suggestion procedural solar panels

[najlitarvan]

the idea came from a friend creating solar sails yes, those are hoses in function and interaction it would be somewhere between the airtight barriers and hoses the player would create two stretchable blocks and then link them via link tool, the game would then generate a mesh between them, generated power would be based on the area of said mesh dark blue: placed stretched block, light blue, generated solar panel

main uses: solar sails and solar panels that can be stored without sacrificing internal space

[SnowyBirdot]

I'm here to return after my long absence from the suggestions page to second this, as the person who made the giant panels in question (though the idea was originally Big Bad Kangaroo's)!

They don't seem to actually have a very significant performance impact, not at least until you've gotten to having quite literally thousands of square meters of them on screen at once, so much like the 1/8th mockup from 2022~... Consider it maybe pretty please?

P.S. Our first thought was to just suggest of all things, solar hoses, but we realized that the calculations involved for them would have a much larger performance impact than just a big sheet.

[BigBadKangaroo]

yes, those are hoses in function and interaction it would be somewhere between the airtight barriers and hoses the player would create two stretchable blocks and then link them via link tool, the game would then generate a mesh between them, generated power would be based on the area of said mesh dark blue: placed stretched block, light blue, generated solar panel

main uses: solar sails and solar panels that can be stored without sacrificing internal space

Would love to see a functional thing like this ingame! More toys to get creative with are always appreciated. I can see myself using this for some of my ships. ... No, not just replica stuff like this:

[CoasterBlock]

Functional solar sails would be neat idea, or at the least, some strechable/foldable solar panels. I can see a lot of good use for them. Both for ship design and functionality. Additionally, they could serve as an early game form of propulsion or energy generation. A small ship that needs to unfold its panels in space may be an interesting gameplay point.

[tsunamayo]

@najlitarvan Hi, okay I get the need and it is kinda cool, but it is not high on the to-do list unfortunately I have a survival to ship.

[SnowyBirdot]

That's very understandable to be honest.