Space Engineers - Say goodbye to Starmade and Blockade runner. - Games

One of the devs says next update will be in "a few days". So far it's confirmed to fix a corrupt map bug. [url]http://forums.keenswh.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1280006099&postcount=8[/url]

made an industrial kind of ship [t]http://i.imgur.com/6Exq9Dn.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/U5NGQL7.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/yEGUI6u.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/5uUXI2e.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/Ws7mHsp.jpg[/t] a little proud. made it too small though, not enough power and no space for gravity generator.

Messing about with the idea of a diagonal hangar entrance to minimise direct fire into the bay. Does mean that it's difficult to get out in a hurry, and might mean even more damage is done just by my bad flying; but so far I have managed to get my fat bastard of a cargo hauler through it. Main problem is the camera; it will not allow you to view at an angle that does not have line of sight on the actual cockpit module in small ships, and it gets twitchy in confined spaces. So i'd have to build oversized hangar entrances, which kind of defeats the purpose of minimising the targetable area, and so I might as well just go for a regular hangar entrance with a kind of wall that is easy to navigate past. [t]http://i.imgur.com/i0ntXl4.jpg[/t] Was also planning to have the hangar open up into a sort of trench in which one has to go straight up to get out, but that's even more silly.

[t]http://i.imgur.com/SEjOkdu.jpg[/t] 2 hours of work on a new ship, loosely based on this bit of concept art [t]http://www.igorstshirts.com/blog/conceptships/2012/fausto/fausto_01.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;42596641]Messing about with the idea of a diagonal hangar entrance to minimise direct fire into the bay. Does mean that it's difficult to get out in a hurry, and might mean even more damage is done just by my bad flying; but so far I have managed to get my fat bastard of a cargo hauler through it. Main problem is the camera; it will not allow you to view at an angle that does not have line of sight on the actual cockpit module in small ships, and it gets twitchy in confined spaces. So i'd have to build oversized hangar entrances, which kind of defeats the purpose of minimising the targetable area, and so I might as well just go for a regular hangar entrance with a kind of wall that is easy to navigate past. [t]http://i.imgur.com/i0ntXl4.jpg[/t] Was also planning to have the hangar open up into a sort of trench in which one has to go straight up to get out, but that's even more silly.[/QUOTE] Why not have the hangar entrance be a shaft down into the hangar itself? Have it like you do now, but instead of making it go down diagonally, just have it drop once you get inside. Maybe put the door on the top of your ship, and have the bay in the bottom. You'd still have to sort something out for scrambling fighters, but that might work a bit better.

I think I might have hit upon a solution; having the hangars arranged like so on either the top or bottom. The space between them is more than wide enough for my largest small ships to move without having to be too precise. Also might look fairly cool. [t]http://i.imgur.com/hE7zRtS.jpg[/t] [editline]21st October 2013[/editline] Although unless we get rather sophisticated AI teammates, or servers are run where a team operates a single large ship each, then fighters are likely to be very pointless.

Servers can be run to do whatever you want, man. I fully expect CTF and other gamemodes to be present.

I remember once seeing a video of an IL-2 Sturmovik FP server where 2 teams of players would each crew a gigantic bomber, and just joust each other :v Looked like a massive amount of fun, and i'd imagine it'd be just as fun with spaceships. [editline]21st October 2013[/editline] I'd best get some sleep before I descend into barely-comprehensible madness.

I made a simple practical pirate corvette to go with the mothership. [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/ZFllJ1f.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/XPxMkUBh.jpg[/thumb] [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/XgA5gyJh.jpg[/thumb] bonus obligatory ram pictures: [url]http://imgur.com/a/iZnxN[/url] It's really agile and fast, but lightly armored except for the prow. Which with some adjustments like moving the directional thrusters and the weapons further back it'll make for pretty good ramming/boarding.

The nice part about waiting for this game to come out is looking at peoples creations. I think it has swung me to buying the Steam release even if it never develops beyond a ship builder.

