[BLOCK SUGGESTION] Pyrotechnic & Sealing Bolts
I propose two simple new blocks: explosive bolts, and self-sealing bolts.
Explosive bolts, or pyrotechnic fasteners, would be conventional conveyor cubes with the addition to, with an input like a sensor/timer/button, remove themselves. Nothing more than a self-delete feature added. This would allow far less costly and far simpler separation of things like rocket boosters, external fuel tanks, player-made weapons, escape pods, etc. These are very common in spaceflight technology, and far simpler and easier on servers than messing about with block damage and connectors and the like, as well as being far simpler than connectors, acting like a one-time-separable merge block with conveyor linking.
The other would be the inverse, the self-sealing block. This would be like a one-time merge block that joins two grids permanently, allowing piping between them, for modular airtight construction of parts, i.e., build big prefabricated modules and seal them together. I build like this a lot in creative, and it would encourage teamwork & more factory-like creation, as well as letting light shuttles have more practical use.
I've thought a LOT about this before recommending it, and it seems like they would be extremely low-effort, low-risk, high-return-on-investment additions to the game. They wouldn't replace merge blocks or connectors, but instead work alongside them as a cheaper alternative for where these two are excessive or impractical. So connectors would still be for refueling/inventory connection, merge blocks for electrical & docking connections, and then these for like escape pods, modular assembly, boosters, torpedoes, etc.
I like this feedback
im not too sure about this, but here:
1. the separator blocks could reuse blocks for all of the armor blocks, and detonate based on local detonation and have near nothing in terms of neighboring block damage, only enough to trigger their neighbors
2. the separator blocks would otherwise need to be separated somehow by blocks that dont actually attach together, meaning that this is a lot less practical than just doing it with mods
3. using the self-sealing block to me feels kind of like someone not wanting to take the effort to use merge blocks, even IRL, you tend to have bolts or some sort of fastening system to connect two parts together, before more permanent systems take larger sections and connect them
im not too sure about this, but here:
1. the separator blocks could reuse blocks for all of the armor blocks, and detonate based on local detonation and have near nothing in terms of neighboring block damage, only enough to trigger their neighbors
2. the separator blocks would otherwise need to be separated somehow by blocks that dont actually attach together, meaning that this is a lot less practical than just doing it with mods
3. using the self-sealing block to me feels kind of like someone not wanting to take the effort to use merge blocks, even IRL, you tend to have bolts or some sort of fastening system to connect two parts together, before more permanent systems take larger sections and connect them
I can definitely agree with this. It's a simple-to-use block with great versatility that also sets up potential tech progression if that becomes a worthwhile feature at some point.
I can definitely agree with this. It's a simple-to-use block with great versatility that also sets up potential tech progression if that becomes a worthwhile feature at some point.
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