attached to, as funny as that was when I was testing it, lol.

@BlackArmor718

Жыл бұрын

Nice and impressive!

Seeing your failures and abandonments are more educational. They have given me a few more ideas. PS. IRL, Geared tracks are great for inclined slopes where friction isn't enough. Typically you only have one track and cog, with the remaining regular wheels offset to run on their own rail or surface.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a cool part of a base with some inclined slope elevator!

@SuperS05

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 maybe it'll will work with the rail track blocks, as a mountain train.

There's a lot more that could be done with this concept. Very cool.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Sure is!

Just started getting back into Space engineers and am loving your videos, lots of good ideas and inspiration. Hope you keep making them!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean, I expect to

2 things. Your intro was awesome. Super cool. And I wanted to say thanks for taking us step by step through your process and thoughts instead of just showing the final product. Keep doing your thing man.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Will do Jay, thanks

This is just absolutely beautiful! I feel like such a ninny for never seeing this possibility. But now, I can't not see it. So frigging cool!

you're a genius; this is so elegant and functional

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

you could have a central shaft with teeth for the elevator gears to climb if you wanted something more open. For bonus Imperial credits, forgo any railings or safety features.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that would be interesting for a larger version

Finaly! A worthy vanilla custome elevator for any length of track!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Alpha-cx8vl

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 I can sleep easily knowing my space stations will no longer clang out due to pistons... ... Tho... Clang is clang... And it does not like me... ._. I'm sure this is now a set up made by clang! >:| you shall not eat my station! Feend!

Idk but that intro is lit as hell

So cool that the game has been out for a long time now and people are still coming up with really creative stuff!

Coolest intro, 10/10. Love the content. Subbed on first video watched.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

first video of yours that I've watched and I have to stay that your intro is the coolest thing I've ever seen!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! There should be more fun stuff for you then

This blew my mind man. Nothing to say other than amazing

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lux

actually makes for a pretty good elevator design, especially for very long elevator shafts, I'll be using this in the future, it's really cool

The one that spins around could be a interesting sheild, door or mount for something that follows you.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

There you go

Great video. I love seeing new ways to do different things in this game.

Bruh I can't get over how accurate you were on stopping it flush with the other floors

thats one hell of an intro

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow that's some really creative thinking ! Great job !

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

i just started playing space engineers, and this just blows my mind, awesome!!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the game!

That's what I love about this game. People with ingenuity come up with the craziest and coolest stuff.

This is so simple and yet so ingenious and well made

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jakub

Good engineering. Simples but effective! Keep it comming

This is awesome, I already have some ideas, like time the rotation between floors and a central rail to climb instead of outside to check if it is more or less stable Also gonna try holes on them gears for pure looks, if the outer hitbox is intact it should work the same, right? This is trully amazing, I'll definitelly have gears even if as decoration, thanks a bunch bro

Fasinating! Your builds never cease to amaze me. My elevators always seem to explode!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Except that last part :D

... im speechless this is amazing

I guess to build it in survival you'd have to build the elevator carriage nearby, then fly the elevator to the top of the track, set it in, then seal the top.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

That would do it

Nor only you got me to subscribe to your channel thanks to thst insane intro but also to your impressive engineering design

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Lol dang, glad I put that intro together

been a fan since day one! glad to see you're still kicking it!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

You too Trog

Wow that's so cool. Amazing what you can do in this game!

That is really cool. I wouldn't have thought the game would handle it so well. very cool.

So, the problem i always have with elevators is creating a call function; some way to summon the elevator to a designated floor with the press of a button. It's easy if the elevator only has two stops, but if you have a middle floor I tend to have difficulty bringing the elevator to that designated point. Suggestions? I know you have the camera idea in this one, but something a little more seamless would be nice.

@SweaterPower

2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a way to do it using sensors, configured to detect small grid. You can place it one block underneath the floor level, and time it to stop the elevator. Call buttons on floors and floor buttons on elevator can disable all sensors except one on the selected floor. It will be hard to configure, but i think it should work

@SweaterPower

2 жыл бұрын

The only problem I see - how to detect is elevator higher or lower the selected floor. System should remember which floor is elevator on, and decide the direction of the rotor. Sounds like a job for programming block, which is not as exiting as doing it "vanilla way"

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Unless the elevator is at the bottom and locked to the connector, it is not attached to the surrounding structure. You can't communicate with it without an RC block/antenna or making a ridiculously long line of cable using hinges.

@simonloock9366

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackArmor718 I Build an elevator 2 years ago that has all these functionalities. I can call it from any of my 4 floors. It goes 50m/s (if i make it goes faster my character start to float when i go down). I Basically build a big Drone along a vertical mine shaft, and with a small script i made, it reconnects and recharge at each stops, making it able to be called from any floor with only one button push.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonloock9366 So it moves using thrusters?

