Planet gravity

[achoo92]

Planets should have a larger radius for gravity. Also in order to keep things simple but somewhat more interesting, planets should still be flat, but have a surface on both sides with an un-minable layer down the line where gravity shifts from one side to the other. That way you can't just avoid a planet by flying under it.

 

[Calbiri]

i like the idea of a larger gravity range
the other ideas are good too, and schema plans on doing them :D
good suggestions

 

[achoo92]

Awesome! :D do you know if schema plans to add a variable size for planets? or even moons?

 

[VariousArtist]

\"Thats not a planet - its a dirt oreo..! I know - tastes the same...!\"

 

[Calbiri]

I haven\'t heard about moons or variable sized planets either way. I hope so. I have heard about gas giants being planned.

 

[palarious]

I have actually glitched the game into producing a two-sided disc by placing a factory block on the back side of a planet. Spawned a second disc attached to the first, complete with two fields of gravity.

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This is to say it seems doable with minimal amount of coding.

Also, I completely agree with the larger field of gravity. Too easy to escape.

 

[palarious]

However, I think adding the indestructible blocks would take some of the fun out of tunnelling a hole clean through a planet. That just feels awesome.

 

[Xiphon]

Great Ideas although I don\'t like the indestructible blocks. That could be very inconvenient. It would be cool if the strength of gravity was based on the number of blocks. If you built a planet sized ship it would create its own gravity just due to size.

 

[achoo92]

But that would make things really complicated to code. The reason only planets have gravity is because they are flat, and you only have to worry about a single direction of pull. but if you add gravity to everything simply based on its mass (not size) you would have to add the 360 degree calculations. Which are hard to deal with, and would eat up a lot of rescources.Although then you could orbit planets and ships, which would be cool for stations.