
You’ll find that there’s a limit to how much you can drag, so just make multiple sections that fit together until you have an ideal size. Ideal materials for this job are concrete and brick, so add these into your inventory.ĭrag out some foundations with the click-and-drag system (remember to tap Q to make the blocks extend across the ground instead of vertically). Shelter is not vital in Scrap Mechanic right now as there is no survival mode (that’s due in a later update), but you’ll likely want to create a home base anyway. This is very useful when creating steering systems.

With the connection tool equipped, you can interact with items such as wheels and bearings by right clicking to alter the spin direction. Wires are colour-coded to make deciphering the tangles of lines easier. To make a connection, simply click and drag between two items with the tool equipped. When equipped, you can see ‘wires’ that link components to each other. The connection tool is the item that will help bring your ideas to life.

If your vehicle ever gets knocked over, clicking on the vehicle with the lift equipped will set it the right way up. It’s on your hotbar as default, and when placed in the world can be controlled with the up and down arrow keys. This is vital when adding things like wheels and suspension to your vehicles.

The lift is great for hoisting your creations above you so you can tinker underneath them easily. When starting out, the two tools you need to know about are the lift and the connection tool. Tapping Q will alter the direction of items, which is useful for altering blocks to drag horizontally (for floors) or vertically (for walls). Block-like items, such as wood and metal, can be click-and-dragged out into bigger sections for large-scale coverage. When creating new inventions, items will first appear in the word as transparent blueprints, and will then become solid when you click to place them. To use items, click and drag them from the inventory into your hotbar, and select them with either the number keys or mousewheel. They’re all quite self-explanatory, and range from engines that make your creations move, to simple decorations to make your settlements more homely. Just press ‘I’ to open the inventory and scroll through the many items.

Scrap Mechanic currently only has a ‘create’ mode, which is wonderful because it means every component in the game is already in your inventory in unlimited quantities.
