@Subnerdica Well, that was a notch in the wrong direction ("Atrocity?" What's atrocious about this post?). I just find it strange that so many commenters have so much to say about everything except the builds themselves.
@Treadmill103 Yeah, I'm the same. I've memorized pretty much every plot by Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, and Niven, but there are plenty of golden age authors I haven't even got around to reading yet.
@Treadmill103 Do you know any good contemporary SF writers? I find most current stuff very mediocre, bland, often depressive, and drowning in political correctness and virtue signaling. The heroic, forward-looking, optimistic "sense of life" that defined the golden age of SF seems nowhere to be found.
@Treadmill103 I think "escapist" is what dumb people label SF because they don't get it and they don't really think about the future. Hard SF is the only genre of fiction that has any worthwhile ideas. Make a list of the top innovators in the world, and I bet every single one of them grew up loving science fiction. That's not a coincidence. To put it another way, the dumb kids don't have the imagination to conceive of a better world and so they're happy as pigs in muck; smart kids grow up seething at how much better the world could be if only most people weren't so stupid, and find kindred spirits in SF. Don't ever be self-deprecating about liking SF; you should be proud.
@Treadmill103 Wow, you must be the only other person in this world who's read Arthur Clarke. I must've read "Reach for Tomorrow" dozens of times. Haven't read "A Meeting with Medusa" yet, but I'll get to it soon now that you've mentioned it. I'm guessing you've also read Asimov and Heinlein?
@Treadmill103 The airbrake does have its uses, being the only part that can move without using a rotator or a piston. If only we had more parts like that...
@UltimatePlayer123 Yeah, or if you were being chased by an enemy through a narrow canyon, you could pull your wings in and barely make it through while your pursuer smashes himself to bits, in the best movie tradition.
@ChallengerHellcat It's a big improvement over your previous builds. Improvements: the rear is too boxy and plain. Add some bevels, corrugations, etc. to make it more visually interesting.
@SnoWFLakE0s Well, I'm simply not interested in people who don't appreciate my builds, mate. There's nothing ambivalent about seeing something good and refusing to so much as acknowledge it. It's a choice, and you've made that choice consistently for a very long time.
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My iteration of such systems- I daresay somewhat simpler in terms of actual part count, and especially if you use a script to build things this type of XML is far easier to implement. Beacon lights are the sole thing required.
Wrong on all counts.
The part count of my timer is higher only because I'm using 44 beaconLights for the backlight. Each digit itself uses 7 parts, regardless of whether beacons or airbrakes are used.
I used airbrakes not because I'm unaware of beaconLights, but because they have several advantages over beaconLights: they look better; the thickness of the font stroke can be adjusted without losing the straight lines of the segments; and they can be backlit.
Your XML isn't "far easier to implement" -- compare the inputs on my digital gauge to yours, and see which ones are (far) more complex.
Lastly and most importantly, why are you tagging me? You've never shown any goodwill towards me -- never upvoted my posts, never commented -- so why now? Just so we're clear, if someone has refused to upvote my builds for a long time, to me that means that our values are so different and irreconciliable that I have zero interest in that person.
@Subnerdica Well, that was a notch in the wrong direction ("Atrocity?" What's atrocious about this post?). I just find it strange that so many commenters have so much to say about everything except the builds themselves.
@Subnerdica I did. Because it didn't make much sense, and I'm tired of off-topic comments.
@Treadmill103 Yeah, I'm the same. I've memorized pretty much every plot by Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, and Niven, but there are plenty of golden age authors I haven't even got around to reading yet.
@Treadmill103 Do you know any good contemporary SF writers? I find most current stuff very mediocre, bland, often depressive, and drowning in political correctness and virtue signaling. The heroic, forward-looking, optimistic "sense of life" that defined the golden age of SF seems nowhere to be found.
