Invisible engine for MOVING ships by OrthogonalCaster

OrthogonalCaster

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21st Mar 2023

21st Mar 2023

You can replace all the DMND area (and more to the right/left) with a ship of your own design. The pusher/PSTN creator combo should remain where they are and not be sparked separately in any occasion. I'll put a list of design recommendations in comments

test showcase template demo

Comments

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  micque 22nd Mar 2023
  @OrthogonalCaster thanks! ill look into it!
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  OrthogonalCaster 22nd Mar 2023
  @micque: It works like a PSTN-based mover combined with a PSTN-based single-frame pusher. Here are examples of both: id:2926507 id:2887178
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  IAmCool 21st Mar 2023
  nice work
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  JeantheFox 21st Mar 2023
  BTW +1
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  JeantheFox 21st Mar 2023
  it remembers me a minecraft creation like The Train
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  micque 21st Mar 2023
  i don't know how any of this works, but good job! and the fact that it got first place on FP means it must be very good! +1!
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  LogikMacherDE 21st Mar 2023
  dam thats f#####ing cool +1
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  OrthogonalCaster 21st Mar 2023
  3) No long-lived BRAY on the back of the ship, because it will be erased by the pushing element. 4) If you like guns on your ships: anything that fires backwards from the ship will damage the engine, so avoid that.
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  OrthogonalCaster 21st Mar 2023
  This movement system places a few restrictions on ship design. These 4 points apply, but there's probably something else I haven't thought about. 1) The height of the ship cannot be higher than the height of the pushing element. 2) There should not be any gaps in the ship, as they will be compressed.