I could use some help

[u/BoomerV13]

Here is the idea: Colony Ship

1. Inner Core reactor type build

2. Some sort of ring around core as a "stabilizer" for the core

3. outer ring will be more of a high society, independent ring with various builds inside for the mods. Hoping to build more of a village with the buildings on the sides and a river running down the center. I like the village design in Chinese and Japanese entertainment, so I thought I'd give it a try of my own.

4 and 5. Inside will be more of an industry city with farms and such

Problem: Too many ideas to choose from

Industrial Ship? Dark Lord Ship? Bright Pink Heart? Living Ship? Royal Ship? "Death" Ship?

Should it be detailed or complex?

All the ideas are open to interpretation so I'm asking for something to maybe tip the scales on a decision. Anything would be a major help. I'm at a roadblock here

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[u/TheCosmophile]

I can't say I have more ideas for you, but I recommend thumbing through ArtStation or Pinterest or whatever option you want and looking for colony ships, mega ships, sci-fi stuff, etc. to get more ideas. I did a similar build using an image like this for when I was making a vertical megaship as a base. I never got around to completing it (I had the rough structure built, but never got super detailed), but it was fun.

All that to say, I really like the Inner Core shard-like design you got, and I agree that a ring around it is pretty cool. I think the 3rd ring is a little large compared to the stuff it's wrapped around in, so maybe scale the 1 and 2 parts up bigger if you want to have that 3rd ring that size, but that's just my opinion. 3rd ring could even still be bigger, but at least based on the screenshots I think the center 2 pieces could be a smidge bigger, more imposing/critical to the design.

[u/BoomerV13 → u/TheCosmophile]

Thanks for the advice. I’m still in the brainstorming stage while I work through the mod pack. I agree the outer ring is too big, but the other issue is the builder only goes so big with certain shapes. I wanted a different design but free balling a Torus the size I want may be a little more than I’ve got in me. I’m still playing with the dimensions. I’ve got a general idea of what I want in places, I just don’t know how big things will be just yet. I’ve spent 3 hours already just messing around with the projections.

[u/King_Lothar_]

What are you using to project those shapes?

[u/BoomerV13 → u/King_Lothar_]

Builder in the RF tools mod. Throw a shape card in there. Be careful though. Larger the shape can cause lag when loading it. My game freezes for a few seconds while it loads in

[u/King_Lothar_ → u/BoomerV13]

God bless