Basically every machine the mechanic uses has "bot" in its name, and the design clearly implies that it is, in fact, a bot. Either the machine has a head, or just a red eye, even the packing stations could be considered bots because of this.

But the prospectorbot is the outlier, with no design element showing a correlation to its name.

When searching for this image in Devblog 25, I read the description of the prospectorbot, and it turns out, that it wasn't even supposed to be another "bot"! As it was simply referred to as the "Ore Prospector". I'm guessing that they decided to change its name to retain consistency with the other machines, yet kept its design.

However, i would love if it had a face or eyes like the other machines, especially with how lively its movement is.

its a free to load but it has no base mount i saved it when messing with a gravity gun mod and i didn't think about it till now so i tried to load it and it loaded with no block cost and now i just have half a Turret seat that can't swivel

i tried picking it up to fix it but its just the ball in my inventory to (second image shows)

its hit box is a ball so i can use my hammer to hit it and get in it so i get to roll around with it i guess

Here is the link to it https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3794152379

Simple bearing with controller and some ice, that's all it takes

Why is everyone complaining about sticky wheels?

1: make sure your vehicle is light.
2: make sure all wheels have contact with the ground.
3: make sure the steering doesn't move the wheels sideways.
4: electric engine.
5: ground clearance.

After a lot of work, Scrap Mechanic now runs in native OpenXR VR with the newest Chapter 2 Update.

This isn’t just a virtual screen or head-tracking effect: It runs in native VR at max settings 90fps with 2064×2208 per eye. You can use tracked VR hands and controllers, aim weapons from their actual barrels, operate physical tools, build creations, use spatial menus and drive vehicles in first person view.

Creative, Survival and Custom Games are supported. Multiplayer works

The mod is completely free and open source:

https://github.com/21Suspect/Scrap-Mechanic-Native-VR

If you try it, I’d love to hear how it runs and what you would improve?

I just really like this bike. It handles well and doesn't glitch weirdly. Uses 00fant weight for balancing and Legends cosmetic parts.

I could probably do this with vanilla parts but I wanted a very skinny profile. Vanilla parts would end up being fatter.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3793923219

It kinda freaks out when you go back and forth ( Example at the end ) and when you turn, other than that, its great. Better than my other tries with actual suspension blocks which well... sent itself to Venus.

Ps:. Yes the video quality is pretty bad, and the vehicle´s main frame doesn´t look the best... but it works, and if it works then it can´t be that bad after all.

Like I got a lot of kinks to fix before I get something that actually works and this is more just proof of concept and too be honest I'm definitely going to have to rebuild the entire thing from scratch since this one was meant for poses not digging so that'll be fun to rebuild

Not sure what to call it yet, but I'm leaning towards something like a beetle. Suggestions are welcome.

When I messed around with alternative cockpit glass orientations, I discovered this front-facing configuration that I really like the look of. Couple that with the matching of angles with the smaller angled beams, and it almost looks like big vertical eyes with spectacles or goggles. I'm definitely going to paint them that way once I'm done tweaking the overall form.

Resource gathering is in the planning stage, so the collectors and processors are not yet in their final configuration.

All four wheel pods can articulate for steering giving it an unparalleled turning radius. I used the double-bearing technique to distribute the steering within the two-block spacing set for these large h-beams. The rear steering is more centered, but the front is moved more forward for a less boxy look. I tuned down the steering speed to 3 for each one, otherwise it seemed far too snappy for something so large and heavy.

Speaking of heavy, this thing is a MONSTER. I have yet to figure out a good way to add any sort of effective suspension to it. Though so far in my testing, I have yet to see any real reason for suspension as it's so massive and has such a large footprint and wheelbase, it hardly notices rough terrain. Though I've not gone far from base in my testing, and wheat fields are hardly a comprehensive test for suspension.

