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Space Engineers

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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block
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2 Jun, 2018 @ 8:07pm
19 Jul, 2018 @ 6:32pm
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MA Navball

Description
We are proud to present the Navball.
It's similar in function to the one you all know and love from KSP, space simulators, perhaps even your time actually being an astronaut.

If you don't have such familiarity, don't fret. There are countless tutorial videos online to help you get your bearings straight. In short, it is a compass view.

This Navball has 3 indicators:
-Prograde (and retrograde) velocity
-Gravity
-XYZ compass.

The line represents your ship, and the dot is the front nose of it. If that dot is pointing at X+, that means you are facing X+.

If the prograde icon is over the dot, it means you are facing the same direction as your velocity.

There is large grid and small grid version.
For large grid: Simply place in front of cockpit or flight seat. Or as decoration to fill your oversized ship.
For small grid: It is offset for fighter cockpit only. The standard cockpit does not have variant yet. Place on the front of the cockpit (see pictures).
It is shaped as half-block armor to match most common front end fighter styling. (see pics)

Cameras: Large and small grid cam with navball in front of view, great for drones.


AutoMcD: Concept, modeling, textures.
Whiplash141: Coding, textures.
Special thanks to Nukeguard, Darkstar, Shaostoul, and Digi for helping us along the way.

Satisfied with this mod? Want some say on what happens next? Consider supporting me via Patreon. All proceeds get passed along to pillars of the modding community who have helped me along the way (such as those mentioned above)
https://www.patreon.com/AutoMcD


As always, don't forget to upvote! Thank you.
Popular Discussions View All (2)
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11 Jun, 2024 @ 2:36pm
Bug Reports or Problems >>HERE<<
AutoMcDonough
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16 Oct, 2020 @ 12:45am
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c.camacho 21 Dec, 2024 @ 7:07am 
great idea but as you can't move the projection position around (as you can with projectors or sensor areas) I had to gut a bunch of instruments to fit it behind my cockpit, and then well its just not very clear, a real navball you take a quick glance at it and even in IMC you know your attitude, not so with this nav ball, as you are always offset from it so you're seeing the craft attitude mixed with your relative position between pilot and navball position...
Abisius Xarvenius Carbensius 3 Dec, 2024 @ 4:11pm 
yeah the restructuring of the gmenu with the contact update did throw some stuff around in it.
D'Car 3 Dec, 2024 @ 2:04pm 
Friend of mine just found this ... and I gotta say I instantly fell in love with it until I went to use it. Can there be some offset sliders for the projection? That'd make a world of difference in this beautiful thing. Oh, also, the blocks don't seem to appear in any particular category in the G menu for me - probably just a symptom of the G menu being updated over time. Searching for them works, so it's got that going for it.
thesnowfox84 18 Oct, 2024 @ 6:19pm 
after testing it its a great mod needs some love tho
AutoMcDonough  [author] 27 Aug, 2024 @ 6:26pm 
I think someone was working on it for a minute there but it never got done. I'm not smart enough with programming to do it so unless whiplash gets wild one night or someone else takes a crack at it, don't hold your breath.
Darian Stephens 9 Aug, 2024 @ 4:04pm 
So, it's been 6 years since the last update to the mod.
2 years since the mention of near-future location adjustments.
Any news on that front? It would still be nice to be able to offset it at will, like a projector.
Drake 9 Aug, 2024 @ 4:00pm 
@AutoMcDonough, Hey there, Checking in... one of my favorite mods here, looks like it has thrown an error on load of an old save. Working to see if it was just a first load in a while and will look at the bug reports when i get time. Will also look see if you have an updated one. :-)
Perp 19 Jan, 2023 @ 4:41pm 
Hi Auto, have you and sushen made any progress on the updated Navball? I really love the mod and it'd fit perfectly into one of my small ships, but sadly there's nowhere to put the projector that would align the ball to the flight seat properly.
BIV 30 Nov, 2022 @ 2:53am 
Just being friendly and polite to those who offer mods and scripts etc, can't hurt.
AutoMcDonough  [author] 29 Nov, 2022 @ 4:14pm 
you don't need my permission to use a mod. ;)