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

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);45190076]perhaps they should make the prefab turrets a shitty alternate to DIY weapons? Things like the bomb block would need a buff or the turrets a nerf. Once we get programming it'll open up interesting things.[/QUOTE]Making the turrets fire slower than an equivalent fixed-direction weapon (or in the case of the gatling turret, make a larger-calibre autocannon alternative) would also work. While a large ship could still fit more of them, accurately hitting targets would be more of a problem if there's a significant difference in agility; so the smaller ship's greater propensity to hit the target with large weapons would be roughly balanced by the turret surface area of the larger target. Large bomb blocks imo definitely don't need a buff, but the small one is almost useless as it currently stands.

[thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822007077/D388A9BFAAD6A20E27F9F51FD69E15918138DA9A/[/thumb] Welcome to the Corporate Shipyards. [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822009198/12AF254EA69FE10368A4752D941C8A1C45C5BC7E/[/thumb] Close-up on the Large Ship Repair Scaffolding [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822010706/D45B8F69ECDC5577F3FE457E3131E2FECC5B04CD/[/thumb] Interior. [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822014181/D3F8F387B3AA45BB23E8503D6DCBE72E3473CD31/[/thumb] Internal small ship repair bays. [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822009198/12AF254EA69FE10368A4752D941C8A1C45C5BC7E/[/thumb] A destroyer in for repairs. [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/579025818822012800/7ED0D28207F4F33A4A9F7F240F8AB319154C3BDE/[/thumb] And a battleship in for repairs. They both fit flawlessly.

Just checking in again, i still frequent the thread a lot. I will pitch the idea of the thrusters from a few pages ago later to the developers.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/4_bar_linkage_animated.gif/220px-4_bar_linkage_animated.gif[/img] Don't have a webm this time but basically discovered you can make these rocking links, except they tend to snag at particular angles.

seems like a pattern that could be used for walking machines. [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] wait nvm actually, I was thinking about the D point being the feet but it literally does nothing but turn in a circle :v:

[QUOTE=scratch (nl);45191406]seems like a pattern that could be used for walking machines. [editline]23rd June 2014[/editline] wait nvm actually, I was thinking about the D point being the feet but it literally does nothing but turn in a circle :v:[/QUOTE] The next thing I want to see is a Klaan linkage: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/F4-motion.gif[/img] It's a bit more involved and it's difficult getting the bars the right size when there's only whole number blocks but I think it can work.

Jansen linkage: [img]http://4volt.com/projects/jansen/LegPair.gif[/img] Less stompy, loses less energy per step.

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;45185360]Sorry but, it takes like 5 years to ready it up, at which point someone will zip by and fire a couple of rockets at it, making it more useless than it already is.[/QUOTE] "I had fun once and it was awful" PvP is not the point. Of course the guy with the most thrusters, gyros and rocket turrets will win. The point is being a creative mind and making up creative contraptions for fun.

[QUOTE=Squeegy Mackoy;45198158]Jansen linkage: [img]http://4volt.com/projects/jansen/LegPair.gif[/img] Less stompy, loses less energy per step.[/QUOTE] In a weird way, this freaks me out.

[QUOTE=Spor;45198619]"I had fun once and it was awful" PvP is not the point. Of course the guy with the most thrusters, gyros and rocket turrets will win. The point is being a creative mind and making up creative contraptions for fun.[/QUOTE]I'm currently orchestrating what might as well be a sword fight in space. Originally I was going to have a ship defend itself with rockets then I realised that sucks.

I made thing. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65276869/Stuff/244850_screenshots_2014-06-23_00003.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;45199654]I made thing. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65276869/Stuff/244850_screenshots_2014-06-23_00003.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Psychedelic space octahedrons?

I was thinking more like, trippy Starship Caltrops.

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;45200275]I was thinking more like, trippy Starship Caltrops.[/QUOTE] Are they filled with cargo cont nukes and warheads?

Mmmaybe.

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;45199654]I made thing. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65276869/Stuff/244850_screenshots_2014-06-23_00003.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Black and White Kha'ak?

[QUOTE=GHOST!!!!;45199654]I made thing. [t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65276869/Stuff/244850_screenshots_2014-06-23_00003.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] they're filled with space nukes aren't they

Dazzle camouflage would be cool in this game. Since regular camouflage is pretty much useless, at least weird patterns would break up the form and make it harder for people to track your bearing and where your weak points are.

