Mysterious white dots...

[aceface]

Ok so heres the deal. Once when I was building my ship; Flappy, I noticed that some random white dots appeared. They could be seen through any material even other ships. These dots seemed to indicate where the thrusters were. I don't know if this is some hidden feature for showing us where thrusters are to make it easier to disable ships, but its really cool! When I relogged after seeing this they were gone. I must have toggled them with some key. Heres all the screenshots I took of them. Click on them to look closely. Yes, I know I did use very few thrusters on Flappy because of the new thrust calculation thing. Heres the link to Flappy http://starmadedock.net/content/flappy.394/

Visible through other ships.

If this is a feature, I must say IT'S AWESOME. Being able to toggle the location of thrusters, power and power tanks in combat would change the way people thought when fighting!

 

[tn44]

It's controlled by the numpad. I forget exactly what the controls are, but this was apparently added for testing purposes quite some time ago. I think numpad 1, 2 and 3 have something to do with it, as well as maybe six? Calbiri or Schema could tell you I think.

 

[Elit3]

It's controlled by the numpad. I forget exactly what the controls are, but this was apparently added for testing purposes quite some time ago. I think numpad 1, 2 and 3 have something to do with it, as well as maybe six? Calbiri or Schema could tell you I think.

This. I must admit that I came onto the topic thinking I'd have to say "Stars"

 

[Cybertooth]

I was actually hoping this would be about stars aswell XD

I had this show up aswell, i dont think it was highlighting systems though, pretty sure it was in the hull blocks. I was hoping i'd accidently discovered a built in circle generator At the time this showed up i was only placing the red blocks.

 

[tn44]

No no, it is certainly highlighting a group of systems. Any one grouping of systems by default, or there's a way to switch to all blocks of a type as well.

 

[dark_J]

very useful mechanic I will look into this for future builds. :D

 

[Keptick]

Numpad, it's to indicate where systems are located on your ship. It's a feature btw.

 

[ToyotaSupra]

There have been a few 'hidden' update that have made the game so convenient, but it seems the Lite Brite mode doesn't work.

Also I know you guys only uploaded this just to show of your ships...(kidding, they are nice though)