Season 3

Rules & Points

Rules

Please keep in mind that what counts is the spirit of the law, not its letter. If you find a tactic or interaction that is clearly broken and / or unintended, let us know. If you instead rely on it, be prepared that we may make a decision on the spot to prohibit its usage, or that it may even already be fixed by the start of the tournament.

The StarCore Team reserves the right to reject any submitted blueprint. If a blueprint is rejected, the team will have a limited amount of time to submit a replacement. If the replacement blueprint is rejected again, the team will have to compete without that ship.

Script Blacklist

Limits (blocklimiter)

Team Limits

  • Mass: 50,000,000 kg

  • Points: 35,000 BP

  • Players:

    • 2-4 Pilots

    • 2-5 Players Total

      • Shotcallers allowed, so long as they remain in spectator mode for the entire match

Grid Limits

  • Hydrogen Tanks: 12

  • Cockpit: 3 per grid

    • Cockpit: 12 per team

  • Invincible Subgrid: 1

Banned Blocks

The Block Restrictions mod should have these hidden, but please let us know if they aren't.

  • Weapons without a listed point value (these should be hidden)

  • Safe Zone Generators

  • Projectors

  • LG Jump Drives

  • Any Welders*/Grinders/Drills

    • *Hand held Welders are OK

  • Station Shield block, Shield Pressurizer

  • Any "hidden" blocks that are technically in the game but not intended to be buildable.

  • H2/O2 Generators

  • WHEELS

  • Script-Guided PMW's

World Settings

  • Gamemode: Creative

  • Thruster Damage: Enabled

  • 3rd Person View: Enabled

  • Ingame Scripts: Enabled

  • Voxel Damage: Disabled

  • Welding Speed: 1x (you are allowed to use your hand-welder)

Battle Points Values / Mod Config

The use of weapons not listed on the following table is prohibited.

You can find the mod configs in the "Mod Config" tab of the spreadsheet below.

Configs included in the world. If you still have an old shield config, delete from

\%APPDATA%\Roaming\SpaceEngineers\Storage\

Highlights

  • More weapons perfectly™ balanced™

  • More weapons fully™ implemented™

  • Further performance improvements


Servers

  • See #starcore-info for build and combat server details



Useful Tips

  • Test your build on a dedicated server! If you experience significant latency while controlling your ship (especially while taking fire), put a subgrid on it. Blame Keen. Use the "Invincible Subgrid" block if you don't want to spend points. Max 1 of these blocks per ship.

  • Use SHIFT + T to show the stats tracker while looking at a grid

  • Use SHIFT + R to ping an object to your team, courtesy of the TeamSpot mod.

  • Many mods have bindable keys for their functions. You can set them in the TextHudAPI's Enter -> F2 menu while ingame.

  • Use your numpad to quickly control shield shunting directions.

  • /ds togglehotkeys to enable shield shunt hotkeys.

  • WARNING: Weapons perform differently when activated with timers. No one knows why, and it only happens sometimes. Keep this in mind.

These point values are not final & are subject to change at anytime

StarCore Season 3 TT Points Sheet
StarCore Dakka Dossier