Yea, I know xD it was too lop-sided if I didn't bring the front ones down by one block, otherwise it glides across the ground when it's on. Edit: It's "technically" connected, it's under a flat hull panel.
I haven't flown my strike fighter/explorer for a while, but, with 3 RCS, it actually handled like a proper fighter originally and then had weird turning issues with a subsequent patch. though I think that's been fixed now. I got around the weird flight mechanics in space by using 4 railguns instead of the slower projectile weapons as, even if you miss a couple of times, they can two shot a drone and one shot a turret from outside their firing range.
Just made this in about 4 hours start to finish in survival on Omicron. Call this one the Scorpion, because thats what she looks like. Test flight went very well, lots of thrust in all directions, 6 pulse lasers, blueprint is already up in the SV forum as of now. What to make next...
hoho that could be something indeed, will have to see what i can come up with for ideas in the next day or two
Here's mine, it's pretty fun to fly would love to see your dragon ship @StarCitizen when you make it. One can never have enough dragons.
Very nice, I will have to make something worthy of flying with it, some ideas are coming to mind. Then last night I was like, I should make a dogfighting CV that looks like a dog, which is now top priority, managed to draw up full plans for it in about 20 minutes, ratios and all for the entire body shape, have a feeling it might go together pretty quick, and this one wont look like just any dog, but a very specific one.
Think when I get to the dragon its gonna be a massive CV comparable to the hammerhead, thats the idea thats coming together in my head so far anyways. But this dogfighting dog is gonna rock.
For some reason my mind keeps on wandering over to the Mothra-inspired Kaiju they had in Pacific Rim, the one with wings.... whenever I think of this dragon plan in my head.
O_0 ... *Beholds the magnificent visage before me...* I love Dragons so much, but it appears i'm not worthy of their Majesty. Your creation is glorious! *Bows down & starts worshiping your Creation as if it was a Queen Dragon* Now if StarCitizen could make her a King Dragon... & me... i'm not a worthy Dragon at all... i'm so ashamed of my Creation... I flew it to my Akua Base on business then found out it was so epic fail of a Creation it couldn't even lift itself back off the ground after it landed, & Akua has modest Gravity... i've scavenged it into a make-do SV to at least function for now, (Mostly ripping the Wings & Tail off then replacing the Thrusters into the Main Body...) but i'm too depressed to try to make anymore SVs anytime soon... :'( I'm gonna take a wild guess that your Dog of choice is gonna be a Bulldog, cause with the Block Shapes we can use, I think its features & Face would manage to fit best. (Psst, no need to Triple Post. If ya got more to say & find no responses after your own ya can just Edit new Responses into your last Post. ) Edit: Oops, almost forgot... For the Topic: My most recent going ons is I flew down my CV with Tyrax Starter SV docked to it to the Akua Surface hoping my CV handled Planetary Conditions... this was its first Test. I parked my CV onto a small Island adjacent to my Base, then I undocked my SV from it & parked it onto a new Parking Place I made for it on the Temp Base, then realized I couldn't get back up to my CV Entrance high up on the CV cause i'm a Mega Derp & forgot all about thinking about how i'd get into my CV from a Planetary Surface. Fortunately I cooked up a hare-brained scheme... I got into my Tyrax Starter HV, went up to that Island's highest point which fortunately was in front of, but not under, the CV's Nose, then tried Boosting up onto my CV. (Another use for HVs! ) I missed, & accidentally got damn hard wedged between the bottom side of the CV Nose & the Ground. it took a tense few minutes to wiggle around, boost around, trying anything to get unwedged out, & FINALLY it worked itself free & only needed minor repairs after. I try again, & this time make it up to the top & get out & get into my CV & fire it up to return to Space. As I lift off, as per my Mad Empyrion Science Plan, I intentionally tilt its front up as I take off on purpose to let my HV slide off the CV's top & hover itself down to the ground, & return to Space (Woohoo! Exiting a Planet is no problem for the CV!) & rendezvous with my Dragonet, that i'm still feeling ashamed about. I fly the Dragonet to the Surface & land it about in front of my Base but accidentally get the Hillside instead of right on top of the Hill. I try to take off a little to hover it up to get ON the Hilltop... & my heart sinks as it does nothing but feebly wiggle around a little & LOSE its fight against Akua's Gravity... THIS is when I realize my Creation wasn't just not good enough, it's a complete & utter failure... NOW i'm outright depressed... :'( I was partway through my prep for my move to Aestus to begin its Colonization, but I see now I have no choice but to wait on it, cause I have to do something about my Dragonet... it has proven it's not worthy of the name... At first i'm seriously considering R&R Tooling IT ALL... then I find myself thinking there's still some Aspects I still like about it so I decide to band aid fix my SV needs situation & just rip off the Wings & Tail & Head Horns & move its Thrusters into the Body to make it at least function for now & i'll ponder how to make a REAL SV farther down the road whenif I ever get over this. I'm afraid to try to make a Themed Creation now... especially in Survival... :'( (When the hell is the Real Man Bug ever gonna get fixed!!?) After this I test drove my poor sod of a Ship, temporarily code named 'Warrior', & it flies. Good enough for now. I resume prepping to Colonize Aestus, & run outta time & have to bed down for the night mid-progress.
Its high on my list, just not sure if i want to start a massive project with a possible impending wipe coming any day now. Anyone know more about the alpha progress? I keep looking and feel like its going to be the next patch, but its only a guess. I will hint though that the dog I am making is from Dr Who hehehe
I really hope the pre-alpha blueprints work in the alpha. Even though I still can't get it to load outside its native save file, I have no real desire to spend 12 hours building my orbital station hull again...
I like your Freighter more then Dead8Eye's thus far... yours doesn't (thus far) look like a total joke for Space Pirates to sack with hilarious ease. Edit: Update: As i'm working on building a ton of stuff in prep to Colonize Aestus, I ran outta Copper & got low on Cobalt & mined up a small Vein of both... after completing that, building a ton of stuff in prep to Colonize Aestus has resumed. End of boring little report. (It really would be cool if we could do something like build Machines that could attach to Constructors & directly speed up its work & make Mass Production easier.) Edit 2: Now also had to mine out a Vein of Silicon cause I got real low on that too. Also while digging that Copper, I somehow made the World Terrain Geometry fritz out: Spoiler
Can try to, if I ever remember where it was & manage to get it re-found. From what I remember, Dead's Freighter had a billion Cargo Boxes on its outside with little to no weaponry on the Ship... might as well have slathered his whole Ship in tons & tons of Honey...
Well, my ships works in the same way, except it's 20 large 10^3 cargo containers, but I will be equipping it with at least 5 meduim SV fighters and a set of anti-ship missiles.
