Scrap Mechanic

Scrap Mechanic

Stabilizer Module
41 Comments
Gabri_Fox 16 Feb, 2019 @ 7:46am 
WOW. Thats wat i was searching for thanks
sprobgik 11 Jan, 2019 @ 1:37am 
WARNING: Using a Suspension glitch for Turning will make this useless if you're making a 2 legged walker
GiantLuigi4 26 Jul, 2018 @ 6:50pm 
I'm gonna be using this a lot
GiantLuigi4 26 Jul, 2018 @ 6:50pm 
This is amazing! Thank!
Pip 17 Jun, 2018 @ 5:09pm 
I made an awesome jetpack with this, is amazing for keeping thruster creations from toppling
However this interferes with thruster steering a little
Zaire82 26 Mar, 2017 @ 5:22pm 
you cant make this type of suspension glitch any more but it is alot more compact than the new ones. so i'de rather find an old one. beats making it over and over anyway
Linux Gaming 26 Sep, 2016 @ 9:49am 
круто
lamphouse99 23 Sep, 2016 @ 2:59pm 
This is really good for people who dont know how to make these
Mini 3 Aug, 2016 @ 5:49am 
Nigk  [author] 2 Aug, 2016 @ 11:55pm 
I've updated the module to a new three block version! If you still want to use the old one, you can find it in the Stabilizer Module Collection .
:purple 27 Jul, 2016 @ 8:09pm 
YAY! i am not the only one that knows this :D
Nigk  [author] 23 Jul, 2016 @ 5:25am 
To build this module yourself:
1. Place the bottom most block
2. Place a suspension on top
3. Place a block on top of the suspension
4. Place a block on the bottom of the top most block
5. Place a bearing on the bottom of the block paced in 4.
6. Place a block on the bottom of the bearing
7. Weld the bottom most block to the block build in 6.
8. Finished!

Tips:
- You can’t build this all wood, or it will break if you try to spawn it from the lift
- If we want to keep this community great everybody should give credits to the original inventor of a creation and please don’t reupload creations, that aren’t yours!
Nigk  [author] 23 Jul, 2016 @ 5:15am 
If now stress tested the new module, to see if it really is as good as the old bigger one, and it is. So now you can get 4 times the “tilt resistance” on the same size as the old one because these modules are stackable.
While testing I noticed, that a creation using the Stabilizer Module will stop tilting at all if the physics of the creation stop updating. I so far couldn’t come up with a use for this, but maybe you guys can.
If you still want to use the old module, just head over to the Stabilizer Module Collection .
Oleggturboyeb(Teto) 22 Jul, 2016 @ 1:20am 
how can you did it:steamhappy:
Nigk  [author] 20 Jul, 2016 @ 1:00pm 
I’ve now updated this to a slimmer design and released a collection of different ways to build a module like this here .
Nigk  [author] 20 Jul, 2016 @ 12:58pm 
Thank you, somehow couldn’t figure that out myself :D
Khaylain 20 Jul, 2016 @ 12:14pm 
And I'm back. You should take out your lift, press "E", build your module. Keep the thing on the lift and do the remodel/edit/changes, press save, click on update, and it should update nicely. Though I'd suggest you copy the text in the description of this, just in case.
Khaylain 20 Jul, 2016 @ 12:10pm 
I'm doing some testing right now. I'd like to make the gyroscope including a way to fire up more and more thrusters the heavier the tilt. So far the Stabilizer you've shown me has worked very well as the levelling agent in my gyro.

I'll try to figure out something about updating/making changes to a creation uploaded to the workshop. hopefully I'll brb.
Nigk  [author] 20 Jul, 2016 @ 11:43am 
Thank you for letting me know :D Yeah, I already ran in to the smaller one my self today and was working on a collection of different ways to build a module using this bug, but I’m not sure if I should Update this one ore make it a new on. I’m also not totally sure on how to update creations to the workshop. If you can help me I’m going to update this to the smaller version and then upload the collection as a new creation. If you finish your gyroscope please share it with us here in the comments :D
Khaylain 20 Jul, 2016 @ 11:28am 
I've edited your module to be slightly smaller. If you want you can just reupload that as this one or edit it to be like it. http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=728267909
If you choose to make it smaller, give me a message on that blueprint that you've edited your, and I'll delete my edit of yours.

