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No thanks... If we're going to do things this way we might as well keep the current system. This will just force people who want lots of power to have lots of empty space, which is annoying and kind of pointless, and it won't fix the issue the original post is trying to address. That guy over...

Considering the state of turning right now, it's understandable that ANY plausible fix/change for turning would gather up a whole ton of support... But yeah, damn.

This sounds like an intriguing project indeed... I shall be watching. Good luck to you and your team, and may bugs and game limitations be no hindrance your progress.

Collision damage is broken, this is a known issue but it's been on the back burner for a while. That's why stuff shatters as soon as it touches something. (That's also why there's a warning in the config about it being bugged.)

Yeah, I also believe that ranks should be unlimited; when you make a faction it starts with 6 (or something?) by default, but you can add or subtract as much as you want. If for some reason you want a faction where everyone but founders are equal you can bring it down to two ranks; if you want a...

Build multiple layers of plexdoor, then. While a player in a core or a small thrust stick might be able to slam through one layer, it'll also kill all of their speed and they generally won't be able to simply punch through a second layer. Particularly if it's spaced two blocks away from the...

So... Uh, when will applications open up?

Power limitations facilitate this. And maybe weapon blocks having more mass than other types, but that's a feature for some other time. Arbitrary %-of-ship stuff makes no sense. (Except for FTL because that's an engine.) I don't even like it on scanners, but I understand that it's a necessary...

I dislike this for two reasons... First, it feels kind of arbitrary - If I put a cannon on top of my car rather than holding a pistol and shooting out the window, it doesn't make the cannon any weaker than it would be if it was on a big boat where it belongs. The recoil would make the car fall...

No line should be drawn, but if efficiency of weapons tapers off as they get huge I see no problem with it.

Pretty simple suggestion: Just a way to turn any block, wedge, corner, tetra, or penta into any one of the other available shapes for that block. Currently once you 'cut' a block into a shape it's stuck in that shape, which is annoying; it should be possible to take any shape-type of block that...

Thanks a lot for the fixes, Schema, but um, you might wanna fix your version numbers. "v0.189996" is... like, not okay. "0.1.8.9(b)" and the like would make a bit more sense. Release-Version-Number.Update-Number.Minor-Update-Number(hotfix letter). Or... something. You're the dev, not me... but...

As CyberTao said, the origin point in a station has no real meaning. Stations don't move or turn unless you teleport them, so for all the game's physics is concerned, their 0,0,0 point can be a kilometer away from any of the blocks and physically they'd act the same way. (As long as it's still...

This has to do with data storage, and making physics simpler and less laggy. Moving the core is actually impossible - it's grid point (0,0,0), and moving it anywhere would actually imply translating the entire rest of the ship's blocks within the grid to represent the new apparent core...

The spires, towers, and houses of the city of Viarai, on Aethis.

Moving the core has other technical issues, but being able to simply use the core as a centerpoint for the ship and being able to control it from a bridge/CIC would be a massive step forward from the setup we have now.

Planned. Though I wonder why it hasn't been implemented yet...

Yeah, as a rule of thumb, if you have a small cockpit then always sit down before getting into a computer or even your core. If you do, you will always return to where you're sitting, and will never get booted out of the ship. (Sitting while people are flying is usually a good idea as well, but...

Hopefully, by the time someone's building ships larger than maybe 75-100 meters long, they have a space station. In my experience, the effects of a small ship landing temporarily on a planet aren't nearly as catastrophic as some people believe, as long as the person doesn't just leave it sitting...

The dimensions will probably be like docking mechanics... And in my experience, getting a big ol' dock isn't that hard.