Kupu's thread

[Valck]

on the other hand, power caps have always served as a really nice ambient light source in low budget ships, which is sort of a QOL issue.

I feel personally and deeply offended over having my ships called "low-budget" ; )

But seriously, if you're indeed having issues with animated textures hitting your frame rate, you probably have a problem with your graphics setup.
However an option to disable texture animation wouldn't hurt, as I can imagine how someone might not like the visual effect, regardless of FPS.

EDIT: On the other hand, that could probably be solved with a custom block config? Which of course would be much more demanding to set up properly than a simple 'yes/no' checkbox.

 

[kiddan]

I don't seem to get problems with animated block animations dropping frames when I make HUGE cubes of them in frigates, and I play on a laptop... It is a pretty high-end laptop though.

 

[kupu]

now power capacitors are a different beast because they do cause lighting updates.

"they have no impact, the chunk refresh also takes equally long with or without light" - Schema.

Apparently lit blocks should not be causing an FPS drop. I enquired some time back as i was considering a new light emitting block.
Surprising, right?
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EDIT: On the other hand, that could probably be solved with a custom block config? Which of course would be much more demanding to set up properly than a simple 'yes/no' checkbox.

Yes, it absolutely could. As simple as finding the values <animation>true</animation> and setting them to false.

 

[therimmer96]

Will the damage texture get an emmisive so that we can have the orange glow come back and actually glow? :D

 

[testkil]

kupu Are connected textures or textures that when togheter make a bigger pattern possible in a game like starmade? just wondering

 

[therimmer96]

kupu Are connected textures or textures that when togheter make a bigger pattern possible in a game like starmade? just wondering

Possible? Yes.

Worth it? Not really, you can barely see textures unless your face is buried in the block

 

[Valck]

Possible? Yes.

Worth it? Not really, you can barely see textures unless your face is buried in the block

Definitely worth it at least for display modules. Would I love to see that. A lot would need to be changed for that though.

 

[Nauvran]

I would love connected textures for engines, maybe even decorative blocks too.
It would also give us a step towards having better looking weapons and that projectile size scaling.

 

[testkil]

I would love connected textures for engines, maybe even decorative blocks too.
It would also give us a step towards having better looking weapons and that projectile size scaling.

glass too , people use it to represent realistic cockpits and you see edges on the glass, it annoys the view, also advanced armor looks a lot like cubes stacked on each other even from far (speaking of allot of those blocks togheter)

 

[Nauvran]

glass too , people use it to represent realistic cockpits and you see edges on the glass, it annoys the view, also advanced armor looks a lot like cubes stacked on each other even from far (speaking of allot of those blocks togheter)

Agreed, advanced armour could use something to make it a bit prettier when it is in large groups.

Spoiler: Example on advanced being "blocky and the crystal armour issues"

Look in the background to the right and ignore the Taxi

And I also agree with the glass, or crystal armour as it's called, it kinda ruins RP ships if you want to force players to watch through the "glass" in a cockpit. (Look at the spoiler, this time ignore the station)

 

[kupu]

Will the damage texture get an emmisive so that we can have the orange glow come back and actually glow? :D

Great idea, but currently impossible with how our emissives are stored (on the alpha channel). Something to look into i think.

kupu Are connected textures or textures that when togheter make a bigger pattern possible in a game like starmade? just wondering

Yea, possible. Discussed too. It is desired, but low priority and untested.

Possible? Yes.

Worth it? Not really, you can barely see textures unless your face is buried in the block

Isn't that the exact reason why we would put them in? It allows the patterns and detailing to scale beyond a cubic meter that currently requires face burying.

 

[therimmer96]

but the texture is reversed and goes up

Spoiler

YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD

 

[Equilibrium21]

What computer is that?

 

[therimmer96]

What computer is that?

It says in the picture! Its quite clearly an "ump" computer

 

[Equilibrium21]

It's not the full name, is it a jump computer or something new?

 

[therimmer96]

It's not the full name, is it a jump computer or something new?

it's a jump inhibitor, Lancake confirms in chat

 

[Equilibrium21]

Okay nice, thank you

 

[Ithirahad]

Magnificent bastard indeed. The jump inhibitor texture is awesome :D

 

[Reilly Reese]

Perfect for those ships that prefer a darker tone.

 

[Ithirahad]

Perfect for those ships that prefer a darker tone.

Yeah. Also perfect for ships that don't want noobs running away.