I added some stuff to the roof on my ship, and I figured out that adding hangars would be both practical and make it look prettier, along with essentials like engines and stuff. I also added an armor plate to make the flat part at the back (which is empty space and the staircase) to give some variety. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43645231/photos/games/Space%20Engineer/2013-10-21_00012.jpg[/t] also staircase [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/848093507560689842/0D5232CCAD33CEBE9017FC06F4E9AF0F16F0909E/[/t] I plan on adding the bridge on the left side and do assymetrical engine placement.

I wonder if it would be possible to build a ship with some sort of proboscis that can be used to ram a ship, puncture a hole in the side, and allow a boarding party to enter.

[QUOTE=woolio1;42597508]I wonder if it would be possible to build a ship with some sort of proboscis that can be used to ram a ship, puncture a hole in the side, and allow a boarding party to enter.[/QUOTE] Hollow tunnel, probably 10 units long, with a 3 unit long ramming tip, basing that on how easily these ships rip apart.

[QUOTE=woolio1;42597508]I wonder if it would be possible to build a ship with some sort of proboscis that can be used to ram a ship, puncture a hole in the side, and allow a boarding party to enter.[/QUOTE] I had a similar idea, make a long spear formed ship, it penetrates the enemy ship's outer armour, then out of the tip a swarm of small vessels with drills start tearing up the insides of the enemy ship.

I'm excited for the idea of matches between capital ships including small craft capable of surgically detaching chunks of hull or engine nacelles. [I]ahhhh[/I] if only I'd been able to get in on this when it was available, now I must wait until wednesday.

The reason ships rip apart so "easily" is because when you crash into a ship, it tries to keep itself stationary, so it pushes back against the ramming ship. Turn off the reactors of one and try crashing into it then, much harder.

brace for impact hit y

[QUOTE=blazingfly;42598174]The reason ships rip apart so "easily" is because when you crash into a ship, it tries to keep itself stationary, so it pushes back against the ramming ship. Turn off the reactors of one and try crashing into it then, much harder.[/QUOTE] Turn off both of them, you can turn off reactors while flying and it'll preserve momentum.

If there is going to be 3D modding so we can add objects to the game, then i'm sure hoping for some props pack so i can decorate my ship. Oh man, imagine a complete Star Trek pack full of objects from the series. :v:

[QUOTE=ijyt;42598266]Turn off both of them, you can turn off reactors while flying and it'll preserve momentum.[/QUOTE] So, the speed ratings, are those acceleration rates or top speeds?

Here's a teaser. To something huge. [B]McLargeHuge.[/B] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17610513/ShareX/2013-10/2013-10-21_23-46-30.jpg[/img]

[IMG]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1045125991242885553/BB4DC1BC018BCFADACF7A7D7306F8183CECD6228/[/IMG] This sure is taking up all my spare time... :v:

I want this game x.x

New patch is out. Not sure what the notes are though. But interface changes for sure [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/P6GCc03.png[/thumb]

[t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/17610513/ShareX/2013-10/2013-10-22_00-27-49.jpg[/t] Oh, this is going to be big. Also, when I update the game it better not fuck the save up :v:

Made a civilian frigate of sorts I guess, it aint pretty but it's fast and agile. Side view showing the single turret. [t]http://i.imgur.com/aT6zbGJ.jpg[/t] Cargo Hold [t]http://i.imgur.com/Nna45yn.jpg[/t] The primary engine. [t]http://i.imgur.com/1v0oAbH.jpg[/t] The reactor. I placed small thrusters towards each side resulting in a neat energy effect. [t]http://i.imgur.com/ENA66vF.jpg[/t] The big ugly face. [t]http://i.imgur.com/scKj0EH.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;42599332]They put out an update? [editline]21st October 2013[/editline] So help me if something happens to my save before I take screens of what i've been working on.[/QUOTE] Yeah, and should be decently substantial, but no changelog up yet.

The update was like 5 MB, I doubt much has changed.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;42598523]So, the speed ratings, are those acceleration rates or top speeds?[/QUOTE] Good question, but I'm assuming top speed.

[QUOTE=<man>;42599350] The reactor. I placed small thrusters towards each side resulting in a neat energy effect. [t]http://i.imgur.com/ENA66vF.jpg[/t] [/QUOTE] Oh hey, I dig that. Mind if I use it for my mclargehuge? :v: