@Chaoscoyote, I'm not the dev and i was complaining about that earlier, but a simple solution is to either keep the helm door open(Button ontop of the door) or just use a space suit, it's what i have been doing

but overal pretty good

the air lock SUCKS

what does it do

whats the gantry for

where is the plumbus?

upmarine

I always check back every once in a while to check this one out

would be nice to see this revived for the fluids and gasses update

Wanna put this down here: if you want to fix the vacuum inside the ship issue, go along the outside of the craft and look in select mode to see the outer pumps. These pumps are hooked up to the room themselves and activate between certain pressures. To fix them, change the minimum value on the threshold gate to 1 instead of -1. Also, if you want to fly this thing, make sure you have speed and are decently below the water using the altitude control keypad, and then make sure you have some water in the ballast, make sure wings are out, press the siphon from ballast to water jets, then set the altitude control to a positive number. Once you are high enough, press the altitude hold button, as it is much better than altitude control. Hope this helps.

Man, I know you put a lot of time and effort into this thing and I REALLY wanted to like it .. but it generates a LETHAL vacuum in the ship that kills anyone on-board, up is down, down is down with DEADLY intent and nothing works.

took it to space then got hit by a meteor.



10/10

at least i know how to work this thing

how to make it fly???

how do i get to all the buttons and throttles under the glass

why does it lose pressure in the cabin

For new update all nuclear or atomic builds dont work that not cool but project is realy interesting

where to spawn?

Is there a guide on how to start this?

RIP pretty much everything with a reactor broke

well this was last updated in 2021 tahkict that might be a problem

it's normal when boilers broke EVERY 5 min?!

@ JprawnS , lol thanks. You might be interested to know that adding little secrets broke the sub on several occasions. I plan on adding more next time.

@ avalanchegaming, I would be happy to make a hull version. I'll post a link here when done. And to answer a few other questions.

I am now working on a bigger improved version. Due to all the great updates from the devs it may take a minute to develop and fully test. I intend on taking the same approach to style and function, including space, weapons and subnautical exploration capabilities (docked mini sub). While also improving on systems like power generation, stabilization, and ballast, using any engineering exploits possible.

I will update the sub and feature description as soon as it's mostly bug free for everyone. Thank you all for your patience and likes!

Can you make a vehicle to dock to this?

would you be able to make a hull version i would love to make my own design of this(personal use only ofc i wont put it in the workshop)

how are people lagging are they running on potatoes or smth

its more laggy than the last of us on pc but its worth it

this is just plain the best thing on stormworks

I WOULD LOVE IT

if it didn't lag me to hell

you need like 40 km/h to take off btw

i have given you a extra helpfull award of 100 steam points

it looks very good an advance i wanted to explore the underwater caves but i didnt have the vehical for it thank you for makeing this :)

will thare be a updated verson

hey entropy i think i found your little secret, on the observer

I will wait 10000 hours

alr

Thank you for letting me know. I will look into those problems. Unfortunately this is ship now an antique due to the many game changes recently. I believe the Observer barely predates the wheel/rotor exploit that inspired its predecessor the Infinity Sub. And now I'm excited to see new and amazing LUA creations, and weapons, ect. I am thinking about building an updated version, however I put almost 900 hours into the observer so It may take a minute before any new ships will be refined enough to be posted. As I build a new gaming rig I will be able to artistically build a new ship using all the smart tec developed by this fantastic community.

does not fly

Why isn't this showing up in my workshop when I try to load it?

Im not very good at making stuff and its all very confusing and then i see the stuff people like you make and its just amazing and completely blows my mind keep up the good work

how to self destruct

I hope not it is my favorite creation on this game

Thank you PennywiseNibbles. That is very strange, I will look into that and attempt to fix it. I guess it may finally be obsolete.
I wish to implement new knowledge and parts in an a less laggy and more useful future design. Sadly my rig flat lined. Therefore I am slowly building a new one while waiting for a few more updates before I try something fresh. In total It took about 400+ hours of testing to reach stability.
The process was very entertaining. The community was kindly informative and amazingly creative. Thank you to everyone that contributed to the Observer. Please feel free to use any part of this design in your own builds.

boilers keep exploding i think a recent update broke the sub : (

I almost forgot to mention, If there is a need for better fps please locate the micro controller stacks in the maintenance hall and delete them to stop the lua news loop playing on a couple of the the internal screens. That should significantly help with fps. I am now considering posting a utility version that focuses more on performance.

Thank you AK_TO_THE_N20. Apologies for the delay everyone. Unfortunately my rig bit the dust and I am in the process of building one that can handle better builds in the future. As for the annoying sounds, all the electrical motors feeding back into flywheels cause all that noise. I made a mod that cuts out electrical motor and flywheel noise, I am considering posting it on nexus. Also I could cut two thirds of the power output by removing those modules eliminating a lot of noise and extra weight. However the recharge rate on all the batteries is incredibly slow. If any one has a better solution for generating the most power from a reactor setup and charging large batteries I would be very grateful. I look forward to updating this build and creating a line of vehicles based on the Observers style and tec incorporating the recent updates.

@awesomejrp just in case u dont know: u can set physic quality in options menu to low. Helps a lot to run compilcated creations more smooth. If fps problem: delete the two left monitors in the cockpit. (the big one to the left who shows the reactor and the small one where the azimuth thruster control is located)..

still no solution for the annoying e drive sounds from the reactor? -.-

i wish this was not as as laggy so i could use it

Wow, a mini sub bay? That sounds awesome!