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    I'm currently testing some different corridor ideas and designs:


    I like your focus into detail. The first one makes the most sense to me and looks most welcoming. In the second there are those pointy wedges into the floor that would make no sense, and in the third the hazard stripes and the red dots of the axis are out of place (there is no object you associate the repeating pattern with that make sense for the red dots, and why would you use hazard stripes in a walkway that is bordered anyway? ;) ).
     
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    I like your focus into detail. The first one makes the most sense to me and looks most welcoming. In the second there are those pointy wedges into the floor that would make no sense, and in the third the hazard stripes and the red dots of the axis are out of place (there is no object you associate the repeating pattern with that make sense for the red dots, and why would you use hazard stripes in a walkway that is bordered anyway? ;) ).
    It looks good. The use of stripes and turret axis blocks help break up the visual monotony by adding some detailed colors. I believe that last one is the one I like the most, the other two looking a little bland (only by comparison!)

    It's loads better than what I do, which is to take a cue from the 2nd worse star trek movie and spruce up my interiors with overwhelming and odd ambient color choices...
     
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    (there is no object you associate the repeating pattern with that make sense for the red dots
    Maybe none for you, personally I'd imagine them as the motion-trackers or targeting sensors that many, many, many sci-fi ships have in their hallways.
    EX: intruder in corridor J 2-6, how do they know that's where the intruders are? (pressure plates are a decent alternative explanation, except when in Zero-G or the intruder is flying)

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    why would you use hazard stripes in a walkway that is bordered anyway? ;) ).
    One of the "alternative" uses for hazard striping, is to indicate a removable panel. In this case, that'd mean the entire floor is a series of removable panels.
    EX: in some sci-fi ships (I specifically recall something much like this in Star Trek:TNG) there are potentially dozens of systems under the "floor", power distribution, the gravity generator(s), the data-transfer cables, a/several pop-up turret(s), the fecking plumbing.
    Effectively, the floor you actually walk upon is being used like a drop-ceiling, as a way to hide/protect finicky, sensitive, or just plain ugly equipment & machinery from sight/casual disruption.

    He could allso just like the look it gives. A darker, much more industrial feel, without dumping boat-loads of Pipes everywhere. (Besides, the pipes are jontyfreack's schtick.)

    EDIT: Fixed a broken quote, forgot the second " mark.
     
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    Maybe none for you, personally I'd imagine them as the motion-trackers or targeting sensors that many, many, many sci-fi ships have in their hallways.
    EX: intruder in corridor J 2-6, how do they know that's where the intruders are? (pressure plates are a decent alternative explanation, except when in Zero-G or the intruder is flying)


    One of the "alternative" uses for hazard striping, is to indicate a removable panel. In this case, that'd mean the entire floor is a series of removable panels.
    EX: in some sci-fi ships (I specifically recall something much like this in Star Trek:TNG) there are potentially dozens of systems under the "floor", power distribution, the gravity generator(s), the data-transfer cables, a/several pop-up turret(s), the fecking plumbing.
    Effectively, the floor you actually walk upon is being used like a drop-ceiling, as a way to hide/protect finicky, sensitive, or just plain ugly equipment & machinery from sight/casual disruption.

    He could allso just like the look it gives. A darker, much more industrial feel, without dumping boat-loads of Pipes everywhere. (Besides, the pipes are jontyfreack's schtick.)

    EDIT: Fixed a broken quote, forgot the second " mark.
    Sure you can interpret the detailing like that. But do you associate it with the first time you see it? I mean if the meaning you describe explains itself by some contextual objects before the floor I totally agree. But did you have those associations freely, or did you search for something this floor could be (like having this side installed lasers), instead of just knowing what the floor is detailed with and is supposed to be instead of just guessing by one look?
     

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    The hazard stripes are there so you don't bump your toe on one of the structural supports ever couple blocks :D

    For real, many industrial buildings have warning stripes along walkways, even if they have walls. I don't know the purpose of those, but I personally think they look cool, and give the corridor an utility feel to it.
     
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    But did you have those associations freely, or did you search for something this floor could be (like having this side installed lasers), instead of just knowing what the floor is detailed with and is supposed to be instead of just guessing by one look?
    Some of it was indeed a "what could this be". The motion sensors part of those Rail Turret docks

    My actual first thought on them was "that many lights on an insulated pipe? what the hell are they shoving though that that could congeal often enough to need that many flow indicator lights?" (there's a whole lot of refineries within about 30 minutes drive of where I live, they have indicators for a lot of their pipes, but it's usually all in one colossus of a control room, and not on the individual pipes.)

    So for that "first look" a combination of prior knowledge, and immediate free-association thought.
    (here on this third look, they allso sort-of resemble Air-conditioning ductwork, the big, fiberglass insulated kind. but again, why would you need that many indicators?)

    The Hazard stripes meaning the floor is an access panel? I've been in a few facilities where practically entire walls were made of removable panels, and unless you saw one being removed (as I did at the time) you'd never know it. (most of those did not have any sort of indicator that they could be removed)
    One of those had them partially off so they could paint hazard stripes onto the ribbing the panels connected to, and in a border on the inside of the panel, so it'd be blind stinking obvious whenever one of them was opened that it was a hazard.
    (from what I learned after asking, Safety Inspector had come down hard on them after previous visitor whacked himself in the head with a panel that he only half-saw, so they were now trying preventative measures)

    So, for that one, prior experience gave me the thought on first look, "oh, that's a removable floor-panel"
     
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    As an age old MineCraft player, I can generally transfer all that I've learned from building there to StarMade, or so I thought - the reality is that I can surpass MineCraft with ease due to the shear number of decorative blocks and materials; These are some of the interiors to the new Office of Naval Intellegence Project BlackRock (Mouthful, I know) station starmade-screenshot-0058.png starmade-screenshot-0059.png starmade-screenshot-0060.png starmade-screenshot-0061.png starmade-screenshot-0062.png starmade-screenshot-0063.png starmade-screenshot-0064.png starmade-screenshot-0065.png starmade-screenshot-0002.png starmade-screenshot-0007.png
     
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    As an age old MineCraft player, I can generally transfer all that I've learned from building there to StarMade, or so I thought - the reality is that I can surpass MineCraft with ease due to the shear number of decorative blocks and materials; These are some of the interiors to the new Office of Naval Intellegence Project BlackRock (Mouthful, I know) stationView attachment 33299 View attachment 33300 View attachment 33301 View attachment 33302 View attachment 33303 View attachment 33304 View attachment 33305 View attachment 33306 View attachment 33307 View attachment 33308
    DUDE those are recolord Concordian Fighter's
     
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    Maybe link them, only 10% of the people here know what you are talking about. I don't know this fighter design, but I like it! First one in this size that looks intimidating for a long time.. =)
     
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    DUDE those are recolord Concordian Fighter's
    Ah yes, how negligent of me. I'd hate to step on anyone's feet and steal credit when not deserved.
    Yes, those are Concordian Fighters, a base design I particularly like.
    They are the only fighters that I have in my collection that fit nicely in my hanger. All the ones I build are quite large xD