EARLY ACCESS + MORE!? - Space Engineers 2 Revealed!

[@Zer0sLegion]

Are you excited for Early Access? And what do you want to see most out of next week's livestream (be realistic though😜)?

[@WiseOakDakota]

I doubt they will show off much “new”, as in things that haven’t seen shown at all in their multiple show offs of VRAGE3. It seems like most people in this community seemed a bit blindsided by this reveal, while it has been fairly obvious for months while they work on and show off VRAGE3

[@Zer0sLegion]

@@WiseOakDakota I've been saying this is coming for years, but without the exact words "Space Engineers 2" from keen, they didn't believe it.

[@Sancrest42]

You're late XD

[@Zer0sLegion]

@@Sancrest42 I have a job😔

[@StarCloudStudios]

I can't wait for SE2 i wonder if we will be able to make centrifuge for artificial gravity rather than having a artificial gravity gen even with a mod that would be nice for RP of things like Interstellar.

[@ToddTalksTech]

The Cable was added by the Divide by Zero counterintelligence division they are pleased with the level of distraction lol

[@Zer0sLegion]

🤣 It's true, I have been thoroughly distracted.

[@Soulkeeper-tv8re]

Could the cable be a lifeline like astronauts in space?? Yes, there is a jet pack. Let's say you ran out of juice, and you can use the cable to pull yourself towards a platform or your ship so you don't drift away.

[@corporatecapitalism]

It’s aesthetic

[@daskampffredchen]

@@Zer0sLegion Maybe the cable is to connect power over long distances like a power line

[@Eggmayor]

​​@@daskampffredchenmaybe the cable is the friends we made along the way

[@Pr1nce1235]

3:28 "Live Cable Reaction" Is not a phrase I was expecting to hear, but will now be using for every Space Engineers 2 teaser we get

[@Zer0sLegion]

🤣

[@Light.--]

"We got a brand new game that works on a brand new engine with beautiful graphics and physics, we added an unified grid, more lore and so much more!" -Keen *"C A B L E"* - Zer0

[@Zer0sLegion]

🤣What can I say, I'm a simple man.

[@icicle3802]

Real

[@pedan21]

If i remember correctly there was an animation back in the day in SE1 where you connected with a cable when controlling different grids. So could just be a throw back to that =D

[@aels224]

I like how the solar panel behaves when it is destroyed, and I don't mean the destruction, but the fact that the floating part shows the activity indicator in red, but the part still attached shows it in yellow, as if the block was actually half destroyed and the attached part was repairable.

[@trolly4233]

i have a feeling the cable is meant to be able to be used to pull around grids without a ship. which would be immensely helpful with salvaging.

[@btCharlie_]

I am thinking a last resort tool when you run out of fuel in space, but given physics interactions, I would assume that's essentially the same thing as you said. Something like the grabby hands mod would be so useful

[@Dumbrarere]

@@btCharlie_ It could also potentially be not just a tether to a grid, but also a repel cable for climbing up and down cliffs and ravines.

[@xenn4985]

Do people just not know about medieval engineers?

[@Dumbrarere]

@@xenn4985 ME is a dead game on life support, and Idk if its modding community is still around. It's very likely the diehard fans of ME that made up its core playerbase have long since moved on by now.

[@iverhyttebakk9717]

cable counter 1: 2:01 2: 3:13 3: 3:17 4: 3:24 5: 3:27 6: 3:35 7: 3:43 8: 3:47 9: 4:47 and the wheel 10: 6:00 11: 11:22 12: 13:51 13: 15:42

[@iverhyttebakk9717]

On the livestream I'm going to write Cable! until we get an answer. Who else is with me XD

[@Capygato]

All hail the cable

[@Zer0sLegion]

Cable is the new clang!

