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Synit updated Lightdrones with a new update entry:

v2.3 Tweaks and Improvements

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Hey Synit I just got done doing a full showcase for your mod on my YouTube Channel! Great work, keep it up!

 

Ok, first I love this mod. It was the first one I got working right in my game and it's infinitely useful. That said, I'm having trouble getting it to work right in a multiplayer game. my friend and I have both installed Light Drones and logged onto our server, we can see the other player interacting with objects, but we cannot see the other player. Before he installed the mod, I could see him, but he couldn't see me. Any suggestions?

 

Synit updated Lightdrones with a new update entry:

New sprite for T1 drone, converted to new mod merge system.

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I'm loving this mod. Keep up the good work!

 

Oh wow, this reminds me of the MAGs from Phantasy Star Online, and much like them, this is incredibly useful! The appearance of asteroid fields and moons in too-low tiers is really annoying without mods, so I'll take any balanced early game warmth/oxygen effects I can get. Thanks for making this!

 

This is my first mod download, and I have to say, this is a fantastic upgrade from the "lamp on a stick." My only suggestion is that the bobbing/burning animation should continue at all times, whether the player is moving or not. When you stop moving, all animation for the drone stops as well, which doesn't really look right. Something like this mod should probably be part of the core game.

 

The mod looks fantastic now, tho i'd suggest maybe making the tier 1 drone out of steel, as we have the lantern on a stick that costs iron and wood allready.
And maybe the tier two out of titanium, the uranium rods and such makes there a huge tier differenace in between them anyways.

 

That is a grief of mine as well, I wanted to have an idle animation however that is just not possible with a backarmor which this drone is. I originally wanted to create the drones using the creature capture system and have them follow you, however the AI is so bad at following the player around that it would just get stuck constantly and you would loose your light source and hard earned item. So until the team adds the ability to use idle animations on armor pieces I am afraid I cannot solve the problem. I did spend an entire day trying to get the animations to work so that sucks a bit I'm afraid.

 

i have this mod.. how do i change to the newer version? do i just delete the old and put in the new?

 

This is a pretty fancy idea, and I agree that it could be an interesting addition to the drones. I'm unsure of the difficulty of modding, but perhaps fuel ores such as solarium could act as energy for a drone, much like how ores can repair pickaxes/drills.
Amazing work on the mod, no complaints from me.

 

Yeah delete the old modfolder and put the new one there instead.

 

Thanks for the review it was awesome

 

Can't seem to get this working. I extracted the zip into the mods folder like you said but when I get in game I don't have the option to craft the lightdrone on any crafting table...

 

You need to obtain a single piece of coal first before the blueprints become available.

 

Thanks! I'll try that.

 

Worked. Thanks again!

 

Haha my pleasure, enjoy!

 

And the Heal/energy overtime addition? were?

 

I'm one of the drone supporters in this community and I find your idea rather interesting, so I grant you permission to use the concepts exposed in my "drones and little mechas" thread the way you prefer. Cheers and kudos for you!
http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/drones-and-little-mechas.3022/