MORE Details From Space Engineers 2 - Grappling Cable? NEW Items!

[@albinonoodle5229]

In the Keen office right now "oh god they're talking about the cable again"

[@ReXebl]

Zer0's Legion moment

[@BackyardShenanigansYT]

He is absolutely feigning for that cable

[@johnthejagaur1852]

@@ReXebl I can feel his presence

[@mrmcscuseme]

​@@BackyardShenanigansYT You mean fiending?

[@BackyardShenanigansYT]

@@mrmcscuseme auto correct happened 😂

[@mrmcscuseme]

@@BackyardShenanigansYT Yeeeah I kinda figured lol AC is cancer.

[@pixelskull6539]

"why would you need a grappling cable?" *runs out of hydrogen*

[@blazearmoru]

Be like outer wilds, use oxygen as a propellent instead O-O

[@PantsuMann]

The cable will absolutely be memed in game by the devs, just like Klang is written here and there. Maybe the only item in the game spelled in all caps or something. They 100% will meme about it.

[@memedreampotato3380]

You mean Kay Bu- II

[@calluxdoaron1903]

Mfw you meet toilet block with description ending "Now cable compatible!" ...Then you meet new sniper rifle with same ending of description. ...And potted succulent block. Confusion would skyrocket.

[@americankid7782]

I love how the entirety of the Space Engineers community is so focused on the cable. It’s so damn funny to me. “CABLE!!!” Edit: here’s my speculation on what it could be. I’m imagining something like the Tether from Hard-space Shipbreaker but just to stop something from floating away instead of putting things towards each other.

[@ZarHakkar]

It's actually massive though A potentially fundamental gameplay change from the original

[@acedfox541]

New visual to be attach to a survival kit or medical bay, when you charge your suit and gain oxygen/hydrogen?

[@thebloxxer22]

The SE2 evolution of Clone Hero's TABLE.

[@pyxl8]

There's a mod called "Animated Interactions" and when you go up to a block to interact with it, you plug a cable into it and then use your wrist screen to interact. I think it's very likely that the devs have incorporated that animated interactions system into the game.

[@blueleader8323]

Always liked that mod, it was simple but added just that nice little bit of detail.

[@mandrakejake]

I think this too. No more wireless charging from survival kits

[@PantsuMann]

So much focus on the cable lol. I think its one out of three options: 1: pure aesthetic for the character model, its an astronaut after all. 2. Teather for when you drop out of a moving vehicle and dampeners not kicking in or your h2 is zero. 3: Power/oxygen transfer between players.

[@SteffDev]

The "Tether" or "Cable" might finally allow us to share power between two grids without actually having to physically lock them together! Think about it

[@shadd0w09]

My idea is the same to keep ships together or a quick link to ship

[@forminox6580]

I think the cable is too thin to be for that

[@blitz8425]

I would really like a pully or winch block. Would make cranes much more intuitive to build

[@Auhrii]

Also, RAILS. Elevators would be so much easier with rails. Being able to build a stable tram system would be pretty cool as well.

[@blitz8425]

@Auhrii absolutely

[@ArchaiosDragon]

I expect them to release something very early on in early-access, similar to the first game. It'll be nothing more than a basic sandbox for the first year or two, then it'll get real interesting (and stable).

[@Engineerbounty]

I think having a grapple cable is a good idea, for example if you were to run out of hydrogen in space or a hole in the ground

[@tarab9081]

In a recent stream Splitsie suggested that it could be a tool that adds Build Info/Build Vision functionality to the game in a way that doesn't break immersion or let you violate normal game physics.

[@mandrakejake]

Not sure if he specifically meant the cable, more that build vision would appear plausible whilst using a tool like a hand held scanner

[@ekardmada6244]

Cpt. Jack: We haven't seen the grinder yet. Mr. Castle: **sad puppy whimpering** Cpt. Jack: Yes, yes...

[@spooderman4008]

The unified grid is what I'm looking forward to most. I don't care if they add water or even planets, this grid system is like a pregnancy craving.

[@weiserwolf580]

play Starship EVO, it has that unified grid thing, and u can stretch blocks to, plus it has a superior logic and grid collision system, then SE

[@mworld]

I look forward to NPC AI actually working. Give us smart spiders/dogs, not ones that attack a little bit then run off.

