Arcturus, you might have better luck contacting him about that via his ZebraMonkeys Discord. discord.gg/zebramonkeys (if Steam nukes that link, it's in the info box on his Youtube channel)

Hey Splitsie, been a huge fan of the series and do enjoy the mod scenario a lot.

I'm working on storyboarding a machinima/animation based on Space Engineers, KSH have already given me blessing to use the models and textures from the game reasoning that they already provide a 3D model exporter.

I was wondering if I could use the Scrapyard concept and models in my animation as a story line? Right now one of the ideas i'm throwing about is straight-up scrapyard survival but as a narrative story rather than a Lets Play type series.

Also, @mr.westbrook, this mod does not define any of the build restrictions, this one only adds the prefabs and MES definitions to spawn them. The "Build Restrictions" mod linked in the description above is what disables the ability to build things.

Splitsie mentioned in a one of his Escape from Pertam streams a few weeks back that Nev was working on a total rework to how blocks were hidden from being constructible. I assume that's probably still a work in progress, amongst the slew of other things that need updated for Apex.

This one and the newer one, when I load them I can craft everything. I think the latest updated broke his mods. I do hope he fixes them soon and includes the latest updates.

I can not for the life of me get this mod to work. Not sure what i have done wrong but just nothing for hours.

The mod hasn't been purged and still works fine. He just relocated all of the mod files into the Scrapyard Dependency mod, which this one has set as a dependency and thus forces to load. That mod, ID 3003950722 {LINK FJERNET}(https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3003950722), is what actually has all of the MES definitions and prefabs in it.

did splitsie purge this mod? cuz \/

The data folder has only a text file in it... is something wrong with this mod? I cant get the Wreckage and Ruins to spawn!

This mod is trash, there is no reason why I should have to drive around for hours not to find anything at all or cheat to find a place to scrap. This could have been such a cool mod but instead its just a barren wasteland that offers not content whatsoever.

update: I realized because it says its the mentioned person's fork that had an issue, I could remove the settings mod and maybe it'll work fine.

Is there any chance of making this compatible with Assertive NPCs? They're pretty hard to loot so being able to find these sometimes would be a good trade, but something with a time check crashed my game with them both, removing this fixed it.

It'd be really fun to mostly loot these while trying to avoid assertive ships and just looting whatever is left when I knock them down.

<SyncDistance>10000</SyncDistance>

If you're struggling to find materials, increasing the sync distance will help. This setting determines how much of your environment the server actively loads around you. A higher sync distance allows the server to load more scrap into your surroundings, making it easier to find what you need. I have mine set to 10k, and it works great!

Does anyone know of a way to increase encounter spawn rate? I've been playing this encounter for a little while and nothing has spawned yet.

any chance this mod can get updated with the new Contact DLC blocks and Blueprints that you worked on back at the end of 2024

Did large hydro thrusters get removed from the spawns? I am 3 weeks into this play though, several hours a day. I have so much stuff, I am ignore many spawns completely. But not one large hydro. This is my fourth play through since release, so I familiar with this setup. I just want to know if I am wasting my time looking for large thrusters.

You need to re write the description of all your mods.

does this not work with MES Wasteland Tire Thieves
the only way i got stuff to spawn was force spawning it. apart from 1 random jalopy after 30 mints of flying around

Anyone knows if the mod is already updated with the new Contact DLC blocks?

Does this set include only planetary spawns or are there scrap ships and such out in space?

@LordCreach: Still working fine for me. Vanilla encounters was designed to work along side MES. Splitsie also posted a video today with work he's doing to update this mod to include some of the new blocks.

Does this still work well with the Contact update? Assuming this still technically "works" just wondering if the vanilla spawns mess with MES at all or vice-versa. Is this still worth using?

@RhythmRocks you'ld probably do better going to his discord and asking there. Also the folks that maintain the mods for Splitsie are lurking in there and can help too

Hi, Splitsie.
I was curious how you get the assorted collections of prefabs to spawn together in close proximity. I am currently working on an MES mod that would highly benefit from this mechanic; however, I haven't been able to figure out how to make it work.

