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I think that the turtling epidemic is greatly exaggerated. My guess is that the main reason people don't leave their home base is that there is little out in the universe for them to do, thus they hang out at base and build while they wait for that to change. Will the faction changes "fix"...

To me it seems like a simple mechanic that shows that the NPC faction does mine their system(s), without creating any lag or server burden of having the AI actually plotting courses and mining with ships. Not to mention that the depth of programming that would be necessary to have build and...

My sense was that the asteroids were only affected in the AI faction-controlled areas. I would hope that rock respawn would resume if they lost control of the system.

The fleet AI certainly seems to suggests that it could be done. Prior to that, and as you see weapon turrets functioning now, the turret would aim for the center point of an enemy ship for the most part. I've made salvage turrets before, and the problem was that they do the same thing - simply...

I think someone else said it previously in this thread - but most of your decisions are baked into the ship that you design. It determines what options are available to you, making that first decision, fight or flight, fairly easy. Stealth is an option, and I think it's foolish not to have a...

Area triggers work very well with permission modules...in a manner of speaking. Cover the doorway with area triggers so that players can't activate the door by clicking on it, then attach the plex-door to an activator block. Place your faction permission block, and voila.

How do you sneak onto the base in astronaut mode without leaving your ship in danger?

Now they're using two or more players to utilize one weapon, which seems even less efficient. That also raises another question - what happens if there are multiple painters in use at the same time?

I can't stand plex-doors. The fact that they simply vanish just breaks any immersion I have. I tried to sex them up with activator buttons or area triggers, but people just ignored the buttons, and I've always found area triggers to be unreliable. I do use them, but only to cut down on the...

Seems to me there is some inherent balance in the fact that, while you're painting a target, you're not doing much of anything else. Holding down that mouse button while missiles travel to a target, and trying to keep the cursor actually on a target that may just be a pixel in the distance...

A typical AMS turret for me, particularly on smaller ships, is a twin barrel. Each barrel consists of two cannon blocks in front, a cannon computer behind, and the ship core and a colored light block at the back. The bobby AI and the docking block are set beneath the cannon computer. I put...

I can see this working for the heat seeking missile - causing all such missile to go after the painted target. Given that I've had heat seekers wander off in search of a base in the next sector and ignore the enemy swarming around my ship, that's a good thing. As for balance, the difficulty in...

I don't remember doing anything more than making players enter a password and hitting play. Granted, its been close to a year since the last time I invited players to join my personal game.

I'm scratching my head as to why it seems more difficult to create an online server now than it was before the improved menus. Where's the "easy button?"

Whatever you build, make sure it has lots of tentacles. :)

I think it's totally a fashion choice. I tend to view my salvage ships as construction equipment, so I typically place the bridge (or cab) off to the side like you would see on an excavator. While I'm mining I'm going to be looking through a camera that provides a good view regardless of where...

I just want to host a server for a friend to join and help build from time to time. I used to be able to do this, but with the new menus I can't see a way to make my personal game show up online. When I click on dedicated server (which is not really what I'm going for) it just pops up a server...

I’ve been trying to create more modular ships that add an extra level of realism with their design. As such, I’ve been creating separate engines, power reactors, and anything else that seems practical, then docking them together. Thus you have a ship with an actual engine compartment, power...

I'm intrigued by the idea of switching out faction points with the normal currency. I feel that the current economic model excludes the currency. Don't get me wrong, I like the crafting system, it's only that when credits are only necessary in such a limited fashion, either drop it altogether...

There isn't any way to have a sniper missile activated by logic aim on its own. It's as you said, only the heat-seeking swarmer missile, which selects targets after launch, has any form of guidance. You could create a turret that launches dumb-fire missiles. Have a separate weapon system on...