[@jokersbullet12]

@@Zer0sLegion Clang Shall smite you for this heresy

[@TrueWhiteKnight]

Klang shall smite all who fail to abide by his teachings

[@mz00956]

would be funny if the cable does what the Improvised Engineering mod does. + the still missing feature of pulling yourself... i definitely will get around to it (shameless self advertisement xD)

[@Capygato]

@@Zer0sLegion we shal carry forth the name of The Cable 😉

[@JTCF]

Wow, 10 years later and we're getting a huge overhaul into a new game! Saying "10 years later" because my first introduction to SE happened 10 years ago. That is a bit less than half of my entire life up to this point.

[@Reoh0z]

> "Zero, telling his viewers Space Engineers 2 always was real."

[@Zer0sLegion]

Always has been

[@AstroTheCarrot]

“he’s just standing there… MENACINGLY”

[@ArtOfCon-troll]

"Is that me? Is that me stronger than me?"

[@illi1238]

The cable could also be a tether, which would attach to a special terminal on a grid and constantly feed the engineer electricity, oxygen and hydrogen. Me and my friend had a discussion over a year ago where we wondered if we could make a tether mod, as it would allow building/designing stuff (in survival) without constantly having to go to the medbay to recharge, but it would be limited by the length of the tether. Tethers are the way we managed the very first spacewalks

[@abyssalPengwing]

Did not expect SE2 anytime soon, ngl. Really happy to see so many reveals recently!

[@Zer0sLegion]

Yeah, I knew it was coming but early access presumably next week was not on my bingo card.

[@jackrenders8937]

advanced survival features would be really cool. I know it isn't their priority but imagine like space minecraft with NPC's food, farming battle bosses...

[@pavelsvacha]

I would love that too, would add some depth to ship building other than just "Okay energy source, fuel, thrusters and cockpit, okay ship is done" you would actualy need to have living quarters with kitchens and greenhouse rooms/farms on ship that go on long flights

[@Zer0sLegion]

I dunno about food because that's not the game SE is, but i'm sure survival improvements are on the roadmap.

[@ChristoffRevan]

​@@Zer0sLegionI mean, in Minecraft food isnt as much of a big deal either, it doesn't take much time sooo...why not add it? It gives a bit of flavour and "realism" but isn't overly oppressive as a mechanic

[@lowgogo2]

What's wrong with the current way SE1 does it where you drink a clang cola or coffee and you get a small amount of health back

[@pavelsvacha]

@@lowgogo2 it adds nothing to the gameplay. You don't need to drink clang cola or coffee, better yet in 300+ hours of survival and 600+ hours of creative i drank one to see what it does and haven't touched them since. You heal over time or with medkits and stations. Honestly i think having food and an optional hunger bar (could be disabled in world settings like you currently can disable some features) would add a bit more depth to ship building. As now all you really need is a source of energy, fuel a few thrusters a gyroscope and a cockpit and boom you can travel across the entire solar system. Having the need for food would mean you'd have to build kitchens and farms and other survival rooms on your long distance ships. I'd love to see such a system as an option or a mod down the line

[@The_Pereza]

Can you imagine the cable being a tool? Like it's used to attract or pull blocks, that would be great.

[@toxicbavariankitten]

Space cowboys gonna be real soon

[@lowgogo2]

The Speed changes from M/S to KM/H Depending if you are with in Gravity. Every time you see it saying 310 M/S the Gravity "g" on the right hand side of the screen is A:0.00g and when it says 1116 KM/H the Gravity says A:1.00g and in another clip A:2.00g

[@Zer0sLegion]

Maybe that's it!

[@halfcirclehranch]

Maybe the cable will hook up to medical stations and such when you interact for charging and refilling your suit.

[@andrewkelly2028]

Maybe the big cone-shaped thing is the big slurry mixer to make the overclock juice that's piped into those new 25cm assembler and refinery slots.

[@Zer0sLegion]

I am starting to think those ports on the top of the refinery and assembler are ports so something like that would be cool!

[@aetherial87]

Green Guy is approaching Doom Guy levels of menacing.

