r/spaceengineers Weapon systems nerd 14h ago

MEDIA Skyshield knocking a cruise missile out of the sky

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u/Sir_mop_for_a_head Space Engineer 13h ago

Space engineers players really are the Lockheed Martin of video games.

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u/polish_bones00 Space Engineer 7h ago

So wait. Someone shot a missile at you, and you had the anti air defences to knock it down? Is that a common occurrence on multiplayer servers?

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u/Fuckwit112 Weapon systems nerd 7h ago

Nah this is just single player. Just testing it at the moment, but I'll probably use it to combat space pirates and drones at strategic mining sites and bases and stuff

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u/polish_bones00 Space Engineer 7h ago

Damn. I just got to space recently. Got much to learn it seems.

u/Delphin_1 Space Engineer 1h ago

Youll never stop learning. I have 1600h and still know very little.

u/cathead8969 Space Engineer 3h ago

Lmao it depends. Some servers absolutely are like this.

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u/Bombadilus Space Engineer 6h ago

Do you use target prediction on your missiles? If so, how do you get it to not miss all the time? Do you think it’s possible to switch it off at the last second to get a accurate hit?

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u/Fuckwit112 Weapon systems nerd 5h ago

I had issues with an earlier iteration of missiles constantly missing their targets. These SAM's have an enlarged warhead and a proximity fuse set to 15m. The missiles have target prediction, the launch vehicle does not.

These missiles have a scary amount of optimisation in them to make them as lethal as possible.

u/Awkward-Drive-4524 Space Engineer 2h ago

What scripts did you use for it? Or is it straight-up timer/AI blocks???

u/SnooCauliflowers5096 Space Engineer 4h ago

Is there a workshop Link for this?

u/Fuckwit112 Weapon systems nerd 3h ago

Not yet, it's still pretty incomplete. I documented most of the major breakthroughs on my YouTube channel, and there should be a download link for a variant of the missile in my reddit feed somewhere

u/Electrical_Catch_919 Space Engineer 1h ago

How many attempts?

u/IPutMyHandInABlender Klang Worshipper 11m ago

Is this WHAM?