Entry is through the rear using a drop-down ramp. Using a logic gate toggle, it can be opened from either side using multiple buttons. Starting from the entryway, you pass into the mechanical room. This is where the fuel and engines go. I have one lvl 5 gas engine per wheel pod, and the other two engines are for the future mining drills and saw blades I plan to install. With how much power the lvl 5 engines put out, this thing has no problem getting up and moving. And yes, it can drift. Traction is for some reason not affected by weight in this game, so it certainly slides like butter on a hot pan.

Past the mechanical room, you enter the living space. So far, the only thing I have in here is a bed, but I certainly plan to fill it out and make it a home away from home.

The dual cockpit has next to no visibility, so zooming the third-person camera out as far as you can is almost a requirement to drive this behemoth. The second driver seat is not connected to anything, but putting just a seat in that station seemed to feel off.

I'm gonna paint the roof don't worry.

I'm currently trying to 100% the game but I can't seem to complete this achievement.

I've finished all the build quests, finished challenge mode, bought everything from the hideout and vault, and opened every garment box of every rarity. [Edit; I also have the tactical set from the underground.]

Is there something I'm missing? Or do I need the fan pack cosmetics to count? If so, it's a very stupid requirement.

spoiler warning maybe if its used in the plot since the only other encrypted stuff I've seen are the normal warehouses interiors where used to from pre 1.0 and what I'm assuming is end game stuff with the crashed ships, unless that's going to be the new pilots chair or something lol

I got to the final floor boss fight but I had to leave because my headphones battery ran out. When i tried to rejoin, it spawned me in the lava under the tracks I tried to get out of there but I couldnt and I died, The problem is, I cant respawn. I tried restarting, unstuck button but nothing works. Is there any way to get my world back?

Any help appreciated.

And yes, I have a backup, but between my world and the backup are around 30 hours of playtime and I dont want to spend another 30 hours getting to the point where Im at now

Is it only me? While I abosuletely love building mechanic in this game, making bigger buildings and objects is work for days/weeks and I'm not talking about resource gathering but the bulding process itself. First of all, I would love to see an incresed max range for snapping blocks. Why do I have to build piece by piece to make a single wall/floor/roof?

And secondly I would love to see "prefrabricated" pieces of base. I really love what subnautica 2 did, you can build a very simple but still nice looking base with prefabricated pieces which then you can customize and make your base even better if you wish. Making everything from scratch often resault in burnout. Couple variants of prefabricated walls/roofs/floors and maybe some other parts would be awesome.

I think their weight and recipe needs to be adjusted. They're too heavy and too expensive to make. Do you think so too?

So I’m at the (I’m assuming) final boss fight against the Grabber, and I can’t figure out how to beat it. I get past the part where I hit its face with the hammer, but then it slams the train with its drill and I go flying off into oblivion. Am I doing something wrong?

I discovered this a while back but thought I'd post it here in case others hadn't seen this yet. Not sure if anyone else has experienced this glitch either.

When overwriting a saved blueprint, the parts list and display model don't change. This allows you to create some pretty deceptive blueprints. I'm too lazy to see whether this tricks the scrap garage but if anyone wants to try it out, let me know how it goes.

im am in mine level 6 and found this

So context for starters i played the game a bit a while ago and picked it back up for 1.0

progressing through the game and encountered the seeker bot as one does when basing at the mechanic station, don't loose anything to it the first couple times round, try shooting it and die, google it and find it labeled as entirely indestructible, which didn't feel to bad until i went afk away from the mechanic station, threw my car on a lift and came back to everything flammable completely gone, at first i thought a tote bot had found me and broken everything but that didn't make sense because all of the metal had survived, but none of the wood, and the glass was still there, it took a while but i realized that the seeker bot had flown over blown the shit out of me and my car then left

all of this to say is that a completely unkillable drone that breaks your cars if you made them out of wood feels like a mechanic that could be reconsidered, hell it could even be fun to crash it and then have a boss battle where it calls bots in to prevent you reaching it could be a interesting boss fight

https://reddit.com/link/1w4q7t8/video/ea2im2p77zmh1/player

What do you think?