[@DonnaPinciot]

Assuming SE2 adheres to the placing and welding of frame blocks, I could see survival undo/redo working only on unwelded blocks, so you can still plan stuff out and have the ease of building, while not taking away from the survival aspect by anything more than avoiding the need to constantly pull out your grinder to undo mistakes. Alternatively, there could be a 'virtual build' mode for projectors, where you can place full hologram blocks with the entire suite of creative tools, including the partial blueprinting and undo/redo, with no restrictions beyond perhaps size. It makes perfect diegetic sense.

[@TalesOfWar]

I absolutely want the second option. Having the undo/redo thing only work in creative and "blueprint designer mode" makes a lot of sense. I can live without it in regular building lol. It'll be interesting to see how they implement these things!

[@Zer0sLegion]

We've been told that building has completely changed for survival mod but we don't know how it's changed yet.

[@Coolguy-wl9ng]

0:26 Who is that in the background.

[@Zer0sLegion]

The speculation police

[@Tallquietguy556]

He's naping

[@nuker6724]

4:51 Pretty sure those could be connection points for small conveyors since you probably could use small conveyor pipes with large grid blocks now because of the unified system

[@mysterymayhem7020]

I have been checking your page multiple times a day waiting for this video. About time.

[@Zer0sLegion]

I have a job😔

[@zyliantheviking6016]

Us: Oh look, a cable. Zer0: CABLE! Us again: CABLE!!!

[@thegoodestofboiz8427]

i think that cable might be a tether for spacwalking to make repairs on orbiting stations easier and that round thing is the reel incase you drift to far and need to come back could be wrong though

[@slBrelaz]

As a professional game developer, you are going to drive the team nuts with your emphasis on the cable. I approve! :D

[@bordelorganise]

Did you notice that the cable makes a perfect "zero", I think it's not a coincidence but they did it on purpose for the "one" who discovered the secret behind the alien relic.

[@Zer0sLegion]

🫨

[@NoblenoobTM]

Thank you for you updates regarding *CABLE* space engineers 2, I didn't know about the supposed early access and I'm hyped, we'll see

[@tech8438]

(Painting) Nice to know im not the only member of the head mash gang :D (Cable) Reverse Alien trope? We use the cable to probe the alien bugs we find on the planets :D Talking of alien life.. wouldnt it be cool if Aliens could infest our ships and stations or find derelicts with such and have a nice creepy encounter (and excuse to use weapons) CABLE TO HACK AND POWER ON SHIP! OOPS BUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGS! (insert Aliens 2 / Starship troopers memes)

[@chrissbeausoleil2766]

So... the devs not only greatly enhanced the new engine over the old, but they also listened to the actual players AND trawled the workshop for the most commonly used mods and incorporated them? Dear lord keen, what did we do to deserve the likes you?

[@Darkfault]

Sweet mother of god - no matter what will anyone else release, be it GTA6, GTA7, Skyrim 12, whatever - this is the biggest game to come out this decade. I'm going to drop everything else and take off time at work to play this.

[@nickdunn7362]

I don't get it... why? It's the same game with a block size and paint change...

[@Darkfault]

@@nickdunn7362 Exactly. I played the hell out of SE1, but the one thing that held me back was the blockyness of the ships and bases - you either made it big and blocky, or small and wonky. Or used weird tricks with connecting small to large, with bugs and such. With the new additions and better graphics it's going to be perfect!

[@nickdunn7362]

@@Darkfault right on, just wondering if I missed something. Have fun with creations!

[@grahamdelacey5779]

it will be the 20th here where i am when the next teaser is released, with loads more information. that is going to be an amazing gift to wake up to on my birthday. sweet.

[@-saca-1297]

Wait… imagine if the engineers in the alamgest system turn out to be the factorum??? I mean they have more advanced tech right. That could be so cool

[@erubianwarlord8208]

its not the Factorum they HATE the modular system that SE tech is based on according to their lore

[@Zer0sLegion]

I used to think this might be the case but I saw the comment by @erubianwarlord8208 and he's right, it can't be them

[@MoistestOfRats]

Others might have already said this, but i think the cable might be like an interface to terminals? So like you connect it to a turret to edit settings of the turret like the blue terminals we have now. Still, that's just speculation.

