CLOSED* CONTEST: Default Stations Submission

[theamon]

http://starmadedock.net/content/trading-guild-entry-1.872/ My station entry for the Trading Guild.

yeaaaah,wtf?!?!? that looks exactly like one that dalmont made!!
why?? i dont even.... some people

 

[SkylordLuke]

yeaaaah,wtf?!?!? that looks exactly like one that dalmont made!!
why?? i dont even.... some people

yeap,thats the one.
and i agree,why...

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EDIT* and holy cow! this thread is now sitting on 14k views ..and counting,in just 3 days
can we reach 100k :p

 

[Wtfasaurous]

Get SMedit. Try this, let us know how it goes:
http://smedit2.lazygamerz.org/forum/index.php?topic=42.0

Can't seem to correctly emulate what the person lists to do. Been spending the past hour repeating all the steps. Anyone been able to change a ship to a station?

 

[Magirik3]

Wtfasaurous
Fear not! I think that by some fiddling with SMEdit and file names you should be allright.
http://smedit2.lazygamerz.org/forum/index.php?topic=43.0 -- A guide on how to convert (imported) ships to stations.
Using the technique in the link, but using your ENTITY_SHIP_Namehere_Sector(0.0.0) instead of ENTITY_SPACESTATION... .smd2 .
Maybe directly change E.._SHIP_... to E_SPACESTATION_... ?
You'll figure, just make sure you backup your stuff first!

Note that SMEdit wont load new ships (until updated... :/) , so you might be out of luck, but best wishes!

 

[Wtfasaurous]

Can't get it to work for whatever reason. Thanks for the help though guys. I'll try again some more tomorrow.

 

[GaeasSon]

Working on interior and logic, but here's the shell of my trade-station.

 

[BDLS]

Can't get it to work for whatever reason. Thanks for the help though guys. I'll try again some more tomorrow.

It definitely works if you carefully follow the instructions on the link in Magirik's post. Just tested it.

 

[Keptick]

Would a prison station be ok as a neutral station? Either up and running or abandoned (jailbreak?). And it wouldn't be a boring station either. I'd just love to see randomly generated creatures in the cells.

That and a big medical facility (also as neutral). Do they absolutely have to look abandoned? I guess that I could simulate an outbreak.

Edit: Simulating a Jailbreak/virus-outbreak would actually look much better :D

 

[Forge_Meiser]

I agree with the whole medical/prison station idea as a neutral station... It adds some imagination as to what exactly caused the pirate faction to exist in the first place... a prison break or a virus outbreak and the pirates turning into symbiotic hosts making the Traiding guild the only ones able to cover up the situation.

 

[Rhyssia]

Stupid question, even though terrain blocks are not available at the trade station (the last I checked in any case)... Can they be used? (I.E. dirt blocks from green "terran" planets)

 

[Calbiri]

go for it, but we're working on adding some cool new terrain, so hopefully youll have better stuff to work with soon

 

[DrTarDIS]

Can't get it to work for whatever reason. Thanks for the help though guys. I'll try again some more tomorrow.

Wtfasaurous
Fear...might be out of luck, but best wishes!

AFAIK, Bobby is in a holding pattern with SMedit while the devs are mass-producing new blocks. You can drop by the lazygamerz vent or post on our forums to touch base with him about it. It would probably be easier to submit it as a "station" in name and get the devs to swap out the ship core for a faction module manually: they have all the info about save file architecture we do not, and all that jazz.

 

[Mered4]

go for it, but we're working on adding some cool new terrain, so hopefully youll have better stuff to work with soon

You just ruined my entire evening. Y U DO DIS? Can we not add brand new blocks in the middle of an extended speed-build session??

 

[Criss]

Worked on my pirate station some today. Suddenly I get the feeling I will hardly have enough time to finish this one, let alone a second station. Besides that, I've got some really awesome ideas for the hanger area. I'm thinking...suspended platforms... :D

Spoiler

Did lots of work on this bit today.

Also lots done to the hanger entrance.

The station will be Isanth friendly. Or unfriendly. Who knows, they're pirates.

The hardest part will actually be incorporating the red. I tried doing very little so far. I don't want to cover it in red stripes like the trade station does in blue. I feel like pirates want to keep it simple. Now imagine all that scary black framework surrounding more of this thing and I think it will look pretty menacing!

 

[Forge_Meiser]

Going to be finishing my Traiding Guild station soon, and sorry if I didn't post any new pics, I was having trouble testing my station turrets, as they seem to have encountered a host of problems. I'll send in a log and a thread after I finish up the station and save a few things, then I am wiping my install.

 

[WaffulMann]

Worked on my pirate station some today. Suddenly I get the feeling I will hardly have enough time to finish this one, let alone a second station. Besides that, I've got some really awesome ideas for the hanger area. I'm thinking...suspended platforms... :D

Spoiler

Did lots of work on this bit today.

Also lots done to the hanger entrance.

The station will be Isanth friendly. Or unfriendly. Who knows, they're pirates.

The hardest part will actually be incorporating the red. I tried doing very little so far. I don't want to cover it in red stripes like the trade station does in blue. I feel like pirates want to keep it simple. Now imagine all that scary black framework surrounding more of this thing and I think it will look pretty menacing!

I'm getting a really minmatar-y feel from that. Really nice work. :D
On another note,

Spoiler: Yay for details!

 

[KhevaKins]

Worked on my pirate station some today. Suddenly I get the feeling I will hardly have enough time to finish this one, let alone a second station. Besides that, I've got some really awesome ideas for the hanger area. I'm thinking...suspended platforms... :D

Spoiler

Did lots of work on this bit today.

The hardest part will actually be incorporating the red. I tried doing very little so far. I don't want to cover it in red stripes like the trade station does in blue. I feel like pirates want to keep it simple. Now imagine all that scary black framework surrounding more of this thing and I think it will look pretty menacing!

The underside looks like a rave is going to be held there.

 

[SmilingDemon]

I have this old station i built arround a shop, but it's made entirely out of terrain blocks as it is suppost to be alien. I'm wondering if it's possible to submit it for the abandoned station category, and if i can should the 2 "coccoons" have interior as they are currently hollow.
Here are some pics of it: http://imgur.com/a/oEdkZ

Build some sort of interior where the original station was and maybe some airlock and an docking platform on one side and it is good to go!
Maybe as an abandoned alien listening post or something like that!

 

[Ithirahad]

Um, some of these seem a bit big... They might cause some annoying FPS drops on lower-end computers. The last thing we want is for people to start avoiding stations in the same way that most people seem to avoid planets.


...Also, ArgoContar ... I really, really, really like that thing. Give it an interior and a hangar bay and it will be the awesomest station ever built...

 

[Zeno9141]

Um, some of these seem a bit big... They might cause some annoying FPS drops on lower-end computers. The last thing we want is for people to start avoiding stations in the same way that most people seem to avoid planets.

... Or for stations to be moneybombs just because of sheer size. Hardened hull or not would not make a difference if it's 200k blocks or larger anyways ...