Atmospheric Thruster Not Working

Alasdair Hutchinson shared this bug 6 months ago
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Hello!

I'm working on a world design where there are two planets really close together, with overlapping atmospheres. The problem is it creates a dead zone where atmospheric engines don't work!

I suspect that what is happening is that as I am moving through one atmosphere around Planet A, and approaching Planet B, I hit a zone that is considered "Low Space" for Planet B, outside it's atmosphere but inside its influence, and the thrusters just turn off and the ship crashes =S

At that point Ion engines start working, despite still being inside the atmosphere.

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Hello, Alasdair!

Thank you for writing to us.

Is the world modded (has active MODs) where you have experienced this issue? If so, kindly disable/remove all MODs from the world and check if the issue persists.

If the issue still occurs, kindly send us the world save file (please mark a GPS point where on reaching the ship crashes), also share a screen recording/video showing the issue and log file when the issue occurs.

  • You can access your save files by typing %appdata% into your Windows search bar and you will be redirected to the hidden Roaming folder. After that just follow: \Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Saves. There should be a folder with your SteamID and your saves.
  • Please zip the file and attach it here. If you are having difficulty attaching files you can optionally use Google Drive. When sharing a google drive link please make sure it is set to be downloadable by anyone with the link.
  • You can access your log files by typing %appdata% into your Windows search bar and you will be redirected to the hidden Roaming folder. After that just follow: \Roaming\SpaceEngineers.

Kind Regards,

Keen Software House: QA Department

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Any update on this?

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Thanks for the reply!

The world was modded out the wazoo, but I've removed all the cruft now and the issue persists.

I took a quick video at the threshold:

https://youtu.be/vy1PXXzb4_s


And the world file is attached =)

7e378c608be8f448464743bb265353b6

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Re-reading I just realized I didn't mark a GPS coordinate, but I deleted everything except the three ships right on the threshold, so it's easy to find.

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Another factor that may be important, the threshold seems to be approximately where you cross over from being closer to one planet's core than the other. All 3 ships are at the same distance to both planet cores +/- 10 meters. The Mars-like planet is 50km radius, the Earthlike is 60km radius (100:120 km diameter)

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