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Cockpit, Fighter
Icon Block Fighter Cockpit

Category: Functional Block
Status: Functional

Function:
Allows the player to pilot a ship, recharge suit power, and access ship systems.

Fits small ship
Mass: 1,225 kg

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fighter cockpit

The fighter cockpit has a narrow, aerodynamic shape and five small configurable display surfaces in the center.

The Icon Block Fighter Cockpit Fighter Cockpit is a variant of the cockpit available only on Small Ships. It is larger than the standard Cockpit and has a variety of flight instruments visible in first-person mode. Despite appearances, it functions identically to other cockpits. It has much more health than the standard cockpit, despite the standard cockpit being destroyed most of time by a simple hit from a rocket, the Fighter Cockpit is able to withstand a direct hit from a rocket or 6 extra Gatling Gun shots.

Recipe[]

The Fighter Cockpit can only be built on small grids.

Icon Block Fighter Cockpit Fighter Cockpit
ComponentSmall Ship
Required
Small Ship
Optional
Icon Item Bulletproof Glass Bulletproof Glass40
Icon Item Computer Computer20
Icon Item Display Display4
Icon Item Interior Plate Interior Plate15
Icon Item Steel Plate Steel Plate18
Icon Item Motor Motor1
Icon Item Construction Comp. Construction Comp.20

Usage[]

The cockpit is essential to steer spaceships or rovers, and can secondarily also be important as control seat for a stationary base. Its third function is providing Life Support for the player.

Press (F key) while facing the cockpit to enter.

  • Once inside, your suit power and oxygen will attempt to recharge from the ship's sources; an unpowered cockpit will not recharge the suit--but it will maintain the suit indefinitely at the same power level.
  • Pressing (K key) when seated will open the Control Panel, allowing access to the controls for functional blocks in the ship. Assign important control panel actions to your Tool Bar!
  • Toggle Landing Gear, Connectors, Reactors, and Spotlights using the "P", "Y", and "L" keys.
  • You can set one cockpit as the main cockpit of a grid. When a second player enter the cockpit of a ship yours is docked to, a message "a connected ship has taken control"[1] will appear.

Press 'F' again to exit the cockpit.

Steering[]

When you place the cockpit on a mobile grid, it defines the forward direction. Piloting ships and rovers uses the same controls as the engineer when walking:

  • the WASD keys for horizontal movement
  • the Spacebar and C key for vertical movement
  • the mouse for gyroscopic yaw and pitch turning
  • the Q and E keys for rolling

Make sure you read up what Gyroscopes and Inertial Dampers are and how to use them for steering.

Yaw Pitch Roll
Plane yaw Plane pitch Plane roll

Tip: A different point of view helps when parking or connecting to a landing pad. To toggle between first and third person, press (V key). Hold (ALT key) and move the mouse to change the viewing angle in third person!

Controls[]

You can allow or disallow yourself to use certain cockpit functions. For example, the pilot of a straight-boring drill rig should not have to worry about drift caused by accidentally touching the mouse, so in this case, you'd switch off gyro control. Or if the wheels of a monorail tram are controlled by a timer block, you can switch off wheel control.

  • Control Thrusters -- (For vehicles/ships with thrusters only) Whether the pilot's inputs can steer thrusters.
  • Control Wheels -- (For wheeled vehicles only) Whether the pilot's inputs can steer wheels.
  • Control Gyros -- (Only if there are gyroscopes) Whether the pilot can use mouse control for turning and tilting.
  • Handbrake -- (For wheeled vehicles only) Add this action to a Toolbar slot to be able to come to a quick stop.
  • Park -- Whether the parking Cockpit Controls by pressing (P key) are available
  • Inertia Dampeners -- (For vehicles/ships with thrusters only) Whether assistive Inertial Dampers by pressing (Z key) are available.
  • Show Horizon and Altitude -- See details about "Altimeter and Attitude Indicator" below.
  • Main Cockpit -- Whether this is the main cockpit and other cockpits on the same grid cannot steer the ship.
  • Enable target locking -- See Target Locking to learn how to make turrets lock on to targets.
  • Set Up Action -- See details how to configure "Cockpit Alarms and Countermeasures" below.
  • LCD Panel -- See LCD Surface Options for how to run scripts or display text/images on the built-in LCD panels of the cockpit.

Using Ship Tools[]

On ships with equipped Block Weapons, or with block tools such as Grinders, Welders, or Drills, the pilot should set up their controls before leaving the dry dock.

  1. Sit down in the cockpit.
  2. Press (G key) to open the cockpit’s Tool Bar config.
  3. Drag the icons for each type of block weapon or block tool to the hotbar for quick access.

This assigns a toolbar slot to select the tool that should become active when you RMB-click and LMB-click.

Additionally assign other block actions to other toolbar slots, such as AI turret range increase/decrease or parachute opening.

Quick Weapon Switching[]

MMB-click to switch between sets of equipped weapons. A single MMB-click will cycle between single-gun and all-gun modes within the same type (all Rocket Launchers, for example).

