Construction time blueprint

[Luxios]

Hello,

it would be nice if there was a time when buying a contsruction Blueprint and that way blocks arise one by one (well several by several ^ ^) rather than see the ship appear suddenly after it could be switched on / off option in the server options.

 

[ImperialDonut]

Making a ship appear block by block is somewhat resource intensive, one way or another. But auto-fabricating ships block by block in a special area may or may not be planned.

 

[Nebulon-B_Frigate_FTW]

It would probably be odder to see it appear block-by-block, especially depending on how block order is determined.
I'd rather ships have a sort of ghost image of the ship before it actually spawns in fully.

 

[DarthHonky]

Luxios, check out this thread: http://starmadedock.net/threads/space-duck-err-space-dock.27. It sounds a lot like what you're talkin about.

 

[Luxios]

Ah yes indeed, his idea and even more advanced, thank you very much!

 

[DarthHonky]

You're welcome, it's a great idea and definitely should be explored further.

 

[draogon93]

or you can only buy BP in a Space Station with a large docking area.

buying BP needs all required blocks of that ship and a new "automatic ship building block"

maybe 500k energy per active "ship building block"

 

[jayman38]

I think it would be neat if a bought blueprint ship were to gradually "fade" into existence. Maybe have the time it takes to "fade in" be a function of the ship class (block count limits), so a corvette or fighter with 200,000 blocks or less basically "blinks" into existence immediately, while a 5-million block battleship takes a minute to appear. I imagine it would look like the ship was "beaming in" a la Star Trek. Or maybe looking like it was being constructed at the atomic level by AstroRepair beams or uncountable amounts of nanobots. (Anybody ever play Antaeus Rising? Great game with a fun story that involves nanobots and conspiracies.)

 

[Valiant70]

Another similar idea, which included both manual and auto fabrication: http://starmadedock.net/threads/three-game-modes.2192/

 

[Izikiel]

Yup, this idea has been asked for before, with a variety of complexities. I do wish something like it would be put in the game, however.