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Generic bar graphs in any dimension. Bonus points if they move slightly. Animated "video snow" block that can be linked to display blocks with logic, to make the display output "fail" according to the logic clock. (Video snow if a certain system is destroyed, intermittent snow based on a...

If nothing else, Rake a few parallel "laser hits" and blow a hole or two in the hull and post it as a derelict ship.

All but one of the programmers are new to the project. (as in brought onto the development team this year) It will take time for them to learn the ecosystem well enough to jump into the deeper stuff. Simpler changes will lead to the experience needed to program deeper changes.

Going back to the OP, I think Schine will keep the game closed source, to avoid free legal forks that would remove their revenue stream. Maybe some day, when the stream has dried up, they might release the code. The game's core programming library is Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL), which...

Good to see another design. Thanks for posting. This is useful and can be referenced by new players looking to make one for themselves.

Debris and derelict fields are a great idea. It's been mentioned before. I'd like to expand on the idea that a derelict ship is scrap, but if you see blocks you want to retrieve, you have the option of "buying" the derelict for big money, just like a station, to remove the scrap flag. So you...

Possible spam solution: Max limit config options, similar to beam limits. (E.g. max 6 beacons per entity, max 24 beacons per solar system, max 1024 beacons total) If your beacon is #7 on the entity, #25 in the solar system, or #1025 in the universe, your beacon simply does not transmit to...

Maybe instead of a checkbox for even/odd, and maybe instead of "Set/Unset" on each individual plane, the plane text in advanced mode could read "Even/Odd/Unset", with the even/odd plane determined at the time of setting, with the plane moving in increments of half-blocks, alternating between...

Data-broadcasting beacons would have so many uses for all kinds of things. Space-station greetings, race announcements, pirate wave announcements, pirates broadcasting false S.O.S. signals, etc. It should be logic-drivable, so you can turn different beacons on and off. Maybe have a master-slave...

First a logic-style link: Rail primary (master) -> Rail secondary (slave) Dock the master first. Then dock the secondary. The master is in charge of how the mechanics work. If the primary mechanics separate the secondary dock from the secondary rail, that secondary connection is broken and there...

One of the benefits of this will be that multiple plates won't be touching each other. You could test it out on a server once implemented, but if you have multiple "continents" touching, you'll have the same interaction lag you see with current planets, especially with mass-salvage operations...

To maintain aesthetics. So that we can have ships that look like they should. To illustrate, we want this.... versus this...

Considering that most players will get into a single fight with other players and then run back to shipyard for repairs, the armor blocks are probably the better deal, but if you are planning to attack multiple targets in succession without repairs, the shield generator might be the better deal...

Assuming that you will create winding corridors to avoid creating a firing lane into your CNC, setting up a single corridor for both exit and entry might be complex. It would probably be more efficient to create entry corridor(s) separate from exit corridor(s) for rapid travel with...

http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/index.php?view=comic&strip_id=72 Crimson Dark is a great webcomic.

There's nowhere to adequately hide in spawn space, so I would say that StarMade spawn sniping is griefing. I've seen that in a YouTube video before. (The poster was suitably vilified.) Similarly, I'd say that an experienced player with a massive superior ship attacking a player who they are...

It would be simplicity itself to have a hook to an extended random class and tie that to a chat command and to a logic block (for delays or connections or both?). It may take a few iterations to go from a coin flip to the sophistication of multiple dice and modifications in the OP, but it should...

I want to play Viscera Cleanup Detail now.

I'm thinking of a server-side config option: maximum missile group astronaut count or something like that; if a missile weapon group exceeds a certain configurable size, the missiles won't target astronauts. That way, you can have small anti-astronaut missile arrays, but larger missile systems...

I love this idea. There have been times when a jitter or lag has not been apparent, and the group of blocks I tried to place was nowhere to be found, only to be found later, buried beneath where I was clicking.