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The fun thing I do with salvagers is I take 2 salvager computers and interlace 2 checkerboards together so I can make a box and have as many beams as I want. :) This means less passes over a target to mine it and more beams. This works best when using logic controlled salvagers though since...

Most of the stats on shown in build mode, no need to calculate anything. As for full on DPS some of that info is in the Weapons Menu when you hit T.

I'd have posted something like that news post permanently to the launcher or something since not everyone uses the forum.

I use several groups of thrusters rather than a single group, no clue if that makes any difference. In any event push effects seem to work a lot better but the only real issue is the AI seems to lose it's ability to fly correctly at close range when the push thrust is stronger than the thruster...

Simple rule I have is: Don't make it pretty until it works right in the first place. :P

The shipyard area blocks themselves have to be U's or C's but there is nothing stopping you from making a complete circle to close it off but the shipyard blocks will stop half way through it I think. ?_?

Default jump drive range is why I have a spamable warpgate on hand most times. Only the ones players are likely to be hanging around a lot have shields but it still has turrets for idiots and pirates.

Well seeing as it is the same issue with BPs that are spawned not loading with the AI active if it was saved active. Haven't noticed this though on pirates so I'll have to check. Didn't think the bug extended to them since their turrets where firing fine in some old BPs.

The AI needs to be changed to use the same controls the player does rather than direct input. The problem would vanish outright at that point since the AI wouldn't be much different than a player, just automated.

I say it should shop up like a station on the galaxy map. Ships with station parts should at least show up like one, while you won't be able to tell exact place in the sector too easily you'll know what sector it is in. So unless it is docked it'll show up like a station. :)

Yep 50 blocks between arches as for a limit to how big the shipyard as a whole can be, none really. The only real limit would be lag issues. :)

Caused the same effect once with a turret barrel being undocked. Dang thing is likely still moving at 200 billion miles per second. >_>

Depends on if I care about having internal walking areas for my ships or not but yes I fill in all spaces that aren't hallways or rooms with hull or shields. :)

Normally if I'm going to use a rail turret axis for extra barrels I'll make sure each part has its own distinct base and barrel to rotate around. Fixed barrels though are mainly normal rails and make it so there is no need to force the barrels to stay put. :) The only issue is they like to...

Or he's trying to fire them when they are out of range. Beams stop right at the end of their range so that could be an issue.

Beams are hitscan, stop trying to aim ahead with them and you'll hit what you are aiming at. XD

Anyone tempt fate and make a turret that can shoot at several targets at once rather than just one? It involves several smaller barrels docked to the main entity in some way. My current method has several fixed barrels docked to on rotating barrel but there are other ways.

Lets see my checklist usually involves something to the effect of: Jump Drive Largest Miner Server or SP will let me make AMS Turrets Station Gates Quick Deploying Fleet In One Ships (Basically a single ship that is really several ships docked that look like one ship) Idiot Traps (Anti...

This brings up the idea of a ship spawner of some kind and ways to turn the shipyard into one. It'd be nice though if people couldn't spawn more than they could dock to their ships unless the ships/drones spawned ended up destroyed or docked elsewhere. Although I agree that a mobile base...

How about just adding some AI settings to where we can tell the AI driven ships to return to their docking point?