had an idea recently for a light the player could craft, was thinking of sort of a futuristic lamp post it would be a craftable base that would 'launch' a hovering lightsource to a good height, giving a larger lighted area than most standard lightsources but would cost quite a bit more was thinking it could cost 5 durasteel bars, some circuitry, glass, and it would be able to be wired to a timer or switch could also have an alternate version that would act as a spotlight, painting enemy creatures spotted by the player or a security system and further you could make an armed hover light/turret in multiple types for late game base defense
This is mostly an art side of a very simple mod(if you are so inclined to make it). All it needs is a 1-2 block footprint if you want it to be attached to the floor or a slight tweak to the light produced my any of the wall lights already in the game. This is a bit trickier but still not that bad since you can base it off of the script that turrets run on( and as a bonus you can have it track enemies).
this is what i was thinking the hover lights would look like in standard illumination, enemy tracking spotlight/camera, and turret/spotlight again poor rendition of my floran (really just a character height representation) is my fault would love some constructive criticism on my design
Those lights look pretty awesome! However one might fear for one's framerate, though I bet later on, when the game has been optimized, things like this won't be a problem.
I really like those defense drone spotlights. Thinking about their bases, I had a bit of an idea - what if they could turn on and off? So, say, the hover lantern could be wired to a switch or light sensor to only launch at night, or the gun drone could be wired to a camera drone to only deploy when a hostile is detected. When they turn off, they could float down to their base stations and plug in. ...I kinda want one that could follow me, now. What's a bold space adventurer without a robot sidekick? Or a hover lantern to replace this old lantern-on-a-stick, at least...
This sounds interesting enough. I actually wouldn't mind a placeable light drone. That mod the post above me mentions isn't quite what I would be looking for when constructing a building or area. This would give some more sci-fi lights to the mix. Would be nice to see some racial light drone things. like on that has the same design as the floran light as an example. Things like that. Overall it is an idea worth commenting on. Thank you for sharing a good idea.
