I love futuristic technology, and I always love it when more is added to the game. May I suggest giving players a chance to customize their tools, or at least offer a variety of matter manipulator paint jobs? It would be cool to have one that matches one's character or theme. Are there plans for making other futuristic tools as well? Going to what xxswatelitexx said, it would be cool if we could have the specialized tools to be futuristic as well, for example, we could have lazors for mining or some sort of future farming tool for tilling the earth. It would also be cool if there was an upgrade for that tool where you have the ability to place ores, grass, or other tile mods without having to mod one's game. Anywho, awesome work so far and keep going! Edit: Nubby spelling.
nice! I agree that it should use fuel.. last one should definitely use solarium to work anyway, an unexpected and much appreciated addition, thx!
I like dis, dis is relivint to my intrists! Thanks for taking our thoughts on the matter seriously and manipulating the problem in a way that makes sense! Seal what I did there?
A small suggestion for it, among all the others, would be a possible size modifier. Having a 5x5 would be nice sometimes, whereas having a simple 3x3 or 1x1 would be much better other times. There is always holding shift for a single tile with the tools, but how about making the MM unique in that you can hold shift and use the mouse wheel to change the size as we see fit? It would further solidify its place as a universal tool if it could change its area of effect to fit the job at hand.
I seem posted before you made that edit, and missed it. Quote yourself and mention metadept. Sorry 'bout that.
Love it, but maybe the upgrades should come with a slightly increasing energy cost to balance it out a bit?
Guess this will make my mod obsolete then http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?resources/keeping-it-sci-fi-mining-rebalanced.754/
Do you know what the matter with this post is? Its soooo manipulating. (oh yeah, I just went there) Anyways, liking the update. This is a much need change, if I may say so. Should make manipulative stuff matter more...or something like that. Of course, I think I'll stick to slowly wasting my life away by completely mining an obsidian planet with a stone pick ax. Ah, its the simple joys of life.
Will the MM change in color as it is upgraded? Other than that, I only have one thing to say about the upgrades to the matter manipulator...
This should have been a day 1 feature... was surprised it wasn't. Super glad to see the manipulator using it full potential !
This is great... But give me a tool to harvest long lines of crops by walking/running and simply holding down the button (a portable combine of sorts) and I will be ecstatic. (I hate having to press the interact button for each individual plant.)
Metadept, I'm really happy you joined Chucklefish. I hope you'll consider including some cosmetic upgrades for the manipulator eventually. Being able to choose a color for the beam or the gadget itself would be neat.
I was always like "Why the heck am I using a pickaxe when I could just use this futuristic MATTER manipulator? Oh that's right, IT SUCKS!"
