Planned Please explain the mobile factories/factories on ships thing?

[rlpowell]

I'm sorry, I know this is a repeat but...

I've just recently found this game, and introduced 2 friends to it, and the first complaint that all of us independently came up with (other than bugs was "Why can't I mount a factory on my ship?".

I gather from what little I found in the forums that basically "mobile things can't have factories", but I couldn't figure out *why*. I looked, honest I did, but I couldn't find it.

Can someone explain to me why this limitation exists, and if there's any plans to fix it in the future?

Thanks!

 

[CyberTao]

There is plans to allow factories onto ships in a future update. Was probably like that due to complications with how they originally worked.

 

[rlpowell]

Ooooooh! I had gotten the impression that the devs had refused. Yay! Thank you! Hopefully this thread will help some future searcher. :D

 

[Calbiri]

These are already possible, we specifically held back on allowing them know so that we can implement other systems (capital ship system balancing) alongside them. Generally, you'll get a benefit, in exchange, you give up all or a portion of another functionality (this gives pro's/con's to each system you add.)

 

[SapioiT]

These are already possible, we specifically held back on allowing them know so that we can implement other systems (capital ship system balancing) alongside them. Generally, you'll get a benefit, in exchange, you give up all or a portion of another functionality (this gives pro's/con's to each system you add.)

Why? WHYYYY???? We want factories on the ship. We can wait for capital ship and other more difficult stuff for later.

 

[sp33dfire]

He just said that it is already possible...
I don´t know if that´s true, but I think so, but i could explain you, why it is not possible as easy as it would be on earth...

Spoiler: Explanation

On earth you have a constant gravity, based on your location, so the things you want to produce are doing what they should, if you force them.
In space there is, without a gravity gen, no gravity but thats not hte point, without gravity it would be easier to produce things.
The problem on ships is, that they are moving. As you may know from space films or so, it is not as easy to move if your thrusters are at maximum. Imagine yourself in a bus on 100 km/h. do you think you could just move as if the bus is standing?
It would be really hard, in reality, to build a machine, that works perfectly while the thrust is fluctuating.

 

[sgallaty]

Just drop them on a planet for now, and live with it. Not like that's a big barrier =)