These are really nice. I like the last one. I wish we could make prefabs/modules. to make this kind of stuff easier. So far most of my landing gear have been super simple just because I don't like having to rebuild complex systems over and over.
Thank you! I know what you mean about the prefabs. At the moment it's just using connector blocks to join things together. Something I'm going to be experimenting with at some point.
You probably dont give a shit but if you are bored like me atm you can watch pretty much all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend lately xD
@@curioinventorium I've been thinking about the same. Until I get the courage to do so, thanks again for your videos. I'm about to go watch your new turret videos after I stayed up way too late last night building a terrible ship.
@@curioinventorium Great answer. I'm currently using the ship to figure out how to use the shipyard. I built a small platform and I'm trying to get the ship to autoland on the platform. If you have any tips for using the shipyard, they would help greatly.
I'll be recording and uploading a video on Monday on using shipyards. Once you've defined the landing area space (clicking on the shipyard block with the link tool will show the space that marks out the shipyard) and you're in a ship, you should be able to select the landing area using middle click. Then holding down the middle mouse button will show a context menu for requesting landing. After that just fly in manually and the autopilot will take over once the ship is close enough, as long as the landing area is clear. It's a bit fiddly and the path-finding of the autopilot can be a bit "adventurous" at times.
I like the mechanisms on the hole, but I can't stop thinking that the Mass/Weight distribution on such pointy legs would look a bit awkward. I guess the mass of the ships doesn't have an impact on how it sits upon landing yet in that case?
I guess it all depends on the ship they're used on. There is some sort of mass to the ships, and they will wobble about if they land on uneven terrain. I will have to think of some more at some point.
It may be important to have a future video showing (if Possible) how to automaticallly adjust landing gear to keep a ship level on landing. I have seen video on this being done manually on uneven terrain...but yeah
That'll be something for to investigate. I think there'd need to be some extra logic blocks for that and a terrain/object sensor block. It used to be possible to have multiple links into a rail block and people used that for doing multi-floor elevators. But that was changed. Terrain adjusting landing gear would be cool to have though.
These are really nice. I like the last one. I wish we could make prefabs/modules. to make this kind of stuff easier. So far most of my landing gear have been super simple just because I don't like having to rebuild complex systems over and over.
Thank you! I know what you mean about the prefabs. At the moment it's just using connector blocks to join things together. Something I'm going to be experimenting with at some point.
You probably dont give a shit but if you are bored like me atm you can watch pretty much all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend lately xD
@Crosby Rohan yup, have been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)
Subscribed. Love the creativity. I just bought the game yesterday and you're build helped give me some ideas.
Cool, you're welcome. This is the first game that's ever inspired me to start making content and uploading to UA-cam about it!
@@curioinventorium I've been thinking about the same. Until I get the courage to do so, thanks again for your videos. I'm about to go watch your new turret videos after I stayed up way too late last night building a terrible ship.
If you learn to build better from it, then it wasn't a terrible ship ;)
@@curioinventorium Great answer. I'm currently using the ship to figure out how to use the shipyard. I built a small platform and I'm trying to get the ship to autoland on the platform. If you have any tips for using the shipyard, they would help greatly.
I'll be recording and uploading a video on Monday on using shipyards.
Once you've defined the landing area space (clicking on the shipyard block with the link tool will show the space that marks out the shipyard) and you're in a ship, you should be able to select the landing area using middle click. Then holding down the middle mouse button will show a context menu for requesting landing.
After that just fly in manually and the autopilot will take over once the ship is close enough, as long as the landing area is clear.
It's a bit fiddly and the path-finding of the autopilot can be a bit "adventurous" at times.
Some good ideas!
I'll hopefully have more at a later date. Maybe even fitted to actual spaceships :/
Curio Inventorium I think the correct term is spacecraft
I like the mechanisms on the hole, but I can't stop thinking that the Mass/Weight distribution on such pointy legs would look a bit awkward. I guess the mass of the ships doesn't have an impact on how it sits upon landing yet in that case?
I guess it all depends on the ship they're used on. There is some sort of mass to the ships, and they will wobble about if they land on uneven terrain. I will have to think of some more at some point.
i really like these mechnisms but my one complaint is that the landing gear should have a larger surface area of ground contact
The good thing about this game, is that you can make the landing gear anyway you want :)
It may be important to have a future video showing (if Possible) how to automaticallly adjust landing gear to keep a ship level on landing. I have seen video on this being done manually on uneven terrain...but yeah
That'll be something for to investigate. I think there'd need to be some extra logic blocks for that and a terrain/object sensor block. It used to be possible to have multiple links into a rail block and people used that for doing multi-floor elevators. But that was changed.
Terrain adjusting landing gear would be cool to have though.
All you need now is some gene enhanced warriors and hey presto emperor of mankind
I've got to build the golden throne first :)
Maybe I should try some 40k inspired builds