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could we add a new block that is specifically for adding things like doors to ships?
it is the same as the standard rail docker, except it acts as a core with no beacon, and cannot be undocked from a rail in any way other than if all rail blocks that it is connected to are destroyed (so, if it was moving across two rails and one was destroyed, it could still continue to the remaining one).
if undocked, it 'overheats' after 1 second and then is destroyed (like a ship would be from an overheating core) - this would stop people from using this dock to create hidden ships with no signatures.
it would not be able to interact with pickup or shootout rails, only normal rails and rotators, meaning that it could be used to make all sorts of doors on ships without a hideous amount of markers, and would not be recognised as a member of the normal docking chain (perhaps have a modifier key to flit between door docks).
an alternative would be to have a system in place where if a HUD setting is active, any ship cores without any weapons, effects, shields, power, or bobby AI (or occupied by players/NPCs) would be classed as lifeless/decorative cores and their markers would be hidden from the HUD. this would mean that doors and the likes would not show up (by default?) until one of those criteria were met. this would also mean that you could have a bank of escape pods for your crew ready to go without a sea of markers.
i feel like this would greatly help with internal decoration, as people would be much more willing to use mechanical doors all over their ships.
it is the same as the standard rail docker, except it acts as a core with no beacon, and cannot be undocked from a rail in any way other than if all rail blocks that it is connected to are destroyed (so, if it was moving across two rails and one was destroyed, it could still continue to the remaining one).
if undocked, it 'overheats' after 1 second and then is destroyed (like a ship would be from an overheating core) - this would stop people from using this dock to create hidden ships with no signatures.
it would not be able to interact with pickup or shootout rails, only normal rails and rotators, meaning that it could be used to make all sorts of doors on ships without a hideous amount of markers, and would not be recognised as a member of the normal docking chain (perhaps have a modifier key to flit between door docks).
an alternative would be to have a system in place where if a HUD setting is active, any ship cores without any weapons, effects, shields, power, or bobby AI (or occupied by players/NPCs) would be classed as lifeless/decorative cores and their markers would be hidden from the HUD. this would mean that doors and the likes would not show up (by default?) until one of those criteria were met. this would also mean that you could have a bank of escape pods for your crew ready to go without a sea of markers.
i feel like this would greatly help with internal decoration, as people would be much more willing to use mechanical doors all over their ships.
