midspace / midspace/SEToolbox

Request: Importing, smoothing, and odd width

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Description

So one of the things that has been difficult to get motivated to do is to create a ship design in game. The block by block method of smoothing takes the design process into an obnoxiously new level. It takes sooo long to do. So thank you for the import tool!

So currently there are 3 blocks used in smoothing from your import tool, the half slope, the quarter slope, and the corner triangle that connects to the quarter slope. It would be cool to see the use of more armor blocks to add just that little bit of extra detail.

For this last thing, maybe I'm just doing it wrong. Everytime I try to import the width of the ship is always an even number, which means that my cockpit is off to one side or the other. Is there a way to ensure that I get an odd number? The ship is symmetrical. I can basically saw the ship in half and then add a block width to get the odd number, but you can imagine how that becomes quite a process as well.

Thanks for all you guys have done!

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the import tool's smoothing behavior and how it calculates the imported ship width. Determine which additional armor blocks should be supported and how an odd-width result should be requested or generated; done means the requested smoothing detail and odd-width symmetrical imports work as intended.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
game-dev, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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