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Space Engineers

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[Obsolete] Tank Explosions
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Mod category: Other
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30 May, 2019 @ 4:02pm
8 Jan, 2021 @ 10:09pm
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[Obsolete] Tank Explosions

Description
Latest update makes exploding tanks vanilla
Looks like they realized the popularity of exploding tanks, frankly, that's pretty sweet.
Was a good run, thanks everyone for the gratitude, see you in my next mod, and have a great one.

Tank Explosions
This mod adds scaling explosions to gas tanks. This includes Oxygen, Hydrogen, custom gases, vanilla and modded.

The explosion scales based on the current gas stored in the tank, along with shrapnel based around the remaining health of the tank.

Tanks explode when damaged beyond functional and damage is not done by a grinder. So collisions, meteors, warheads, heating from an atmospheric drag mod. Anything but disassemble will set gas tanks off.

Recent update
  • Not all tanks explode now. Tanks will either vent gas applying force to the tanks grid at the tanks position, or they will explode based on damage vs remaining health of the tank.
  • Base damage of a tank is reduced massively.
  • Tanks now get a large damage buff when in an oxygenated environment. (this includes pressurized rooms)

Features for next update!
  • Detection of gas energy conversion amount, and scale explosions off that. This will make oxygen not explode, but instead apply a massive impulse to the tanks grid.

Troubleshooting
If you experience a crash, or cannot tank explosions, please provide me with a description of what you are doing, and a world file so that I can replicate the issue.
If you do not provide a world file and a description, I will not assist you!
You can provide the world by opening the load save screen, then clicking the world you wish to share, and then clicking publish.

IMPORTANT
If you have any issue with the mod, Please do the following:

  • Close Space Engineers.
  • Unsubscribe from the mod.
  • Restart Space Engineers. Let it load to the menu screen, then close it.
  • Resubscribe to the mod.
  • Restart Space Engineers.
  • Start your world with the mod in the list.
Appears to happen to about one in every 10 or 11 downloads, and there is nothing I can do about it. :-/

Maths
G = Gas stored in L Gr = Gas stored ratio (1 = full, 0 = empty) I = Integrity Remaining. D = Explosion Damage R = Explosion Radius D = (G / 4) + (I * Gr / 2) R = D / 2000 IF D < 1000 THEN cancel explosion
Above is not code synthax.

There is a cap to how much damage a single tank will do though. This is because SE has crashed on my rig at anything higher than the cap.

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Full disclosure: I did not ask permission before using above mods/builds while recording. In the event these creators do not want there content featured in cascading explosions for this modification, I will replace them.
62 Comments
KoboldCrusader 11 Jan @ 9:04am 
this mod still work? the vanilla hydrogen explosions are kinda pathetic and barely a factor to consider when building a ship tbh.
Echo4Kilo 12 Apr, 2022 @ 12:13am 
Great. because I just observed massive hydrogen tank explosion and it didn't do $hit and was pretty unsatisfying. and I've found this mod. gonna try it rn.
Lt. Ruben (AUT) 27 Feb, 2022 @ 10:49am 
this mod is still relevant. Vanilla has some weird rules of what gets damaged and what doesn't. Hydrogen explosion doesn't destroy voxels nor armor plates in vanilla lol.

No clue why they only implement half assed stuff instead of the actual content of the original mod.
WARLORD2306 6 Feb, 2022 @ 1:09pm 
thanks man this mod gave me years worth of fun
WarDaddy 5 Feb, 2022 @ 10:48am 
Was definitely a must have now its in the game. :selike:
Doviena 4 Feb, 2022 @ 1:21am 
Thank you for this mod, has brought so much hilarity to my sessions <3
Bueno 3 Feb, 2022 @ 7:38pm 
Thanks for this mod, really added to the gameplay!
nadesammich 3 Feb, 2022 @ 3:31pm 
Appreciate the work you put into this mod over the years, its been core mod of my servers. Now that its vanilla, I'll always look back on the good times here when I see a ship light up in a blaze.
Mad Dan Eccles 3 Feb, 2022 @ 3:00pm 
Tanks for the memories.
Shado 3 Feb, 2022 @ 12:31pm 
Loved the mod, now its vanilla.