HUD
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Space Engineer HUD
The HUD is information on the screen to help the player build and navigate within the game. It can be hidden and again revealed by pressing (default: Tab).
Engineer Info Panel
Located on the left side of the screen, the information panel displays important information that directly affects your engineer.
| 1 | Helmet | Indicates the status of the engineer’s helmet. |
| 2 | Jetpack | Indicates the status of the engineer’s jetpack. |
| 3 | Broadcasting | Indicates the status of the engineer’s built-in suit antenna. This allows communication with nearby antennas in a 200m range and shows the name of the player on their character. |
| 4 | Flashlight | Indicates the status of the suit’s built-in flashlight. |
| 5 | Health | Shows the player’s current health. If this reaches zero, you will die. |
| 6 | Oxygen | Shows the player’s current oxygen supply. This will deplete whenever your helmet is on. If it reaches zero, you will start taking damage. |
| 7 | Energy | Shows the player’s suit power supply. It depletes on its own, and with tool use. |
| 8 | Hydrogen | Shows the jetpack’s propellant (hydrogen) supply. If it reaches zero, you will be unable to use your jetpack. |
| 9 | Speed | Shows the player’s current speed. The gauge scales automatically if you have a speed mod installed. |
| 10 | Dampeners | Shows the status of the player’s inertial dampeners. |
Toolbar
The toolbar is where you place the blocks & tools you wish to use. It also has an additional function in that it can switch between 1-9 presets (default SHIFT+1-9). This lets the player store multiple customized bars – See Controls for more information. The toolbar also possesses various status and orientation displays.
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| 1 | Inventory | Shows the current status of the player’s inventory space. |
| 2 | Hotbar | Allows the player to select various tools and blocks from the G-Menu to place in the world. |
| 3 | Presets | Shows the current Hotbar being displayed. You can switch between your nine hotbars with SHIFT+[Number] |
| 4 | Building Statuses | Shows the current status of symmetry, grid alignment, and grid size, respectively. |
| 5 | Environment Oxygen | Shows the oxygen status of the player’s environment. You may safely remove your helmet when it reads “High”. |
| 6 | Gravity | Shows artificial gravity (from gravity generators) and planetary gravity (from large bodies) |
| 7 | Naval | Shows the player’s orientation relative to a planetary horizon (marked with a gray line), the + sign occasionally seen indicates the player’s prograde velocity vector. |
Block Rotation
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Before placing a block, an additional information box will appear on the top-right corner of your screen. This indicates which buttons will rotate the block in that direction. The directions will change depending on the space engineer’s orientation. |
Ship/Station
Engineer Info PanelShips & stations share the same interface. There is some similar information being displayed from the engineer HUD, however, when using a ship or station it also includes information about the grid itself.
All details here are similar as if you weren’t piloting, however, you cannot directly control them while occupying a ship or station – see above for more information on the engineer info panel
Gravity/Oxygen
Similar in almost every way as if you weren’t piloting. The only difference is that your oxygen will change if the ship/station is supplying it directly to the Cockpit. The gravity information is based on your engineer orientation and not the ship/station itself.
Grid Info Panel
Located on the right side of the screen, this panel displays information about the ship or station you are currently occupying.
| Spotlights | (On/Off) Indicates if your ship/station’s spotlights are on or off |
| Mass | The total mass of the ship/station is displayed here |
| Speed | The speed the ship is currently going is displayed here |
| Power Usage | This combines all your power sources on the ship/station and indicates how much power is currently being used. This indicates maximum output, not remaining power time. |
| Reactors | Displays the combined power output of Small Reactors & Large reactors |
| Thrusters | Counts the total amount of functional thrusters |
| Dampeners | (On/Off) It will display if you will automatically come to a stop or free float – see Here for more info |
| Gyroscopes | Counts the total amount of functional gyroscopes |
| Fuel Time | This indicates how much time is remaining before your power sources are depleted. Consumption estimates are based on power usage at that moment in time |
| Number of batteries in use | Displays the number of batteries supplying power to the ship/station |
| Landing gears | Counts the total amount of functional landing gears |
| In proximity | This indicates how many landing gears are within proximity to “Lock” |
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