Cool things that could be made with rails

[Byamarro]

Let's prepare for rails. Come here and post things that could be made with rails

Wheels
Of course there are no circles in Starmade but with wedges we can build something similiar to this:
http://www.itezone.pl/site_media/articles_images/14813289-bd5f-4edc-91c1-8c2c56d65833.jpg

Walker


Cool complicated machines like this?

Hidden turrets
Can be done currently but with rails it will be lost easier.

Elevators
Can be done currently but with rails it will be lost easier.

 

[Spruce Tree]

Hidden turrets
Can be done currently but with rails it will be lost easier.

I'm intrigued as to how these can currently be done. Do tell.

 

[Megacrafter127]

I'm intrigued as to how these can currently be done. Do tell.

Just like elevators.(although both only works on stations)
(In fact it simply is an elevator with a turret docked to it)

 

[Byamarro]

With push beams and hulls-made right rails that don't allow turret to fly away.

 

[NeonSturm]

Multi-layer «shields or hull pieces» that «rotate or shift» to distribute damage equally.
> > > > > > > > > v . .
^ v < < < < < < < v . .
^ v H H H H H H ^ v .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . T . . T . . T . . T
^ v H H H H H H ^ v . . . T . . T . . T . . T
^ > > > > > > > ^ v . . T T T T T T T T T T
^ < < < < < < < < < . . H H H H H H H H H H

Kinetic weapons (with collision damage on):
> > > > > > >| 1x speed
D C > > > > > > >| 2x speed
. . D C > > > > > > >| 3x speed
. . . . D C > > > > > > >| 4x speed
. . . . . . D C E E E E E E E E Explosives or ship-cores

Gate switching tunnel (which gate you will use)
. . . . . . . . | . . . . . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .^. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .|. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .|. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |

 

[AtraUnam]

Overly complicated charging sequences for super-weapons,
Fake recoil for big cannons.

 

[Mariux]

Multi-layer «shields or hull pieces» that «rotate or shift» to distribute damage equally.
> > > > > > > > > v . .
^ v < < < < < < < v . .
^ v H H H H H H ^ v .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . .
^ v H . . . . H ^ v . T . . T . . T . . T
^ v H H H H H H ^ v . . . T . . T . . T . . T
^ > > > > > > > ^ v . . T T T T T T T T T T
^ < < < < < < < < < . . H H H H H H H H H H

Kinetic weapons (with collision damage on):
> > > > > > >| 1x speed
D C > > > > > > >| 2x speed
. . D C > > > > > > >| 3x speed
. . . . D C > > > > > > >| 4x speed
. . . . . . D C E E E E E E E E Explosives or ship-cores

Gate switching tunnel (which gate you will use)
. . . . . . . . | . . . . . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .^. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .|. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |
> > > > > > > > | . . .|. . . |
D C G O-O-O-O-O-O O-O-O|O-O-O |
. . . . . . . . | . . .|. . . |

You love your ASCII graphs, don't you :p

Chrome spinners. 'Nuff said.

 

[Viridis00]

Somebody needs to do SDF-1 Macross or some other fully transforming ship.

 

[NeonSturm]

Scrolling boards (Billboards)

• Use them behind Glass/Crystal-Walls to create effects similar to dynamic lightening.

 

[Xacktar]

You could make a reactor with rotating pieces around a central core.

Tram stations for large stations.

Perhaps Ballistic-launch missiles using a logic to decouple a missile from the rail dock at the end of the line?

 

[iceman6491]

extending docking arms. thinks modern day airport gangways

 

[Byamarro]

Ventilators on stations :D



PS:

 

[NeonSturm]

Now, I need an animated StarGate for it - needs to be 21z 8y 11z.
I will add it to the community content when the weapons are working.

 

[Byamarro]

View attachment 10891Now, I need an animated StarGate for it - needs to be 21z 8y 11z.
I will add it to the community content when the weapons are working.

Oh! That's nice one!

PS: Another idea - robotic arm with repair beam :P

 

[Winterhome]

Would've embedded, but that screws with the time selection

 

[Megacrafter127]

Would've embedded, but that screws with the time selection

It ended up embedded anyways. I recommend you to use the [URL][PLAIN]<URL>[/PLAIN][/URL] tags to control what is embedded and what shouldn't be.

 

[Knack]

PS:
Video

Hmm, 3D-Printer in StarMade out of rails? <Techporn>

 

[NeonSturm]

Are you over 18?

Spoiler: Yes, I am over 18 :(

Censored, please only press CRTL+A if you are really 18 years old or older.
Schema gave us the tool to build a legendary, ancient object which is called "Pushing Phallus".

Spoiler: No, I am not 18 :)

You can build a mining drill.

Spoiler: TY

Spoiler: The perfectly blending in color would be

14141b

Megacrafter127

 

[iceman6491]

Are you over 18?

Spoiler: Yes, I am over 18 :(

Censored, please only press CRTL+A if you are really 18 years old or older.
Schema gave us the tool to build a legendary, ancient object which is called "Pushing Phallus".

Spoiler: No, I am not 18 :)

You can build a mining drill.

I appreciate this... XD


on another note:

How about plates of cylindrical armour that counter rotate, so any holes blown in both will quickly become covered again. I.e. imagine two (or more) toilet roll card tubes, one slightly smaller than the other. Place the two tubes inside and rotate one clockwise and the other anti-clockwise. Same principle could be used to make some funky puzzles

 

[NeonSturm]

How about plates of cylindrical armour that counter rotate, so any holes blown in both will quickly become covered again. I.e. imagine two (or more) toilet roll card tubes, one slightly smaller than the other. Place the two tubes inside and rotate one clockwise and the other anti-clockwise.

Suggested this before.
The only downside would be the single-point-of-failure which is the dock or rail or both.
But since you can build them deeply inside a ship while you can build the rest spaced away it is no unsolvable problem.

Just remember that the hole-overlap periodically repeats.