Find technology (player-made circuits) in random places.

[NeonSturm]

Imagine you are a Newbie again...

You join a StarMade server (probably localhost where stations are more likely)

And maybe -maybe- you discover the logic blocks, but you don't know what to do with them.


No you find an abandoned station and instead of a chest with loot, you discover a chest with a single logbook.

This logbook contains:

Blueprint for X
description​

where X is be a ship name or circuit name.

As long as the logbook is in the player's inventory he has access to the resource X (he may buy it and save it later to not have to carry it all the time)
(or it may be a mechanic limiting having infinite blueprints with you. Blueprint X requires Y amount of "Blueprint" which is basically a not editable log-book required to display content X)

Now the player (curious as they are) opens the chest and discovers the design of a new circuit!

Circuit for "a secure bomb"

activate with 2 delay

and a security button
for the case you accidentally
hit just one​

He buys it and now has a ship core and logic blocks with lights instead of bombs + display blocks explaining it:
Display1:

button1, button2 -> and1 -> 4* delay
and1, delay(all 4)-> and2 -> or1 -> button3 -> or1
button3 -> red_light "armed"​

Display2:

-- arm: make both blue and wait 2 seconds
-- abort: make one button red before it is armed​

Display3:

button3 -> not -> button4 "reset trigger"
button3, (area trigger -> controller+button4) -> and3 -> white_light "boom"​

Display4:

If you understand how it works, replace the white lights with dis-integrators and build your own bombs!​

 

[NeonSturm]

needs a bump. 2 likes and nobody responds? :D

 

[Byamarro]

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button1, button2 -> and1 -> 4* delay
and1, delay(all 4)-> and2 -> or1 -> button3 -> or1
button3 -> red_light "armed"

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Not sure if blueprints desribed in that format would be clearly...
I would prefer some images in case of simple circuits.


I remember times when I was playing MC. I really loved redstone. So sad that most people don't like logic circuits...
Maybe because these circuits don't give You real power and are not really usefull....
If there would be 1 powerfull thing that can be made with logic circuits, then players could try to do this. They would learn basics to create that big thing. And After learning basics they could propably start to play with logic gates...

 

[NeonSturm]

you may build a plex-door bridge which uses logic to expand/collapse.

But you have to plaster it with area triggers, grass or some other walk-through thing to stop peoples activating it manually.
On doors this won't even work as players which press their nose helmet onto the door will still be able to open it.

This bridge would be cool on planets, but stupid in a zero-g environment.
Maybe better make 2-3 different 1x1 block hole for which players have to enter different gravity to get through (will be impossible with alignment without turning the ship/station=impossible) and use area triggers or activation blocks to trigger gravity, else players will use the triggers to go zero-g again.

In my "Circuits"-Thread (general discussion) I uploaded a blueprint and posted the description for a simple password-protection which may trigger a gravity-trap (suspend you in air) or self-destruction with dis-integrators.

 

[jayman38]

I definitely like the idea of giving new players a helping hand in figuring out logic circuits. Could be another idea for another contest (logic tutorial logs entries! Submit your logic logs now!) Playing with logic is serious fun. Sometimes frustrating. Always challenging. The logs might not give the player everything they need to know, but will encourage them to start experimenting, at least. If the log is found, the logic blocks needed to fulfill it should also be there, so they can start working with it immediately. Otherwise, by the time they can afford logic blocks, they will have forgotten that they have a tutorial about it in their back pocket. However, this should be a rare find, to keep from turning it into even more of a treasure chest than it already is. Plus, to take it a step further, make a few useful, complex logic formulas that are split up between multiple logs. Gotta collect 'em all! Then you don't need to provide all the logic blocks at once. Just the one or two that are mentioned in that particular log.

 

[Gamel]

like the idea of helpping newbie, but dun know will this work, a little push, hope to see more thoughts

 

[psteiner]

Would be more helpful than the current "story" logbooks.