Double-MMB-clicking switches to the next weapon of the same type that has ammo loaded.

Altimeter and Attitude Indicator[]

While seated in the cockpit of a mobile grid in natural gravity, a cockpit displays planetary flight information on your HUD, an altitude and attitude indicator. If it doesn't, enable the Show Horizon and Altitude toggle in the cockpit's Control Panel.

  • Note the artificial horizon near your crosshairs. This indicator is an important representation of your pitch and roll which otherwise is difficult to tell without a reference point.
  • Your altitude in metres above ground is displayed in the middle of the HUD, as a number below the crosshairs. Knowing your height above the terrain is relevant when landing and flying to avoid collisions.

Note that the Cockpit does not display your height above non-terrain structures (such as stations or landing pads), nor your height above sea level (which would be useful while approaching/leaving a planet to know how deep into the atmosphere you are and how effective your Atmospheric Thrusters will be).

Tip: You can also display artificial horizon, altitude, attitude, and angular momentum, on any of the built-in LCDs in your cockpit.

Cockpit Alarms and Countermeasures[]

You can trigger an automatic reaction when your cockpit detects a hostile target lock on you.

For example, you can configure it to switch on defensive AI turrets, or play an audible alarm, or change to red lights, or release a merge block that drops decoys. Similarly, you will want to switch off your custom “Red Alert” as soon as you break out of target lock.

This is how:

Click Set up Actions to select from the available actions:

  • The action in the first slot triggers when you are targeted.
  • The action in the second slot triggers when you have broken out of target lock.

If you want to trigger more than one action per slot, build and select a Timer Block as action, and set up the actual actions inside the Timer block.

Other Cockpit Variants[]

Main article: Category:Cockpits

Did you know? There are multiple variants of cockpits. They function identically, but differ in proportions, visibility, materials needed for construction, where the ports are located, and which ship-sizes they can be built on.

Trivia[]

The fighter cockpit was originally developed as a mod by Darth Biomech. It was later adopted as an official part of the game in Update 01.048.

Gallery[]

Blocks

Functional Blocks

Cockpits & Control
Icon Block Cockpit Cockpit, Icon Block Fighter Cockpit Fighter Cockpit, Icon Block Control Station Control Station, Icon Block Flight Seat Flight Seat, Icon Block Helm Helm, Icon Block Saddle Cockpit Saddle Cockpit, Icon Block Saddle Cockpit Compact Saddle Cockpit Compact, Icon Block Cab Cockpit Cab Cockpit, Icon Block Buggy Cockpit Buggy Cockpit, Icon Block Rover Cockpit Rover Cockpit, Icon Block Passenger Seat Passenger Seat, Icon Block Control Panel Control Panel, Icon Block Control Panel Pedestal Control Panel Pedestal, Icon Block Vertical Button Panel Vertical Button Panel, Icon Block Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal, Icon Block Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel, Icon Block Sci-Fi Control Panel Sci-Fi Control Panel, (Icon Block Inset Button Panel Inset) Icon Block Button Panel Button Panel, Icon Block Button Panel Pedestal Button Panel Pedestal, Icon Block Remote Control Remote Control, Icon Block Custom Turret Controller Custom Turret Controller

Automation
Icon Block Sensor Sensor, Icon Block Timer Block Timer Block, Icon Block Programmable Block Programmable Block, Icon Block Event Controller Event Controller, Icon Block Emotion Controller Emotion Controller, Icon Block AI Basic AI Basic, Icon Block AI Flight AI Flight, Icon Block AI Defensive AI Defensive, Icon Block AI Offensive AI Offensive, Icon Block AI Recorder AI Recorder

Communication
Icon Block Antenna Antenna, Icon Block Beacon Beacon, Icon Block Round Beacon Round Beacon, (Icon Block Top Mounted Camera Top Mounted) Icon Block Camera Camera, Icon Block Laser Antenna Laser Antenna, Icon Block LCD Panel LCD Panel, Icon Block Corner LCD Corner LCD, Icon Block Text Panel Text Panel, Icon Block Wide LCD Panel Wide LCD Panel, Icon Block Transparent LCD Transparent LCD, Icon Block Sci-Fi LCD Panel Sci-Fi LCD Panel, Icon Block Holo LCD Holo LCD, Icon Block Inset LCD Panel Inset LCD Panel, Icon Block Sloped LCD Panel Sloped LCD Panel, Icon Block Curved LCD Panel Curved LCD Panel, Icon Block Ore Detector Ore Detector, Icon Block Sound Block Sound Block

