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Really great use of textures to create pipe ports. Nicely done.

I think this goes along with a free-rotation dock block, and adds directional movement. I like it. On the other hand, maybe instead of a new kind of rail, maybe we could have a new "restriction selector" block that links to the existing rails. In either case, it could lead to "ball joints"...

Having personally-scouted "map routes" saved for fast loading and traveling would add to the fun of the game. ("Kessel Run in Less than 12 sectors....")

I may be behind the times, but here is what I think I know. 1. Yes, you should be able to mount turrets to docked "children" entities. Caveat: I don't think you can mount turrets on turrets. (Why would you want to? For one, to place anti-missile turrets onto a primary weapon turret. However...

I'm wondering about the best way to handle the player interface. Schine would probably come up with better ideas, but I'm thinking.... 0. Instead of having separate selections, would it be better to have the AI prompt the player, to verify that it can fire on the selected entity? This wouldn't...

I guess so... But it doesn't seem to add a lot to gameplay. Plus, I don't see a lot of players eager to build a ton of unprotected bases. More likely, the player who wants station-blocks working on ships wants a portable base, with fewer stations to tie them down. After all, you could take it...

I think that the final cleanup disappearance can be covered up with a nice explosion effect to show the ship detonating, like we see in movies. Derelicts would be a nice salvage mechanic, but cleanup is more important, and an explosion effect would make it so worth it. If you want to salvage the...

Queesdy's suggestion included removing special shapes and just having cubes and "conforming blocks". If you want to keep the ability to set the shape, you need to keep special shapes, in addition to the "conforming blocks". Edit: Meta colors would not be needed if you used a linked-display...

I use creative building mode, so I'm always interested in more detailed shapes. Me and designers like me will still be interested in the concept for more detailed angles.

The only things I can think of are short-term and disposable. 1. Already mentioned: Multiple giant rotating armor cylinders that do not rotate in sync. Unless the attacker has cracker-jack timing, they'll need to hit the armor barrels several times to get through. If your station is really...

Suggestion from someone who doesn't deal with cloaking or warheads: Since the warheads are considered unstable, and cloaked warheads are considered a problem, maybe make cloaking a "destabilizing environment" that auto-detonates warheads. No more cloaker-pokers. That suggestion prohibits the...

Another way to look at power is to compare it to (real-life) water: Power Capacity (capacitors) is like a pool and Power generation (reactors and aux) are like a hose feeding the pool. So everything that requires power pulls water out of the metaphorical pool. If you have something steady, like...

Um.... The Earth's circumference is 40 million meters. Are you trying to tell me that only 81 of these ships would encircle the Earth? Someone's scale is off. According to Wikipedia, the gundeck is only 57 m long, so 56k millimeters maybe, but at that scale, who measures in millimeters?

I imagine the repair function could be deactivated when installed on a ship. Or any other function that doesn't fit.

I think it was simply limited to stations to give stations more value. I agree with the suggestion.

I agree with this suggestion with the caveat that there should be some astronaut tool like a jump pack or harpoon reel to regain the same effect as the current super-jump. There are plenty of ships out there that rely on the super-jump just to get from one floor to the next.

I would still assume that overheating ships will still eventually explode, so one would need to get in there and salvage those ships quick. It does make space a bit more interesting if one can find it. So the nav waypoint is a very great improvement to loot clouds that would solve that issue.

A particle cloud is not different enough from the existing mechanic for me. I'd rather see the entity have a separate inventory list that is added to when it dies, or when a storage locker or factory block is destroyed. The item stack limitation will ensure that you never receive more than 2...

It worked well enough for that opponent on that server, because the ranges were all set so much farther than in the vanilla game. The ships were only 100m apart, and the pulse was still touching him. I think the vanilla game pulse range is only about 10-40 blocks. With such a short range, your...