mamba.Store is an advanced economy and administration expansion for Space Engineers, built around an extended Store Block concept and a redesigned Safe Zone system.

The goal of this mod is to turn trading, grid selling, and server infrastructure into a clear, controlled, and immersive system, without breaking vanilla gameplay principles.

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🔹 Store Block Expansion

This mod introduces a custom Store Block that behaves like the vanilla Store Block, but with additional functionality.

New Tabs

1️⃣ Sell Your Grid

Players can sell their own grids directly to a Store Block.

Rules:

• Only grids owned by the player
• Grid must be within a configurable radius
• Static grids and the grid containing the Store Block are excluded

Admin-configurable behavior (per Store Block):

• Destroy mode

  • Grid is deleted after sale
  • Player receives money
  • Store owner does NOT pay anything
  • Default for NPC stations

• Recycle mode

  • Grid is dismantled into components
  • Components are stored in cargo containers whose name contains Cargo4Store
  • Store owner pays the player
  • If there is no cargo space → transaction is cancelled

NPC Store Blocks always operate in Destroy mode and have unlimited money.

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2️⃣ Grid Purchase / Buy Ship (In Development)

Future feature.

This tab will allow players to buy pre-built ships or grids, similar to an auto dealership.

Status: UI placeholder only

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🔹 Store Administration Improvements

The admin panel keeps the vanilla Store logic, but extends it with:

• Adjustable grid detection radius (slider)
• Ability to increase OR decrease item prices
• Automatic item listing from cargo containers

Cargo4Store Logic

Any cargo container on the Store grid whose custom name CONTAINS the string:

Cargo4Store

(for example: Baza1 Cargo Large Ingots (Cargo4Store) Baza1 Cargo Large Components (Cargo4Store))

will automatically:

• Be detected by the Store Block
• Be scanned for inventory contents
• Add its items to the Store offer list
• Use predefined base prices

Multiple cargo containers are supported, as long as their name contains Cargo4Store anywhere in the block name.

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🛡️ Safe Zone System (Two Variants)

This mod introduces two distinct Safe Zone blocks.

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1️⃣ Player Safe Zone (Vanilla Replacement)

Replaces the default vanilla Safe Zone block.

Changes:

• Zone Chip duration: 1440 minutes (24 hours)
• Larger default radius
• Lower power drain
• Reduced activation time

Modified Values:

• Max radius: 500
• Min radius: 10
• Default radius: 100
• Activation time: 30s
• Upkeep time: 1440 min

Designed for long-term base protection with reduced micromanagement.

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2️⃣ Admin Safe Zone (Unlimited)

Admin-only Safe Zone block.

Features:

• No Zone Chips required
• Very low power consumption
• Unlimited runtime
• Intended for NPC stations and server infrastructure

Admin Safe Zones do not participate in the economy and are not balanced for survival use.

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🔹 Additional Admin Blocks

The mod also includes multiple admin-focused blocks, designed to help server operators create functional NPC or admin stations:

• Admin Reactor

  • Does not consume uranium
  • Power output up to several GW (MaxPowerOutput = 99999999)

• Admin Ore Detector

  • Large grid: 500m
  • Small grid: 250m

• Admin Refinery / Assembler / Oxygen Generator

  • Extremely fast processing speeds
  • Intended for supply hubs and NPC stations

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🔹 Custom Cargo Blocks

The mod includes three tiers of Large Cargo Containers for players:

• MK1
• MK2
• MK3

Each tier provides progressively higher storage capacity.

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Mod Metadata

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ModMetadata xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ModVersion>0.1</ModVersion>
</ModMetadata>

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Current Status

• Core systems defined
• GUI and logic under active development
• Grid Purchase (Buy Ship) planned for future updates