It's a really great thing you've made.
Khaylain 20 Jul, 2016 @ 11:18am 
Can't you get it to a 1x2x4 module if you just attach it to the first up/down pole? Really awesome stuff. I'm currently working on making a gyroscope using this type of thing. I might have made a different type inspired by this one. I used a base, one block out, suspension, block on the bottom of suspension, rotaty-thingy towards the base, block on rotaty-thingy, and weld the last block to the base. I need to check if yours is made the same way.
Anyway, great work. Have a look at my logic gates if you find you need some signal logic to make a creation work.
P1gn0 20 Jul, 2016 @ 8:13am 
just trying to get it over is a challene
Nigk  [author] 17 Jul, 2016 @ 7:03am 
Thanks for letting me know, but it looks like it already got removed. I’ll of course add you to the credits!
s@leSs 16 Jul, 2016 @ 9:16am 
Sure, just give a credit in desc. It looks like someone reupload your design:
http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=725658626
Nigk  [author] 16 Jul, 2016 @ 2:53am 
I'm planning on uploading a collection on different ways to implement this bug in to other creation. So if you wouldn’t mind I could your version as swell?
s@leSs 15 Jul, 2016 @ 12:34pm 
You should be able to do it much more simple. Here is how I used it for some time: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=725157671
MechWarden 14 Jul, 2016 @ 2:13pm 
Why not put in both names? Tilt Resistors: Stabilizing and Balance

Also, it is out of beta, but it'll take 4-5 hours before I can get on and play.
Nigk  [author] 14 Jul, 2016 @ 10:47am 
"Tilt Resistor" for sure describes the effect best but the problem is that nobody would ever search for that name.
Because I’d like as many people to use this in their creation as possible, I’ll keep the name, but I now updated the description to make sure everybody understands how this thing works.
I hope you’ll get the beta running as fast as possible! If you upload your creation, please link it here in the comments so I and everybody else can have a look.
I hope you agree with my idea and thank you for your help :D.
MechWarden 14 Jul, 2016 @ 9:29am 
I've got a mess of screenshots documenting what I've done with balancing system research, and would kind of spam the place if I started posted some of them. But a summary of the results, http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=697609672 when the Weld Tool was added, it gave me access to the movement lag effect of the suspension block and could apply it to more than one block, which allowed me to make a rugged 'gyro' sensor that could run suspension-glitch devices to keep things up. The tilt resistors doubled as somewhat weaker toqure devices and... you can see in the pic how they were used.

http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=702037094 I put the whole thing in a self contained module after testing, and you can see how powerful it is. I plan to upload a wood version of that when able.

Tilt Resistor is about the best name I could come up with for what you've ran into, since it is passive, and resists tilt, but doesn't totally stop it.
Nigk  [author] 14 Jul, 2016 @ 6:49am 
Thanks for your comment! I uploaded this “Creation” because I ran in to this bug when I was trying to build a suspension system and I till now have never seen it being used or shown by anybody!

Maybe “Stabilizer Module” isn’t the perfect name, but it’s what I found this bug to be most useful for and what I think mechanics might be typing into search, when looking for something like this. Also “Tilt” hasn’t got any letters with holes to add the orange lines :D.
I might update the description to make it more obvious how exactly this works.

I think you don’t really need more then this module to keep your creation stable as far as I have seen. (Example: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=721766807)

What exactly have you used in your creation to activate the torque devices in your balancing module? (I’d guess a gyro?) If you’ve got any tips for what I should add to the description or an idea for a better name feel free to let me know.
MechWarden 13 Jul, 2016 @ 9:43pm 
Hey, that's the Tilt Resistor I ran into a few days after the Weld Tool came out!

Not sure if you could call it a stabilizing module , since that implies something more active. Not to say a tilt resistor is nothing to sneeze at. When used in combination with other systems it can help smooth out stabilization operations dramatically!

Unfortunately, I can’t get the beta version of this Workshop to work at all for me, so I can’t post my self-contained balancing module. :steamsad: It uses over a dozen of those things you’ve posted as a way to dampen unbalancing forces and double as active suspension-glitch torque devices to keep things upright.
Geneosis 10 Jul, 2016 @ 12:07pm 
I tried something... But it was not working as good as expected, so i'm not gonna share it for now :)
Nigk  [author] 10 Jul, 2016 @ 11:57am 
If you do so please share the link here in the comments so we can have a look at it. :3
Geneosis 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:43am 
Well I think I'm gonna do my own spaceship out of that aswell :) It sounds really useful ^^
Nigk  [author] 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:33am 
I've you're looking for a really cool practical example on how to use this mechanic, check out the Creation of Doim38 who used it to build an extremely stable and therefore easy to use Space Craft.
Nigk  [author] 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:29am 
Yeah :D I don't exactly know how either of those glitches work from an physics engine perspective, but you described them perfect from an gameplay perspective.
Geneosis 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:16am 
Oh ok, I just figured it out after messing around with your ship X) So I guess what you've done here is an alternative version of the suspension glitch... Except here the suspension will force the vehicle to keep it's current angle, where usually it's used to give it a new angle :)
Nigk  [author] 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:11am 
If you check the connect tool you can see that there is a bearing in between the bottom blocks, which makes it possible to weld the blocks on top together. Hope that’s what you meant, else feel free to ask again :D
Geneosis 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:07am 
I don't get it, how have you done this? Did you manage to weld both sides of the spring together? If yes how?
Doim38 10 Jul, 2016 @ 10:06am 
Check it out: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=721766807 I've build a Scpe Craft using your stabilzation
Nigk  [author] 10 Jul, 2016 @ 8:50am 
If you've build a creation using this mechanic feel free to share it with us here in the comments.