@Treadmill103 I think "escapist" is what dumb people label SF because they don't get it and they don't really think about the future. Hard SF is the only genre of fiction that has any worthwhile ideas. Make a list of the top innovators in the world, and I bet every single one of them grew up loving science fiction. That's not a coincidence. To put it another way, the dumb kids don't have the imagination to conceive of a better world and so they're happy as pigs in muck; smart kids grow up seething at how much better the world could be if only most people weren't so stupid, and find kindred spirits in SF. Don't ever be self-deprecating about liking SF; you should be proud.
@Treadmill103 Wow, you must be the only other person in this world who's read Arthur Clarke. I must've read "Reach for Tomorrow" dozens of times. Haven't read "A Meeting with Medusa" yet, but I'll get to it soon now that you've mentioned it. I'm guessing you've also read Asimov and Heinlein?
@Treadmill103 Better than moiré patterns, I think?
@ShockRF Well, I quite like it. I wanted it to have some momentum during rolls.
@Diloph I'm actually the sanest builder you know :)
@Treadmill103 Yeah, I've spent way too much time staring at this. Who'd have thought there's so much fun to be had with airbrakes?
Thanks, @ChickenMan235
@SaintNPC I don't see the value in that.
@TrislandianAlliance Hmm, interesting.
@Treadmill103 The airbrake does have its uses, being the only part that can move without using a rotator or a piston. If only we had more parts like that...
@Texasfam04 Thanks, Tex.
@Shippy456 Yeeeeessssssss.
@UltimatePlayer123 Yeah, or if you were being chased by an enemy through a narrow canyon, you could pull your wings in and barely make it through while your pursuer smashes himself to bits, in the best movie tradition.
@ChallengerHellcat It's a big improvement over your previous builds. Improvements: the rear is too boxy and plain. Add some bevels, corrugations, etc. to make it more visually interesting.
@GTAPRO I had to look that up, but now I get it.
@Treadmill103 Hmm. Something tells me you really like shiny metallic finishes :)
@GTAPRO Hmm, I still don't get it.
@GTAPRO Er... nice work, I guess?
You're too kind, @Texasfam04
Thanks, @Oofsalot
One of the best things about this is how it starts to shimmy at high speeds.
@ChisP As a matter of fact, I've been thinking about it ever since I saw it in the new Top Gun trailer. Expect one soon :)
[Quake III announcer voice] Outstanding.
@Zanedavid Lucky you, I've never seen one in real life.
@CRJ900Pilot Thanks. Now just imagine what would be possible if any fuselage block could be made to glow like a beacon light...
@grizzlitn It's also the first build of its kind I've seen from you. New building technique?
Thanks, @Hedero It's the same plane in all the screenshots, the Mark XI is the glow-in-the-dark edition.
@ACEPILOT109 Bless you.
@ACEPILOT109 I prefer to say "curvy."
Thanks, @SimpleMachineIndustry.
@VerldVarIII Well, nothing I can do about that...
@VerldVarIII I've used control surfaces before, you know...
@Cassio11 I have no idea what that means.
@JediWolf I tried that, and it just went into the water.
@JediWolf How did you do that?
@Diloph Oh look, another person who refuses to upvote my builds, but acts like he's my buddy.
@SnoWFLakE0s Well, I'm simply not interested in people who don't appreciate my builds, mate. There's nothing ambivalent about seeing something good and refusing to so much as acknowledge it. It's a choice, and you've made that choice consistently for a very long time.
@SnoWFLakE0s
Wrong on all counts.
Lastly and most importantly, why are you tagging me? You've never shown any goodwill towards me -- never upvoted my posts, never commented -- so why now? Just so we're clear, if someone has refused to upvote my builds for a long time, to me that means that our values are so different and irreconciliable that I have zero interest in that person.
@klm747klm747 The follower of the Beast?
@Diloph Seven-segment display
@Mustang51 Well, we can hope.
@Mustang51 Maybe there should be a 'text readout' part that could be configured to display anything we chose.
Long time no see, @Z3RO
@Mustang51 Hmm... If the game allowed measuring the time starting from an AG turning on it would be possible to make an actual stopwatch.
@Mustang51 Is there anything you plan to use it for?
@Treadmill103 Yeah it's pretty cool, isn't it :) Digital display in the front, typewriter-like machinery in the back...