Idea for a feature

[sinkingsun690]

I just spent a few days playing scrap mechanic for the first time. If we could build our own vehicle or base on wheels that would take this game to a whole new level. It would likely cause constant crashing and would be very hard to optimize. You'd have all the people who can't build anything unless it takes hundreds of wasted hours and it's the size of a real life city complaining about the performance of their game, but it would really be something to be able to build on that level.

[Mardoin69]

Well....people are requesting to be able to build a 'mobile' base but, I think most ppl are talking about like an RV. A huge massive moving object would likely tank performance as you've suggested. As far as that goes....not sure how it might affect perf. just using an RV which has crafting stations......cuz they carry inventory which would be moving around. But, idk....maybe it would work just fine....?

[Crater Creator]

I just want a very basic version of this: a pickup truck where the bed is a 2x2 grid of spaces, onto which you can place whatever blocks you want. Storage, workbench, generator+turret… that little piece of freedom would have a lot of possibilities.

[Lance]

Even having the vehicles and automated weapons they have now is kind of immersion breaking. Being able to build city size tanks out of some scrap pipe and duct tape would just take it into silly mode.

[CoinSpin]

Originally posted by sinkingsun690:

I just spent a few days playing scrap mechanic for the first time. If we could build our own vehicle or base on wheels that would take this game to a whole new level. It would likely cause constant crashing and would be very hard to optimize. You'd have all the people who can't build anything unless it takes hundreds of wasted hours and it's the size of a real life city complaining about the performance of their game, but it would really be something to be able to build on that level.

So... Mortal Engines, Zombie Edition

[Crashtian]

The modular vehicles from Rust would be awesome with a 7dtd twist like this.

Originally posted by Crater Creator:

I just want a very basic version of this: a pickup truck where the bed is a 2x2 grid of spaces, onto which you can place whatever blocks you want. Storage, workbench, generator+turret… that little piece of freedom would have a lot of possibilities.

[ANCAP Cat Trap]

none of this will make it into the official game since it requires too much work and deviates too much from the gameplay we allready have. everything that moves is an entity and all blocks are stationary and furniture is stationary but can be animated there isnt a block or furniture that can change coordinates on the map and if they could they would teleport on the voxel grid and allways jump one block at a time.

an alternative would be to have vehicle mods that add new functionalites to the vehicle
so you could put a workbench mod in your 4x4 and it would change the model of the entity to have a workbench in the back

im just hoping we can attach a machinegun turret to the 4x4 that can be shot by a player that isnt driving kinda like on a humvee but i even doubt that will happen