[@NARSAonline]

It's always possible that it is a visual integration of the Animated Interaction mod from SE1. You access the suit menu from your wrist pad, and connect a data cable to connectors/cargo containers/etc. to interact with their menus. I enjoyed that mod, because it made the game feel more immersive, so I hope that's what it is.

[@TheDeinonychus]

As someone who loves building rovers, while I'm fine with planets not being in early access on day one, they are something that I feel they need to include sooner rather than later.

[@tackytrooper]

As a tank man myself I have a grim feeling I won't see the stuff I *really* want tye most for possibly a few years still 😢

[@dstyd]

Wait Jack look at the Drill pic. It looks like the line on the suit might be attached to the drill. That means no more having to pick up ore flying around or falling through the map. You can zoom in by clicking on the poster pic.

[@leandersearle5094]

I'm much more concerned about planets than I am about space/zero-g. The lack of planets in the trailers isn't very comforting. I'd like to see grading and roads in-game, buildable, in survival, preferably without eating all of my PCU. I'd like to see a more flexible way of recharging rovers, one that doesn't involve getting dangerously close to a building, or praying that you're going slow enough that your connectors don't commit MAD. They already said they killed Klang, which is the other big one. And IIRC, they fixed lighting, so roads and recharging are the only major concerns I have left.

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

I am absolutely looking forward to the unified grid system. The space requirements of some of the old large blocks (timer block for example) were much too massive.

[@Pacific_Drive1998]

The building system and the ability to revert terrain back to the way it was from if a meteor destroys the ground or if you accidentally remove to much of the terrain is the features that sound the best

[@CrispyMuffin2]

the Cable will be the new Klang

[@КисельИван]

Yeees. Cable-engine, cable-cannon in my dreams)

[@oh-kade]

I used to watch you back in 2017 when I had my old yt account and was just teenager with no money or pc man this was such a throwback to see you pop up on my fyp man hope you have been well !

[@nemo6900]

I for one would love to se a block that generates heat in a radius much like the grav gen dose so even on a planet you can heat a small aria without having to make it air tight also being able to have LCD's hooked to cameras would be awesome

[@dorsai2737]

Cable or hose could be a tether, repealing line, emergency oxygen transfer line or something we have yet to think sbout what it is. Have a pleasant day!

[@stormycatmink]

Biggest thing I'm hoping for is the ability to not only get the 25cm grid, but I'd really like subgrids to just not be a thing we have to worry about. Sure, VRAGE3 can partition physics however it wants, but functionally, for the purposes of controls, holoprojectors, welding, saving, cut/paste, etc, it all just needs to behave like a single grid. I want to do cool moving parts like landing gear, moving wings, folding ramps, etc, but it's just not worth it as it's made now.

[@tackytrooper]

My biggest issues with subgrids have been twofold: lack of sturdiness in the connections/ability to connect subgrids in multiple places, and the inability of dampeners to properly compensate the mass.

[@spicydeath82]

water on planets and improved planet tech. the water system can also be used to improve the air/ gas simulation since liquid is just a dense gas.

[@Charlottemoore]

Ngl something I'd like them to add is a directional shield (like a flat wall you can "project out" from a block in 1 direction per with x amount of hit points and upgrade parts) if something like that was added into late game it'd be amazing as most people build self repairing weapon mountings already and I've seen self repairing armour set up too for late game ships so I just think it could be a way to cater to the people who want to make brawling ships while not being too out of place (hence directional only. I feel like shields that protect an entire ship wouldn't be a great idea for the base game) Edit: could explain it away as some magnetic shield that only stops kinetic attacks (meaning other weapons types could be viable if they add lasers and also player built missiles could go through adding more viability to custom missiles) also it'd obviously be extremely power intensive

[@jeffreyhueseman7061]

An Asteroid only survival with a colony ship start, or a stake your claim start should be an early offering, no planet starts until the first update.

[@bachmann436]

The cable/tether was on my list of things they should add to SE. The iconic space walk always had it etched into my mind, as just something that should be present in a space building game. Giving it some utility, transfer power, gases, computer hacking, or building cables would extremely useful.