@Martha_Farquaar: Thanks for the hint, I will definately try it out

@Rantalunta - I've been using a mod called "More Loot & Lootboxes" without using the random lootbox functionality, as it will randomly spawn loot in generated structures using cargo containers, lockers and the like. I think installing it without any editing should give you the effect you desire but I installed it a while ago and played around with it a lot before accepting that it did what I wanted it to do. You can edit the loot tables if you feel it's too OP (it can be).

Îs there a way to edit the loottable, so that the ships in space can have some items(Powercells, Solarcells, hand drill...) in it?
On ground it works nicely, but the space wreckage is empty O.o

How do I get anything to spawn? Ive driven around the entire planet and then some and nothing shows up. Only if I manually spawn it with /MES.SPI

HI Viking246 and Splitsie, I also have the same issue, only recently i've started seeing this problem too. Here is an image from my recent local server. https://imgur.com/a/33KykSK

Hm. I keep running into grids with AI control modules and batteries named DeleteThisBlock. I suspect something is not quite right with the scrap spawns...

Hi, does this add items to Pertam or only Earth-like? I found plenty of cool stuff on earth-like, but I was hoping to play in the sand and there's a distinct lack of neat buildings to explore =(

Hi! Thanks for the mod and your efforts! Are there any plans to add new blocks to the grids?

Does this include spawns in space? I know at some point during his test series he was capturing wrecks and ruins of large grid ships?
I ask because I'm deep in space but nothing spawns around me, and the /MES.SPI command spawns nothing.

@Pentakroww make sure you have turned off trash cleanup

when i leave my home area and return i find that some stuff i have left on the ground such as thrusters and generates de-spawn how do i fix that

I am fairly new to using MES systems and am having difficulty figuring out how to decrease the distance and increase the spawn rate for the wrecks. Can someone help me by possibly telling me the command to type in for it? It would be most appreciated as I wish to try this mod but driving for two hours and finding nothing after the initial force spawn is disheartening.

Command to Force Spawn :
/MES.SPI

is there a way to see all the grids that this mod spawn at the world? or maybe a command to force the spawn ?

I would play a version of this that only spawned on Pertram and covered the world with wrecks. Instead, I'm going to just take pertram and slam junk into the surface until I am satisfied and start a survival game that way. I don't want any restrictions. I just want to spawn a senario on a desert world full of scrap to grid. I have the new laser mining mod and I think i'm going to start chopping.

I love this mod. I like playing this style. I tried to add some combat to it but it seems to stop the scrap mod from spawning. Is there a way to add "bad guys" and still have the scrap spawn?

Is it possible to configure the duration that the beacons / GPS coords are visible when they first spawn in? I'm not a fan of driving around with my eyes glued to my monitor for several minutes because I might not notice it.

I'm finding the new spawns! Ooooooh full "final" release can't be far away 🤠

bose the building spaws work on mars? as well dose it come with ice yet I like to try playing it on marse without the g menu modfided

anyway to get this ported to mod.io? for crossplay servers?

dmn so far traveled over 80km and only abandoned settlments

I would also like to increase the spawns

@Splitsie, I have uploaded a bandage copy of this mod were I change the dependency to a fixed version of the MES Scrapyard Dependency mod by @TheFinalEvent97.

The MES Scrapyard Dependency mod has an issue where the Triggers.sbc file will not load. The fix is to simply remove comments from that file. The fix can be found here: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3074938593

The bandage version of this mod can be found here: https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3074945851

I will remove the mods if you or TheFinalEvent97 request it. I simply thought others would want to enjoy this scenario again.

I would be posting this on the Dependency mods page but comments are disabled. so, I hope they see it here.

What does the MES Scrapyard Dependency do? That mod's page doesn't have any description, it's just listed as a requirement for this one.

Is there something about this mod that goes beyond just making a bunch of interesting vehicles and buildings spawn that needs its own extra file? Or is the dependency file for use with a custom scenario?

After a bit of playing and after the bug fix, I have found that wrecks spawn faster then I can get to them, so if you are not finding wrecks, either:
(A) you are not watching for the spawn signal or
(B) you are not driving very far or
(C) you are leaving pieces of wrecks in the areas you are traveling.
I regularly travel 5+ km getting wrecks that have already spawned and sometimes run across new wrecks on my way to the wrecks I already know about. But I also clean up every wreck I find completely, including checking for underground blocks.