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My first issue is how would you use it? The most a block would do is give out a high or low signal right or wrong pass word or more precise locked or unlocked. Assuming you plan to use this on storage, doors and other controls. If it is to keep others in the same faction out. Then at most it...

Maybe I should have clarified better what I meant. The idea to make use of the rock and so on we gather is great. Calling it concrete and using it for armor is where I had the issue. The US military made boats at one point called Liberty boats out of concrete. I have friend who converted one...

The tiny container was simply a demo setup so others could see how to put a system together that does that. There is no need to do a build reclaim. The container passes through the system and you simply pick it up when it is unloaded. You drop it off on one side and pick it up on the other. I...

You make a poor assumption that I have one size container space or even that I need to store it. What if I just run it through and empty it automatically into say a container I have or the facility. I can do that you know! If you need proof -...

At least that would make them flyable with cargo. Right now when full they are near stationary rocks. 250,000/8 = 31250 is a good mass increase pretty much doubling the ships current mass. It won't set speed records but at least they move. :) Thanks for the info.

I'm wondering are hull and all other armors going to be the same? Currently they aren't. 3-4 times as much as if it was empty would be a awesome compared to current. The two ships below probably fit well into this discussion. The grey ship is right at 30% of space dedicated to cargo. Its volume...

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Noticed the issue was dealing with the ship I built had two sets of rails. The undock signal was only connected to one block. It took removing all the other rails on the ship to get rid of the problem. Thanks for the replies and information everyone. I made the automatic cargo drop of and...

The system is designed as a drop and forget system. The small ship attached to the cargo container is the one you fly. You simply dock it where it is when you down loaded it. Hit the release then hit the undock and fly off. The clamps hold the cargo in place. So no shaking at all for. If that...

Did you try the auto system I put on there as an alternative to a scoop system. I built a sample system that works for the drone recovery cargo docking system. Try it out you may be pleasantly surprised. The scoop system tends to require drones having easy access docking points.

I have to agree the better option would be to simply dock a core and do the exact same thing. Just need to adjust for whatever planet size you put it around. A ship would also give the ease of moving it as you say. That said with the optimizations done to planets it seems to work find. Sure...

This took right at 2 hours. 1 person. The planet plates are 500 meters across. The inner circumference is right at 1000 meters. The platforms are 100 meters deep. Its only an octagon. There may be faster ways of doing it. Just used what I currently know. The bays are 40 meters high only. The...

Its in the hit point system on everything!

In the past I've built from one plat into another's gravity field and it causes some issues. Crossing the plate line I lost gravity some times it would try and orientate me to that plate. Not sure how much it changed since then. I suspect if you build the ring out far enough it won't be an issue...

Played around with the idea a little. I went to a planet found with one rotational axis. Found corn of the plate that lines with the block that divides plate near in half then made a line of blocks across the axis to other side to measure distance across plate. Cut in half to find center. Then I...

Speaking of Races/ Had a funny thought. Reindeer Races. Take the Reindeer I made for the Santa's Sleigh. Tell them they have to keep the general shape of it and can modify the inside to their hearts content to see who comes up with the fastest reindeer. It would be keeping with the season funny...

Thanks, I was connecting it back wards. Tried going from storage to rail. That doesn't work you have to go rail to storage and docker to storage. Funny I figured they would do something like that at first. Then after I tried hooking the storage to the rail and it didn't work I got all negative...

Actually I didn't miss the point if you read my first reply to the post. I suggested making it something on the order of combine the rock with clay or mud or something which could be another earth type since there is more than 1 type of planet surface and you could make say heat shield which...

This will probably give you a hint how to do it. http://starmadedock.net/threads/simple-automated-cargo-drone-storage-point.22342/

I'm fine with making stuff up but why throw something out there we simply know doesn't make sense or follow what we know is already established facts. If you are going to do that may as well say fine the armor is made out of dandy lions weaved together. It makes as much sense. Other wise what in...