Standardize conveyor access on tool and weapon blocks

Dwarf-Lord Pangolin shared this feedback 2 days ago
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One thing I've noticed that's being carried over from Space Engineers 1 is that conveyor access is not the same for each face. Here are two screenshots to show what I mean:

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I'm ashamed to admit that I have over 6,600 hours logged in the first Space Engineers (no, that's not a typo), and I've also talked to a lot of players over the years about SE. I can honestly say that in all that time I have not encountered a single player that was a fan of this design choice. This makes it very hard to connect blocks in the desired way, and usually results in cumbersome configurations that force design compromises. Now, overcoming design compromises is part of the challenge and the fun of engineering games like this, but not when those compromises are arbitrary. Engineers capable of designing the things that are already in the game could absolutely design a universal conveyor system that allows items brought in from any angle to be used by tool and weapon systems.


So my feedback here is that all tool and weapon blocks should have conveyor access that makes it easy to attach them to each other regardless of orientation. I'm aware that this won't look as aesthetically pleasing as the current blocks, but it will still be a huge improvement over Space Engineer 1's awkward block tetris, which was frustrating and unenjoyable.

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