Directional Thruster Plumes

[Madman198237]

I looked, found nothing, so here is my obvious and simple request/suggestion/impolite demand/whatever you may call it.

Make plume direction be determined by thruster orientation.

Recently ran into this issue on a build where I was using thrusters for an engine-core sort of look...and needed thrusters pointed up, down, and to the sides...not just backwards.

 

[Spoolooni]

I support this idea but could care less about your reasoning for it. My reason for my agreement and support is to have those jackarses that use thruster plumes as kitchen tops to have one hell of a good time.

 

[Madman198237]

So you disagree with people's aesthetic choices and their stovetops?

Whatever. As long as you swear your eternal servitude agree with me, I don't really care why.

 

[kikaha]

Yes please ! We NEED those thruster plums to be orientable !!

 

[jayman38]

Much like lighting was removed from capacitors, I think effects should be removed from system blocks and re-implemented as decoration. I think thruster plumes need to be created by decoration blocks, not thruster systems.

 

[Lecic]

Much like lighting was removed from capacitors, I think effects should be removed from system blocks and re-implemented as decoration. I think thruster plumes need to be created by decoration blocks, not thruster systems.

Lighting was removed from capacitors because textures were given the ability to glow. Why should we need to waste an ID and ship space on a decorative glowing block? I don't have a problem with adding a glowing plume block on top of thrusters already, but don't remove it from thrusters.

 

[jayman38]

Lighting was removed from capacitors because textures were given the ability to glow. Why should we need to waste an ID and ship space on a decorative glowing block? I don't have a problem with adding a glowing plume block on top of thrusters already, but don't remove it from thrusters.

Your opinion is appreciated. However, I use thrusters in close quarters as productive decoration (versus non-productive decorative blocks like girders, computers, and fans), and having a thruster plume obnoxiously cut off my hallway or intrude into some other unwelcome area is irritating. For instance, I never use a "fan" block when a thruster vent will do. Maybe instead of removing plumes completely, it would be useful to be able to turn the plume off, similar to turning a light block off.

I was able to use capacitors as a maintenance-space light, while still being useful. It wasn't the standard maintenance amber, but it lit the space well enough. Texture glow maps just aren't the same.

 

[kikaha]

There are plenty of other blocks to give that circular decoration bit other than the thruster block.
And you can still use the sides of the thruster block.

Directionale plums would be so good for a lot of ships. Brings life to the build on a macro scale.

 

[dwwojcik]

Glowing maneuvering jets would be way better than flat blue circle maneuvering jets!

 

[Zerefette]

Why this hasn't happened already?

 

[MacThule]

Why this hasn't happened already?

Because it's cool but I think they're still trying to make the playable part of the game work. The part where you can play. I'm sure once we go Beta we will see a ton more decorative and effect blocks come out that people can use for stoves and toasters and hair driers and tea kettles. For now, well, it's Alpha. It's about core game elements.

For now I think their priority is making gameplay work. Balancing core systems like chunk processing, LoD, ship systems, trade, mining, drones, fleets, AI, planets... you know - stuff that isn't just making a block meant for one thing look better when used as something it was absolutely never intended to be.

But long run I like the idea. I'd love to see waaay more cool glowing and plumes and flashy lights. I want a block that creates atmospheric effects like smoke/fog! Some day; once we have planets and crew and the new power system is balanced.

 

[Star-Boy]

For the time being you can get directional thruster plumes by using docked thrusters.

 

[Xskyth]

don't forget to make the plume logic activatable, is that a word?, so the oven can be tuned on and off
maybe even add thruster damage for execut.... i mean realizm..

 

[AtraUnam]

This would be nice, maybe even have them direction specific so forward facing plumes only activate if the ship is decelerating, side plumes if the ship is strafing etc...

 

[madman Captain]

I suggested the same in another thread but I called it Steering thrusters and nobuddy cared. But who cares, I still want it.

 

[SneakyFish]

I support this idea but could care less about your reasoning for it. My reason for my agreement and support is to have those jackarses that use thruster plumes as kitchen tops to have one hell of a good time.

Ship accelerates downward, eggs get incinerated