To disable the fog, you need to go to
Steam\SteamApps\common\SpaceEngineers\Content\Effects2
and find the file MyEffectBase.fxh.
Open this file with any text editor you have installed, e.g. Notepad or Notepad++ etc.
Find the following code:
float4 CalculateFogLinear(float3 sourceColor, float distance, float backgroundBlend)
{
float fogBlend = saturate((distance - FogDistanceNear) / (FogDistanceFar - FogDistanceNear));
return float4(FogColor, fogBlend * FogMultiplier);
// This is no hack, it's just interpolator based on background blend and fog blend, it's pretty complicated, but right
float i = (backgroundBlend * (fogBlend + backgroundBlend - 2) + 1) * FogMultiplier;
//return lerp(sourceColor.xyz, FogColor, i);
return float4(FogColor, i);
}
Replace this code with:
float4 CalculateFogLinear(float3 sourceColor, float distance, float backgroundBlend)
{
return float4(FogColor, 0.0f);
}
Then open a command window in this directory by right clicking into explorer with shift held down and enter the following command:
del /s *.fxo
This will force the game to recompile all shaders. When you launch the game, your fog will be disabled:
If the game patches via Steam, you probably need to do it again, but this is only until the devs add an option to disable the fog in the settings.
When fully retracted, pistons are two blocks tall in their respective grids. Therefore small pistons are 1m tall and large pistons are 5m tall. Fully extended, the piston is just at 6 blocks (3m/15m) tall.
http://spaceengineers.wikia.com/wiki/Piston
Best Answer
A solution is to take the wheels off the ground using pistons, unfortunately that only works up to a certain weight as they are very unreliable themselves and tend to break under pressure. Currently operating a rover with north of 7K Tons and 12 5x5 Wheel Suspension and I’m yet to successfully deploy the 12 pistons. Basically impossible to stop it in uneven terrain without the use of thrusters.