Ship building question
from FuglyDuck@lemmy.world to starfield@lemmy.zip on 11 Sep 2023 22:17
https://lemmy.world/post/4883482

Okay, so, with structural modules- specifically the cowl/belly/hull modules you can slap in… aside from the trivial gains to hull, are they basically just for attachment points/decoration?

could i protect things that can be targeted- the weapons, shields, engines, and grav drive- by placing ‘under’ hull components? or does that just not matter?

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[deleted] on 11 Sep 2023 23:32 next collapse

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2023 23:51 collapse

Is it confirmed that its’ Center of Mass and not center of the hitbox? cuz, I’m pretty sure that calculation would be prohibitively difficult (and the reason that, for example, putting all your engines out on a single boom doesn’t just spin you in circles.)

The thing is, donut ships offend my sense of aesthetics (which, admittedly tend to compact bricks…)

[deleted] on 12 Sep 2023 02:23 collapse

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CMLVI@kbin.social on 12 Sep 2023 18:55 collapse

It probably just gives your ship a square hit box to target and they aim for center of that. Why Ls would work, as well as donut ships.

[deleted] on 12 Sep 2023 21:24 collapse

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net on 12 Sep 2023 02:44 collapse

They’re just basically greebles. The only mechanical use is the extra attach points, or the cosmetics of having windows in in your habs.