[@Zer0sLegion]

It can be any manner of things, or more like, nothing 😜

[@Jedai_Games]

To be honest, I would like that more. Having socket for portable computer have more sence, then just having additional terminal on every object.

[@jamestaylor9887]

This is a fairly reasonable expectation. Basically allowing you to use build info as a base game mechanic

[@MoistestOfRats]

@@jamestaylor9887 yep, The build vison is the only mod i use and i use it all the time so it would be absolutely great if it's a vanilla feature.

[@ettan5812]

Im playing the game with a friend for the first time and im so hooked, and now a second one is on the horizen? Im so happy.

[@Skrinklewink]

Haven't been able to play in months because I've been too busy, this is happening quickly. You can certainly feel the crust on SE with it's age. Something fresh will be fantastic.

[@hell_march6652]

3D Cartography (Mapping) please! A good part of Space Engineers is exploring. We still have no real way to actually map things out!

[@LordNavala]

Calling it now, the cable is going to be a tether. I say that because we already had a tether system from another Keen project, years ago. The rope tool from Medieval Engineers.

[@fakshen1973]

They've basically recreated the default world of Space Engineers 1 circa 2014... maybe earlier. It was an asteroid with a shelf on it containing the blue fighter and a red ship docked to the platform. Even the upside down landing gear is from that map.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Yeah, a lof of the stuff in the first few teasers is from SE's alpha. It's a fun callback.

[@Taurus1834]

Can't wait to play SE2 lol, love the new teasers.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Same, can't be soon enough!

[@CubeAtlantic]

Their cables are complex & nice lookin' box pieces on the trailers lol :O

[@englishdragon4198]

Seriously hoping the new build system will let us make flush ramps and lifts, all airtight, which is an absolute pain in the ass at the moment

[@robinandersson99]

7:32 Ngl, the font is so much better too

[@Zer0sLegion]

Much more legible yeah

[@appuser]

Maybe the cable attaches you to your inventory so you can instantly build blocks, a la starbase. That could explain the absence of the current place-then-weld gameplay.

[@lt.kraken]

People always say: "Remember, don't pre-order", but imma pre-order the heck out of this. Wonder if they'd ever consider a collectors edition.

[@Zer0sLegion]

It's not a preorder, it's early access. You accept that it's not done when you buy it.

[@Hexadris]

5:14 wild guess, we see the production blocks there, so perhaps its one too, perhaps its a centrifuge for nuclear stuff.

[@generalrendar7290]

Theory, the cable is for linking your suit to consoles so data can go to you HUD.

[@olliepop_gaming8013]

Its me again, i still really hope the cable is a tether also i have a theory At 2:08 that station could be like the tutorial like learning to survive in current space engineers or a red (or blue) ship Cinda thing.

[@Virakotxa]

The cone thing seems a funnel with a grinder to drop raw minerals from a ship on top... I think. Also... Wow... 1000 Km/h. !😮 That's going to feel amazing!

[@4Shage]

Probably lights above refinery and assembler are to just indicate if block is working or not

[@Zer0sLegion]

Maybe, i'm not convinced but we'll see.

[@joshcron420]

the cable is a grapple hook, the wheel is a motor to wind it in and out

[@royalfly12]

Cable could be a tether, grapple, used to pull grids, or to hookup to panels for an animation

[@EntoSanto]

The cable will allow us to pull ourselves like Indiana Jones when our jetpack runs out.

[@gelobledo]

I think the cable is going to be for when you run out of hydrogen in your suit and just floating. You can whip your cable out and connect it to a ship or asteroid so you dont fly away. I also hope there will be a crafting system where you can put together a survival kit using your suit that has a mini assembler that can make the parts for a survival kit.

