Additional 25cm Blocks

Warlord shared this feedback 37 days ago
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Currently the options available for 25cm blocks are very limited. I think it would be a good idea to add the following blocks in a 25cm variant. They would allow for more interesting gameplay and exciting builds.


  • Merge Block
  • Battery
  • Artificial Mass/Space Ball
  • Remote Control Block
  • Gyroscope
  • Warhead

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Forgot to mention these blocks should also be added in a miniature form:

  • Thrusters
  • Space Balls
  • Reactor

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Is this for PMW and interior drones?

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Possibly. What makes you think that?

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I have been making small craft. Taking them through the Red ship, this is doable but does not allow for much variety of build. I would also like to use drones in close combat in ship interiors without large corridors. I would also like a drone to deliver a Clang Cola or a Datapad whist I am sitting in a control seat.

As for PMWs smaller ones would allow for an in increase in simultaneous launch numbers and with increased numbers of PMWs comes an increase in the distraction potential.

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I see why you want this, but I don't think it would be a good idea. Players would tend to use such blocks way too much and would build larger with them as they should and that would be a huge performance hit. This 25cm armor blocks are already called detail blocks for a reason, you should only use them for detail stuff, in a low amount. And already there exists this problem.

I think when the finished and optimized VRage 3 and there is enough room in performance, they still then could add it, but I wouldn't do that any earlier. We don't need the same as on SE1 which runs into performance issues.

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0.25 blocks are detail blocks and will most likely not have anything functional added, the most we're probably going to get is lights, which would be awesome I'd love a 0.25cm square light (I'm going to suggest that and several other things later into development) but most functional blocks will probably be relegated to 0.5 in at least one direction, such as lights.

Also, 0.25 functional blocks would be HORRENDOUSLY PCU inefficient why would you ever want to use them?

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Horrendous on large builds - Yes, but essential for small and micro builds.

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I'm not suggesting they be used for ship builds but no doubt people will build some giant ship made mostly out of 25mm armor blocks and upload it to the workshop just because they can.


The main use I see of 25mm blocks would be PMW's and drones which by their nature don't need to be huge and therefore wouldn't be taxing on a server.

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