So about teh vehicle design?

i heard a tad bit about mechs/space ships is it true you can build your own vessels and your own combat mechs?

 

No Clue. If I could, I would want to build a Moon Rover with spike-embedded tires to run mobs over. You know, cause the first thing humans do on another planet is kill all the living creatures in sight in horribly morbid ways.

 

I'm expecting you will be able to, to some extent. My thought of it is: You get blueprints for the model and parts of the mech, then you put the blueprints and required parts for them into a special crafting area and you can make it.

 

Ya I don't think they will be to customizable but you can probably build them at your space station, if you have the right materials and change the weapons a bit that's all I really see them doing. I would recommend watching this thread http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/list-of-announced-game-information.450/ Blue does a wonderful job of keeping it updated with the latest news.

 

The markings on a vehicle in one of the iconic game screenshots ("DEATH FROM ABOVE"), coupled with the statement that you can paint weapons and armor (I can't remember if it's both, but I think it is) makes me believe there'll at least be some cosmetic change one can do to vehicles in something like the same way. Logically I doubt they'll force everyone who uses that vehicle to have it display "DEATH FROM ABOVE", just for that example. Perhaps painting different colors? I am curious about decals as well, but having not seen or read of how the animation will work beyond that cool walker thing (which seemed to have consistency in the individual parts; this is hopefully indicative of support for adding decals on specific parts), I have no idea if that's even possible.


EDIT: Ah, whoops, looks like this was actually addressed:

 

It better be true, or else I will be out of a job.
Explanation: My role in the Origins clan is leader of the group dedicated to Mech/Tech Building and maintenance.

In any case, even if you can't build them, you can definitely HAVE them. At least one has been confirmed so far.

 

even repainting a vehicle would be fine with me, but since its someones dream game you never know hell add

 

also just being able to slap a different gun on would be cool.

 

I'd totally stick wheels on a potato and everyone will be jelly of my sweet ride.

 

With the random generation system I would not be surprised.

 

Potato vehicles? I approve.

 

My vehicle would be a soccer ball... I would just need a giant soccer player and BAM, instant vehicle to go around the whole globe

 

It's too early to say whether there will be any sort of customization such as customized parts, skins, or even colors. All we can say for sure at the moment is that there will indeed be mecs, ships, and hoverbikes you can ride (and most likely build).

 

Honestly, addressing this doesn't seem like something of top priority. I could live if I wouldn't be able to visually customize my machine all that much. Anyways, I'm pretty sure that if you couldn't customize your mech/hoverbike/vehicle/whatever (which I'm pretty sure you could, to some extent), there would be someone who would come up with a mod for that.

 

I personally would like a red and black hovertank the size of the moon.

OH YEAH

 

at least there is one confirmed, im gonna ride in it and stompin' all da aliens.

 

What I think vehicle customization will be like is that there will be basic customization options like colors and such, and there will also be upgrades to the vehicle's performance. As for building your own from scratch (or close to scratch), even though I would love that, I have my doubts. As I said, this is just what I think (and hope) vehicles will be like in SB.

 

I think you can paint weapons, mechs and armor but im not sure about Full customization. Like were you can get blue prints for different tires, frames, engines and put them on a vehicle . It would be cool if you can armor pets... I would deck out my *poptop* with armor and give it weapons of mass destructions

 

As far as I know, these are the only controllable vehicles that have been revealed so far, and I am sure they said something about big ass crafting trees.

 

I can't wait for trees! But they take so long to grow
Lame jokes aside I really do hope there will be vehicle customization.
I need a blue and red polka dot hover bike with a rocket launcher attached.