Engineer’s Toolbox
(Previously Vehicle Indicators)
Adds various blocks that allow making vehicles with precise weight distributions or allow to "change the physics" of drag.
Creation Center of Mass Finder
– creates particles to display the local axis of the indicator around the CoM of the entire creation
– shows the center of mass with a particle
Body Center of Mass Finder
– creates particles to display the local axis of the indicator around the CoM of the body the indicator is on
– shows the center of mass with a particle
Center of Thrust Finder
– shows the thrust vector of all vanilla thrusters on the creation at the center of thrust
Modes
The indicators can be switched through modes using the [Use] button. There are 4 Modes, which change the size of the displayed axis.
Drag Reducer
– lowers the inherent drag of the game from 2.5% speed per frame to 0.5%
– makes gliding planes and driving cars fast easier
– may be unbalanced, because creations now don’t magically come to a stop as fast
– may be placed multiple times on a creation, it doesnt matter
Scale
– logs the mass and weight of the whole creation in the console when used
– rounded to 3 decimal places
Thrust Scale
– logs the length of the vector sum of all thrusts of all thrusters on a creation when turned on in newtons when used
– rounded to 3 decimal places
Note
On very large creations (5k+ blocks, intricate shapes) following blocks may cause a drop in framerate:
CoM finder, BCoM finder, Drag Reducer
tags: engi, engineer, tools, no drag, no air, air friction, com, cog, center of gravity
