Merge Block is connected to another powered Merge Block. Merge Block is powered, and is within proximity of making a connection to another powered Merge Block. Merge Block is powered and ready to make a connection to another powered Merge Block. Simply powering down one of the merge blocks will allow the two ships to part.įor large ships to decouple from stations, the large ship or station must first disable one of the merge blocks, and then the ship must be converted back into a ship before being able to go under way (this only applies if Station Voxel Support is disabled in the world). With Update 1.199( Heavy Industry), a small grid merge block with the dimensions 1x1x1 is now available.įor a successful decoupling, the only blocks connecting two ships must be the merge blocks themselves, or blocks that cannot stick together without structural support. Small ships may only merge with other small ships, large ships may merge with other large ships or station grids. When both grids are merged, users may bridge them together with other blocks such as Conveyors or Connectors as they will count as a single ship grid. Merge blocks do not directly provide cargo transfer support.

Much like the Connector, these functions rely on a power supply native to both grids in order to power the merge blocks. When merged, power and control will be shared across both grids. This process is entirely automatic by both merge blocks once both merge faces are oriented into a compatible locking position. The merge block will attract and connect to another merge block when brought into proximity, combining two grids. Powering off one side of the merge block connection will disconnect both grids, allows them to part ways. Power is shared, and control panel interface is merged, and thruster control is also shared. In technical terms, separate grids (ships) merge together via two merge blocks to become one single grid. However that is where similarities end, the merge blocks literally merge both ships together. The merge block allows two ships, stations, or parts to connect, and disconnect from each other much the same as Connectors.

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