thanks i want that kind thing for a long time

ok thanks

Neo/Dread, drills are for HV's and this is an SV bp. This bp is no longer functional.

replacing plasma with drills? is that posible
do the drills have a limit 2 ?

i must be doing something wrong, because i can't get it to dig

It gets stuck alot. I now can't get it out of the tunnel I have it in.

will this by chance mine actual nodes i know wont auto pick up but will it destroy it to not loot ?

Good design. I build the tunnel first in creative then just dig it out, and this will work well for that 2nd step.

Awesome! Makes base building much easier . Well done!

Does the job , make a hole clean up the edges particle specks with Mining gun , all good..

Just tried, it's not possible, I got 11 weapons working for both rockets and plasma.

@Chobo
I am not sure, but you might be correct. I'd like to see that rig if you do this. However it will also put a much larger strain on ammunition supply and logistics.

I was thinking, it's possible to double the size of this ship with 2 weapon types instead of only one, 20 plasma and 20 rockets launcher.

rockets work better

I love your Drilling-Rig, but boy, does it burn through PK-Cells. Anyway, much obliged. Just wish it had something like an autocollect function.

Go for it! I used yours in terrain editing a race track, which was the inspiration for this one. We need more construction BP's :)

This puts my tunnelers to shame.

I'm going to mod it.

@Umopepisdn. I think I will be leaving the plasma grid configuration up to the individual's preferences. I know how I use it and get good results, but I cannot determine how others will or what priorities they will prefer, or even if the 135mm rockets or plasma would be best suited for the individual.

I do believe a "Sit-n-Spin" method of digging will result in excessive particle specks, and I avoid this wherever possible. If horizontal, I line up the machine, drill out a line, then line up another digging line. If I need a new angle, I will widen the tunnel with a much smaller tunneler that is far less efficent but more suited for precision work, or use a hand drill. Then reposition the big one and drill out another line.

Moats and subterrainian bases requiring verticle digging is far more troublesome due to the manuvering nature of the SV and a lack of any real instrumentation beyond eyeballing your orientation in 3rd person. In gravity this can be rather unstable when trying to aim. One way around this is to extend or add a wide frame to catch the ground around the digging apparatis and the future hole, plant the machine face down and blast away to the desired depth, then reposition.

@AndyH Did you fix the issue and narrow the beams or are you leaving that to us?

Yep, yep, figured it out. Bad linkage between the machine and the ground. >_> I used the wrong plasma charge. It's okay, you can all laugh now. And on that note, thank you AndyH, it's an awesome machine!

Hitliz, press P while in the ship and make sure all of the guns are set to active.

YES NOW I CAN MAKE THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE OF MY DREAMS

Yes completely filled with ammo. At first the top center cannon fired. Then it stopped as well. I think I broke it somehow, lol.

Did you fill it with ammo hitliz?

Wow, hitliz. I honestly have no idea.

Apparently I'm not understanding how this works. When I sit in the vehicle and shoot the cannon, only one fires, the middle top. Are they not all suppose to fire to get the intended result? What Am I missing? lol

@AndyH Of course! It was only a fair warning and a constructive critic. I didn't mean you did something wrong or that you were responsable for it. I will try to rearange the cannons. Thank you

@ kereck.
You are only the 3rd person to comment on missed particles after I requested feedback on this subject, so thanks! I arranged the plasma grid in a way that works for my methods of excavation and based on my own priorities. So it clearly won't work for every style or method of use nor should be the only tool employed. Excavators are ammo hogs, so there is a balancing between cleanness, speed and logistics.

One way to compensate is to tighten up the plasma grid for a narrower focus. That is what one person did on the server I tested this on and seemed to work for him. Whether that works for you specifically is another matter, or you may want to try the 135mm rockets instead if that suits your priorities more.

We do have to accept that we are using alpha game mechanics in a way that was not intended, and this BP highlights the need for more industrial scale tools to be released by the game devs.

Nice excavator, very impressive to use and watch. But be aware! It leaves a lot of microscopic pieces of dirt in the air that you won't see but your small vessel will hit and get stuck or flip. My friends and me used this to make an underground hangar and after that we had to look and drill every piece of stranded dirt for our SVs to be able to fly throught. It took us more time than drilling the hangar ourselfs.

Does what it says! I bored through a mountain in creative and currently building a landing bay with a base on top of the mountain.

Clever idea for weapons, I like it :)

Nice idea but the problem is there a really fine pixel objects left that you dont see, so it happens that a sv or another Vehicle get stuck...

O ! Sanks !

@Bestwizard. Click subscribe, then when in game hit F2 to call up your blueprints.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival - unreal BEST !
Please answer my question: how can i install Mega-Bore-Plasma in game ? I need download file ? But how can i do it ?

Glorious work comrade! This will be useful for expanding my sexdungeon!!

@Krombopulous: Don't know where you were trying to attach to or how, so it is hard to say. Ran a quick test of my own and did not have much trouble landing on the lip of the HV bay and attaching there with no changes.

MBP docked to T-3 CV [i.imgur.com]

having trouble docking it on a t3 CV, am I using the wrong landing gear? dock pads?

Need to say this frecking rig is amazing when you want to dig out a hole, in anything you want I love it I literly mean anything ha ha .. :D

I went litle crazy one day, got this crazy Idé to use the rig to attack a drone base that have buggin the hell out of me. So I change to Pulse laser guns insted and added 40 more plus 50 aditional ammo boxes filled it all up with ammo. Yea; I made the square holding the guns rig one size bigger to be noted. Then I went in to a vertical dive in to that infernal drone base and unloaded every ammo pack I got loaded in to that infernal drone base ha ha ha ....
Gues what :D The dorne base... it dissapered there is nothing left there now but a big hole in the ground ha ha ha ha..... :P just love this invention :D

wtf

as a construction vessel, I've never done damage output tests. There are more PVP builds, but their plasma array is in a much tighter cluster.

this thing looks scary lol but cool

That is pretty cool!

Amazing

HAHA.... Best ever made in this game =D =D =D =D Hope the devs see`s this =D THX dude.... Never used it, just lovet it

Looks great! Must be very quiet drilling with this one :)

sadly there is no vehicle tool for mining. if there was I'd be all over it :(

can this use for mining? or just destroy the ore.

That you can design and build a construction vehicle in this game is pretty badass :D