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Oh how I wish I could fire the docking beam from the front camera on my ships. For now I have just decided to custom build docks, and place the rail docker on the front of my ships. that way I can basically fire from the front camera of my ship while facing the dock. THEN I build whatever...

Interesting. I had all but given up on launching drones "in line" like you have done. I tip my hat to you Loadout. I have a couple of questions for the Drone R&D group. 1. Due to the HP system, is there anything to keep in mind with drones? For example many have noted that having advanced...

OK downloaded your file and test spawned it. I have zero lag coming from it. SO, that blows my concept of collision lag. could you just have too many of them spawned for your computer to handle?

My guess Panpiper, is that they didn't think people would be using docked generators and shield supplies when the designed them. They likely assumed that you would have a support ship doing that job. Now... if the docked shield generator didn't take a generation hit when the ship is in...

those poor, poor turrets, always getting the short end of the AI stick.

the shield supply beams from what I tested the other day require a few things... A. enough power, and B. Enough shields/regen to transfer to the other ship. For some reason they will not generate the shields, but rather only transfer them at a lower percentage. No idea if this is intended or...

Just wanted to say, I'm glad I found this thread. What jayman38 described would have been helpful a few times for me, and likely will be in the future.

I did read in another thread that when an entity is docked, and its bounding box intersects with the box of the entity it is docked to, then more complex collision detection has to take place. I don't know if its continuous or just when docking. IF it is continuous it could be that certain...

hum. I never considered having the light spin !

First I would try starting a new world and see what your ping is like. if its really bad then there is an issue related with the game and your hardware. If not..... I would suggest using admin commands to remove the turrets. I had an issue after one of the recent updates that undocked all...

This may sound crazy.... but have you considered making all those "panels" that cover the blue glowy bits, a ship, dock it on a rotator, and make it spin in there? if you make it spin slowly it might add some life to the build.

Not sure if this still holds true or not, but this shows how I have always made my generators. At least until the 1 mil soft cap. IF it still holds true, maybe this can help anyone looking to make good power generators. As these have served me well for quite some time. Including some of my...

Couldn't help myself...

not sure if the lag would be too bad. I think it depends on the total size of the docked ships and how many you actually need in order to cover your "core" ship. If the docked ships were large enough I doubt there would be all that much lag.

Instead of using docked outer generators for your ship. couldn't you design, using rails a way to store said power generator inside the ship? Maybe have large plex doors or something? That way the mothership's shields have to come down completely before it becomes a target.

Thanks. I am not too worried about power in my case. I am planning out some mobile, module weapon platforms. The platform itself will provide most if not all the power.

Was just wondering if I attach the bobby AI the the turret barrel OR to the base of the turret instead? This is of course for a turret that can rotate up/down as well as side to side. Thanks in advance -Sgtwisky

hum... I like the idea of week spots on ships due to thinner armor. Not sure how easy it will be to take advantage of that unless you take the target by surprise though.

SO... Loadout, what method actually launches the drones? or do they just release and get thrown around by the rotation collision? Or are you using push beam or pulse or something?

Mass: 234.6 Blocks: 3319 Power: 50,000 (45,541 e/sec) Thrust: 427.1 Turning: X: 1.5 Y 3.3 Z 1.5 Shields: 39440 (440 s/sec) Structure HP: 139,130 Armor HP: 98,200 -Equipped with 2 jump drives. -Antimatter cannons ~2080 DPS (if I'm reading properly in the structure tab) Have tested this ship...