@GabrielFangster70 If by deleted parts you mean things such as the old prop engine part from the early versions of SP1, I have no idea if the devs intend to import those into SP2 as well. They might do it just to make sure that even very old SP1 builds would be compatible with SP2, but we have no confirmation of that yet.
@LunarEclipseSP Monitor is a type of warship (the same way how "destroyer", "battleship", "aircraft carrier" etc are also warship types), that has disproportionately large guns (they also often have low freeboards and low drafts). A sub-category of this is the river monitor, which has even lower draft to be able to traverse rivers.
Ironclads are early steam powered ships with iron armour, built mostly in the second half of the 19th century. Later ships that were started to be built by the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century were not called ironclads anymore to signify that they have been more advanced than their predecessors.
A ship can be both a monitor and an ironclad (such is the case for USS Monitor, or SMS Leitha, the latter is a river-monitor to be specific) but they are not necessarily connected. HMS Warrior is an ironclad but not a monitor, whereas HMS Erebus is a monitor but not an ironclad, just to mention a few examples.
@LunarEclipseSP Yes, USS Monitor was an ironclad and it is the namesake of the "monitor" type ships. But monitor type ships have continued to be built beyond the era of ironclads, that's why not all of them are ironclads
@LunarEclipseSP This is not an ironclad though 😅 It looks like a much later design monitor, especially with the design of the turret (which strongly reminds me of WW2 Japanese destroyer turrets) and the modern looking superstructure. Not all river monitors are ironclads, some of them were built and used even during the vietnam war which was much later than the ironclad era (some more modern monitors are even in service to this day in some navies)
You've got things mixed up a little here:
There is no open beta for SP2 yet, only closed playtesting. Dorian's post is talking about a small update for SP1 (which only includes small quality changes, no new parts or anything).
As for the deleted posts, Dorian and the other moderators have been cracking down on rule violations and some users decided to go to his post to complain about it because they feel like their posts have been unjustly removed. It's not related to the SP1 beta or SP2 beta at all. Also, I'm sure the blocky planes you mentioned will be fully compatible with SP2, the devs have stated it numerous times that SP2 will be able to run all SP1 builds, so that includes blocky planes as well.
for the record: it is possible to filter forums and search only for questions if that's what you are looking for (though imo that feature should be extended to be able to filter for multiple tags at once, for example to filter for "Screenshot" and "Teaser" at once to see only teasers than include screenshots, you get the idea), but yes, an inverted filter where you can block certain tags while keeping te rest visible for yourself would be also be useful
The Ocean mod is somewhat affected by the update: when looking underwater, the underwater background is pitch black. screenshot (it is not visible from above the water, only when you move the camera underwater)
I haven't noticed any other issues besides this yet.
Just letting you know since you are relatively new, that posts with misleading thumbnails are not allowed. The first thumbnail of a post has to be an ingame screenshot (small edits like adding text and such are allowed, but the base image has to be a screemshot from SP) so the moderators might remove this post if the see it. Nice job on the bus tho!
@Lwillswith2sentryguns thanks! to limit the speed, click on one of the wheels that are powered by the engine, open Overload and go to the ResizableWheel tab. there you will find a value named "maxAngularVelocity", you can use that to limit speed. Make sure to repeat this on all the wheels that are connected to the engine (you don't have to do it on wheels that are not powered)
@o2021o Next time you ask for something, maybe try adding at least "please". I abandoned the idea of making a mobile friendly version of this because it would be just too much work. I recommend trying out enzoBoeing757's Olympic, that one is very low part and mobile friendly.
Those comments are gone now. The website recently has become slower at removing content (probably a measure to make it less hard on the servers or something), I have seen several cases of plane- and forum posts recently where they were still accessible but already had the "Removed" label on them (and these posts were certainly removed by human moderators because I even saw the comments that the moderator left on them). Then a few minutes later, they were inaccessible.
