mimics

So I messed around with mimics (Thanks for that advice), and I was able to smooth out the shape I was building, with only one flaw that I can't find a solution for.

However, I have questions about the behavior of mimic blocks:

1. Do mimic blocks provide collision along the entire mimicked shape? Can I walk through them, and do enemy ships and projectiles pass through them? Obviously the 1x1 block that is the mimic block itself I assume has collision, but if I use it to create a 5x8 panel, does the entire 5x8 area have collision?

2. Do they provide aero/hydrodynamic surfaces? The mimicked blocks seem to universally show up orange on the aerodynamics display, but I'm not sure how to interpret that. If the game is treating them as just square blocks (Or empty space) for aero/hydrodynamics, that will complicate my builds a bit I suppose.

sadly i don't think the mimics have collision anywhere but were you placed it

Originally posted by KellyR:

So I messed around with mimics (Thanks for that advice), and I was able to smooth out the shape I was building, with only one flaw that I can't find a solution for.

However, I have questions about the behavior of mimic blocks:

1. Do mimic blocks provide collision along the entire mimicked shape? Can I walk through them, and do enemy ships and projectiles pass through them? Obviously the 1x1 block that is the mimic block itself I assume has collision, but if I use it to create a 5x8 panel, does the entire 5x8 area have collision?

2. Do they provide aero/hydrodynamic surfaces? The mimicked blocks seem to universally show up orange on the aerodynamics display, but I'm not sure how to interpret that. If the game is treating them as just square blocks (Or empty space) for aero/hydrodynamics, that will complicate my builds a bit I suppose.

To answer this, from what I've seen from my earlier craft, they have no collision except the main mimic block. Contrary to the name, the only thing it mimics is the view. This also applies to the main mechanics of the shapes (i.e. Hydro/aerodynamics, health, AC, ect.) which is why I'm personally very hyped for the upcoming update which is supposed to have more blocks to smooth out shapes a lot easier. As far as the rabbit hole goes, there really isn't much of a substitute in terms of mods either, as the only "block" mod I've found is extended slopes. You probably could make smaller/specialized blocks, but it would take time, effort, sweat, your dignity, and probably still wouldn't happen due to the physics engine placed within the game. I hope this helps, and I'm not the most experienced player, so please correct me if I got anything wrong. This is just from what I've seen from other forum posts, discussion threads, and my own testing.