Hardspace: Shipbreaker – How To Remove Glass
Games dedicated to building and disassembling things are inherently satisfying. Seeing your hard work come together, either in an act of epic creation or meticulous disassembly, feels great, and that feeling is what makes sci-fi sim what it is Hardspace: Shipbreaker appeals to.
The player’s goal is to salvage as many valuable components as possible from a ship. In order to dispose of components, scrap metal and other raw materials safely, they have to use their tools intelligently and pay attention to everything in their surroundings. In another game, cutting glass would be a simple, even thoughtless, matter. While cutting glass isn’t the hardest part Hardspace: Shipbreaker, It can be difficult and even dangerous if the player is not careful. Here’s everything the player needs to know about how to remove glass properly.
Basics of glass cutting
salvage one Hardspace: Shipbreaker is as complicated as it is cinematic. There are two basic tools available to the player Hardspace: Shipbreaker: the hand gripper and the Modular laser cutter. That cutter can be switched between two different cutting modes: dem sting, who shoots a narrow beam, and the jigsaw, that cuts everything along a broad line. That spike is the more precise but slower of the two, and while it may seem the obvious choice for the delicate glass cutting process, the jigsaw can reliably be used in its place once the player knows how.
The first step is to enter the ship through its airlock (or a controlled breach if the airlock is not possible). Botching the entry has unintended and hilarious but deadly consequences, so it’s always worth taking your time with this step of the process. Finally, no glass to cut and salvage when the entire ship explodes and the player is dead.
How to cut glass
Once inside the ship, the player can use theirs scanner to quickly find and enter the cockpit. The player can now align the crosshairs of his jigsaw with the metallic bracing around the glass. Take as much time as necessary to line up the crosshairs correctly. There might not be any sci-fi monsters to worry about, but that doesn’t mean this procedure is completely safe. A misfire here will result in damage to the glass, or an even more catastrophic result if the laser accidentally cuts something dangerous like explosive or flammable cargo.
Firing the ripsaw vaporizes the metal brace. The player must now repeat this process with each brace until there is no more metal to hold the glass in place. The glass is braced at the top, bottom and sides, requiring the player to swap it out jigsaw Alignment from vertical to horizontal to complete the final cuts.
Once the last staple is cut, the glass will float freely and the player can switch to theirs grappler to move the glass away from the ship. Throw the glass in the Oven, and the glass cutting part of the salvage operation will be completed. Cutting glass is a relatively easy way to earn some credits, and in a sci-fi game where every decision counts, it pays to get the job done right.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is now available for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.