[@jammer68]

Looking at the close up view of the "CABLE" you can see a fitting on the end showing and what looks like a hole in the middle. So its not a cable, its a hose, like the one you would use to hook up to you med bay to refill your tanks, note, It can also be used as a tether if its reinforced.

[@nickifiresnow1931]

A few things I'd like to see added over the long term in addition to all of what is in SE1, is better character creation, suit modules to upgrade power,o2, h2, armor, a better UI, and finally green spaces that are build able in meaningful ways on both grids and terrain. I want to garden in space in my ship.

[@jeremiahpaynter2532]

The 25cm grid has got to be the number one thing I can't wait to get my hands on. Nothing else really compares.

[@rickbardock6581]

Amazing speculation on the possible scenarios with the Rope

[@MaximilianBrosche]

A VR-mode wouldt be nice. Even it is just there for exploring the worlds you've buildt in Flat game.

[@Kmobful]

Imagine the collective hearts sinking when Marek says no the cable is just decor...

[@ph11p3540]

Definitely looking forward to the new build . Its going to open up radically new design possibilities. Hopefully, new public servers can handle 50000 PCUs per player

[@Voly-5327]

Thank you man for covering the stream i go to school form 8 to 14 and then work until 20 and then i need to sleep

[@CaptainJack]

My pleasure! Good luck with work :)

[@Voly-5327]

@@CaptainJack Thank you. And you keep up to good work^^

[@ТоварищКомиссар-ю4й]

It would be so much fun if that cable, after all those speculations, would simply be a player model customisation option

[@leafy3299]

Does anyone else see at 10:45 the line in the blocks when he fills the gap in the door?

[@rayxxd4648]

yes

[@Royalb_tea]

Yeah, i think it's a line between 1x1 blocks and 2x2 blocks which are used for the walls of this corridor. It looks... Not cool.

[@MBKill3rCat]

Yep, it's rather ugly.

[@stormreach1234]

Hopefully they can implement some logic so different sizes of blocks that line up along a face will have those seams removed

[@Royalb_tea]

@@stormreach1234 I wrote a comment that maybe this is necessary so that it is clear from all sides that the blocks are of different sizes, but it should be done somehow differently... And then I realized that at the bottom of the interface it is written on which block, of what size the player places another block and its size. Then this line is really just ugly and that's it.

[@momory1999]

A speculation I have about that cable is that it IS a tether cable and you actually need it to fly around your ships if it goes faster than your character's max speed (cuz imo a ship with giants thrusters should definitely go faster than you with a jetpack)

[@alfredosoup]

I think it's purely cosmetic. Or at least it should be. Other than a fueling hose for the jetpack itself, I don't really see any other obvious purpose for it. That's my 2-cents; a fueling tube for the player-jetpack winded-up on the player's hip.

[@Skyben2]

Best stuff: * Grid System * Undo/Redo * Restore Voxels Hands Tool

[@Bushokie-cx7ee]

The cable could be used to attach to the survival kit to transfer O2\H2\Power.

[@CrayGriffin]

I just realised: if the Grid is now unified, does that mean no more clang? will we finally be able to build doors and elevators without fearing it tearing our ship appart, and perhaps such things be blueprintable? very excited for what is in store!

[@shadowwarrior2772]

Cable theory is apparently more popular than I thought

[@Engineerbounty]

This video is perfectly timed, I just got breakfast done

[@CaptainJack]

🤎

[@fredpryde8555]

the picture of the blue engineer with red drill 5;39 there is a cable plugged into the drill i looking foward to update

[@stormredwood2613]

Animated Interactions does still work! I use it fairly often

[@ekardmada6244]

Era 2013 A Younger Jack: Hey, this seems like a neat little game. Space... Space Engineering. Space Engineer. *"Jack knew not the adventure he was about to embark upon with what had been such a seemingly simple choice."*

[@ZarHakkar]

I hope we can use the cable to actually tether to ships.

[@robinchwan]

" why would you need a grapling hook when you have a jetpack " i don't know, maby because you're using FUEL for the jetpack and unless you can refill just by existing... having a grapling hook to get you out of a hole you dug for yourself when you're out of fuel would be kinda handy... could also be multi use grapling hook in what you said about stuff flying away from you in space.

[@theonetnt4126]

It would be nice if the cable worked like the tether system in Just Cause 3. Easy reattachment and traversal!

