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Tested and true. Eye-Ball turret I can't speak about combat effectiveness but it did win one tournament with evenly matched ships. (50K blocks/one turret only/no swarm-missiles.) Lag was never a problem (and there were plenty of things that would lag that server). I realize that this turret...

If this idea proves to be sound each factory should have a selector tab for different modes. Normal mode would be the current default (fast & inefficient) or a slower 'efficient' mode that uses less Mats but is slower. Depending on the choice the factory would decide to use the optimizer or not...

I agree. Logging onto a server I expect to have no secrets from the admin. Every BP I create on that server is already being stored locally and the server has access to them, so...I could not be any more exposed. I accept this implicitly. I choose a server carefully and my choice is informed by...

Food for thought: We have many different perspectives on this issue and some confusion due to vague or lack of terminology. First some background. A Blue print must assume the roles of multiple documents that don't currently exist in SM. A blueprint currently is: 1) A schematic that includes...

I am fine with that. I don't expect Shine to maintain a bubble around me or my builds to guarantee my safety. Slowing down potential thefts will help tremendously even with loopholes. If someone wants to cut and paste to get around copy-protection 'good for them' I say...that shows initiative...

Yeah, I remember loving the inventory system in DeusEx the first two play-throughs. By the fifth (of twelve) I was referring to DeusEx as the inventory game. Or 'fun-with-crates'.

Now for the real discussion. Thanks Dr. Whammy, this is a good start. Good point Benevolent27. In fact your post had a lot of good, tough questions regarding server resets and such. Ideally I would like to see this planned for so as not to be an issue. Back-ups would need to have access to...

Let me be more plain then. I share my builds because I want build-knowledge to spread in SM. I don't care about the credits I get for my builds, I never did and since credits are are pretty worthless (compared to Mats) no builders I know are motivated by money. I have some builds that are not on...

Jojomo 1) Straw-man argument. You focus entirely on the assumption that designers want to get rich and have said nothing about the security of clever-ideas that has been a theme among builders who support a little copy-protection. This kinda amounts to 'look at my shiny X-formula' which in...

Yeah! Go Mozart! Woohoo!;)

Well lots of text does not make a wall. I had no trouble following that and I have had similar observations in MP. SM seems to have a healthy amount of role-players who try their best to crowbar RP elements into a server even though the tools don't exist yet. Let's give them the tools, starting...

So this brings up a question in my mind. Is Starmade going out of it's way to force all new players to adopt a build-centric approach to the game? Other non-building games will hand-hold new players because that is the demographic playing those games. Many games have only limited crafting (not...

Yes I have experienced that too but not lately. (Reboot?) In addition, if you spawn a Base I believe it will slowly drift until it reaches the center of the sector.

Way to shake things up Cookie. GJ!

1) Mythical 'good customer' fails to learn who actually designed previous builds due to design theft and loss of build-credit to the creator. 2) Theoretical 'new' customer just waits to rip off your latest design because paying commission is for chumps. Or...at best; creative designers are left...

The Spice must flow.

Not necessarily. You could 'float' the turret-barrels as if they were drones.

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Yes, both options are useful in different ways. A contact link would act like a sensor trigger so that, for example, a text alert will display when a docking event happens.

Well since you asked...like the hypno-kitten chorus a wall of text can make my brain kind of zone out like white noise. I will compare it to having a lot of useful tools in a disorganized tool-kit. It does me no good to have a great tool if I can't find it. You only have to type it once but it...