Starbase Progress Notes: Week 32 (2021)
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Navigation chip data saver can be installed on normal chips and the chips are separate items which can be traded.
Moon base sieges are planned at a later stage after station siege.
We plan add this to next week's progress notes, among with how long a feature has been under work.
Rest of the moons will soon follow 
We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.
Belts should be there already, they just don't contain asteroids yet, except for first moon.
Programming stage is the last stage with that feature. That being said it's working at our end, and we plan to add it to PTU within the next two updates.
Moon base sieges are planned at a later stage after station siege.
Would be nice to see some sort of indication as to how close to completion each section is as well though, if possible. Nothing binding obviously, but just and indication of how far each area has to go, at current estimation. E.g. Done, Nearly Done, Still developing, Starting development, Designed, Starting Design - pick one!
Incredibly progress report, hype meter thru the roof! But I am sad that only the first moon will be buildable upon at the start. What if we want to go hide far away?
We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.Belts should be there already, they just don't contain asteroids yet, except for first moon.
Programming stage is the last stage with that feature. That being said it's working at our end, and we plan to add it to PTU within the next two updates.
Navigation chip data saver can be installed on normal chips and the chips are separate items which can be traded.
Moon base sieges are planned at a later stage after station siege.
We plan add this to next week's progress notes, among with how long a feature has been under work.
Rest of the moons will soon follow We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.
Belts should be there already, they just don't contain asteroids yet, except for first moon.
Programming stage is the last stage with that feature. That being said it's working at our end, and we plan to add it to PTU within the next two updates.
Moon base sieges are planned at a later stage after station siege.
We plan add this to next week's progress notes, among with how long a feature has been under work.
Rest of the moons will soon follow
We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.Belts should be there already, they just don't contain asteroids yet, except for first moon.
Programming stage is the last stage with that feature. That being said it's working at our end, and we plan to add it to PTU within the next two updates.
What's the vision/intention for Factory Halls given that Blueprint Caster/Fillers and 3D Printers seem to do a lot of heavy lifting?
I can't find the video that I am thinking of.. but it essentially showed putting plates and beams together via rail movers, tractor beams, etc. Seemingly demonstrating automation at a fairly low level. Where ships are put together by robotic arms beam by beam, bolt by bolt. Rather than this 3D printing approach. Now given I can't even find the video.. I could be crazy. But assuming that video did exist -- has there been a design shift, am I missing something, or is it that there are options as far as how you go about automation?
EDIT: I found the video:
I can't find the video that I am thinking of.. but it essentially showed putting plates and beams together via rail movers, tractor beams, etc. Seemingly demonstrating automation at a fairly low level. Where ships are put together by robotic arms beam by beam, bolt by bolt. Rather than this 3D printing approach. Now given I can't even find the video.. I could be crazy. But assuming that video did exist -- has there been a design shift, am I missing something, or is it that there are options as far as how you go about automation?
EDIT: I found the video:
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Rest of the moons will soon follow We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.
We just want to make sure everyone has better method than slowboating to the moons, ie. either more fast travel gates or capital ships available. Also some extra time helps to get the moon terrain as nice as it's possible, with enough variery, as once building and digging starts then the terrain is locked.
If we can't build on the moons we will start with stations in the orbit right above the moons^^
The new approach is more feasible to implement at player end while also supporting fine-tuning of the production line. In essence, the basic blueprint caster can work by pulling the parts from a single location, but this is super-inefficient since it only pulls one piece per time and it's pretty slow. To speed this up there's two main methods:
While this manufacturing method allows also the slow but very easy "just spawn stuff" or even "just craft stuff and drop them to the world", it also allows pretty sophisticated devices. Once ship selling starts to require stock, the manufacturing automation and speed are crucial parts of successful industry.
- Pre-assemble sections. Instead of using one large blueprint, have the ship or device made from multiple sections, each assembled at their own station. If the sections are well-planned, the final assembly can be quick even if it's manual labor.
- Use rails-attached object spawners or carry methods to bring correct parts closer and in right order. This will speed up the manufacturing a lot, since the assembly time with blueprint filler is almost all from the object being pulled to the blueprint.
While this manufacturing method allows also the slow but very easy "just spawn stuff" or even "just craft stuff and drop them to the world", it also allows pretty sophisticated devices. Once ship selling starts to require stock, the manufacturing automation and speed are crucial parts of successful industry.
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also, just reread that, the
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so does that imply either player made warpgates around the same time CapS hit the game or will there be some more dev ones? I hope not anymore gates from the dev side, it's more fun getting out there and doing stuff ourselves afterall
also what's the point in chip trading and such when everyone has like warpgates ready to simply go everywhere? if those are player made ones and you have to actually fight for control or pay for use or anything that's one thing, would motivate players to set up a whole network afterall
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so does that imply either player made warpgates around the same time CapS hit the game or will there be some more dev ones? I hope not anymore gates from the dev side, it's more fun getting out there and doing stuff ourselves afterall
also what's the point in chip trading and such when everyone has like warpgates ready to simply go everywhere? if those are player made ones and you have to actually fight for control or pay for use or anything that's one thing, would motivate players to set up a whole network afterall
I just wanted to get on here and tell you that your way of communication and the effort you put into these updates and roadmap are excellent. One of the big problems I find in games like DU or even a Star Citizen for example, is the (lack of) communication, transparancy and simply devs/members of the team conversing with the playerbase. Besides the fact this creates a lot more hype, it also gives longevity to alpha state games. An absolute well-deserved compliment in my opinion!
Most likely all of the other moons need to be slowboated first to get the navigational chips to the market.
However, it's not like the current moon slowboating: you can divide the journey to multiple steps and change who's flying next leg mid-way: simply get coordinates to say 3 hours away, fly back 3 hours, give coordinates to cap ship, go to coordinates with cap ship and continue from there. And since you can make navigational chips with time, you can duplicate same locations, establish mid-way bases etc., and all of sudden there's a lot lot of people doing the effort. Or you can solo, if you really don't like others, or buy the coordinates from the first explorers.
Player-made fast travel gates most likely still would be very useful, as they won't consume fuel and allow also smaller than capital ships to take the journey. I'd imagine gates in the future could also save capital ship charge time so a network would be suitable for them too.
Thanks!
However, it's not like the current moon slowboating: you can divide the journey to multiple steps and change who's flying next leg mid-way: simply get coordinates to say 3 hours away, fly back 3 hours, give coordinates to cap ship, go to coordinates with cap ship and continue from there. And since you can make navigational chips with time, you can duplicate same locations, establish mid-way bases etc., and all of sudden there's a lot lot of people doing the effort. Or you can solo, if you really don't like others, or buy the coordinates from the first explorers.
Player-made fast travel gates most likely still would be very useful, as they won't consume fuel and allow also smaller than capital ships to take the journey. I'd imagine gates in the future could also save capital ship charge time so a network would be suitable for them too.
Thanks!
