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So that they fire automatically, since it's hard for a pilot to aim weapons that face sideways. Of course, theoretically, NPCs should be able to man side-facing computers, but that seems a bit far-off.

Nope, the wonky normals on the new block shapes is a game issue. Not an issue on your end.

...They feed off of floating alcohol? Go home, nebulae, you're drunk. :P

Exactly. This way, broadside weapons could be docked and not die instantly... but turrets don't suddenly become OP.

Ugh... Sorry about the a$$hole assumption. It's just that I'm used to seeing features go to a point, then not quite get the "last thing on the list" (The NPC update comes to mind (General Lua scripting and the Fleet tab specifically)) that I stupidly assumed that the planets were't going to...

No, my point is that my way of building isn't square/boxy or anything and I could still fit forward thrusters reasonably well... I don't see why other building styles can't too.

...Then shotguns should get a lower chance of a critical (lucky) hit happening.

Limited, yes... 100-120 degree arc outwards (As opposed to turrets' 360), with the same up/down range as turrets.

Personally, I'd like to see stationary(ish) banks of autofiring weapons too... Though this can be done already, it's a bit awkward since the shots will hit your ship. Balance has to be achieved somehow, though, I guess. Since I'm busy making a ship right now, I may mess around with that idea...

At this stage of development, I'd rather know. Once the game has all of the core features it needs to be a fun, satisfying, full game, a little mystery about new features isn't bad, however.

Personally, I wouldn't mind having directional thruster outputs... I don't recall a single design of mine that would look bad with a forward thruster ring or something. (And I build everything smooth and round, no boxes for me)

This thread seems to be serving that purpose: http://starmadedock.net/threads/release-notes-for-the-dev-build.820/ ...However, yeah, I'd like to see some "milestone" builds that have a semi-changelog of all the major features to test, kind of like a more irregular version of the Minecraft...

Week or two? Perhaps three, if Schema randomly decides to stick in another feature again?

Kind of small, but they're supposed to (eventually >.>) be configurable in size. Which probably means that it won't happen for another two years. :p

It's not Soon(tm)... As best I can tell, it's "soon," without any trademark symbol.

Sounds like fun, as long as they can't spread to other planets (without hitching a ride) and can't burrow into your ship. They could, however, try and get into your ship and hide in corners, so you can take them to other planets to infest.

Lol, that has a nice-looking net (and looks kinda fun to fold), but... no thanks. I'd rather keep the pentagons we have. :P

Hm, activators are still causing a crash.

Huh, having warp/jump systems hold their own power reserve is actually a really good idea.

YAY. Also, today, May the Fourth be with you, but beware the Revenge of the Fifth! ...But will all of the possible values work? And more importantly, what are all of the different possible "style" attributes for each weapon?