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(there may or may not be more in there though, that's just what I found on my first pass.)

This is good to have though, I approve.

Originally posted by Pelfer:

The main issue I find is that the ships can't physically reproduce themselves, because if a ship is to automatically make another ship via projector, it needs to be larger than the ship it's making. Maybe have one big ship that produces smaller grinding ships to give it the resources needed for reproducing. Good luck with the project!

This is not strictly true, though there are limitations.
A prism like ship, with an unchanging cross section could print a copy of itself out of either flat face.

Ships with a more complex structure could be made via a piston/rotor powered welding arm, but for one, there's Klang to deal with, and secondly, I think I remember there being some bizzare issues caused when trying to project and weld additional grids (piston arms, rotor heads, wheels etc.)

The term you are looking for, Baconblitz, is a "Von Neumann Machine" :)
Good Luck.

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@mrbojinkles
Actually, the last couple of contests have had that. Here's an example from a few months back.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugtp95qaahbgvvw/Contest%2020%20Scores.docx?dl=0

I cannot vouch for what the new hosts will be doing though. I mean, last contest had over 50 entries. That'd be a HUGE Sheet!

To me, this sounds like a good idea, however I think there is one major flaw in the way you seem to have set this up. The entire ship can only be 3 blocks tall, correct? having a hangar, 3x3x2, (unless you could stand using catwalks as the ship's outer skin?) would mean a hangar, larger than the doorway the ships need to fit through.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but you do mean the hangar doors that can only open, at max, to 4 blocks high, by X wide? Also, are the large, atmospheric thrusters not 3x3x4? does this mean no large thrusters for keeping you airborne? Perhaps this is the most challenging part you've thought of?

If we used one of the modded hangar doors that open to >6 blocks, then we may have something we could roll with. Otherwise, it's the dreaded, non-airtight, rotor door style hangar.

This is where we could really use a "Medium" ship grid, with machine blocks from the large grid, and the compactness of small grid. (maybe 3x3 small grid, per medium block?) but that won't happen anytime soon. "KEEEEEN!" *shakes fish fist*

In any case, thank you for your post, and obvious enthusiasm. perhaps we could get W0lf3y/Kilroy to work to get this contest hosted sometime? But I do think that they have their own plans for a while.

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I've a funny feeling this is a Keen requested, vanilla contest actually, Sorry guys. ^^;

Well, it's got my vote for 90% of contests.
There will be some builds that just don't need 'em

Yes, once the grand majority of participants are running Dx11, and we have a modlist with fulll Dx11, we will probably "upgrade"