With the new addition of lights I think it would be nice to be able to toggle the external hull while building to see what parts look like. E.g. to more easily place spotlights to light up a nameplate. You would not be able to paint in this mode.
#Building while being able to see ship exterior
patent flame
golden meadow
Should be able too outside of blueprint mode last time I checked
cyan kiln
Should be able too outside of blueprint mode last time I checked
😔 actually no.
This was a feature that existed back in classic, but no longer does for some reason.
Wanted to make a post about it ages ago but kinda forgot about it ☠️
patent flame
Hmm, maybe it was too laggy for some reason? Although back then I imagine there wasn’t much need for it?
cyan kiln
I guess there wasn't, but it was still a neat asset. I have no idea why'd they remove it 
golden meadow
No was probably just an oversight
patent flame
could be
distant stump
So a Preview button above the Make It So button that shows the ship as if it were assembled, with an 👁️ next to it to toggle interior? Maybe it would allow you to preconfigure parts that allow it, like the lights?
patent flame
Not really. Like the ability to click a button and it shows the exterior but you can still build normally. Although pre configuring parts does sound great
distant stump
Yeah, there's a few configurable shields that I wish I didn't have to exit the editor and apply just to see if the (adjusted shape) shields line up
patent flame
Yee and in my case with lights constantly having to leave the editor to see if they line up correctly
cyan kiln
Yeah.
cyan holly
i don't know what ya'll are up to but i am perfectly able to build while seeing the outside of my ship
i just enter build mode (not blueprint) and press i
twin hull
Yeah, you can already do this. Classic used to have a toggle interior view button in blueprint mode (as it had one outside of blueprint mode too), but even though that's been removed in modern the keybind (i by default) still functions fine:
Maybe, but where would you put it? It used to be alongside the different ship editing mode buttons for some reason:
And now it's this tiny little guy next to the hamburger
The only place I can really think of is next to the build/blueprint mode hamburger here, though that'd still be pretty easy to miss given not many people see the hamburger there in the first place.
patent flame
Ah I did not know there was a hot key for it :p
lavish viper
You could just click the paint menu and suffer little interruptions or lag. But I get that sometimes you want to build while seeing how it looks.
patent flame
Should I close or delete the thread now since this is already in the game?
cyan kiln
Nah, you shouldn't. There's no point in doing that I think.
lavish viper
Should I close or delete the thread now since this is already in the game?
There's still the issue of this feature being buried in the hotkeys. It should have a tiny button somewhere. Just the little eye we're used to is enough. So leave this up. Also helps out others who had the same problem
distant stump
Agreed.