Shipyard Block Replace

[Vengeance42]

No idea if this has been suggested before...

When building from a blueprint, I think it would be real handy to be able to replace certain blocks in the blue print with other blocks. I just finished making a large turret with a grey outer shell, and so it looks very ....grey. Instead making a new one and then replacing each block with a different color, what if I could just replace them in the blueprint with, say, yellow blocks?

Also, I could change it in blueprint form from a missile turret to a cannon turret with the click of a button.

Thanks for reading...

 

[spaceEngineer]

Why not just use the advanced build mode remove and replace option?

 

[Vengeance42]

Sure, for a few blocks. But if you have a large ship, or are trying to replace difficult to access blocks, this will be very time consuming.

 

[Malacodor]

This could be realized as a 3rd party tool as well.

 

[Spindizzy]

Makes sense, wouldn't hurt performance on multiplayer or create massive client lag from doing a massive sweeping block exchange on large ships/stations as you're just doing it from the blueprint.

On that note, I hope that add a system to spawning in station that limits the blocks per second in the same way as constructing a shipyard. People spawning stations from blueprints is a known potential server crippling action at the moment.