[@dmbsecundus2331]

The fracturing reminds me a lot of Hardspace: Shipbreaker and the way things break apart from the ships as you dismantle them.. The 'cable' may be a power cable for tools or a pneumatic tube for tools? Whether or not it actually gets shown in use or just stays looped up on the Engineer's belt, time will tell.

[@tacticoolsteve]

subscribed. and I expect more info on se2 LOL. great video!!!❤❤❤❤

[@muhfreedom]

My thought for the cable is it would be a tether to attach yourself to a ship, so as to not fly off into the great empty

[@markoliver8914]

Kinda hoping the cable is used for a vanilla version of the Build Vision mod. Maybe intractable/controllable blocks will have a sort of jack that you can link up to using the cable, then you can control and change the block via your arm-tablet or something.

[@warriorsabe1792]

That big block behind the refinery looks, to me, kinda like a really big refinery (also I still feel like the cable is just how you plug the suit in to charge it)

[@isendall2185]

cable might be a tether type thing

[@isendall2185]

to connect you to creations? or to get oxegen when conected?

[@sunmajer1797]

Zero when Keen make cable usable in some way : CABLE IS REAL!!!!!!

[@Zer0sLegion]

CABLE🫨🫨🫨

[@IrishMarcus]

Can we all just collectively take a second and try to comprehend the level of detail that 25cm grid system is gonna allow for massive ships? Full scale replica of the millennium falcon anyone???

[@computermdms]

I was waiting for this video, thanks

[@SuprSBG]

I love the dead green man at the start

[@AOD_AnkGrooger]

Zero, my friend. You are on point again with the comedy. Please keep it going.

[@halogenisys4897]

I hope the CABLE is like a grappling hook for when i run out of hydrogen for my jet pack

[@Reoh0z]

I can't believe they showed us an Engineer flashing his cable around all over the place.

[@Zer0sLegion]

😳

[@AnxiousFerret]

I hope the cable is like some kind of magnetic grapple line

[@graymouser1]

Well, there you go Zer0: per today's keen stream the cable is just a cable. You have your mission now, to agitate them until it becomes a thing.

[@Zer0sLegion]

🫡

[@K162KingPin]

Maybe it's not a cable. Maybe it's a hose. Possibly used for refilling hydrogen and oxygen. Possibly even allowing two players to share oxygen if one is about to run out.

[@joshcron420]

you have the voice, humor and tone of a mill+ subscription creator. keep it up

[@Zer0sLegion]

Thanks, will do!

[@jimclayson]

Best guess is the cable is for tethering/mooring blocks so they don't drift in the zero-g vacuum of space... and my fondest wish is that it's for swinging across chasms, Indiana Jones-style... 🤠

[@TheFakeGooberGoblin]

I bet the cable is a magnetic lasso/grapple hook style rope you spin, hook, and use to pull urself around Spider-Man style.

[@swidbald9751]

This trailer looks very CABEL good. Good CABEL video 👍 CABEL!!

[@JumpingFlapjack]

I`am totaly hyped too! XD Since the first, Rumors about Space engineers 2, I was hoping that this glorious day of its release will really come :)

[@congareel]

Let's be honest we all want that cable to manipulate blocks. Could it not just be for paint though? The circular bit for mixing colour and the pipe for sending it to the new tool?

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

Cable!

[@TrueWhiteKnight]

I'm hoping the cable is Keens ways of implementing build vision with a lore explanation

[@reapergaming2022]

I hope the cable turns out to be a tether to connect to ships or stations

[@Szymonicus]

I'm sure as hell that the cable might be used to connect to interfaces like we've got mod in current SE

[@minortoterona2947]

Honestly, with new grid system and offsetting blocks AND DIFFERENT SIZE on same grid. is enough for me to want this ! i may play will be playing it mainly in sandbox, BUT CHRIST its will be epic ! lets see what else new and cool stuff they give us !

