A thread for people to share survival-only media of their work and progress! What are you most proud of making in survival mode. What did you create when you first landed. Something you came across in your travels. Something you failed at making but tried so hard with. Share! * Survival Mode media only please! Disclaimer: I went searching for a thread about people's progress through Survival Mode; galleries, their media, their creations and stories along the way, and could not find one simply dedicated to survival play only that was not mixed with gobs of creative mode monstrous builds and impossibilities(?).
Good idea this thread. I will post some pictures tonight. At work right now so I can't at the moment. But liked the idea so much I had to post.
I did't want to be the first to post, because I'm not terribly far in the game, and my first attempts at survival are sort of laughable at best But here is a small gallery of current "First Attempt":
Yeah, but these two blocks upsidedown make a good shape. and anythings is static so ... it can be moved.
Ha! nice stuff... all done in survival? Wow, you've been at it awhile. I do love the idea of built on a platform in water. That is sublime. The shipyard dock is a sweet touch too!
From how I understand it. Building on water will not be happing in Alpha. Have to find a work around. Yes I only play Survival.
Might have to build an Anchor Arm from land, and then 'balance' a building just above the surface of the water... Or maybe Eleon could add 'water pylon blocks' that DO still allow building above water.
Problem with this game say vs Minecraft. You have to use a starter block for everything. Sure wish we could place blocks were and when we need them. Then piles in the water would work just fine. With out placing a starter then piles on top and later moving the core. Seams ass backwards to me.
At least with ships, you can start them up on scaffolding, and then work a truss frame support, pop them off after you are done, and let the ship land on its feet. Cant do that very well with bases! However it seems I'm always moving the core anyway. I know in SE you had to start with a stuck landing gear (for ships)... always in the wrong place, and end up having to grind that off and put new ones on. Still cumbersome and had to shuffle blocks to make it work right. Starting a base though was done with just any random block, nothing special about it. In StarMade, you start a station with just one block floating in space too, has no special properties at all, only defines the station exists. I thought I read in one of those Alpha Update that they [Eleon] are doing away with the 'starter set' and going with the place-a-block method? Or did I read that all wrong.
Actually I did read it wrong. They are not getting rid of the 'group of blocks to start a base' but rather the need to flatten the ground. And the side effect is you cannot make a 'floating' base now (floating on water that is, directly)... but they hinted at how to do it. But it does look like you will be able to build under-water bases just fine. Its way down a bit on update #3: http://empyriononline.com/threads/road-to-alpha-development-update-2.5045/
I personally don't see the point to underwater bases at this time. No fish, no way to let water flow. No large doors. A large elevator would be cool if we had one to lower a ship down into base. Then I would consider one.
