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[QUOTE=Tmaxx;44394288]anyone else noticed that the cargo ships have conveyors on the front of them that lead to nothing? forshadowing that we may be able to transfer contents from one ship to another without using an astronaut as a middleman?[/QUOTE] the mining hauler has a whole network of conveyors in the walls and floors linking everything together, and then a bunch of them on the front too. Like it was meant to either have miners dock there and empty, or it was meant to dock and transfer everything to a station Super neat either way

[QUOTE=Binladen34;44393422][t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/577892111191883390/49D0159C2578725E78001B6118D870618799AD35/[/t] [t]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/577892111193589824/12025A3BFDE8647CFE965CDF7CDE1B1EF258B60C/[/t] Updated, massive improvements such as actually having incoming for supplies.[/QUOTE] you know its 3d so you don't have to make the whole thing just a flat, bland carbon-copy of tigstation right :v: like, add some interest like stairs, different ceiling heights and other z-level stuff like crawlspaces under the floor, or multiple levels conected by stairwells and elevators

[QUOTE=paindoc;44395586]the mining hauler has a whole network of conveyors in the walls and floors linking everything together, and then a bunch of them on the front too. Like it was meant to either have miners dock there and empty, or it was meant to dock and transfer everything to a station Super neat either way[/QUOTE] that's what made me bring it up. I hope we get large mining drills too, and I hope they look like the comical cone-shaped ones <3

[QUOTE=krail9;44395629]you know its 3d so you don't have to make the whole thing just a flat, bland carbon-copy of tigstation right :v: like, add some interest like stairs, different ceiling heights and other z-level stuff like crawlspaces under the floor, or multiple levels conected by stairwells and elevators[/QUOTE] I liked the idea of it being flat since it all went so nicely, but yeah after walking around I'm gonna get to doing that, cause it's pretty bland.

glass soon fellow spacemen [video=youtube;im5-4PRQUms]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im5-4PRQUms[/video]

I hope there will be small ship glass parts too, cockpits are fragile as hell

Didn't they say there were some engine limitations to transparency and so it wasn't possible? Huh, I guess they changed the engine. :v:

[QUOTE=blazingfly;44399192]Didn't they say there were some engine limitations to transparency and so it wasn't possible? Huh, I guess they changed the engine. :v:[/QUOTE] Well it is their engine afterall. Sometimes things just dont seem possible and then you figure out how.

I hope that we get some more complex glass windows of different sizes; with colourable outsides. I want little airplane windows. Or large round circular windows. How Important do you guys think it is that we have practical looking ships though? Like... - You need to put ammo blocks by weapons. Making sure that there aren't fighters with more guns than room. - Large ships need to deal with the ventilation of both harmfull (wasteproduct produced by some reactors, smoke and fire, bioweapons, coolant needed for some items) and positive gas (life support) - AI Crew need sleeping space. you could probably put four futuristic bunkbeds in a single block's space. (I quite like human revolution's little wall homes) Maybe some hamocks further down the line. - Cargo blocks and items can be put on conveyor belts so that they reach the desired location with little fuss. (also some containers would have a little hole on them so that items can come in/out automaticaly)

For those of you who aren't having any ships spawn, give this a try. [url]http://forums.keenswh.com/post/cargo-ships-etc-respawn-timer-6826884?pid=1282146087#post1282146087[/url]

[QUOTE=blazingfly;44399192]Didn't they say there were some engine limitations to transparency and so it wasn't possible? Huh, I guess they changed the engine. :v:[/QUOTE] Theres never engine limitations (when they can change whatever they like and are not lazy) and I believe it was cofirmed to be some "so legit" 10 year old that said its not possible and everyone apparently believes anyone. They have not changed away from Voxelrage, their engine.

[QUOTE=The Jack;44399558]I hope that we get some more complex glass windows of different sizes; with colourable outsides. [B]I want little airplane windows[/B]. Or large round circular windows. [/QUOTE] Hell yes. Colonial One, here I come!

Is there a quicker way of getting materials from a mining drill to a refinery other than transporting bit by bit by hand?

[QUOTE=MadBomber;44400090]Is there a quicker way of getting materials from a mining drill to a refinery other than transporting bit by bit by hand?[/QUOTE] Not until conveyor belts are working. If there's a small ship refinery (don't think there is, but I can't remember), you could trying attaching the drill storage door to one of the refinery input/output doors.

Nope, no small refinery. What i do is dump all the ore into the mobile refinery platform i built and is parked on the mining asteroid. I have inventory space at 10x so its not that hard. Then i just transport the ingots back to the outpost. I wish i could set player inventory to 10x but cargo containers to 1x or 3x. I like being able to carry a ton, but the fact that my base only needs two small containers to hold everything is a little depressing.

Can someone explain the mining to me a bit? I didn't measure the time or anything but the hand-drill seems much more efficient at mining than the small ship drills, provided you have a gravityfield and a place that the ore stops. Is the holding capacity of the drills supposed to be the only advantage? How do you reduce the wobble from the small ship drills? You just need to make the mining ship really heavy?

