[Idea] Convex/Angled, Curved/Rounded; Automatic Hull Smoothing Tools

Tristan Sullivan shared this feedback 24 days ago
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{Exclaimer: I am not a Programmer or scripter, I posses knowledge regarding Game development enough to come up with some ideas without straying to far from what's possible.}

So I had a Thought pattern going, why stick strictly with blocks. In Blender there's a tool called Bool or Boolean which is also a common programming state, AKA binary triggers. With the Blender tool you can take two objects and set the difference to remove or leave behind specific overlapping features or hollow points. What am I getting at here, well if you say create a in-game tool that allows you to cover an armor region with a "Blanket", a plane that can subdivide itself and restrict itself to angular and positional boundaries based on contact, and then either use that to fit and place the best angled or curved blocks, or use the "Blanket" itself as the armor profile using visuals or a physical undefined block. Couldn't this solve the problem of being forced to look through countless armor shapes to get the right one?


P.S. I'm in-between meds currently any responses after this may be fragmented but I'm interested to see commentary.

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Please refer to this topic posting and upvote that as this one is outdated and has been restructured

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/45953-automatic-armor-smoothing-tools-curved-and-convex-hull-shaper

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here is a semi explanative visual to look at.

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d266eaf859190be0866f2d7f00f52b99website isn't letting my ADHD work properly now there are 3 replies

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Please refer to this topic posting and upvote that as this one is outdated and has been restructured

https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/45953-automatic-armor-smoothing-tools-curved-and-convex-hull-shaper

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Upvote for visibility but I am not expecting this to be added in base game, however this a really cool idea for modders to figure out with custom "blocks". Select at minimum three vertices and confirm to apply a new smooth round blanket of a material like bulletproof glass, light/heavy armor, colored/textured space canvas.

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This is doable. Children of a Dead Earth creates a custom armor shape based on the underlying geometry of the modules and some player-toggled options such as Concave or Square.

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Please vote on the new thread NOT THIS ONE im hoping to bypass the voting curve before its to late. https://support.keenswh.com/spaceengineers2/pc/topic/45953-automatic-armor-smoothing-tools-curved-and-convex-hull-shaper

Please Keen Merge these two.

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eh nvm dont worry bout it

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