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I thought more of scrapping docking modules and keep enhancers + give target enhancer of a docking beam docking block abilities. That would remove 1 block from the shop and inventories - you can prevent the usage of wrong docking spots by decorating the outside.

I think the idea is to choose between hit&run ability and dps. You should have the dps to disable a shield, but then in advance do much less damage. Think of Klingon War-birds.

AndyP "1) didnt try this exactly, but 0,5 second seems okay for me. (think about scalable longer timers, with lower than 0,5 you Need hundreds of delays for a minute" Maybe we need then need the ability to scale logarithmic 2^(n-1). Array size = delay, but everything else works in the same way...

AFAIK d1000 have better stats, even if they don't show them and range is more flight time rather than range.

I want gravity to not change your orientation for this to be useful. I think walk-over and proximity activation blocks will come, thus gravity will not be a problem. Orientate your character by clicking (shift-click, meta-click, alt-click?) on a block to assign the clicked side your avatar's...

I think it is not an either or. Just change the limit to mass, not size and require a docking area dependent on the size of the docking ship.

Are I not allowed to build wooden signs on planets? :(

1. Try to make a ship with 2 weapon cpus (+ amcs), power, 1 activation block and 1 delay block. link activation and delay to another. link activation to weapon cpus. Expected: Fire each 0.5 seconds. (This is too slow btw). Got: Some XML Timeout exception. 2. Link 2 delays to another. Remove...

Imagine your screen split into 9 areas. The centre is normal view. Maybe 60° instead of 85° per default. The other areas around it are basically the rest up to 360° in that direction, skewed to fit everything into that small area. I would not complain to not see that many details on the outer...

Since the previous last release I not had any problems. I even noticed that lights now emit through partially transparent blocks, making it possible to hide lava or ice crystals in a tree's leaves to make it brighter (as if the sun would shine on them from above when you are standing below...

That is why I am not complaining about or suggesting exactly my numbers. I just showed in an example how it should be done to not confuse everybody about the calculation of it. Suggestions for improvements are welcome :)

ltmauve "Eh, the difference between a stenciled piece of metal and a glowing holographic monitor should be as simple as a texture pack change." Yes, but the problem may be consistency. I would not want blocks which will not appear in a default install and precious functionality be lost.

ltmauve: "As for the abuse of pop-up turrets, first let me note that turrets are probably going to get nerfs to aiming/turning through the hull of the ship. Second, if a turret pops out, it will be facing in a certain direction and have to pan towards a target first." I thought of docked ships...

ltmauve "I decided that the max charge rate should decrease as the number of shots increased" Me too. I accidentally wrote it with "*" instead of "/" - I fixed it. ltmauve "Well, what is the "desired amount of shots?" It is the maximum number of shots which are still balanced and good for the...

@Itmauve: "A fixed bridge model?" For newbies mostly. They could make a custom one with power and thrusters on the back and have a fully functional ship in a box. Just not get it damaged or it will split into many blocks for many different inventory slots - you get the idea? Less time for...

Maybe Icenite or Icenium for blue/white ice crystals? ;)

But now I see a flaw in my idea: What if the "rotor"-docking block get shot down? It would need another rotating plate protecting it. And this would again need another rotating plate protecting it's own sweet spot. At least it would avoid core-drilling being the only viable mechanic :D but I...

I think I would use it for rotating shield/armour plates to avoid core-drilling as a whole circle has to be destroyed. if possible.

Bad math... Currently, the only issue with planets is, that I can't fly -for example- through a canyon. To make a canyon not feel detail-baring, it needs to be bigger than a planet. This size is also required for detailed ships to fly through a gap. I miss less the realistic proportions than...

Maybe it could work with more performance using indexed colors per ship. You could use a slider to adjust 16 colors for your ship or have 12 default colors + 4 adjustable colors. But I don't know how much work it is to implement this.