More ship planning options

[PiCroft]

I like the way you can sketch out a ship design then activate it to begin building, but currently I think it needs more. The ability to put down “sketch” versions of machinery and furniture can help plan out how things will fit without having to guess or use memory to figure out how something like a large grow bed will fit with its path finding “skirt” that makes it a lot bigger than it first appears.

Even it it’s not as comprehensive as planning each object and they automatically get scheduled in for building, even it just marks out the space the object needs on the plan view would be great. I think I’ve memorised the size and dimensions of a bunch of different facilities but I always forget about the spaces required for path finding and access.

[Cpt_Weisemann]

Yes, it will be great, also a sketch saver (I hope it is there and I missed it) would be good addition, so we won't have to design ships from scratch every time.

[Thor's Wrath]

Originally posted by Squidgeon:

The ability to put down “sketch” versions of machinery and furniture can help plan out how things will fit without having to guess or use memory to figure out how something like a large grow bed will fit with its path finding “skirt” that makes it a lot bigger than it first appears.

I absolutely second this. It would be hands-down the biggest improvement I'd like to see in the game. Of course, curretnly you can just dismantle and rebuild as you grow, but I do find that pretty tedious.

[ThatGuyFuryan]

I've still to purchase the game, still on the fence to be honest until more content is available, but from what I've seen from Youtube playthroughs something like this would be great. Saving and loading save designs would help being sandbox ship designs into the game, and that's something I'd want as well.

[Sam Look]

Even just saving the hull layout would be a massive help. I'd like to be able to see how things laid out too, but the first step is getting my lovely base shape across to a new game!

[Einstein]

better sketch or blueprints would be great. I don't particular enjoy the whole building process too much, but I do enjoy the rest of the game.
If I could save some blueprints from another save or if there was some templates available, it would make the game more interesting for me.

[CloneSociety]

Yes, I would love to have a better set of planning tools. At this point I don't understand how all these players are able to build such interesting designs with the current tools.

[RavensDaemon]

I would like to see a 2 x 3 design like with the Mary Shelley , possibly add 1 more ship point to make use of the whole 3 x 3 grid using multiple ships.

[sergeant.bus]

I would love to see a shipyard or blue print feature. The shipyard could be a system outside the game were you are essentially in god mode and can create and delete your ship and add/remove objects quickly.

[Włóczykij]

Hello. I understand the use of the current sizes and layout of ships, it allows for better map generation, but nothing prevents you from adding blocks connecting ships with each other (energy bridges or energy transmission lines) and when you place 2 ships next to each other they will automatically merge into one object if contain such blocks, thanks to which we will avoid interfering with the map generator and we will enable a better arrangement of the on-board space.