[@chezlin2234]

As building up if u fall off and no jetpack could be a grapple mechanic and thw wheel thing could be the power unit to pull u to the thing u grappled

[@Velta_Nox]

Take a shot everytime Zer0 said "Cable".

[@MindfulGP]

I tried playing this game got sooooo lost in everything lmao so glad to see better hints and such maybe I’ll get this one.

[@kairon156]

KPH!!! Also Fantastic overview video.

[@Quantum_Tator]

I am excited. Am want to be where the space engineers are. I want to see them.... see them welding.

[@TalesOfWar]

I think the cable - assuming it's not just decoration on the new suit - could be used for grappling around if you don't have a jetpack, or run out of fuel. Also, early access isn't really a shock. The original was in EA for quite some time.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Yeah but I assumed they wouldn't be updating SE1 and SE2 at the same time, SE1 has updates (more than 1) confirmed to be coming next year

[@ramongarcia8565]

Now i wanna play space engineers again but i probably would spend a whole week learning to play on a controller again xD

[@Zer0sLegion]

Yeah, keyboard and mouse is better

[@ramongarcia8565]

@Zer0sLegion i definetly will buy a Keyboard and Mouse For my series x once the early Access is available For me👍🏼

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

12:00 We also haven't seen a single player weapon either. I mean we've only seen one Ship weapon so far, the Chaingun.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Yeah I assume the stuff is there but it's just interesting the first thing we see is the paintgun.

[@avancult]

I've never played SE but i'm really existed to try this one

[@HolyCrusaderMarlin]

imagine the rope can act like a tether and anchor to a point. could improve pvp and pve by alloying you to attach to enemy ships and not fly off

[@gamerelite3989]

the cable on the side of the engineer to me if you look closely at it looks like a tether to attach to something ( as irl in space ) if they follow this line of thought this might be a tether to lock on to a ship so you dont get thrown around .... and if so pvpers will abuse this like theres no tomorow XD could also link you to a ship so if it jumps you get pulled around with it hence ( not needing to sit in a seat on ship ) :)

[@heighRick]

Thanks Zer0, helps a lot!

[@Sunny85b]

Maybe the cable will be a visual que to be moving with ship to match speed.

[@UNSCSpartanS114-g6e]

Everyone is talking about the cable, but what about the possible PCU bar having a grand maximum of 1,000,000?

[@chrishoule6910]

if they dont do anything with the cable i can foresee modders creating 25 cm connection blocks when if tied into the conveyor system will recharge your energy hydro and oxygen when connected to allowing you to recharge without having to all the way to the medbay

[@kuramagb]

Hey dude Keep up the good work you always been pretty accurate when it comes to things i bet you get a little giggle when you proved everyone wrong :D you do you and keep the fun energy :)

[@NaviOmega]

excited for this, can't wait!

[@Zer0sLegion]

Same, it's gonna be good!

[@minecrafter8001]

7:44 if you press tab a few times it does switch the UI to a mode that has all the keys for each button, like switching grid size or symmetry also you can hold ctrl or shift + ctrl to change from single to line to area

[@Zer0sLegion]

It shows the control for toggling symmetry but not the one for placing the lines of symmetry and same for block size, it says press the same button on your hotbar but you can press R to do it.

[@TalesOfWar]

There are a lot of things in the game that the developers don't even know about, because earlier in the games life they didn't document things quite as well as they should have and had people come and go from the company. Things got added that never got written down like being able to delete objects in creative mode without having to cut it to your clipboard. I recall Xocliw mentioning it years ago as one example. They've grown as a company since then (in many ways) and have a much better understanding of how to do things. They were still learning as they went back in the day.

[@jordonsgaming]

Got a feeling the Cable on the engineers hip might be for something similar to the Animated Interaction mod (by feeling i mean i really really hope)

[@rex9412]

I wish Keen made their live streams earlier. so more people could watch them.

[@Zer0sLegion]

It's early morning am for America and late evening pm for Europe, there's probably not a better time they could do to maximise the number of people.