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I'm simply thinking that having it right there will be useful for some of the features also for display link a factory to a display module.

Well, having a wedge shape for the plexdoors would still be useful if you want to put braces on the outside of your door or the door is at a slope or something else I haven't even thought of. I might post an example of where wedges would be good if I find one soon. EDIT: got one. This is...

If there is something that only exsists in the void and you want it, having massive blocks of stars makes it much longer to get to, and then get back. Therefore, I support spiral galaxies.

It's not a matter of IDs, its a matter of information that can be stored. Currently all blocks use three bytes of information. If you wanted to have full RGB for your blocks, you would need more bits than you already have. However, it is possible to rearrange the bits and merge the shapes...

You could apply force on two axes at .7 normal gravity (hey, if this is implemented we might get variable gravity) or three at .6 at the same time, but the problem is you might wind up sliding down blocks because the system can't detect if you're standing on it.

Hopefully calbiri just added "personal cloaking devices" to the plans for personal combat revamp. However, I think perhaps enemy player signatures shouldn't show up unless you can see them. Just check the line between the player's location and your viewing location for non-transparent blocks...

Sure, as long as I can see my doors on the same color hull. Otherwise, it would just be a pain trying to dock. Also, I think I can get you your blockIDs like this.

First, the parts about turn scaling and lock-on times are good. AMS, I have two ideas. One is a constant effect, (PD laser) missiles close to you have a chance to be destroyed, depending on the size. This only affects missiles within 100-150m of you (so it really can't be used on a small ship)...

A bit of mohawk goes a long way. The mohawk on the scarb's cannon looks fine, but the others should probably be replaced with something else like what Ith suggested.

But then you would need one tetra and one penta to make a solid block. Better to keep it simple. Plus separate blocks for separate shapes might be going away anyway.

Wait, how do you do the "buy a ship" blocks? Also, those should be "spawn a ship" blocks (or make one quickly, once shipyards are in)

People don't always have the same time to play over the course of a year or so. You could build up a large fleet when you have plenty of time, but not have as much time later. Besides, people tire more over tedious things than things that are continuously fresh. If you have to manage your crew...

I'm not sure that having crew fatigue is necessarily a good thing. As your fleet grows, you have to spend more and more time managing your crew than you do actually playing. If I only have 2 hours to play during a week, I would want to spend it taking out pirate bases or something, not dealing...

Hah yeah good point about resources. There would probably be some sort of training system, where the crew are busy and they slowly gain in a particular skill, but actual combat does wonders for that. As for actual "stations" like positions on the bridge I wasn't going so much for those so much...

What I meant was that you would be able to put gravity block wedges down to define gravity at an angle, so you can walk flat on diagonals. Yeah you would probably want it on a trigger just to be easy. I can imagine making people walk around the inside of a sphere with this and some area...

No, not the colors. There will be 64 orientations, which will be all used up by the shapes. Each type and color of block is still its own ID. EDIT: Also guys: ANGLED DOCKING MODULES!! And also angled gravity.

But what would be the effect of loosing crew? clearly having the ship just shut down is a huge annoyance, so it should be that the systems get less efficent. So if you only have 30% of your gunnery points, your guns will jam 35% of the time. If you only have half your engineering crew, your...

I mean, the loop will still have to be a certain size, it just won't be visible. I say yes, in case someone wants to do an open gate.

Except the gun blocks have to have a corresponding empty spot. You select blocks on the turret to be the barrels. There can be overlap, but only when the barrels are pointing at something. That image isn't accurate, because if that's the barrel's resting position, then there aren't any "base...

Er, how is that an exploit? It's not like you could make your turrets more compact, since the resting position would still be full scale. The shields are shared, so it's not like you can make a stronger base that covers the barrels. I'm honestly confused as to why assume that ANY form of...