Why are you using SimplePlanes at all, isn't that cheating? Isn't the point of building things to build them with your own hands, out of wood from a tree that you chopped down yourself, and metal that you mined, refined and cast yourself, using tools that you built with your own two hands, like a real man?
Even more snarky answer
Groog: Hey Threep, why don't we try walking on two legs? Then we can use our forelimbs to do cool stuff.
Threep: Heretic! Walking on all fours is the entire point of being an ape.
Long answer
Whether you see SP builds as works of art or commodities or anything in between, the answer is a resounding no.
Case 1: SP builds are commodities
When you buy a car, do you select the best car based on its attributes, or whether it was built by hundreds of labourers working for years, or in a week using robots?
If you were looking to build a house, would you prefer the contractor who can get it built within a month using advanced building techniques, or the one who'll use an army of labourers to put it up brick by brick over years?
Case 2: SP builds are works of art
When was the last time you heard of a painting's value being measured by how long it took the artist to paint?
If some day someone comes up with a helmet that would let painters or sculptors realise their imagination instantly via a brain-computer interface, would their art be worth less?
If one artist painted something using software and an oil-paint-printer that allowed him to create a painting in one sitting, and another painted the same thing by manufacturing his own canvas, paints, and brushes from scratch, then painting while wearing a crown of thorns and sitting on a bed of nails, do you think the second painting would be better than the first?
Sane people care about the end result. And if the method of production matters, sane people prefer the one that's more efficient.
The entire history of mankind's progress is about using technology as a force multiplier. Building pyramids using thousands of slaves is not only not admirable compared to building a skyscraper using a relative handful of heavy machinery operators, it's downright pathetic. If anyone proposed building pyramids today using ancient techniques, they'd be laughed at.
People who put "this took me X weeks to make" in the description are using amount of effort as a proxy for creative merit.
@Cream Well, I don't think this airframe would make sense as a hover-type craft, but I'll give it a go. If you're talking about Brutus as an airplane, I just did that a few days ago. The handling of that thing is something to behold.
@Jengstrom That's not even possible -- you can set the drag to zero in the XML, but the game recalculates it every time you load the build or take it into the sandbox.
@chancey21 Welcome to the sorry, sad world of upvoting cliques. Look at my builds. One outstanding, one-of-a-kind build after another, but hardly any of them goes over 20 upvotes. Some people are so threatened by my ranking up so quickly. Never underestimate the resentment of the mediocre.
But, you know what, those people are only sealing their fates as losers. People who are threatened by achievement and success can have nothing but a frustrating life, and I take great pleasure in that.
@chancey21 Upvoting that plane is probably an in-joke at this point, it doesn't mean anything. And everyone chooses what's important to them. To me, poor flight capabilities are a deal breaker. Others may not care about them at all.
@Mostly What??? No way, it's totally accurate. Kelly Johnson himself came down from the great hangar in the sky and told me so. In fact, he told me it's more accurate than the real thing.
@JetCarRacer No problem. One more thing, try to distinguish your successive builds visually somehow. If the thumbnail looks the same, people will think it's a repost. Even something as simple as racing stripes will let people know that this one's different from the last one.
@BaconRoll Ahh, let him do what he wants, he's not breaking any rules. @Latios22 you're welcome, but just so you know, you won't get many upvotes for stuff like this.
@Lahoski107 Yeah, and the reason you didn't know I exist is because this website is full of people like you, who don't upvote good builds. Damned right this deserves upvotes, but I don't want yours.
@SuperSix OK, I get what you mean. But as long as the missile's attachment point is sticking out of the casing, it'll connect to anything that comes within reach. You'll need to either scale down the missile, or scale up the casing. Which do you want me to do?
@Mustang51 It's only annoying when you don't understand why that's happening. When you realise it's because of old-fashioned resentment and jealousy, you can take pleasure in that. If you can cause so much resentment without even trying, by just doing what you do, well, that's pretty cool... :)
Thanks, @Davisplanez
@SEVEN7H Yep, you'd be surprised at just what you can do with fuselage blocks.
@BusterShortWolf Look at the timestamps... it took a few minutes.
@Alpha029 Hope you enjoy it. My earlier builds were all low-part-count ones, you might find some that you like.
@Othawne
Short answer
No.
Snarky answer
Why are you using SimplePlanes at all, isn't that cheating? Isn't the point of building things to build them with your own hands, out of wood from a tree that you chopped down yourself, and metal that you mined, refined and cast yourself, using tools that you built with your own two hands, like a real man?
Even more snarky answer
Groog: Hey Threep, why don't we try walking on two legs? Then we can use our forelimbs to do cool stuff.
Threep: Heretic! Walking on all fours is the entire point of being an ape.
Long answer
Whether you see SP builds as works of art or commodities or anything in between, the answer is a resounding no.
Case 1: SP builds are commodities
Case 2: SP builds are works of art
Sane people care about the end result. And if the method of production matters, sane people prefer the one that's more efficient.
