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Distortion field generator

still no chance to update? as per my previous reply.

I am amazed this thing still actualy works this was one of the first 500 or so mods for SE and as far as i know its never actualy been broken

Is Happyjack27 around anymore? I use a few of his mods I like them a lot like this one but like all the rest have said it is having issues. I could imagine that your mods would get a lot more attention if they were being kept up to date and had pictures, people love them. This mod for example needed a way of telling which way it faced since day 1 and I haven't seen a reply from you to any of the comments posted by your fans since Aug 2014. If you are not interested in keeping your mods up anymore maybe hand them off to someone to take the rains and get them back out there because you do have some great great here. Maybe SEModder4 might be willing to have a stab at them as he is doing that for a lot of other modders already.
Thanks, PK

any chance of updating this block / mod?

when placing now it is acting as if "N" mode is on.....it is "off center" of the HUD reticle and showing the block and a blank green box, it can still place just fine coz you can see the "solid block" and then place that.

{does not need to be updated for DX11}

also would like a block like this for Grinder and Welder.

@Chaot1cThund3r: The field is centered on the block. Usually it wouldn't matter, because it won't damage the ship's grid, but since you have them on pistons, they are considered as being on a different ship grid, and thus able to damage your vessel. I had some design flaws like that too (lost a few ships).
@happyjack27: I agree that we need a way to tell which way is the front, because what can't be gathered by the DFG is spawned as floating rocks, that can damage the ship if spawned inside of it.

loving the mod is there any palns for an update to change texture or model to make it look more the part so it doesnt look like a convoyer

also so we can tell which way the distortion field is being emitted from i placed 10 on pistons all around my ship and now cant tell which one of them is destroying my ship as i think one or 2 was placed wrong way round

had this mod since it was released basically, never had any issues with it showing in my in game list, still have and use it to this day. used it in exploration today.

did notice that even though it is collecting, the numbers do not change while looking at inventory, but the numbers are there when exit out and re enter the inventory, don't know if it was like this all along. it is not a big issue jest giving an fyi just in case.

LOVE this mod! {for reasons}

Just a quick correction. (wow. my first triple post ever. how i wish there was an edit option...)

This mod is small ship only and the radius is about 20m

Sorry for double posting. Forgot to mention that it uses the conveyor model and textures, so yes, it looks exactly like a conveyor.

A few things people were asking (some answered), compiled here for clarity.

The distortion field is projected from the center of the block, so it has no proper "front side".

There is no block damage, just asteroids/ore, so you can place it behind collectors, to gather watever ore it misses.

All sides are conectable through conveyors, but it just lets ore pass through, like drills.

The radius is huge (don't have the exact number for small / large versions), but around 5 blocks (small ship size for the small ship one, large ship size for the large ship one) in radius, in the shape of a sphere, centered on the distortion generator.

It works for the new asteroids (tested on old and new asteroids), but due to the voxel recalculation lag, it is better to go more slowly (extra slowly for multiplayer due to the added net lag).