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Last time I built a mech it was suggested that I start a buildyard thread to document my progress, I never got around to it last time so I thought I should do it with this one. I'll keep the main post updated as I progress, all criticism, especially suggestions, is welcome and appreciated.
Latest progress:
Finally got around to filling the forearms innards with systems. It has 10 mil e/sec regen to call its own which supplies 1mil regen for its 40mil of shields and and recharges its 400mil power capacity inside the reload time of most alpha weapons. It also utilizes a 15 deep reactor stack which will supply 30 mil e/sec to anything docked to its attatchement socket.
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Build a Mech workshop
As a side project to give my CPU a break I thought I'd build some modular mech components for you guys to have some fun with. Just dock the components together and voilla you have a mech. The only minor complication is that when docking a torso to set of legs you have to link the wireless module(s) on the torso to the wireless module(s) on the legs.
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Latest progress:
Finally got around to filling the forearms innards with systems. It has 10 mil e/sec regen to call its own which supplies 1mil regen for its 40mil of shields and and recharges its 400mil power capacity inside the reload time of most alpha weapons. It also utilizes a 15 deep reactor stack which will supply 30 mil e/sec to anything docked to its attatchement socket.
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Completed the greeble on one plate of the arm bringing the total completion up to 50%.
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About to 43% of the surface covered in greeble now. Its not a large increase but it sure does make a difference to the overall look.
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Got 38% of the blank surface covered in greeble so far. I also got some building tips from the legendary refirendum and now the plates look a lot less repetative.
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With this update I have finished adding greeble to aproximately 1/4 of the forearm's surface area. There's a long road ahead but hopefully I have something awesome to show by the end of it.
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Started detailing on the inside surface of the forearm where the hanger is (which will actually face up when its mounted to the upper arm) Still got to do the back half of it and then I have 3 other faces to do + the joint.
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Ended up having to increase the size of the hanger by about 10m but it was worth it. The scout ship finally fits and I can get back to work on some of the more general greeble.
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Got the scout ship finished, its a little underpowered for its size with about 150k shields and only 3k dps between its two turrets; though it does have a pair of 10k lock-on missiles. Unfortunately It turned out to be a little too big so I have to extend the hanger's height by about 5 meters.
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Got the most basic shape of the forearm finished now, got some greeble done and decided it needed a small base on it for the maintenance and gunner crews for the hand to live in:
Newly added hanger, this is where I intend to put a scout ship:
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Extended the hand cowl back about 300m to start the forearm (now running on min graphics to avoid spontanious combustion) now I have to finish the overall shape before I can start on the enhancers and greeble (at 20fps no less).
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Started work on the wrist now, its got a huge hand cowling because I want it to look heavily armoured. I decided to forgo wrist rotation due to it being rarely used and not fitting with my intended aethstetic.
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The sword is finished! it had a 9mil damage-pulse/beam at the tip and 20k damage-pulse/cannons spaced along its edge at 4m intervals going off in alternate groups every second. It creates 8mil e/sec on its own but will have to draw another 70mil e/sec from the main body in order to function. It is 1049m long and has 6.2 mil shields to protect itself; All in all it comes in at 124,000 mass.
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Ripped out the old reactors as well as some useless hull frames that were left inside the sword after finishing the basic shape. Completely redesigned new reactors which are nice and shiny and fit perfectly as a group of 4 inside the handle. This brings the total regen up to 6.8mil e/sec.
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Can't do the internal pulse system at the moment due to a bug with damage pulse so I got a little more exterior detail done.
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Got a pair of docked reactors into the swords base bringing its total regen up to 5.2mil e/sec. If this turns out to be too low later on I can likely fit another 4 in the handle.
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Got the basic shape of the sword finished, it comes in at 1049m long. Next I gotta do the internal systems (including several docked reactors) finally followed by external greeble.
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Made a start on the epic sword of hugeness, got the basic shape of the handle done, next is the blade and rudimentary details.
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Progress has been a little slow, thought I'd give you guys an idea of just how complicated this thing is by taking a screenshot with all the entity markers visible.
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Finally came up with a thumb mechanism I liked that wasn't overly complicated, got it attached and going to link it up tommorow morning. Also reworked the power in the palm to account for the new, 2 mil, soft cap.
Master hand goodness.
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Palm beam of death.
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Crapton of progress done, built a hand to provide a ton of shielding as well as a big palm laser of doom, just got to put the thumb on.
Hand of doom.
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Guns for days.
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I see you there.
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Done some interior work on the finger tip, put a maintenance hatch behind the rotor assembly and tried to make the interior as claustrophobic as possible with random fans, pipes and conduits everywhere.
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Got the thrid and final finger segment done, its a little more similiar to the finger tip than I would like but I think I succeeded in distinguishing it enough to keep things interesting. This time the weapon system comes in the form of a large deploying cannon. (The doors are a little jerky in the gif due to the lag recording one causes but work smoothly in normal gameplay)
At full extension the whole finger come in at 157m long, thank Schema I'm getting a better laptop in January.
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I have the basic structure of the second finger joint finished, everything is complete except for the interior which will be worked on once the third joint is completed.
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First part of the build featuring a deployable beam/cannon for that 'Master Hand' goodness, for scale it is 48m long.
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Build a Mech workshop
As a side project to give my CPU a break I thought I'd build some modular mech components for you guys to have some fun with. Just dock the components together and voilla you have a mech. The only minor complication is that when docking a torso to set of legs you have to link the wireless module(s) on the torso to the wireless module(s) on the legs.
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