could i keep these inside hidden and still dock with the ground?

Small bug, If you use this one in a large grid (Mag lev 3blocks), when it still a Static Grid, you can't convert it to a ship, even if those blocks are not weld, by just removing them, you can then convert and add them back

Hi, I want to use the MagLev to park a drill in position to extend the pistons above, but the Mags dont lock onto the sides of the hole - what am I doing wrong?. The MagLevs are purple - what does that mean?

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I would like to use both this one and the V1.0 one?

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The mk2 version uses the same id’s as this version. The version 2 is meant to be a replacement to this mod for people that wanted longer engagement distances.

dosnt pop up while with mk2 version

What exactly does it mean by "stronger lock"? The landing gear already makes the grid unmovable when locked, so do the maglev plates just make it unmovable-er?

Additional details to that comment I made earlier. When landing on terrain you need to mine out everything below the gear to get unstuck even if auto lock is off & your gears are unlocked. Not sure if it is still relevant sense it has been a bit but yeah.

Yours work great, once you hit that button the ship locks in place and nothing can move it. I started to use them on the sides too so you park anywhere there's a wall, branch or a stiff drink. Well done mate. I haven't been able to figure theirs out yet (really).

Got new video card! Finally! Back to modding again. Looks like keen made some similar blocks to this in their latest expansion. I’ll have to make some new models to spice things up. :)

Keep getting the gears stuck in the floor. When unlocked they still wont let you fly away.

@Kaito "I know PAM will switch off autolock"

Thank you for this, I was wondering why my ship kept falling haha

I tried out the MagLev landing gear today and I reckon it is fantastic, when you turn those puppies on you ship goes nowhere! I even tried to see just how stable they were buy tearing down a ship while it was parked on two MagLev's , waiting for them to give way at any yime and squash me but no. Ground down entire ship and these things were still in place on their own. Great work mate, really appreciate it. Cheers.

How do I adjust the locking range? I am trying to use the on a heavy mobile base

@Sargonnas: any way to make them lock from 1x or less distance away? This is the only thing i can fit for my ramp, but it doesn't lock when the ramp is flush with hull.

@Gamelink: I believe it is a bug from the recent update of the game. I have the same issue without using this mod. I'm just about to install it due to it's low profile

i have quite a big grid with multipe subgrids and those subgrids have the landing gears but it seems like only 1 can lock at any given time. is this on purpose or a bug?

Thanks ZLP. Fixed now

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I know PAM will switch off autolock

I`ve noticed that autolock option is switching off every 5 seconds after i turn it on. Not sure if my mods are messing up something. Anyone has something like that?

Works perfectly. Good high tech replacement for landing gear. Only wish it could have some sort of animation, or a bit brighter glow when Lock On - that would fit nicely with Neon style armor. Maybe replace color between "Available" and "Lock On" modes? I think more saturated glow fits working mode better. For example, while it is available to lock it glows dimmly, but when it lock on it glows brightly and with saturated color to reflect it is powered on and working.

It looks like my apartment's electric stove range and I honestly love it. lol. ty

First off, great work! I'm having an issue though where sometimes these landing gear are unlocking themselves when reloading a world. They flash different colors and have to be locked again manually. This only happens to some, whereas others attached to the same grid are unaffected. Vanilla landing gear attached to the same grid don't seem to be affected at all. Specifically I'm using the small grid 3x3 on the vehicle side, then locking to station. Not sure if that's helpful at all.

Looks great there mate, well done and thank you. I haven't trried it yet but from examples I've seen it seems to be so much safer than those chunck of powered metal poking out, they stuff me up all the time so looking forward to trying it. Cheer.

give to him 10/10 and 5 stars is cool i waited years for that to come

This can be very useful to encourage players to lock their grids, helping with server stability.

3x3x1 small grid model added with 4 block engagement distance.

suggestion for those who want a really long lock range: Use this mod in conjunction with Sargonas' Piston maglev mod. It looks dope, just like this gear, and can move out a really far distance. I don't recall seeing a small grid piston in that pack tho, may be something the author's working on.

Hey guys! Due to popular demand I will be adding a new block to this mod. It will be a 3x3x1 Small Grid block with a longer engagement distance. Stay Tuned and join my discord for a sneak peak on what's coming up and to provide mod feedback. :)

The distance is controlled by the actual model. To my knowledge it cant be adjusted via script but I will look into it. :)

Are you able to modify it so that players can specify the distance? Perhaps if you could make the distance scalable to power consumption. That way you can satisfy those who want large and small distances.

I started a discord for the suite of mods im building. Link is in description. The discord is new but i want to grow a community and want feedback and suggestions for future mods and stuff. Everyone feel free to join.

@sargonnas - if you do a a version that has 3 or 4 block range I would love it. I have a couple very large ships and getting them 2 blocks off the ground is sometimes a huge challenge.

Amunsul, you are correct. 2 block range for either large or small grid versions. I just retested the measurements and it is working as intended. It seems like such a short distance because small blocks are so small :). If enough people comment that they want it increased to 3 blocks I can do that but it seems people are happy with it as it is now so far.

just confirming, when you say block height engagement range, for small grid, tats 2 small blocks high? and large grid is 2 large blocks high? cause i have these on small grid ship and it seems like i have to get them touching the ground to actually be able to lock.

bodyboarder2528 This block is a visual change to landing gear as well as a longer engagement distance and stronger lock.

ah so this helps with the grid in voxel trying to convert? from station to ship

Reinstalled it and its showing up now. working great. thank you.

They work the same as landing gear. Just put them on the bottom side of your ship. Then try to land. They will auto lock just like landing gear or you can manually lock them when you get within 2 blocks distance of a voxel/surface of something.

Not seeing it anywhere

is there a video on how this work

I haven’t added them to a progression tree. It will be added along with a category in next update. :)

Are they slotted into the tech/progression tree at all? Haven't tried, just asking in case that's Chief's issue. Locked behind progression.

In the "G" Menu, search for "Maglev" or "Landing" and it should come up. Ill add it to the category side menu in near future update.

I do not see new blocks

This fits the "sparks" expansion content just fine.

I will be making more mods with similar design language so hopefully people will feel it fits more into the SE eco system.

Cool, but the design language doesn't fit Space Engineers.