Archean

Archean

Falcon Smart Space Plane
17 Comments
Chip Patton  [author] 25 Jun @ 12:08am 
> recent activity

The recent activity is the collective activity in 90 days that encompasses likes, subscriptions, and comments and determines where your craft is located when you hit "Load More" on the WS homepage under popular bp's (and if you're in the top 10, you'll be on the home page there).
Chip Patton  [author] 25 Jun @ 12:07am 
>After hitting ENGINE I can see some oscillations within the ETA-display, but nothing happens.

ETA is based on your destination antenna frequency which you have to set in the computer. It is the same as the Smart Quad (Badger).

Yeah, I need to get working on documentation. However, flaps, thrust, spoilers etc should be clearly labeled.
Chip Patton  [author] 25 Jun @ 12:07am 
There are some things that, even while labeled, still require documentation such as moving RCS into the fuel tanks or fuel from the fuel tanks to the RCS tanks and balancing fuel tanks and such with cross feeds - some of that is pretty critical in keeping the craft balanced and even while it's labeled it is a bit complex.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3336794387 (see "Radio Stack")

I'm not going to be creating documentation for this craft. That is 100% work and 0% fun. These two crafts are right beside each other in the WS as far as popularity goes and the badger has the best documentation of any craft on the workshop complete with visuals which proves to me that there are virtually 0 people who appreciate that kind of documentation so - nope. Not happening.
Little908 24 Jun @ 7:10am 
Wasnt replying to you, sorry
superosh 24 Jun @ 12:28am 
>Ohhhhh in terms of recent activity
Not sure what "recent activity" has todo with missing documenation.
Little908 23 Jun @ 6:35pm 
Ohhhhh in terms of recent activity
superosh 23 Jun @ 9:48am 
Seems to be broken.
After hitting ENGINE I can see some oscillations within the ETA-display, but nothing happens.
Might be related that I have not found any way to apply thrust. I tried my HOTAS and every key on my keyboard.
Unfortunately, it lacks proper usage-documenation.
I.e where is THRUST, how to apply FLAPS ?

Other than that, it looks pretty nice.
Little908 22 Jun @ 11:46am 
@Chip Patton Im very confused at where you are getting these metrics, but I agree. A lot of my builds are hidden.
Chip Patton  [author] 22 Jun @ 4:39am 
Thanks @JLSalvador and @[PD] Difterite.

I've uploaded the latest I have - there are a LOT of updates which kinda required me to get fresh screenshots as well including air frame updates, tank updates, power updates, etc.

@Little908: Have a look at this: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3410883996

It took all of 1 min to spawn in a propeller, change it to 5 blades, and blueprint it. That is #13 on the workshop. My plane is #25.

The only reason it's visible right now is because it wasn't working and sparked conversation. Until it breaks again, after a few days, it will be invisible again.
[PD] Difterite 20 Jun @ 11:35am 
I'll chime in to just say who cares if this does not work currently, just for the time you took to write a simple and useful description with explanations, and the sheer volume of work it must have taken to get this working, it's earned my subscription and an award.
This, and your refueling depot, even if I could only look at them to learn how they work.
Little908 18 Jun @ 3:38pm 
@Chip Patton, Steam says your creation is the trending item right now haha. Its definitely not invisible. Also, which "8 minute" creations are you referring to?
JLSalvador 18 Jun @ 1:10am 
@Chip Patton:
> if your stuff is invisible in the workshop, why upload/update it?

Mostly for your own satisfaction. You're not an Archean developer, you don't owe anything to the community. So anything you do should be because you find it rewarding.

I'm grateful for your workshop blueprints. I've read your code and the code blocks; it's impressive. I might have even learned something new from your work.

If this blueprint is updated and works correctly, maybe newcomers will check it out. There are many workshop creations I’ve skipped just because someone commented that they no longer work after recent updates.

Keep in mind that your creation requires some mid-tier crafting, and the game itself isn’t very user-friendly. So the user base is relatively small, and most players will likely quit before they even reach the requirements to craft your blueprints; let alone understand how they work.
Chip Patton  [author] 17 Jun @ 11:48pm 
What? I thought they're getting +100 per month now?

It's not a population issue for me. Those that are here are pretty loud with their ratings in the WS what they prefer.

They'd all rather have things that take 8 mins to build rather than a fully autonomous system that took months to build and they reflect that when they like those listings.

This buries other creations in the workshop so that they cannot be found unless someone is specifically looking for it. IMO, if your stuff is invisible in the workshop, why upload/update it?
Little908 16 Jun @ 8:20pm 
@Chip Patton, you know the average player count is around 20 players? 119 subscribers is the entire active archean player base plus some.
Chip Patton  [author] 15 Jun @ 8:30pm 
Yeah it was working before one of the updates a few weeks ago. I've already updated the code after the update but I've just not really been updating anything because it seems fruitless. I have a ton of stuff I could add to the workshop such as the red ship you see on the store page, but when there are mirrors, cubes, and plain towers that do nothing at all which took all of 8 seconds to build that are far, far more popular than something like this or the quad that has full-blown auto-pilot and navigation capabilities, I spent literal months on this thing to get it stable at sub-mach, mach, and mach 2-3; I was even the first to come out with an angle of attack indicator and a mach indicator based on pressure. But the community wants towers that do nothing, not stuff like what I build.

To say I've lost all faith in the community is an understatement.
JLSalvador 15 Jun @ 1:06pm 
Thank you for share this blueprint. :steamthumbsup:

There is an error in the file `huddash.xc` around the line 183, about `width2 is undefined`.
I put the next code in order to fix it:

```xc
var $width2 = 2
var $height2 = 2
```