I wanted to build a space station with a comparable number of blocks to the default stations that are spawned throughout the StarMade universe, as well as give a basic template of a station without numerous shield and power blocks running throughout the structure. If people like it enough to use it for whatever purpose, they can tune the power and shields to what they want them to be by adding the blocks for them themselves.
The available download and what can be seen below in the images is what I came up with.
For a comparison here's the stats for the default stations:
Stats(Default StarMade Station):
Price: 24,190,100
Blocks: 177,305
Length: 120
Width: 120
Height: 94
Power: 20000.0 (70025.2 e/sec)
Shields: 0.0/0
Stats(My Station):
Price: 20,914,850
Blocks: 123,826
Length: 109
Width: 109
Height: 179
Power: 25635.2 (204,283.4 e/sec)
Shields: 0.0/0
Pics!:
This is an outside view showing the total structure. Top ring is a docking ring, the lower ring is the habitat ring, and the hexagonal structure between them is my idea of a shield emitter array or something of the like:
This is just a view from the bottom:
Finally this is a view of it cut down the center to get an idea of the layout:
From top to bottom - main operations, docking ring, main hangar, cargo bay, secondary operations, habitat ring, and engineering finishes the rest.
Note:
How to load the station -
1) Open StarMade Launcher
2) Start Game
3) On the StarMade Connection Setup Interface go to Tools -> Open Ship Catalog Manager
4) Select Import and select the Research_Station_S.sment file you downloaded
5) Exit the catalog manager and start the game.
6) Find the area you want to load it into and use the following command:
/load Research_Station_S [insert station name here]
Example:
/load Research_Station_S Station100
The available download and what can be seen below in the images is what I came up with.
For a comparison here's the stats for the default stations:
Stats(Default StarMade Station):
Price: 24,190,100
Blocks: 177,305
Length: 120
Width: 120
Height: 94
Power: 20000.0 (70025.2 e/sec)
Shields: 0.0/0
Stats(My Station):
Price: 20,914,850
Blocks: 123,826
Length: 109
Width: 109
Height: 179
Power: 25635.2 (204,283.4 e/sec)
Shields: 0.0/0
Pics!:
This is an outside view showing the total structure. Top ring is a docking ring, the lower ring is the habitat ring, and the hexagonal structure between them is my idea of a shield emitter array or something of the like:
This is just a view from the bottom:
Finally this is a view of it cut down the center to get an idea of the layout:
From top to bottom - main operations, docking ring, main hangar, cargo bay, secondary operations, habitat ring, and engineering finishes the rest.
Note:
How to load the station -
1) Open StarMade Launcher
2) Start Game
3) On the StarMade Connection Setup Interface go to Tools -> Open Ship Catalog Manager
4) Select Import and select the Research_Station_S.sment file you downloaded
5) Exit the catalog manager and start the game.
6) Find the area you want to load it into and use the following command:
/load Research_Station_S [insert station name here]
Example:
/load Research_Station_S Station100
If I can help in some way I will try, however, I would need more information as to when the crash occurs (which step in the process). If the crash occurs before you attempt step 6 then it probably isn't my station that is the problem unless the file here has become corrupted somehow. If you crash after you try step 6 then, again either the file here might have somehow been corrupted or something went wrong in the process.
Also in the future if you have a technical problem with a resource that might not even be the fault of the resource creator, contact the owner of the resource through the private messaging system to see if they can help you get squared away before just rating a resource poorly. As I stated I have my doubts that my station is the cause of the problem since I've not heard of any problems from any of the other 200 people that have downloaded it (but for all I know it may have somehow become corrupted - I'll check for this possibility).
Again if I can help I will try to, just message me at which step in the process for loading the resource the crash occurs. Also if your using some launcher other than the default StarMade launcher to try and load this I can't say for sure if it'll work or if the process steps are even the same. (I only state this because I know some people have worked on making other Launcher programs for StarMade)