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I generally have to scale my screenshots by 0.5 (half resolution in both dimensions; E.g. 1920 x 1080 images become 960x540) to get them to fit on the forum. I can use GIMP to do it manually, but I normally use a script with the Image Magick software to scale entire folders full of images at a time.

I don't think so. I would highly recommend downloading the U.S.S. Vanquish and finding and riding the on-board roller-coaster and guided tour system, in order to study 3-D rail movement. I found it to be truly enjoyable and enlightening. (It starts in the ship's shopping mall, toward the front...

I am aware of one ship that is a dedicated tutorial ship, dedicated to showing new players details about the game. The description says that it is not meant to replace the in-game tutorial, but I think there's room to have tutorials in various formats, because different players will learn...

After reading this, I'm still not sure how to build it. I hope it will eventually become available on Community Content. Just getting from one side of a chessboard/checkerboard to the other would be mildly thrilling. There are times when I'd love to play minesweeper in 3D. If we get some sweet...

To answer the first question, no, we do not have a list of progression blueprints. We have some "day 1" blueprints available, which illustrate good ships that you can get with the starting supplies. There is value in this discussion in that it illustrates the need for a more interactive...

Yeah, tracking down connections and flowpaths can be tricky. I definitely feel that pain.

The ability to get items "stuck" somewhere in the path seems like more trouble than it's worth. I don't see anything that can't be "pretended" with RP pipes. On the other hand, it would be neat to use 3D-modeled pipes and other such decorative blocks, such as coolant pipes and the "pipes" block...

This sounds like a very logical extension of the rotation control system. Is there an easy way to make this compatible with the current system? Examples: 1. Switch to the new, suggested fraction system when the attached activation blocks number more than 8? (It would be nice if you could...

This sure sounds like a problem with an uncentered joystick poluting the pilot control input. Does the spinning continue when you use "C" to redirect the ship to Galactic North?

I disagree with this suggestion. It seems like too much trouble for too little benefit. Players, especially new ones, would constantly flood chat channels with questions on how to make it work "right", how to use some weird, obscure TTF file that they found on a free font site, how to do even...

It sounds like cutting-and-pasting with minecraft's "wrench" tool, with improved preview. To improve the selection tool, I'd recommend adding the selection options from your average paint program. Namely, "Replace Selection", which is what selection does now; "Add Selection", which adds the new...

Introducing the JM38 AMS Torpedo Shuttle. This shuttle is very moderate with roughly a 0.5 thrust/mass ratio with a maximum speed factor of about 70. One of the most limiting aspects of this design is the limited space for power generation, so it will struggle when multitasking, so the...

Faction draining would need to depend on a minimum mass count (maybe server-configurable). Otherwise, opposing factions could build "stations" made of nothing but cargo or area detection blocks, far offset from the original station grey armor block, making it nearly impossible to remove.

I should think it wouldn't even need to be ordered. I would like to see NPC factions build up their own ships instead of just spawning them in.

Frankly, this is a great idea, to get custom rotation angles. People have wanted different rotation angles ever since the rotors first came out in dev. And it would be so simple to do. Even on separate entities, which can create some really interesting machinery. Find the angle from rotor to...

You've got this here, now, but for future forum suggestions, I would recommend creating a thread in this forum area.

I myself once suggested a half-wedge ramp. You'll just have to simulate ramps and stairs with wedges. Everybody does it. After a while, the shame of compromise goes away. :p It's like the issue of The Unsurmountable Waist-High Fence, which I find extremely funny, yet frustrating.

Realism as in? - No FTL drives (We have theories on how to make it work, but no technology that can teleport more than a couple of atoms at a time.) - No FTL gates (same deal) - Low power softcap - Requiring 1 square meter of surface for every 10 blocks for realistic thermal radiation effect...

Another alternative to creating a solid beam is to create a waffle pattern only at the outer edge of the weapon's diameter. There are far fewer outputs, depending on the thickness of the beam ring. That's one way to reduce the power draw per shot, while still making it look more-or-less like a...

I was concerned that if this suggestion wasn't encouraged, every npc faction would simply spawn blueprints, without building them up. A new player could have a lot of fun watching ships being built up instead of spawned.