Mag-boots
What to know
Mag boots, short for magnetic boots, were a mechanic allowing players and NPCs to traverse a surface in zero G as if it is normal ground.
Mag boots, short for magnetic boots, were a mechanic allowing players and NPCs to traverse a surface in zero G as if it is normal ground.
This was implemented in the past but got removed.
Cloud Imperium Games did not consider them to be versatile enough as they require a surface players can magnetize themselves to. Instead, CIG decided to work a new more versatile system called Align to Surface, allowing players to align themselves with any solid surface including non magnetized ones, such as asteroids, by using the EVA thruster packs keeping players pushed down to the surface.
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