So no, this is not the automoderator's issue (Andrew and the devs even explicitly stated that the automoderator will not remove anything, it will only flag potentially problematic content, but it's still the actual human moderators who do the removing), it's simply the website working somewhat slower (Im assuming it's by design, because otherwise everything else would be slower as well)
Edit: looks like it wasn't by design but an actual issue, my bad there
@RamboJutter Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I put a lot of effort into this and since this was a very small ship, I could affort to put even more extra details (check the kitchen below the bridge hehe). Many of the features like the walker guy are actually the result of small improvements over multiple projects in the past (for example the walker itself was first introduced on my Titanic Museum and then I kept adding small improvements to it on later builds. The idea to make figures that actually move like they are doing something is also a thing I first did many years ago on my Willy's MB and my Bf-109 builds). The book was necessary becuase this ship doesn't have a traditional engine order telegraph like other ships do so I had to find a creative way to allow the player to use the engines without actually having to use the VTOL slider because I'm aiming to make all my recent ships to be completely usable without needing any of the game's UI. If you turn off the UI with F9, you are still able to use all the features of the ships. Thanks for the support mate:)
@RamboJutter Ah I see, thanks for the heads up. He is a pretty strange fellow then, looks like he is trying to speed run to get a perma ip ban lol. But Im glad that his strange "hobby" at least brought my build to your attention:)
@LunarEclipseSP Also thanks for the quick summary:) let's hope the mods will deal with him soon
@LunarEclipseSP yup, launched in 1872, she was the first monitor type ship in Europe (she was directly inspired by the USS Monitor)
and fun fact, she is still around to this day
It can be done using XML editing. I'm not sure if it's possible on mobile (it probably is) but on PC, if you open the XML file of the build, at the very end of the file there are the lines of the color slots, you can simply copy and paste as many as you want below, then save the XML and reload the build in your designer and voila, there are more color slots.
While I'm not interested in building the thing in SP, I feel the need to correct/explain some details regarding the real ife project:
Titanic II is most likely never gonna happen, or even if it will, it'll certainly not happen by 2027. Clive Palmer (the guy behind the project) first announced it all the way back in 2012, and back then, 2016 was the projected launch date and it kept being delayed ever since due to constant financial difficulties. So that 2027 sailing date is unlikely to happen either. The closest we every got to an actual 'Titanic II' was the Romandisea Titanic, a static replica (the emphasis is on "static", this thing would have sat stationary inland, in a man-made lake, far from the actual ocean) that was to be built in a planned theme park in China. They completed most of the hull but iirc that one is also pretty abandoned at this point.
@Dissent3R It's lowkey one of the best, most detailed maps for cars and such, I hope SP2 will have at least one city that is at least close to as detailed as that mod
@LunarEclipseSP I initially had the idea to make this to be a sheriff car speicfically because of Cars but in the end I liked the highway patrol idea more. As for the Mercury 8 Coupe, for now I'm only doing ficitonal cars (with the exception of one planned car) albeit strongly inspired by real cars (for example, this one was mostly inspired by the Ford Crestline). Unfortunately, I dont find the look of the Mercury 8 Coupe too appealing to build something based on it, sorry:(
@YarisSedan Alright, I think we can start off with the lead, but keep in mind, the chance of anyone having that saved is very close to zero, but we might be able to locate at least an archive fo the post, hopefully. I'll comment again when I find anything
@Lwillswith2sentryguns The police version currently stands at 546 parts and the final part count will most likely be around that as well because there is not much left to add
@PapaKernels The disabled hinges serve as a wave dampening system, to make sailing on the ocean mod smoother, I explained the idea of it in detail in this comment. ShiroNeko came up with this system and I have been using it since my Borodino
@ThomasRoderick Yes, but my depth charges dont go that deep iirc. Or is it not working for you? (for the record, I only tested it on the ocean mod and it worked fine there, I'll test it on the vanilla water when I get home)
@ThomasRoderick Thanks:) the depth charges are just cannon parts with very low muzzle velocity and custom projectile lifetime to make them explode exactly at the right time and depth
@LunarEclipseSP nah, just a random island, not really based off of anything. But I did build the battelship row from Pearl Harbor once:)
+1@GabrielFangster70 If by deleted parts you mean things such as the old prop engine part from the early versions of SP1, I have no idea if the devs intend to import those into SP2 as well. They might do it just to make sure that even very old SP1 builds would be compatible with SP2, but we have no confirmation of that yet.
+1@LunarEclipseSP Monitor is a type of warship (the same way how "destroyer", "battleship", "aircraft carrier" etc are also warship types), that has disproportionately large guns (they also often have low freeboards and low drafts). A sub-category of this is the river monitor, which has even lower draft to be able to traverse rivers.
Ironclads are early steam powered ships with iron armour, built mostly in the second half of the 19th century. Later ships that were started to be built by the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century were not called ironclads anymore to signify that they have been more advanced than their predecessors.