[@Jay_bit]

Looks more like a power cable, since suits use power. Makes more sense to me. Not sure how it'd be applied outside of just using the medical bays, but it's really the only thing I can come up with.

[@MrMilitaryMech]

I still use animated Interactions and it does indeed still work

[@nathanielhauser6948]

The cable could be for rock climbing with out jet back or a look for carry components

[@NogrimStoneson]

cords and cable tech was sorted pretty well in medieval engineers and i suggested it would be better suited to space engineers.

[@JumpingFlapjack]

The CABLE! Very important we all want to know what it is, a deco or something superduper-special^^. I want the new Grid-and Buildingssystem!^^ All other stuff is a nice Bonus.

[@d3fcon_1]

Maybe the cable is for connecting to different terminals to refuel/recharge a spacesuit, so basically this guy is carrying something like a phone charger with him

[@josemaribarroga3116]

Im going to speculate also a grappling cable on ships for fast floating ships

[@rcrangers7086]

At 8:42 roughly, there is a countdown on the little blue ship, any ideas

[@chachasgood9235]

Maybe you can plug your ships in with the cable. I hate having to use a connecter to charge ships. Especially small grid ships

[@magnagazoo4863]

Proper analogue inputs for joysticks, wheels, pedals... You know controls that you drive and fly with like driving and flying games should have.

[@dzunepwnsipod]

What I want for Space engineers to is a way of engineering my own power systems instead of just plopping down a block and getting power out of it I want to engineer something.

[@jeremycatches9766]

I want them to make GPS bookmarks easier to manage. Like even if they were just groupable that would be cool. I could have a group of gps spots that are in a certain area and turn them on or off together.

[@CaptainJack]

That would be cool!

[@jackmchale2504]

the cable could plug into survival kits or med bays to transfer hydrogen and oxygen

[@raystmr]

Looking forward to prerelease will get it as soon as I see it

[@greenienator8421]

The cable is definitely going to be used to reel in other players who are trying to escape clang, steal their oxygen, hydrogen and power... then tether them to your clangmobile and watch the chaos.

[@0rionus]

I'm digging the new helmets!

[@landerverheyden1652]

I believe SE2 will go the same kind off road ap like SE1. Starting with empty space, green space station, 2 platforms. Survival. Than planets. But no idee if they add water when planets arrive or before like ice astroides and the ability to melt it and make a pool in your space jacht ship or space station. Maybe even a water pipe system sins you can make your own water tanks and connect pipes and a pump. That way builders can make real sinks, WCs and showers.

[@TrekTestedGear]

What if they add something like the build vision mod and the cable is a data cable you attach to blocks instead of controlling them thru space magic

[@BlueEclipse2305]

it's the building system for me. Gonna be good, as the engine is made ground up to support what space engineers became. Plus as we got a Game Space engineers, SE2 can be in alpha so we can play with it, but no rush to get it to close to the panets release of SE1 too early. I'm happy to have SE1 the game and SE2 the toy for now. plus having us play features as they come out can really get them well tested too. I WILL be trying to make my main ship 'The Lineage' just with updated tools. Personally i wonna try Merge Blocks + pressurization (if in game at release) and large Shuttlebays with depresurization systems

[@weiserwolf580]

from the perspective of a player made weapons SE player, I would like to see more logic blocks and a more user friendly interface for linking logic (Starship EVO is a great example, and Storworks to) and logic actions, like "and", "or" "if" conditions, and more read parameters (eg: degrees above or below the horizon, distance to the waypoint, etc.)

[@sgtdebones]

I hope to be able to make trains with a dedicated physics system or equivalent like minecarts in Minecraft (or Satisfactory railway on steroids)

[@matthewcutting9323]

the combat for suits needs a update like the sniper rifles an the shot guns would be nice an the grappling cable would be cool to use this to use on low fuel on hydro. ships need extra guns turrets as well. Road map would be good for the game help to know what will be released

[@AndyRosaDesign]

I know what the cable is!! ...maybe 😁 it's always a struggle to match the speed when you get off your ship while crusing, so maybe the cable keeps the player attached to the ship and at the same speed so you can more easly do something outside the ship in space

[@mediocreman2]

A tether would be cool, and especially ropes or cables would be cool for engineering solutions.

