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I really like it. The hangar arrangement, the hallway deko - and especially the exterior. It is one of the best I've seen here.

That is why you have a copy of your coordinates (a matrix is 16 ints for position, orientation, scale, ...) + orientation always at 000 0 0. Then you not translate/orientate your ship, but incoming projectiles and partners for collision checks. Your ship is only rotated before it is rendered.

If you want a more complex lift system (with more stops) but take the distance in 1 step, you almost need a computer. First get 3 bits (activator blocks) for 8 decks, 4 for 16, 5 for 32 decks... Then one activator as submit-button. If you want to enter digital letters, well that is even more...

I you may be able to use gravity and area-triggers (logic) to change gravity automatically. I recently worked on it by using doors to limit the fall height (falling up down) and area triggers to detect when it should close the door you would fall when being put in normal gravity again as a...

When the ship has along x these blocks: 1 2 3 2 |1| 2 2 2 2 I did result=(result[i-1] default: 0)+x: 1, +2=3, +3=6, +2=8, +1=9 2, +2=4, +2=6 +2=8, +1=9 -> I had an index of 5 in: 1 3 6 8 |9| 8 6 4 2 used left & right = 9 and forgot that intermediate result, as it is not required any-more I...

Maybe only have an initial cool-down on not player-made objects (1 bit per station/planet - not per block) If you fire at the BB with salvagers it could gain remove-charges (you need 1 to remove 1 block as a work around to waiting) If the cooldown is object-wide shared, it would imply almost no...

Just: addition takes 2 cpu cycles, multiplication 5+ and division 7 or 10+ (don't remember) To translate a ship around the COM, you need to know the inertia resistance (= weight*distance of each block) It gets updated each time the COM moves, or a block is lost/added. You have the sum of...

I think it will not be much less laggy than seeing the procedural generated sector-background from planets or their orbit.

Possible if we let player-blocks have max-1 hp and naturally generated blocks max hp initially. Then allow to remove all blocks < max hp. Else I would see issues by taking 1 bit away from orientation or 1/2 from ID bits. Some players like to build parks inside ships and stations or on their...

I like penta-thrusters - don't forget wedge-thrusters :D -, if only that the game knows where to do visual effects. But an array of those would look rather silly. And adding additional movement keys would clutter up your key-board-assignment. If one thruster-wedge could allow 2 downward and 2...

ltmauve number1: sqrt(blocks) as radius =>weapon blocks scale linearly to affected blocks. number2: damage blocks*damage = 4x dmg total for 2x blocks. 3*3=9 6*6=36 36/9 = 4x Total damage should scale linearly to weapon blocks. But I can't guess how we should balance penetration to internal...

Do you mean that 60 is only consumed for the fire-action, but 40 restored/drained per block? I just wish it would not restore more than the target can hold.

the 2 stations look very balanced, not messy and even more or less realistic. The white station features very efficient design of space as unused hangars can be used as storage rooms while the second has a great buffer between the main part and the spots where peoples will likely ram or fire...

Also we need invalid-argument rather than just old, bad spelling or disagree :D I think it is rather important to track friendly / unfriendly than agree/disagree. It should not be too important if you get them in popular threads (many votes), but rather on how many posts.

That can be solved if you know the distance of ship<->ground at 3 positions and can apply force smooth enough (should be no problem if area-trigger detection reacts fast enough to trigger your circuit + you use cannon-cannon for a smooth force-application (low reload) ), Of-course an...

int[] x[(-4 to +4 step = 1 block resolution)] = {3 blocks, 5 blocks, ...}; // in real code: or use 0..8 with offset -4 // same for y and z // update on block creation/deletion: x[block.x]++, -- or += number blocks int left = 0; int right = x.length; int centre = right-left/2: Initialize more...

Or let a ship just have 1.5 blocks below each own block. If that is not true, un-dock and immediately dock 1 block higher.

What happens if the output gets broken? I agree on everything visual, but damage should depend on the current system. Ideally (for lasers) the beam would be a cone with it's circle being your weapon output and the tip a block on the enemy ship. It could also be a transformed cylinder with a...

I know, but you wrote your formula wrong -> that is what I was trying to say/proof. You should post some own examples to help others to see that it does what you want to archive. The numbers in your examples also help others to understand how you understand the situation which needs balance.

But then it is your own fault :D Similar as if you run purposely with a scout ship into a pirate base or with a big ship into an even bigger hostile faction base.