The entire history of mankind's progress is about using technology as a force multiplier. Building pyramids using thousands of slaves is not only not admirable compared to building a skyscraper using a relative handful of heavy machinery operators, it's downright pathetic. If anyone proposed building pyramids today using ancient techniques, they'd be laughed at.
People who put "this took me X weeks to make" in the description are using amount of effort as a proxy for creative merit.
You're welcome, @Nzlcafa
@Alpha029 Thank you. I do have low part count builds in this style, this one, for instance.
@Othawne I t i s
@Nzlcafa It's just lots of very long and thin fuselage blocks, turned sideways. You can look at my early builds for simpler examples.
Thanks, @Cybercool5656
Thanks, @Cream
@KaiserTheKeyboard Alien ship, flying sculpture, whatever you want to make of it.
@Treadmill103 Yep. He only changed seven colours, kids these days just don't try hard enough...
@Treadmill103 Yeah, I got what you meant, just kidding.
Thanks, @Treadmill103. But did you say colors? :)
Thanks, @Walawalk
Thanks, @CRJ900Pilot
@KeemstarPlanes by using reshade with a custom shader. If you're on Windows you can do the same. The link to my shaders is on my profile.
@Cream Well, I don't think this airframe would make sense as a hover-type craft, but I'll give it a go. If you're talking about Brutus as an airplane, I just did that a few days ago. The handling of that thing is something to behold.
Thanks, @Cream. But which build are you talking about... this one?
@Mostly Even more ironic, I never studied it (formally) at all.
@chancey21 OK, I will.
@Mostly I'll give you a hint: curve sampling.
@chancey21 Nope. I create the shape directly using code.
@Cream Oh hello, MrMecha, it's been a while. Good to have you back, although I hope your old builds haven't been lost.
Thanks, @Treadmill103. It's the little things, isn't it...
@chancey21 Good to know. I'll try to keep that in mind.
@Jengstrom That's not even possible -- you can set the drag to zero in the XML, but the game recalculates it every time you load the build or take it into the sandbox.
@chancey21 Really? But it's so... simple. Thanks, though.
@chancey21 Welcome to the sorry, sad world of upvoting cliques. Look at my builds. One outstanding, one-of-a-kind build after another, but hardly any of them goes over 20 upvotes. Some people are so threatened by my ranking up so quickly. Never underestimate the resentment of the mediocre.
But, you know what, those people are only sealing their fates as losers. People who are threatened by achievement and success can have nothing but a frustrating life, and I take great pleasure in that.
@chancey21 Upvoting that plane is probably an in-joke at this point, it doesn't mean anything. And everyone chooses what's important to them. To me, poor flight capabilities are a deal breaker. Others may not care about them at all.
@Mostly What??? No way, it's totally accurate. Kelly Johnson himself came down from the great hangar in the sky and told me so. In fact, he told me it's more accurate than the real thing.
@TheCanadianCuban Yeah, I'm not a Satan-worshipper or anything.
@SkiClad Also, this thing is a beast, and 666 is, well, the number of the Beast...
@JetCarRacer No problem. One more thing, try to distinguish your successive builds visually somehow. If the thumbnail looks the same, people will think it's a repost. Even something as simple as racing stripes will let people know that this one's different from the last one.
@phanps I don't mind at all. I don't get follow/unfollow notifications, anyway.
@BaconRoll Ahh, let him do what he wants, he's not breaking any rules. @Latios22 you're welcome, but just so you know, you won't get many upvotes for stuff like this.
Here you go. Didn't have to scale it down, after all.
@TheCanadianCuban I didn't plan for it, but it came out at 664, so I added two.
@Lahoski107 Oh really, you're going to teach me the rules now? I said:
> I don't want yours.
That's the opposite of demanding upvotes. Now if you're done spouting nonsense, take your upvotes and comments and go away.
@Lahoski107 Yeah, and the reason you didn't know I exist is because this website is full of people like you, who don't upvote good builds. Damned right this deserves upvotes, but I don't want yours.
@SuperSix OK, I get what you mean. But as long as the missile's attachment point is sticking out of the casing, it'll connect to anything that comes within reach. You'll need to either scale down the missile, or scale up the casing. Which do you want me to do?
@RocketBoy101252 Sure, but I'm not sure what he wants done.
@Mustang51 Yes, it truly is.
@KSPFSXandSP I've got an even better one coming up.
@KSPFSXandSP Formidable-looking beast, isn't it?
@KSPFSXandSP It would take some time to explain. You up for it?
@Mustang51 It's only annoying when you don't understand why that's happening. When you realise it's because of old-fashioned resentment and jealousy, you can take pleasure in that. If you can cause so much resentment without even trying, by just doing what you do, well, that's pretty cool... :)
@Latios22 Or this one.
@Latios22 If you want something with the same functionality but mobile-friendly, try this build.