[@tinhead1112]

We will see it tomorow. I bet it won't be a similiar experience as the Space Engineers Early Access. Or do you remember your last involuntary sacrificial offering to the mighty Clang because in this weeks patch the connectors were bugged again.

[@tackytrooper]

There seem to be a lot of players now who weren't there, 3000 years ago, when we had like 5 kinds of blocks and used passages for beds. These new players are full of insane expectations that Keen will never live up to, because they don't fundamentally understand the point of early access.

[@madmo1692]

Hey Jack "Animated Interactions" still works. I am even using it right at this moment.

[@CaptainJack]

Oh really? It crashed me in multiplayer a few times it seems.

[@madmo1692]

@CaptainJack I only use it on single player

[@William0271]

We need a Nexus system for large servers so the water planets can be sectored off

[@BruhBronxy]

I believe that they finished planet generation a while ago when you saw clips of the new water physics. Hence why they haven’t shown it off in a while. Dynamic weather will likely never come unless they design and extremely efficient particle engine, a good example would be the particle engine used by oppenminer dev where he renders roughly a million particles at once.

[@tackytrooper]

The weather system is OK as it is now, what exactly is this "dynamic" weather that people are wanting?

[@BruhBronxy]

@ Things such as weather based on environment, and storms that form independently around the planet instead of the entire planet all experiencing the same weather.

[@tackytrooper]

@@BruhBronxy Aha. Yeah that would be nice. Personally I would also love if airtightness kept the weather out.

[@GittenGud]

I am very curious about just how the new grid system will work in survival, when welding will it weld the whole grid at once, or block by block? Or just in the vicinity of the welder? Also the original early access went for 7 years! I am not looking forward to a repeat of that.

[@brendancopster7378]

maybe the cable just connects you to inputs like we see in the bridge of the Red SHIP

[@swedichboy1000]

How much will be transfered over from the DLC:s to SE2?

[@rabiatorthegreat6163]

My two main wishes are 1) Better physics simulation with less phantom forces (Klang begone). 2) Linux support. Ideally native, or at least running reliably under Proton. I would add mixing large and small grids, but that is already confirmed.

[@jacksonbarkerthebluehairedfox]

Honestly, its probably just wiring. But with that, maybe powerlines? :o

[@The_Ender0103]

I thought I heard at one point we would be able to port over our blueprints. Do you think this is a possibility? I would hate to rebuild some things from scratch or reverse engineering them. Going between two games like that would be intensive.

[@festro1000]

LOL, now we've got you talking about that cable. Personally I'm hoping for a grapple emote recharge when you don't want drones to be burdened by connectors.

[@festro1000]

As for grappling I think it would have more use than you would give it credit for, imagine catching a ride on a flying grid with no passenger seats, or a way to reach an out of reach grid when you're out of hydrogen; found myself stuck on the last scenario more than I'd care to admit.

[@andrews2741]

Capt. Jack. Dont worry about 'speculation'. Compared to your KZbin competitors you dont mislabel your video titles, and you say upfront in your videos you are speculating, so all good.

[@CaptainJack]

🤎 Thanks mate

[@darkbatman-vk4tw]

Its funny because the new space engineer 2 game had everything that i was asking about in the first one

[@ncg8259]

Space Engineers has to be by far the most value per dollar spent of all Steam games

[@samvanmeurs6242]

wen geds the premenition on the work shop?????? one of the nicest ships i saw????

[@CaptainJack]

In the next few weeks :)

[@Engineerbounty]

Just my opinion on a possible grapple cable. I'm more interested in the building aspect for more intricate details on my ships.

[@JR-pj9ex]

I really want dynamic weather and water

[@OzenRay]

I think the cable could be use has hacking cable since "hacking" in SE is ... lacking per say so maybe.... we didn't see anything about combat.. so it can be related to hacking when boarding a ship or base ?

[@КисельИван]

Cable 🎉

[@EJtheClown]

we need SPACE weather.. Solar storms, Ion storms,....others....SPACE WEATHER!

[@ZachTheInsaneOne]

They probably never intended for the cable to be anything more than decoration, but now they _have_ to do something with it or there will be some community outrage.

[@lieps2547]

the cable fever is spreading even more

[@Engineerbounty]

Or for tethering to ships to work on while in motion