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;44400761]Can someone explain the mining to me a bit? I didn't measure the time or anything but the hand-drill seems much more efficient at mining than the small ship drills, provided you have a gravityfield and a place that the ore stops. Is the holding capacity of the drills supposed to be the only advantage? How do you reduce the wobble from the small ship drills? You just need to make the mining ship really heavy?[/QUOTE] Generally the wobbling isn't too bad once you're actually drilling into the rock. I use a pair of gyroscopes on my little mining ship, with 4 small thrusters pointing in each direction. It still shakes around, but it's manageable.

I want uniform textures for the light/heavy armor instead of this crazy squiggly line stuff. Riveted plates for light armor, welded for heavy would be cool. I was gonna do it myself but I have no idea how to generate normal maps for this stuff.

[QUOTE=Grenadiac;44401586]I want uniform textures for the light/heavy armor instead of this crazy squiggly line stuff. Riveted plates for light armor, welded for heavy would be cool. I was gonna do it myself but I have no idea how to generate normal maps for this stuff.[/QUOTE] I would say that for the hull, it's the future and the game is supposed to be realistic, we could probably assume that Metal surfaces should be smooth. Though I myself realy want a hull set based around uncovered pipes and wires. I'd say that both textures should be flat and have no detail on them. However I would suggest that one armour type is reflective shiney whilst the other is non-reflectively shiney.

[QUOTE=The Jack;44401842]I would say that for the hull, it's the future and the game is supposed to be realistic, we could probably assume that Metal surfaces should be smooth. Though I myself realy want a hull set based around uncovered pipes and wires. I'd say that both textures should be flat and have no detail on them. However I would suggest that one armour type is reflective shiney whilst the other is non-reflectively shiney.[/QUOTE] Maybe they could do different material themes?

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;44400761]Can someone explain the mining to me a bit? I didn't measure the time or anything but the hand-drill seems much more efficient at mining than the small ship drills, provided you have a gravityfield and a place that the ore stops. Is the holding capacity of the drills supposed to be the only advantage? How do you reduce the wobble from the small ship drills? You just need to make the mining ship really heavy?[/QUOTE] So guys what's the advantage of small ship drills over the hand-drill? Should I just hand-drill stuff with gravity generators pulling the ore in one place or something like that?

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;44402394]So guys what's the advantage of small ship drills over the hand-drill? Should I just hand-drill stuff with gravity generators pulling the ore in one place or something like that?[/QUOTE] I always thought the ship drills were a lot faster And they automatically collect most of the mined ore

[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;44402508]I always thought the ship drills were a lot faster And they automatically collect most of the mined ore[/QUOTE] I didn't run the numbers really but with the gravity thing I collect ore much much faster than a single small ship drill. Even when adding the time it takes to collect the ore and put it in the container (that's right next to the place where the ore lands). I tried adding more drills and tested it with a ship that had 9, it still wasn't as fast.

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;44400761]Can someone explain the mining to me a bit? I didn't measure the time or anything but the hand-drill seems much more efficient at mining than the small ship drills, provided you have a gravityfield and a place that the ore stops. Is the holding capacity of the drills supposed to be the only advantage? How do you reduce the wobble from the small ship drills? You just need to make the mining ship really heavy?[/QUOTE] Hand drills mine out a small space and you have to pick up the chunks by hand, but the chunks are fairly big. Ship drills carve out a much larger space and automatically store their haul, and the little rubble chunks leftover are optional to collect. As for wobble reduction, try having extra thrusters and place your drills so that their rotation counteracts each other.

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[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;44402725]Hand drills mine out a small space and you have to pick up the chunks by hand, but the chunks are fairly big. Ship drills carve out a much larger space and automatically store their haul, and the little rubble chunks leftover are optional to collect.[/QUOTE] Ye I get it, the question was about the amount mined in the same time. Seems to me like the hand drill + gravity is more efficient than up to 9 small ship drills. Am I doing something wrong?

[QUOTE=Silly Sil;44403179]Ye I get it, the question was about the amount mined in the same time. Seems to me like the hand drill + gravity is more efficient than up to 9 small ship drills. Am I doing something wrong?[/QUOTE] I think the point is that hand drills both consume suit power and your own inventory is much smaller than that of the drill - and in addition to this, the drill automatically "eats" the ore you mine whereas with a hand drill the rocks might just fly out of the hole leading to you having to catch them.

[QUOTE=esalaka;44403491]I think the point is that hand drills both consume suit power and your own inventory is much smaller than that of the drill - and in addition to this, the drill automatically "eats" the ore you mine whereas with a hand drill the rocks might just fly out of the hole leading to you having to catch them.[/QUOTE] I don't need to catch anything, the ore nicely piles up in a corner thanks to gravity generators. The size of my inventory is non-issue either, I simply turn away my face from the ore pile and put it all in a container once my inventory is full. It seemed to me like this way of doing it is much more efficient than using the small ship drills, I came here to check if I'm correct on this.

[video=youtube;Hv6RbEOlqRo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv6RbEOlqRo[/video] I am doing anything i can do to let them add Text 2 Speech or that background song for April Fools (if they were planning to do one) :v: