Recent content by vuvko

The idea was not about making every ship look good. It was about making good-looking ships be at least as efficient as death cubes. Well, rails update made every last ship with turrents outdated.

You at least forgot about weapon groups and docking enhancers. But hey, OP was asking only about shields anyway.

There is no bonus for shield being in a single group or specific shape. So yes, now you can put shield modules (also thrusters) anywhere.

Wow, I think Tobie's analysis should be linked in first post. It's great overview!

Great thing! But right now you cannot do this. As i wrote before, in my opinion combat cannot be balanced until you can stamp cubes of everything without loosing effectiveness. Nothing wrong with configurating server for your needs.

Exatcly that, plus they are also very powerfull. To build good ship for PvP, PvE, and everything else you need nothing but build 10x10x10 (or even bigger, depends on server) cubes of every system (for now even reactors, because of 1m regen softcap).

Again about human judgment. There is already a thread about what doom cube is. And there you can see that everyone has it's own opinion. No one says anything about restricting shapes. Want cuboic shape --- build it, like spheres --- give it a try. As I understand OP, it's all about non-cuboic...

Sorry, missed it. Than it can work on one ship. But what about turrets and drones and logic-linked computers (now I understand for what purpose)?

Sorry, I thought it was all started with your post about building functional system in any shape in Minecraft. ---------------------- I think good API could do such a thing, even creating more complex system designs with armor consuming for shield capacity and speed to jump right into your...

No need for logic linking computers. Ever build salvager that has one computer but a lot of output beams? Same here, have one computer, a lot of weapon groups, attached to this computer, maybe even in "double-grid" form. And here you go, Bunch of small groups attached to one computer, same DPS...

No arguments seen. I think idea is at least interesting. Making good ship designs worth a time, good-looking ships not been overpowered by doom cubes (not those with good exterior\interior, just whole cubes of systems). I know nothing about Minecraft, but you're counterpointing with an example.

1. I think it was made in mod http://starmadedock.net/threads/shader-mods-bearishs-super-mega-mod-thread-of-doom.1599/ . But I cannot see how it helps in PvP. 4. Default speed can be changed in server configuration file (search THRUST_SPEED_LIMIT). And missile's speed is based on default speed...

Good time, colleagues. I'm Andrei aka vuvko, 21. Studing applied math and CS and working in computer vision group as a reseacher. I love games, most of it. I like RPGs, strategies, adventures, blah-blah-blah. Also fan of tabletop games, especially tabletop RPGs, and have little collection. I was...

The only one efficient shape for game in it's current state is cubes. As large as sector and without any holes inside. So no, you cannot build a functional ship in any shape, not convinced. Maybe we don't understand OP completely. But as I see it, there is no restrictions in whole ship shape...

Hi, I'm a bit new here, but I cannot stand some thoughts. Sorry, it's just my subjective opinion and everything fine if you disagree with it. As Skyrim is sandbox, as pretty every game with open world and something to do in it (farming, RPing, just running nude). And what whould you like...