@Menos do you plan to add more content to this mod because people do seem to enjoy it

Dope lil idea you got there

any way to make a version where the drones are even less common? like 1 per 24 hours?, i'd love this random event, but it would be rough as a constant time interval like this, some bases have their defenses as seperate grids, so i assume the drone won't realize the base is defended and thus wont stop spawning? aka, interested in a 1 drone per 24hour version, also do the drones target the player's location or any owned base? like even on another planet?

The idea is superb. Like many other mods, this should be fully in vanilla.

It does, however the way MES spawns it will spawn a lot less drones if there is other stuff to spawn. I have no idea to change that, and with the grand lack of documentation I have no idea where to start.

Anyone know if this still works? I haven't seen a single drone I think. I do love the concept though.

This is really cool and should be added to the mes collection!

Just want to note that the reason I usually avoid building defences in the early game is that ammo requires industrial quantities of magnesium to make that is impossible to acquire in sufficient quantities in the early game. My experiences were all pre-warfare2 update though so maybe the game has changed in that respect.

This is a great idea to give those of us with no confidence in building the notion that they can beat an attacking drone , yeah !! Thanks for keeping them fairly weak, I am really bad at building all that's needed and getting the right resources etc. So cheers heaps.

This mod, even isolated from other MES mods, and having waiting hours at my outpost, has done absolutely nothing.

Thanks for this. This mod is exactly what I was looking for. Testing it out soon.

@MatrixVirus: I am still investigating that. Without further mods they spawn as intended, however the more MES mods you add the lower the spawn rate.

I've only had 1 spawn. What causes them to stop spawning as far as building up the base?

I'll try experimenting with it more later and see if I can gather anymore info.

That is an interesting problem. I wouldn't know how that happens, as I do nothing out of the ordinary with those drones. If you have any further information that would be great to know.

For some reason when one of these drones spawn it makes all AI freeze. I noticed that it kept happening randomly and I had no idea why. I went around deleting AI from each pack 1 by 1 until all of my AI started flying around again. As soon as I deleted "Angry Drone" all of my AI were perfectly fine and started flying / fighting again.

I think this pack is conflicting with another MES pack. I'm not sure which ones but if you search "Veggum's Spicy Space Pack" under collections you'll find the list of mods I'm using atm which includes all MES packs I have. I would appreciate if you could look into this. I'll be uninstalling for now which sucks because this is an awesome pack, but sadly it breaks my game.

Spawning is handled by MES, so if cargo ships can be spawned so should these drones.

I noticed however that some other MES mods spawn their stuff so aggressively (Assertive) that barely anything else can spawn.

not spawn on mod planet

Yeah I am testing them on alien planet to make sure they work fine in all gravity. ;)

Okay cool ... all the pictures were on a planet so I figured I'd ask. Some of the MES stuff is only space or ground based. Love the idea of this, and there should be more soft encounters to motivate people to start defending themselves.

Drones spawn on planets and in space.

Are there drones for space or asteroid survival scenarios?

Tier 0 and Tier 1 drones are in for now, and they are all built in a way that they are very easy to destroy. So after the alpha strike - if you would put rockets on them - they should not be able to harm you any further if you have turrets.

There will be higher tier drones at some point though, just have to try a few things to get them right. After all this is not a mod to give you a difficult challenge, but to enhance your SE life a bit. Also might be useful on PvP servers.

How well will these drones play/handle if one is using the MES Weapon randomizer for grids? Last drone looks like it would be a fun nightmare challenge if running with 2 MG of sort and 2 Aim9 missiles from another mod lol

Update: more drones, some fine-tuning. :)

I like the premise of the mod and shall keep an eye on it as it develops. Anything to make the game feel slightly more alive and full of action is good in my books

Actually a clang cola advertisement bot is the next design for the malfunctioning ones. Maybe I sneak in some bottles for you. :P

In this MES are there Amazon Prime drones that will ship me some Clang Cola?