Kind of compcated
How to save, share, and play ship designs
I can't find cosmoteer inside Roaming, and saved ships in cosmoteer. Is that normal or its just my computer?
Try using the "open folder" option as described above.
I searched but, i did not find the open folder
In my game, i mean
You have to click the ...
button next to the X
button in the "Save Ship Design" or "Load Ship Design" dialogs.
Oh... Thank you, its working!
It would be kind of nice if you could design a ship in your favorite paint program (or pixel art software) and import it into the game. This would make it possible to quickly design complex ships.
Each block would represent a pixel(s) with a certain color.
Arilou_Laleelay This feature already exists, except that it only works for corridor tiles. (There's not really a good way to determine orientation and placement of non-1x1 parts from pixels.)
Make sure you have "Edit Blueprints" enabled like above.
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Awesome, I overlooked that one; I assumed it was the same PNG as the Ship Design.
(There's not really a good way to determine orientation and placement of non-1x1 parts from pixels.)
What if you resize convert each block to 2x2 and assign each block type and orientation a specific color. The decoration colors logo's could be done in a 2nd layer (or file).
- Laser (0 degrees rotated) = light green, Laser (45 degrees rotated) = darker green, Laser 90 degrees) = darkest green etc.
- Corridor = blue
- Engine Type 1, Type 2, at each rotational direction a unique color.
etc.
PS: I love this forum software!
Arilou_Laleelay I assumed it was the same PNG as the Ship Design.
Hmm, good point. I can understand how that might be confusing.
Arilou_Laleelay What if you resize convert each block to 2x2
I don't understand what you're suggesting here?
My general instinct is that paint programs can be better for creating the overall shape of a ship, especially when you want the ship to have nice curves or other shapes that are hard to make with the tools in Cosmoteer. But in terms of specific part types, orientations, and doors, I'm not convinced that a paint program would provide a better interface for doing that detail work than Cosmoteer. I'm happy to be convinced otherwise, however!
Arilou_Laleelay PS: I love this forum software!
Yeah, it's the cleanest I've found, pretty modern feeling. It's still in development though, so it's got some missing features, like previews on new posts, and some bugs.
Hey, I'm having trouble finding the Saved Ships Folder, although I did ask the downloader to put the files in a file I have for my own stuff (Shared computer). Any way to save my ships in different folder? or should I just wait until the next update hits and be more careful when I download it? I'll see if I can search directly for it. Thanks.
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Lillian Changing the installation directory does not change where the save files are stored. (Because they are not stored in the installation directory.)
The easiest way to find your ships folder is to click the little icon (with three horizontal bars) next to the X button in ship library.
There is currently no way to change where ships are saved, but I'm planning to add that feature in the next major release.
So, would I have to put ".ship" on the end of its name like the Model-(number/letter here)s? Or do I still put the ".ship.png"?
SkipTheMercenary So, would I have to put ".ship" on the end of its name like the Model-(number/letter here)s? Or do I still put the ".ship.png"?
Not exactly sure what you're asking. The filename should end with .ship.png
, but when you save a ship in-game, it adds the .ship.png
for you.
Walt Ok, Yeah I got it working. I added the .ship to the end when I clicked "save image" and it added the .png for me. Thanks though!
Hi Walt,
I am experiencing a problem with saving my ship designs. When I try to save a ship by going into buildmode and then select the save ship design-option, an error message shows up that it does not have access to the "C:\Users.....\My Games\Cosmoteer\Saved Ships\Mk I.ship.png". I have checked my settings if my System or Administrator have any restrictions, which they do not. Do you have any idea what the problem could be?
I love your game! I see massive potential.