hmm.. soo this would just need the new AI blocks then huh?

i love drone it be nice of you can make more i love drones

How does the drone actually work?

@Nekron910
Well I made small testworld.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1753688351
You can run some tests if you want.
P.S.
I have set the ownership to nobody, so you don't get killed immediately.

Ekuah, sounds great! Let me know, when you finish.

Hello?

I think I got a first working version.
It contains two remote control blocks.
One of them stores the patrol waypoints.
If there is no enemy within 600m it will do it's rounds.
But a s soon as one of the turrets targets an enemy,
-it's stops,
-approaches that target
-and try to keep the distance at 200m.

If the target is lost or destroyed it will go back on patrol.

Right now I'm tinkering with the routine for returning home for repair and refuel.

@GooberFromHell
"quite simple programming block script" is not here. I'm still working on it.
But Keen's last update broke about a dozen Workshop items of mine. I had to repair those first.
Btw. I have to make a correction:
The detection range would be only 600m (not 800m) because that is the maximum range of the small turrets.

GooberFromHell this drone uses Keen drone AI. It's in the remote control block.

where exactly is the "quite simple programming block script". What block is it on?

Well...
we will see.

yes but will it dock to a connector to recharge?

@bodyboarder2528
"sounds sweet but how to you tell it where home is?"
By using a waypoint called 'home' maybe?

sounds sweet but how to you tell it where home is?

@Nekron
Not an AI script.
More like a quite simple programming block script.
Basically using the turrets to detect enemies around them.
There is a bool variable where you can check if the turret is aiming a something.
Then you can ether activate the remote control (with the 'strafe' waypoint) or you can use the Elevation and Azimuth values to steer the drone to the aimed target.
Also as soon as the turrets doesn't have anything to aim at, you can check that bool variable to switch the remote control back to patrol mode or to return home.

Ekuah, Hi. That sounds good. You talking about some AI script ?

@bodyboarder2528
Well, I think it would be possible to let it patrol on a given course (way points are user adjustable), when anything hostile comes within 800m (also adjustable) it fights the enemy. If it survives the fight (no more enemy within 800m), it ether goes back on patrol or comes home for repair, refuel or restock.
Does that sound usable?

now that sounds good

Hi Nekron910
I had the audacity to tinker with your drone.
By doing so I found out that you can free up some room inside for additional blocks. (without changing the outside appearance at all)
Also I think I found a way to make it sensitive for intruders that are up to 800 meters away (all in vanilla of course)
Are you interested?

ok i cant remember why i asked i will need to get back to you

bodyboarder2528, setup guide ? This drone is as simple as a log. You weld it through the projector and it works. And no, all he can do is react to the appearance of the enemy, kill the enemy and go in search of a new enemy in a radius ... if I am not mistaken, 100 kilometers.

ive got a companion drone that is very similar

and does it dock its self to recharge or pull uranium?

is there a setup guide for survival?

rachael2770, only remote. It's experimental drone.

))))))))))))))) описание просто бомба! РЕСПЕКТ!!!!

so do you use a PB or just a remote

8vantor8, only if you rebuild it and change ion thrusters to atmospheric

does it work on planets?

true say it would be pretty hard

bodyboarder2528, this remote contains "drone behavior". It's like a simple AI.

Showdown Samurai Sam, in theory - yes, it's posible. But in game...

reminds me of the drones from Oblivion, could you try to make a closer look alike?

what special remote?

good job

so you are using that special remote too? i thougt i was the onlyone who discovered it

Excellend organic design! And the irony! 10/10 must have.

UPDATED
- sensor (autopilot on) settings fixed
- added sensor that disables drone when allies is near.

Обнова
- исправлены настройки сенсора
- добавлен сенсор, отключающий ИИ дрона, если рядом есть союзники.

just to let you know the sensor setup actions options are blank

c0de, need to experiment with the settings of the remote control unit. With a route or patrol ... The control script is rather primitive and is located in the remote itself. I don't know yet if there is a way to rewrite it. Keen technologies -_-

will the drone go back to a home location?