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Starmade | Sector Boundary Station/Blueprint Spawn Protection
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The OP of this thread wants preventative measures in place to stop stations and or blueprints from being spawned at or near sector boundaries as crossing sector boundaries tends to cause problems.

Either a warning/error message that pops up telling the player that if they spawn the blueprint/station at their current position then it will cross the sector boundaries or an automatic correction that slides the blueprint/station into a more comfortable point in the sector.

Theres also the potential for some game play enhancements viz allowing players more precise placement similar to the copy paste in build mode.

Feature Request

  • spawning of blueprints on a sector border
  • building over a sector border

should create a warning.

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URL to Starmadedock thread
https://starmadedock.net/threads/sector-boundary-spawn-protection.26773/

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Megacrafter127 moved this task from Restricted Project Column to Restricted Project Column on the Restricted Project board.Sep 13 2016, 1:00 PM
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There should also be a way to indicate the center of the current sector.

Megacrafter127 moved this task from Backlog to Active on the Council board.Sep 13 2016, 1:01 PM
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In T1919#75575, @Megacrafter127 wrote:

There should also be a way to indicate the center of the current sector.

There are at least two ways that I know of, f11 puts you in a free camera mode in the center of the sector and you can use the distance to neighboring sectors to get a general idea where center is. They are not as good as a sector center indicator though.

Megacrafter127 added a comment.Sep 13 2016, 8:39 PM

Isn't there a hardcoded limit of 1 station per sector, or is that just a default config limit?
If hardcoded, it is also possible have any created station not appear where the user was pointing, but in the exact center of the sector instead. That way we won't even need an indicator for the center.

Sven_The_Slayer added a comment.Sep 13 2016, 9:30 PM
In T1919#75643, @Megacrafter127 wrote:

Isn't there a hardcoded limit of 1 station per sector, or is that just a default config limit?
If hardcoded, it is also possible have any created station not appear where the user was pointing, but in the exact center of the sector instead. That way we won't even need an indicator for the center.

Server.cfg
ALLOWED_STATIONS_PER_SECTOR = 1 //How many stations are allowed per sector

Crimson-Artist moved this task from Restricted Project Column to Restricted Project Column on the Restricted Project board.Sep 14 2016, 12:52 AM
HolyCookie added a subscriber: HolyCookie.EditedSep 16 2016, 9:02 PM

Don't really see the use in this except for stations. Blueprints are after all temporary.
I will say yes to the station in center.

(btw sorry I didn't notice this suggestion being here)

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Result:
5/5 yes

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AndyP added a comment.Sep 25 2016, 8:12 PM

Feedback: Warning is okay, no blocking of this action.

AndyP moved this task from Feedback from Schine to Accepted on the Council board.Sep 28 2016, 8:28 AM
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Converting to task for #workflow_game_development.

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AndyP changed the task status from In Queue (Game) to In Queue.Mar 10 2017, 5:16 PM