Recognized This would help with immersion trust me it would.

[<SCRIPTKITTY>]

So I hate when I have to be like "you know that feature in mining simulator 2k15"

So you know that feature In Left for dead where you can see what gun your holding? Well that but with the starmade blocks/weapons when in astro mode. This would help with immersion because it helps you feel like your a character instead of a floating camera that can place blocks.

I noticed this when I was playing minecraft right after I played starmade, for some reason minecraft seemed more natural, same block mechanics similar gui, the only thing i could think of is that minecraft has a display of the current block you are hold as if the player character was holding it. So yeah do a thing

 

[Byamarro]

So I hate when I have to be like "you know that feature in mining simulator 2k15"

So you know that feature In Left for dead where you can see what gun your holding? Well that but with the starmade blocks/weapons when in astro mode. This would help with immersion because it helps you feel like your a character instead of a floating camera that can place blocks.

I noticed this when I was playing minecraft right after I played starmade, for some reason minecraft seemed more natural, same block mechanics similar gui, the only thing i could think of is that minecraft has a display of the current block you are hold as if the player character was holding it. So yeah do a thing

True, right now being astronaut is like not being anything at all.

 

[NeonSturm]

And sitting in ships is like not having any cockpit at all ^^

 

[Mr.Steam]

I don't think you actually hold blocks. I think you "beam" blocks in from your transport/storage buffer with the little electronic gizmo on your arm. However it would be cool to see your arm when holding a gun or placing blocks.

 

[jayman38]

I don't think you actually hold blocks. I think you "beam" blocks in from your transport/storage buffer with the little electronic gizmo on your arm. However it would be cool to see your arm when holding a gun or placing blocks.

OK, have a translucent image of the block, to simulate a holograph of the block.

 

[Valiant70]

I don't think you actually hold blocks. I think you "beam" blocks in from your transport/storage buffer with the little electronic gizmo on your arm. However it would be cool to see your arm when holding a gun or placing blocks.

Quite right. You have an "assembler" tool that doesn't appear in the inventory. I'd like to see it in my avatar's hand with a small screen displaying the selected block and its name.

 

[Edymnion]

OK, have a translucent image of the block, to simulate a holograph of the block.

Turn on block preview?

 

[Bench]

Fair point, I like it.

 

[Ithirahad]

And sitting in ships is like not having any cockpit at all ^^

...Which will be fixed by next June or so; the devs already have a plan for this. What Scriptkitty mentions is a very valid problem that nobody's mentioned... It would also alleviate the awkward issue of people standing around pointing guns at each other because they forgot that they had a gun in their selected hotbar slot.

 

[kiddan]

Would it be possible to see your arm in the bottom right corner of the screen extended with the defabricator-thing having a tiny holograph above it of the block?

 

[Valiant70]

I'm a little hesitant about a hologram. Right now any block preview that fills a significant portion of my screen causes a major fps drop.

 

[Ithirahad]

I'm a little hesitant about a hologram. Right now any block preview that fills a significant portion of my screen causes a major fps drop.

Sounds... like a bug? or otherwise something else that can be optimized out.

 

[<SCRIPTKITTY>]

OK, have a translucent image of the block, to simulate a holograph of the block.

I like this idea, considering the fact we can hold millions of blocks it wouldn't make much since to hold them in our hand.

 

[Comradecolonel]

i really like the idea of a hologram. If you held out your assembler and a 2d hologram showed the current block, that would be pretty cool. the only problem is that all the items don't have models so that would need to be done too.

 

[kiddan]

i really like the idea of a hologram. If you held out your assembler and a 2d hologram showed the current block, that would be pretty cool. the only problem is that all the items don't have models so that would need to be done too.

Yea, it would definitely be cool with a transparent blue-tinted model rotating above or something like that. It could just be the normal block rendered above it (if that's feasible) with a semi-transparent texture, somewhat like the display block background, overlayed.

 

[Andem]

At the very least I want to see my arm with the mining laser while in astronaut mode.