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You can always have obstacle courses out in space, but I guess. If Schema thought that this would be an issue, he wouldn't've implemented these planets. I agree, however Schema has said multiple times that planet size will eb configurable, so the planets don't have to be tiny moons like they...

Nice!

That actually sounds really good. And yes, this would reduce player interaction, but somehow I feel that it would feel more like being in space.

Limit normal hit-enter-to-type chat to your vicinity, perhaps your sector and the ones adjacent to it. Implement Communications Console Blocks for world, PM, and faction chat channels (Comm Frequencies), as well as any custom Comm Frequencies players might want to create. It would open a GUI...

It would be really cool to see newcomers to a server program a blueprint into a shop shipyard, watch their ship build from blocks, and go flying off into the universe in their shuttles and fighters, compared to the current process of loading in a massive blueprint and just poofing it... Same...

...So no, you can't already use sprites, unless you want two screens crossed together. That was kind a pointless reply, no offense.

...Neutronium Hull? Sounds good in principle, but in practice, someone's going to build a gun powerful enough to just drill through it, unless it works by something like the system I proposed.

"Merely..." That's... "merely"... a bit overkill-ish, by my standards... A "solar event" (Meaning what, a condensed solar flare?) for a weapon, and who-knows-what for a power source... But I do intend to visit the home base eventually; that sounds awesome. :P

It shouldn't take any more calculation than when, say, shield blocks or powergen blocks are destroyed (or placed)...

These would help make better-looking seats... And walls, particularly for littler ships... And we should also get 1/2-block (or smaller) doors... I support this 100%.

You call THAT a... "modest" combat vessel? Is that powered by a miniature SUN? o_O

I once got a fairly long explanation of why it's hard to have anything but the core as the center of rotation. Basically, it's because the core is (0,0,0) in the ship's block-grid and it's apparently a lot harder (more resource-intensive) to calculate rotations from other places. It would make...

(For the record, though it's different, I suggested control seats first. TWICE. http://oldsite.star-made.org/content/chairs-and-viewscreens , http://starmadedock.net/threads/chairs-n-viewscreens-and-stuff.75/ ) ...So I guess it's a double-duplicate-suggestion? Not that I mind, really; IMO...

This sort of thing is part of why I never established the Imperium as a full faction... The game is still in alpha (and thus somewhat unstable), and the community is pretty small (for several reasons), plus I'm not entirely sure how good of a leader I'd be at present... So I'm just constructing...

This is why I'll probably never do this. XD ...However, some kind of "Star Knife"-type ship using autofiring rapid pulsers is planned.

Good point; guns could always just disappear rather than blowing up.

...That's why you might want to leave armor or space around your massive (say, power tank) systems, and put them in the center of the ship... That way, they can take out all the non-essential systems and little shield pockets they want, but it won't do much damage to larger, important parts...

*sigh* Amount of connected hull should increase each hull block's HP... Capital ship armor should be able to take a lot more damage than shuttle armor, even if they're the same thickness. It just looks so much better, and is much, much simpler than all of the other suggestions for buffing hull.

What if: Systems got HP, and would explode and disappear if their HP went to 0. (The more blocks in a system, the more HP, but the larger the explosion for obvious reasons) Players' diamonds wouldn't be visible if there are ship blocks between you and them. That way, people would be more...

Yes, mostly because controlling a ship from what is apparently a computer core that doesn't even have a monitor makes no sense. Backup systems would actually be a decent idea, but I guess it kills the ship because it's the only computer core. However, shooting a computer core shouldn't blow up...