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Author Topic: Are empty mount covers still planned ?  (Read 1097 times)

Lucax

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Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« on: October 12, 2021, 06:54:37 AM »

I'm referring to this tweet : https://twitter.com/amosolov/status/678681755067502592

This is really neat, yet it's not in 0.95 and I haven't seen any news about it since. I'm still looking forward to it (and for it become the standard for mod sprites too)

I'm sorry if I missed more recent discussions about it, I looked everywhere I could think of.
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Pratapon51

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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2021, 07:56:50 AM »

But .. they are in game?
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Zonk

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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2021, 10:07:07 AM »

But .. they are in game?

No they're not? Staring at my Paragon with a ton of empty slots in lightly-modded 0.95 and it looks like swiss cheese... lotta empty holes!

As someone who routinely leaves slots empty I'd love covers. Or, if we're being totally nutty, I'd like a 1 DP module which increases ship armor by 10 points or something similarly measly that you could use to fill slots instead...
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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2021, 10:11:15 AM »

Look in battle/simulator. They are covered!
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Lucax

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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2021, 11:42:54 AM »

I... never tried to see what ships look like outside the refit screen. I'm guessing the refit screen shows uncovered mounts so they're more obvious. Thank you, you just made my day.
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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2021, 12:04:43 PM »

This is a big LOL from me. Been in the game for years, how did you never notice? Guess you really don't care much for the feature since you never tried looking during combat. Hahaha
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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2021, 12:53:49 PM »

This is a big LOL from me. Been in the game for years, how did you never notice? Guess you really don't care much for the feature since you never tried looking during combat. Hahaha

This is uncalled for. Please reacquaint yourself with the forum rules.
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Lucax

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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2021, 01:05:22 PM »

On the contrary, I care to the point I've not left a mount empty since several versions of the game. At some point I couldn't stand seeing empty mounts anymore so I always fill them with cheap PD, and enemy ships never have empty mounts that I know of, that or I'm too busy destroying them to notice.
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Re: Are empty mount covers still planned ?
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2021, 03:50:24 PM »

Lmao how did I never notice that!! I think I just assumed that was how uncovered mounts looked. The slight color difference from the original hull was enough to throw me off, but looking at the fitting sim vs. combat I've no clue how I also missed that.

You live and you learn!!
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