Or a material that is hard to see from far away?

[QUOTE=BigBadWilly;45201898]Or a material that is hard to see from far away?[/QUOTE] Like black paint?

Tried disabling the ambient lightning & fog. Wasn't expecting just how much it will change the atmosphere. Feels scary. Like real space. [img]http://puu.sh/9IpTY/6d1eae8272.jpg[/img]

Cam you mod the lights inside to have a larger radius of light?

Chomp. [img]http://a.pomf.se/amrtxx.png[/img]

Here's some updated screenshots of my ship I posted earlier, I reworked the front and added a larger hanger. I also created two identical cargo ships that dock onto the sides for long range transport, they also give added thruster support to the overall craft. [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207918313/65BCD2723FCAA91E7B7819BE428BC3E6939F9FCF/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207919788/9D6ED06EC1EDC0474C715186FE84B6358BF48A1F/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207920896/A296EAF45F4543AEAFB53B3F7BEEB63D5BCB3B61/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207944587/D50921F35999E1CE2759B2680FA4009E22017163/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207921870/05C0AB4D963D1C8E3D0657BEAA603510702431D5/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207923744/89B9437200E3DBBCD55FA99D375151B19ACDB415/[/thumb] Interior: [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207925013/46F26BC5CF2B3F67358F06156E1D45C9861AF025/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207927111/9DAD9CDF89D8DC2EC6523CF7B12E33E398518E99/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207926266/60C6CC65AA5B9AE5FD86AC648AFCE0CA8120F119/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207941103/DB22DFD3697F52E18B0B3B71C60C118294FCAB7A/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207929703/D1B5E55DE9D8F03E6398807C65E7F74291DC2DE1/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207933442/C9137DDE6A0C67800AB223644A64D4ED9B7EDA7A/[/thumb] Bridges/Cockpits/Observation Rooms: [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207935793/841B24842708B500B7F2A83C966C0C709B68F248/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207936823/7EC2E63043B346C98C2B0BFE33F5C6D55E946136/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207937638/C01667C12FF96EC57903882176461783E5B29ABE/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207938654/87AFFDFE4EE41072EF361A52D3FE59B4EAFEE99E/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207939701/EC42B90B98C4AB7D76C248A3E5B0F3EB4344791C/[/thumb] And a couple views from one of the cargo ships [thumb]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207942247/D6894D3F1BDA9939D900D4057A64A84E034930C9/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/469813240207943605/C8F37463820C1CB199DB1E179DAE5A2A1A1EBAFB/[/thumb] The paint job is wip and I haven't gotten around to editing the color of the lighting yet (like every ship I make), but so far I'm happy with it. Sorry for the wall of pics.

the LSG Empire has just finally started talking about nukes, oh how I am laughing I actually took it to them first but was snubbed and called a fraud.

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;45201634]Dazzle camouflage would be cool in this game. Since regular camouflage is pretty much useless, at least weird patterns would break up the form and make it harder for people to track your bearing and where your weak points are.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=BigBadWilly;45201898]Or a material that is hard to see from far away?[/QUOTE] block that has a cloaking mechanism but is weaker OR requires way more resources than light armor

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45206949]block that has a cloaking mechanism but is weaker OR requires way more resources than light armor[/QUOTE] Or slightly weaker and requiring different, less common resources

[QUOTE=damnatus;45203929]Chomp. [img]http://a.pomf.se/amrtxx.png[/img][/QUOTE] I approve.

[QUOTE=JesseR92;45205747]the LSG Empire has just finally started talking about nukes, oh how I am laughing I actually took it to them first but was snubbed and called a fraud.[/QUOTE] I saw a thread on the steam forums that had some people who are in the LSGE talking about ukles and how they're confidential and secret weapons, I was so tempted to just post how to make them in the thread.

[QUOTE=RayvenQ;45207292]I saw a thread on the steam forums that had some people who are in the LSGE talking about ukles and how they're confidential and secret weapons, I was so tempted to just post how to make them in the thread.[/QUOTE] I almost feel bad for how late to the party they are On the other hand it's hilarious and that thread sounds hilarious