#Must Build Machines mod
gentle compass
hah, I've been calling it Construct In Place :P
(with an shortening that I always feel like should probably change of "cip")
mortal roost
lol yea
anyways, was wondering if a "blueprint" or "ghost" style graphic would work well for the build-in-place entity
like a mini "core" entity in the center, then a blueprint/ghost "area" around the core in the shape of the entity
that way it could be generated automatically through scripting
wanton onyx
I'm not sure I understand the use case for this. Why not just build the thing directly?
Is it to add a "construction" duration to all buildings?
mortal roost
answering for penny, yes
you need to build the building in place, before you can use it
gentle compass
It's not really all buildings
It's any buildings with an area larger than a startup setting
It's because I fell in love with the idea of being forced to build a giant machine in place
mortal roost
i did think.. it really adds to the immersion of building a spaceship in SE or platforms in SA
and how you need to ship resources instead of machines
covert sundial
Oh that’s so cool. Like a real life construction site, you need to bring materials and supplies to the site instead of simply placing a bunch of prefab machines. That’s a really fun idea
upbeat mirage
Cool concept. How does it work with 
?
gentle compass
It's very much in the prototype phase
So it basically doesn't :)
The plan is to use item request slots if I can (I'm pretty sure I learned that they just work)
And now as I realize that would be a runtime thing
I'm contemplating at what point I should be putting the technology to 'unlock' it
Just with construction bots, or a custom tech after it?
mortal roost
Probably just with construction bots
Imo its a gameplay thing, you do it yourself until you unlock bots, no reason to delay further
gentle compass
And means I have less art to obtain
mortal roost
make kitbash use ai obtain
gentle compass
blackmail BlackATM obtain
mortal roost
lmao
begs the question... how much blackmailing has been done...
would it be ATMmailing in this case?
gentle compass
Nah, I've just helped with the functional code for his mod Periodic Madness, and now I can lorde it over him and threaten to not help him in the future.
Considering I don't really know what I want, I'm not sure how well that'll work
gentle compass
Pretty much everything I've done for him is, "I see this as an issue and I want to fix it"
But let me tell you, my first entry into the codebase was scary with how little he initially cared about appearance (eg indentation)
mortal roost
lemme guess... no comments either
gentle compass
There were probably comments. But I didn't look at most of it as it's prototype definitions for an overhaul. So I just went through, cleaned up the formating, sprinkles annotations to get luals to shut up, fixed mistakes that were made because black accidentally silenced some warnings and didn't notice he used an incorrect field at one point.
Then I replaced his ingredient definitions to use functions replicating an extended shorthand because we're losing it
static nexus
static nexus
~~blackmail BlackATM~~ *obtain*
i would, sounds like a pain in the ass but i’d be happy to help
there were some comments but most of them werent serious or just small reminders
not much code to have to remind myself with if i already know the API
mortal roost
@gentle compass you're a genius. rocket silo. duh.
mortal roost
hey if you ever get back to this idea, i think it'd be cool to use the space platform build animation for these entities once built