More work done on the Thanatos Cruiser. I realize the first image didn't show a whole lot, this should give a much better idea of the thing. Needs more turret placements though...
Working on my Interstel Superphotonic Starship. I wasn't able to find one in the workshop (maybe i missed it, idk) and with all the enterprises and the like out there i was kind of surprised. Might actually publish it when i'm finished, although at the moment i've hit a snag, there's a couple of rooms left to do that are empty and for the life of me i can't think what i should put in there. Spoiler
today i had my first real try at building an sv to take down POIs. its made entirely of hardened armor with 9 rail guns at the front which do a great job at one shotting turrets. the problem is how LITTLE protection the layers of armor offered the stuff inside. seriously, my fridge which was no less than 4 spaces away from the outside, got destroyed (along with some other stuff INSIDE the ship, yet i never lost i single piece of armor. how bloody thick do i have to make the hull?! i experienced the same thing shooting down space drones with my cv. the front is entirely armored glass, which got slightly damaged, but never even came close to losing one. yet an lcd screen inside 5 meters/blocks back from the front got destroyed and lots of other blocks inside the ship took damage.
Unfortunately that's a known bug, I believe it's called "lag shots". The outer hull remains fine but shots "teleport" through to the inside Hopefully it gets fixed soon!
Looks already quite nice! I made a interpretaion of the Interstel ship a few weeks ago, maybe you can use some ideas of it for your ship. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=845115643
Finished a first version of my Raumkreuzer class heavy explorer. It is something like the big brother of the Messenger, i made before. Spoiler: Image Next on the list is testing and optimizing it and then doing some interiors.
I agree I've been bombarding couple of my friends with screenshots and asking when they are buying Empyrion for weeks now. It finally paid of as it was on sale on Steam! So I've been playing Empyrion with two of my friends lately - teaching them the basic tricks and building stuff, looting stuff, mining stuff, shooting stuff. And have to admit - its been a blast! Here's couple miners we've done It tends to get bit hectic down in the mining pit with three hover miners
Today I sat around all day after the update waiting for my American friends to wake up and update the server
Today I made my first hover entirely designed with mining in mind. While building I focused strongly on interior. Final product feel spacious, organised and "clean", while giving access to all subsystems whenever necessary. Exterior also was designed to fulfill its function, cylindrical shape, reinforced bulkheads and cabin with very good field of view, make excavating easier and safer.
That's gotta be some beautiful Carnage! For the Topic: My latest going-ons on the WASD Server: I'm still awaiting Coding In & Implementation of my Custom Planet, Boss Funinator's still under the weather (Get well soon!) & he has told me that he wanted to give fellow Server Staff Rampage command of Coding the Planet in while also using it as a practice one for him to be taught the ways of Planet Building, yet Rampaage hasn't been around lately & contact with him has been lost... so i'm still doing my damn best to be patient & trying to use the time constructively to extra prep for when I can begin Colonizing the new home eventually. Then needing a break from doing this, Server Player SirRecksAlot suggested I POI Raid nearby PvE Worlds & I was hesitant at first fearing i'd Game Over if I had an accident with my Temp SV & CV doing such Shenanigans... but in the end I changed my mind & was persuaded, figuring 1: What the hell good would it do to stay safe...ly bored? If i'm safe & sound, but not staying Entertained, am I REALLY winning? Kinda like if a TF2 Spy stays Cloaked a ton & plays too safe, "Not dying does not automatically = 'Kredit to Team' after all". & 2: What if I could find me an Epic Minigun? After some chat with SirRecks, I chose to assault PvE World "Perion" & arrived at it promptly. I managed to take down a smaller POI & got some good stuff including but not limited to a few Neodymium Ingots & such outta it & stored it in my Temp SV Cargo Box, then realized the nearby POI I had been being cautious with turned out to be the Planet Drone Base. I want an Epic Minigun! I assaulted it with my Temp SV (Oh, in case ya don't remember this dude from Past Posts, this dude is Equipped with 6 Gatling Guns. Was the best I could do at the time of making it on my Starter World during building it.) I grinned after a fierce fight that I was still alive AGAIN while all POI Turrets were dead AGAIN while I wasn't even fighting in a actual Warrior SV (How am I pulling this off!!? ) then landed & set about repairs to the SV... & realized it had lost its Spotlight, (Easily replaced.) O2 Tank, (Meh, Perion's Atmo is Breathable & I have a zillion O2 Canisters.) & ... GAH!!! My Cargo Box with my Loot from the past POI!!! How could I have been so stupid as to forget to take that Loot to my Temp CV for Storage & Safeguard before attacking the Drone Base!!? D: I have a damn hard time resisting the urge to get out of my chair & beat my head against a Wall Stud for awhile... Aside from the fact that the Drone Base was a total bastard & never let me have more FPS then an average of 10ish, it was rather uneventful to conquer & the Epic Weapon Crate Loot it gave me turned out to be a Epic Laser Rifle, damn.... or is it...? I've been noting my normal Minigun takes many Bullets to down a Sentry Turret & if I attack it first accurately & it begins attacking me shortly after & we tank each others shots till one dies, I average killing it with my Minigun first with a sliver of Health. I experimented with the Epic Laser Rifle & tried doing a similar 1 on 1 with a Sentry Turret later on pointed 90ish Degrees away from me & ambush fired at it & to my surprise I killed the Sentry Turret before it could finish turning to fire at me & hit me at all. I wonder... did the recent Laser Weapon Buff ACTUALLY raise the Laser Rifle DPS higher then the Minigun DPS vs foes with no Headshot? How would this fare with Headshots? @LiftPizzas has done DPS Tests before... dude, could I humbly beg you to run new Tests on this comparing the new Epic Laser Rifle vs the Epic Minigun & Generate new Results pwease? (So I can decide if I wanna possibly actually consider using this Epic Laser Rifle as a fully On-Duty Weapon & addition to my Repertoire or not. You're so good at such stuff.)
This morning I logged into the official server and spawned my CV run of the offical Tier 2a ship. Wow that thing is not fuel efficient. 4 hours on large promethium means I can't even get through a day's work or a night's sleep without losing significant food storage and such. Oh well, it's short term. Love this game!
Did you miss a tank? I get 11:xx if I fill up all four with large Promethium cells. You can extend it to over a day by turning off some thrusters and/or lights. They are all grouped, easy going.
It's finally done. The Damocles Some before and after shots of the interior: Spoiler Now to get back to work on my mining outpost. I'm making a few cosmetic improvements but mostly it's just texture and paint at this point. I am going to finish it and then figure out how to turn it into a POI. Hopefully that's as simple as adding an alien core/weapons/spawners/containers.