A ship can be both a monitor and an ironclad (such is the case for USS Monitor, or SMS Leitha, the latter is a river-monitor to be specific) but they are not necessarily connected. HMS Warrior is an ironclad but not a monitor, whereas HMS Erebus is a monitor but not an ironclad, just to mention a few examples.
+1@LunarEclipseSP Yes, USS Monitor was an ironclad and it is the namesake of the "monitor" type ships. But monitor type ships have continued to be built beyond the era of ironclads, that's why not all of them are ironclads
+1@LunarEclipseSP This is not an ironclad though 😅 It looks like a much later design monitor, especially with the design of the turret (which strongly reminds me of WW2 Japanese destroyer turrets) and the modern looking superstructure. Not all river monitors are ironclads, some of them were built and used even during the vietnam war which was much later than the ironclad era (some more modern monitors are even in service to this day in some navies)
+1You've got things mixed up a little here:
+1There is no open beta for SP2 yet, only closed playtesting. Dorian's post is talking about a small update for SP1 (which only includes small quality changes, no new parts or anything).
As for the deleted posts, Dorian and the other moderators have been cracking down on rule violations and some users decided to go to his post to complain about it because they feel like their posts have been unjustly removed. It's not related to the SP1 beta or SP2 beta at all. Also, I'm sure the blocky planes you mentioned will be fully compatible with SP2, the devs have stated it numerous times that SP2 will be able to run all SP1 builds, so that includes blocky planes as well.
for the record: it is possible to filter forums and search only for questions if that's what you are looking for (though imo that feature should be extended to be able to filter for multiple tags at once, for example to filter for "Screenshot" and "Teaser" at once to see only teasers than include screenshots, you get the idea), but yes, an inverted filter where you can block certain tags while keeping te rest visible for yourself would be also be useful
+1That Chevy looks wicked cool mate! T for that!
+1The Ocean mod is somewhat affected by the update: when looking underwater, the underwater background is pitch black. screenshot (it is not visible from above the water, only when you move the camera underwater)
+1I haven't noticed any other issues besides this yet.
Looks really nice! It kinda makes me want to build a bus next too.
+1Just letting you know since you are relatively new, that posts with misleading thumbnails are not allowed. The first thumbnail of a post has to be an ingame screenshot (small edits like adding text and such are allowed, but the base image has to be a screemshot from SP) so the moderators might remove this post if the see it. Nice job on the bus tho!
+1@Lwillswith2sentryguns thanks! to limit the speed, click on one of the wheels that are powered by the engine, open Overload and go to the ResizableWheel tab. there you will find a value named "maxAngularVelocity", you can use that to limit speed. Make sure to repeat this on all the wheels that are connected to the engine (you don't have to do it on wheels that are not powered)
+1@Solent @WinsWings Thank you!
+1@o2021o Next time you ask for something, maybe try adding at least "please". I abandoned the idea of making a mobile friendly version of this because it would be just too much work. I recommend trying out enzoBoeing757's Olympic, that one is very low part and mobile friendly.
+1very nice little DD, great job!
+1Amazing work!
+1@ShirakamiShimada Should I find the time for it, I'll try to do my best mate o7
+1@WNP78 Oh I see, understandable.
+1@YarisHatchback Yes his and TheLatentImage's moderator badge was removed around the time when crazyplaness was promoted to moderator.
+1Those comments are gone now. The website recently has become slower at removing content (probably a measure to make it less hard on the servers or something), I have seen several cases of plane- and forum posts recently where they were still accessible but already had the "Removed" label on them (and these posts were certainly removed by human moderators because I even saw the comments that the moderator left on them). Then a few minutes later, they were inaccessible.
So no, this is not the automoderator's issue (Andrew and the devs even explicitly stated that the automoderator will not remove anything, it will only flag potentially problematic content, but it's still the actual human moderators who do the removing), it's simply the website working somewhat slower (Im assuming it's by design, because otherwise everything else would be slower as well)
Edit: looks like it wasn't by design but an actual issue, my bad there
+1Amazing work as always!
+1@Fiat133 I specialize in ships, you mostly build cars and trains, I don't think I can provide valuable feedback for those.
+1@50CalChicken Andrew's pinned top comment here says the mobile release will come in 2026
+1I have been using flickr for years now, I had no problem with it so far so maybe give that one a try
+1@PapaKernels I can tell by the screenshots that it was certainly worth it.