Defense & Offense
Icon Block Decoy Decoy, Icon Block Gatling Gun Gatling Gun, Icon Block Gatling Turret Gatling Turret, Icon Block Interior Turret Interior Turret, Icon Block Rocket Turret Rocket Turret, Icon Block Reloadable Rocket Launcher Reloadable Rocket Launcher, Icon Block Rocket Launcher Rocket Launcher, Icon Block Artillery Artillery, Icon Block Autocannon Autocannon, Icon Block Artillery Turret Artillery Turret, Icon Block Autocannon Turret Autocannon Turret, Icon Block Railgun Railgun, Icon Block Assault Cannon Assault Cannon, Icon Block Assault Cannon Turret Assault Cannon Turret, Icon Block Target Dummy Target Dummy, Icon Block Warhead Warhead, Icon Block Explosive Barrel Explosive Barrel

Power
Icon Block Battery Battery, Icon Block Small Battery Small Battery, Icon Block Large Reactor Large Reactor, Icon Block Small Reactor Small Reactor, Icon Block Solar Panel Solar Panel, Icon Block Colorable Solar Panel Colorable Solar Panel, Icon Block Hydrogen Engine Hydrogen Engine, Icon Block Wind Turbine Wind Turbine, Icon Block Twin-Blade Wind Turbine Twin-Blade Wind Turbine

Life Support
Icon Block Medical Room Medical Room, Icon Block Corner Medical Room Corner Medical Room, Icon Block Survival Kit Survival Kit, Icon Block Cryo Chamber Cryo Chamber, Icon Block Inset Cryo Room Inset Cryo Room, Icon Block Oxygen Farm Oxygen Farm, Icon Block Interior Light Interior Light, Icon Block Offset Light Offset Light, Icon Block Spotlight Spotlight, Icon Block Offset Spotlight Offset Spotlight, Icon Block Inset Light Inset Light, Icon Block Air Vent Air Vent (Icon Block Air Vent Full Full), Icon Block Air Vent Fan Air Vent Fan (Icon Block Air Vent Fan Full Full)

Mobility
Icon Block Gyroscope Gyroscope, Icon Block Atmospheric Thruster Atmospheric Thruster, Icon Block Ion Thruster Ion Thruster, Icon Block Hydrogen Thruster Hydrogen Thruster, Icon Block Parachute Hatch Parachute Hatch, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 1x1 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 1x1 Wheel Suspension 1x1, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 2x2 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 2x2 Wheel Suspension 2x2, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 3x3 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 3x3 Wheel Suspension 3x3, Icon Block Short Wheel Suspension 5x5 (Short) Icon Block Wheel Suspension 5x5 Wheel Suspension 5x5, Icon Block Offroad Wheels Offroad Wheels

Mining & Manufacturing
Icon Block Basic Refinery Basic Refinery, Icon Block Refinery Refinery, Icon Block Basic Assembler Basic Assembler, Icon Block Assembler Assembler, Icon Block Drill Drill, Icon Block Grinder Block Grinder Block, Icon Block Welder Block Welder Block, Icon Block Projector Projector, Icon Block O2 H2 Generator O2/H2 Generator, Icon Block Oxygen Farm Oxygen Farm, Icon Block Yield Module Yield Module, Icon Block Power Efficiency Module Power Efficiency Module, Icon Block Speed Module Speed Module

Storage
Icon Block Large Cargo Container Large Cargo Container, Icon Block Medium Cargo Container Medium Cargo Container, Icon Block Small Cargo Container Small Cargo Container, Icon Block Oxygen Tank Oxygen Tank, Icon Block Hydrogen Tank Hydrogen Tank, Icon Block Store Store, Icon Block Contracts Block Contracts Block

Inventory Management
Icon Block Connector Connector, Icon Block Small Connector Small Connector/Ejector, Icon Block Collector Collector, Icon Block Conveyor Junction Conveyor Junction, Icon Block Conveyor Tube Conveyor Tube Icon Block Reinforced Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Curved Conveyor Tube Curved Conveyor Tube Icon Block Reinforced Curved Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Tube T Junction Conveyor Tube T Junction Icon Block Reinforced Conveyor Tube T Junction (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Sorter Conveyor Sorter; Icon Block Small Conveyor Small Conveyor, Icon Block Small Conveyor Tube Small Conveyor Tube Icon Block Small Reinforced Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Small Curved Conveyor Tube Small Curved Conveyor Tube Icon Block Small Reinforced Curved Conveyor Tube (Reinforced), Icon Block Small Conveyor Tube T Junction Small Conveyor Tube T Junction Icon Block Small Reinforced Conveyor Tube T Junction (Reinforced), Icon Block Conveyor Sorter Small Conveyor Sorter; Icon Block Conveyor Frame Conveyor Frame, Icon Block Conveyor Converter Conveyor Converter

Mechanical Blocks & Gravity Control
Icon Block Advanced Rotor Advanced Rotor, Icon Block Rotor Rotor, Icon Block Piston Piston, Icon Block Hinge Hinge, Icon Block Landing Gear Landing Gear, Icon Block Magnetic Plate Magnetic Plate, Icon Block Merge Block Merge Block, Icon Block Artificial Mass Artificial Mass, Icon Block Gravity Generator Gravity Generator, Icon Block Spherical Gravity Generator Spherical Gravity Generator, Icon Block Safe Zone Safe Zone


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