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Dear lord, cutting those slits was every bit as terrible as I expected. So I started off by laying out where I wanted to cut in lights so I could get a feel for it from a distance. Then cut it out on just the top layer. Went through and did basic rounding on the edges, and started dropping...

Since 2013? Its pretty much safe to say "everything except selecting blocks and putting them down to make a ship".

Glowie things, because everything needs glowie things! Now I really have to get back to the damned pylons...

I'll shoot you a PM.

Yeah, if you run into a block, just yell and I'll be happy to help ya figure it out!

I personally don't see this as being something we should worry about, honesly. We all know we're playing in an alpha, we all know that what we build now probably won't be fully functional and definitely won't be optimal when the game officially launches. We've already gone through multiple...

There are several places to get free models from. I don't remember precisely where I got this one from, its been kicking around for a while. But places like this are good to start: Star Trek Free 3D Models download - Free3D Basically just google "star trek <ship name> 3d model" and you should...

Okay, through a combination of needing to know where the nacelles were going to meet the pylons to determine where the cutouts should go and more than a little "gawd I'm sick of rounding pylon corners", I decided to start the nacelles. Step 1, as usual, update the pixel map! Using that and...

Yeah, sorry, I really should have more specific. The line tool we have now is more like a column tool really, it doesn't give you a single block line, but every block that touches the hypothetical line down the center. Which usually means you end up with a column 2-3 blocks thick when you...

Her calves are being a real PITA though. That weird combination of three dimensional line has rendered the backs of the pylons completely unworkable with copy/paste. Having to do the whole thing one block at a time. I know it LOOKS like a repeating pattern, but there's *JUST* enough...

Something that I've been dealing with in a large build, but we don't have a build helper for a free form straight line, and it would really help. Specifically, I could have really used it here...

Okay, not a huge update, but I'm at least back at it! Doing a bit of rounding of the square edges of the pylons has proven quite a bit trickier than I expected. What I ended up having to do was to copy/paste a large section of the edge and save it off as a new ship (so I could respawn it in...

Yeah, hole in the roof that leaked through the ceiling of a closet we don't use often. Lost some 50+ year old family photos, its just been a fun time all around. Long story short is we're ripping the entire closet out and having to redo it.

Sorry, life happening, get back to this soon as I can!

This is actually not a good idea because it means the turret can't aim at a distance. The AI wants to aim directly at the target for the Beam to hit, but it wants to lead the shot for the cannon to it. If you have both on the turret, the AI tries to do both at the same time and you'll...

Ah, that moment when all your careful counting and planning pays off. Perfect alignment, first try!

Okay, starting out on the struts, and damn are these hard. First off, sketch it all out so we can see the pixel patterns. Now that we have the lines, we gotta start mapping them into Starmade in full 3D space. To do that, I'm using lights to outline the 2D front and top views. From...

Okay, she's finally got a butt! And I've also reworked the pinstriping so that I'm happier with it. Made it more 3D so it stands out as being a bit more than just "Oh, he used a few different colored blocks" as paint. Just gotta get the stripes extended back all the way now and that'll be...

Okay, been working on finishing the secondary hull. Still got the lower back third to go, but making progress. Don't worry, I'll cut more lights into the hull and get the pinstripes extended later. Mostly trying to get the shapes down at the moment. Okay now, I'm going to put this one in...

Nah, each block placed would be one pixel.