Reverse Engineering

    JNC

    Joined
    Nov 11, 2013
    Messages
    142
    Reaction score
    138
    • Purchased!
    • Legacy Citizen 5
    The ability to combine blueprint data.

    For example, you defeat a pirate ship and take it back to your shipyard for analysis. The ship was heavily damaged so maybe only one-third of its design is known and saved to a blueprint. Over many subsequent engagements you're able to bring back the previously unknown parts of the ships and combine them with the initial blueprint/projection, now you have a complete ship schematic in your shipyards data banks!

    This can kinda be achieved by copy/pasting the ship wrecks together but I think this would add some RP value, perhaps.... being able to possess partial designs and such.
     

    Sachys

    Hermit.
    Joined
    Nov 30, 2015
    Messages
    647
    Reaction score
    316
    so really you mean "Add broken blueprints as a loot drop, allow shipyards to combine broken blueprints"?
     

    JNC

    Joined
    Nov 11, 2013
    Messages
    142
    Reaction score
    138
    • Purchased!
    • Legacy Citizen 5
    No, I still think you should have to bring the ship wrecks to a shipyard and create the blueprints yourself..... I dont particularly care for having blueprints as loot unless it's coming from a station or something.
     

    Sachys

    Hermit.
    Joined
    Nov 30, 2015
    Messages
    647
    Reaction score
    316
    No, I still think you should have to bring the ship wrecks to a shipyard and create the blueprints yourself..... I dont particularly care for having blueprints as loot unless it's coming from a station or something.
    So pretty much something you can already do, but combine a series of broken designs to make a complete working one?

    Okay, thats worth a thought if so.
     
    Joined
    Feb 27, 2014
    Messages
    1,074
    Reaction score
    502
    • Purchased!
    • Legacy Citizen 4
    • Top Forum Contributor
    I like this.
    Essentially a Treasure hunt,
    A player may defeat a pirate and find e.g "Raptor Blueprint 1/4"
    Vist a planet; defeat some more pirates and then you can combine the "Raptor Blueprint" peices into a whole blueprint that can be used any number of times.
     

    JNC

    Joined
    Nov 11, 2013
    Messages
    142
    Reaction score
    138
    • Purchased!
    • Legacy Citizen 5
    No, I'm just sayin "combine blueprint 1 with blueprint 2" if both blueprints are of the same model, and without needing to physically copy/paste the blocks around.
     

    Sachys

    Hermit.
    Joined
    Nov 30, 2015
    Messages
    647
    Reaction score
    316
    No, I'm just sayin "combine blueprint 1 with blueprint 2" if both blueprints are of the same model, and without needing to physically copy/paste the blocks around.
    exactly
     

    OfficialCoding

    Professional Quickfire Hater
    Joined
    Nov 8, 2017
    Messages
    399
    Reaction score
    248
    • Legacy Citizen
    • Legacy Citizen 2
    The ability to combine blueprint data.

    For example, you defeat a pirate ship and take it back to your shipyard for analysis. The ship was heavily damaged so maybe only one-third of its design is known and saved to a blueprint. Over many subsequent engagements you're able to bring back the previously unknown parts of the ships and combine them with the initial blueprint/projection, now you have a complete ship schematic in your shipyards data banks!

    This can kinda be achieved by copy/pasting the ship wrecks together but I think this would add some RP value, perhaps.... being able to possess partial designs and such.
    Yeah that would be very cool. I like taking isanths for fun, and this would make it a lot cooler.
     
    Joined
    Jan 14, 2016
    Messages
    418
    Reaction score
    254
    • Legacy Citizen 7
    • Community Content - Silver 1
    • Purchased!
    Yeah that would be very cool. I like taking isanths for fun, and this would make it a lot cooler.
    I once had a couple of busted up Isanths as templates and turned them into the basis of a cobbled together starter space station!

    I'd read a sci fi short story that used this idea (although it was a couple of broken ships on a planet surface) and thought it would be pretty unique.

    I do like the blueprint merge idea too. I too have collected Isanths for fun and having a way to piece together wrecks could be interesting.
     
    • Like
    Reactions: OfficialCoding

    OfficialCoding

    Professional Quickfire Hater
    Joined
    Nov 8, 2017
    Messages
    399
    Reaction score
    248
    • Legacy Citizen
    • Legacy Citizen 2
    I once had a couple of busted up Isanths as templates and turned them into the basis of a cobbled together starter space station!

    I'd read a sci fi short story that used this idea (although it was a couple of broken ships on a planet surface) and thought it would be pretty unique.

    I do like the blueprint merge idea too. I too have collected Isanths for fun and having a way to piece together wrecks could be interesting.
    Yeah cool.