Alternate versions of existing blocks
This has probably been mentioned in separate posts for individual blocks. But I want to put the bug back in Keen's ear.
There are more DLC blocks coming (I'd bet on it). There may be some new vanilla blocks coming as well. As far as "new" vanilla blocks, there are a few that would be helpful in my opinion. In SE, we often have the option for variations of a size of functional block: thrusters, containers, wheels, reactors, refineries, etc. all have different sizes. This is quite useful depending on the size and needs of your ship or station.
What I find missing are alternate sizes in the following:
Antenna
Air Tight Hangar doors
Sliding Doors,
Ore detectors
My most immediate concern would be with antennas. Having to mount a 1x2x6 flag pole to a large block grid to even have the most basic of communication with other grids seems wanting. My small grid ships have antennas that are a meter long... no problem. My large grid ship needs to an antenna 15 meters long. I'd be happy for a small and large antenna for large grid ships. I'm not always building some massive cruiser sized vehicles with large grid blocks.
Larger airtight hangar doors would be nice. They've been done in mods before. The existing airtight blocks allow for approximately 3.5m of large grid to pass through them (when using opposing hangar doors to create a space). Even for small grid ships this can be an issue.
Of the two block types requested, the functionality already exists within the game. There are existing models that can be tweaked (such as the small grid antenna being scaled up to 5 meters in length for large grids).
I'd hope to see these as they are low hanging fruit in terms of development and would be great counter-balances to future DLC releases... as Keen often releases new vanilla blocks to accompany the release of DLC.
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