+1@RamboJutter Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I put a lot of effort into this and since this was a very small ship, I could affort to put even more extra details (check the kitchen below the bridge hehe). Many of the features like the walker guy are actually the result of small improvements over multiple projects in the past (for example the walker itself was first introduced on my Titanic Museum and then I kept adding small improvements to it on later builds. The idea to make figures that actually move like they are doing something is also a thing I first did many years ago on my Willy's MB and my Bf-109 builds). The book was necessary becuase this ship doesn't have a traditional engine order telegraph like other ships do so I had to find a creative way to allow the player to use the engines without actually having to use the VTOL slider because I'm aiming to make all my recent ships to be completely usable without needing any of the game's UI. If you turn off the UI with F9, you are still able to use all the features of the ships. Thanks for the support mate:)
+1looks great! T
+1@RamboJutter Ah I see, thanks for the heads up. He is a pretty strange fellow then, looks like he is trying to speed run to get a perma ip ban lol. But Im glad that his strange "hobby" at least brought my build to your attention:)
+1@LunarEclipseSP Also thanks for the quick summary:) let's hope the mods will deal with him soon
@LunarEclipseSP yup, launched in 1872, she was the first monitor type ship in Europe (she was directly inspired by the USS Monitor)
+1and fun fact, she is still around to this day
It can be done using XML editing. I'm not sure if it's possible on mobile (it probably is) but on PC, if you open the XML file of the build, at the very end of the file there are the lines of the color slots, you can simply copy and paste as many as you want below, then save the XML and reload the build in your designer and voila, there are more color slots.
+1@MosquitowithaMachineGun Blue Star Line (the new one that was founded in 2012, not the original one, founded in 1911) is Clive Palmer's company
+1While I'm not interested in building the thing in SP, I feel the need to correct/explain some details regarding the real ife project:
+1Titanic II is most likely never gonna happen, or even if it will, it'll certainly not happen by 2027. Clive Palmer (the guy behind the project) first announced it all the way back in 2012, and back then, 2016 was the projected launch date and it kept being delayed ever since due to constant financial difficulties. So that 2027 sailing date is unlikely to happen either. The closest we every got to an actual 'Titanic II' was the Romandisea Titanic, a static replica (the emphasis is on "static", this thing would have sat stationary inland, in a man-made lake, far from the actual ocean) that was to be built in a planned theme park in China. They completed most of the hull but iirc that one is also pretty abandoned at this point.
cute lil boat! T
+1woah this is super useful! great job!
+1Beautiful work mate! T!
+1T! This is crazy impressive, brilliant job
+1man, I dread the Atlanta in WT, it just keeps shooting and starting new fires on my ships until I burn down. great work!
+1Beautiful ship mate! I especially like that you put in the extra effort for that last screenshot, nice job!
+1Looks great! nice job:D
+1@Dissent3R It's lowkey one of the best, most detailed maps for cars and such, I hope SP2 will have at least one city that is at least close to as detailed as that mod
+1@LunarEclipseSP I initially had the idea to make this to be a sheriff car speicfically because of Cars but in the end I liked the highway patrol idea more. As for the Mercury 8 Coupe, for now I'm only doing ficitonal cars (with the exception of one planned car) albeit strongly inspired by real cars (for example, this one was mostly inspired by the Ford Crestline). Unfortunately, I dont find the look of the Mercury 8 Coupe too appealing to build something based on it, sorry:(
+1@YarisSedan Welp, I couldnt find anything about it, sorry:(
+1@YarisSedan One last thing, do you happen to remember what the title of the post was?
+1@YarisSedan Alright, I think we can start off with the lead, but keep in mind, the chance of anyone having that saved is very close to zero, but we might be able to locate at least an archive fo the post, hopefully. I'll comment again when I find anything
+1@Lwillswith2sentryguns The police version currently stands at 546 parts and the final part count will most likely be around that as well because there is not much left to add
+1@TemporaryReplacement Yes, I'd like to stay on the tag list
+1@PapaKernels The disabled hinges serve as a wave dampening system, to make sailing on the ocean mod smoother, I explained the idea of it in detail in this comment. ShiroNeko came up with this system and I have been using it since my Borodino
+1@ThomasRoderick Yes, but my depth charges dont go that deep iirc. Or is it not working for you? (for the record, I only tested it on the ocean mod and it worked fine there, I'll test it on the vanilla water when I get home)
+1Looks very nice! Great job!:D
+1@ThomasRoderick Thanks:) the depth charges are just cannon parts with very low muzzle velocity and custom projectile lifetime to make them explode exactly at the right time and depth
+1