Dude this is brilliant! Got yourself a new subscriber

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Nicholas I appreciate you

This is amazing! I think I'll use it in my playthrough. I'll give you massive credit for it!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Xero

Amazing design! I'd love to see a space elevator with this design. Hookup the earth and moon. Though I realize that might take a really long time to make haha.

This is true engineering here ! Congrats it's just awesome.

I would add one thing and that is a set of landing gear on either side to act as an emergency brake system in case the batteries lose power.

Finally. My dream of having a functional vault door has come true. You can make some big and fun doors with gears. :)

You could make a door system that runs on a track, I imagine there wouldn’t be much of a issue if this works, just make it more 2 d and turn the tracks 90 degrees. That way you can have a door or entrance as large as you want and looks aesthetically pleasing. There’s so much you can do with such a simple system of cogs.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea, I'd love to see it done

My god, that intro, is, insane. I love it

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Woof

Damn. That is the most creative channel intro I have seen in a long time. Really well done dude!

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Silver

Very nice engineering. In additions to the wheels cushioning the stops. You could add sensors at each ends to stop the elevator.

That was an epic intro

This is so cool. I’ve never would have thought of using cogs. Great video too 👍

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

First off, thanks for explaining your thought process and including the things that don't really work it's really educational (and inspiring at least for a noob like me lol) but tbh I'm most impressed by the indicator V which is just a simple yet genius solution. Keep up the great work mate

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Nick

It's amazing on how you figure on how to make a elevator with game made gears.

Amazing creation, I've got some great Ideas to improve upon your work. You could use sensors to automatically make it stop at floors. I would also change it so that the elevator itself doesn't have a railing but the floor you are going to does. This way, whenever the elevator is in use there is a rail instead of a hole to fall into for the people on the floors where the elevator isn't.

@gearandalthefirst7027

2 жыл бұрын

The same sensor could operate at-floor grates, like how irl industrial elevators have two sets of doors (which make a bloody horrendous noise when they close)

Nice Job, many thanks!

Omg, you solved the piston problem on elevators on this game in definitive!

Awesome sir 👍👏👏

wow that is incredible you have such great ideas

I’m learning so much. You are awesome 😎

subscribing just for that intro

not gonna lie that intro fucking dope!

I wonder then if you could do a kind of retractable landing platform... like, a door opens, and the gears extend a platform outward for you to land a ship on, then they can retract back into the base and the door closes behind it. Or, if you wanted to go really out there, maybe a kind of self-building mine. Place a main vertical structure over the ore spot with the main machine in the center; have a drill setup underneath, and above that a series of welders that could build the gear track as it descends, with the gears near the top of the machine above the welders.

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Both interesting ideas, thanks

brand new to your channel, that intro was sick.

@BlackArmor718

Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy constructing it, thanks

I dunno if this game even has them but one way to solve the energy issue would be to just have electrical pickups on either side of the shaft, so the elevator is always being charged even while moving. Or just some sort of short-range remote charging devices, at regular intervals.

@BlackArmor718

Жыл бұрын

Interesting thought

Dude that looks really cool

Awesome. Feels like an Medieval engineers type build but with SE systems. Hope they add more vanilla support for these systems now that physics are improved

Incredible

I can see this being really helpful underground, saving you a bunch of time mining extra space for pistons to contract into If i ever get back i to the game, ill definetly implement this into a base as a vehicle lift of some sort Love your vids btw, keep it up

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fish, I would like to make a large one than can fit vehicles

i absolutely love all your designs and videos I just wish there were more creators like you to make tunnel boring machines that build tunnels with lights in them that actually work I've downloaded 7 different machines so far and every one of them has failed I'm quite new to space engineers so have no clue what I'm doing but trying to attempt to build my own planetary survival tunnel bore tunnel maker

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

If you're interested in tunnel boring machines I suggest you start becoming familiar with pistons, timers, merge blocks, and projectors/welders. Those are the components that usually go into a self constructing tunnel machine. Become knowledgeable with those blocks and you will start getting an idea on how to put one together. Splitsie has some good tutorials on those blocks if I recall.

Just found your channel and damn thats an awesome intro

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks HyFive

You did very well, but you could still use the wheels to balance the sides. Think about the floor call buttons. Thank you very much for your contribution to the development of modless engineers.

First time seeing that great new intro

@BlackArmor718

2 жыл бұрын

Broski you are missing out on many many tips then, look at the previous vids

I think you should add senser because it will be more convenient than manually stop elevator btw gear elevator absolutly neat , good job !

1:45 dude made a God damn differential holy shit