dropship projector??

[Chuckles McMerry]

what are these??

[Pembroke]

Uhm... can you give more information? I didn't understand your question.

[Chuckles McMerry]

Originally posted by Pembroke:

Uhm... can you give more information? I didn't understand your question.

Ive started a new game in the earth base, there's a kind of mechanism named ''Dropship projector'', when is activated, it shows a hologram real size ship

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

A projector is block that displays a hologram of a ship.

If one of the blocks of that hologram touches a block on the projectors grid (and both are the same grid size) you can begin to weld that projection.

So once you turn it on and see the ship hologram, look for a block that is slightly brighter (the one that touches) starting from there you can weld up the ship without manually placing blocks :)

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Originally posted by RT:

If it doesn't explode you're not having fun.

This should be a quote on the loading secreens.... how cool would it be if keen did that with community quotes....

If it dosent explode your not having fun - RT 2019

[Buzzard]

Ahh, I know exactly what he's talking about. It's part of one of the 'Easy Start' bases. There's a Dropship and a Scuttler design that can be built with materials in the base or mined up nearby.

In the control panel of that little grid, access the projector. You'll want to check the box for 'Show Only Buildable'. This will make things a bit easier for you as you build up each block completely. You can try to use the Builder ship there for a little faster work, but move SLOW to let the welder catch everything and not just half-weld everything on the outside, leaving the insides an incomplete mess.
You might want to check 'Keep Projection' before you get done, to be able to make another copy or for when you find that something isn't complete and you need to tear into it to get at the half-built block. (Or need to replace the ship because of 'Oops')

The Dropship and Scuttler will need to be cut free of the projector/frame that you start with. It'll be somewhat obvious where you need to cut it free from. When making a new on, just remember that the projection can only be built where it touches another block attached to the projector. Add a block to just touch and... happy building.

[Chuckles McMerry]

So basically an autoship ensambler?

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Sort of. If you want auto you need to build more stuff. Usually in the form of a wall of welders that gets pulled away from the projector. These are known as printers.

A projector on its own is more like displaying a snapshot of a ship so you can easily recreate it in different games :)

[Chuckles McMerry]

cool...how do i blueprint a ship of my own?

[Karmaterrorᵁᴷ]

Look at it and hit Ctrl+B
F10 opens your list of blueprints