Having a drone to do repairs around the base, maybe like assign it do repairs on spike traps, turrets or whatever. So that way you could focus on doing other major repairs or other important projects around the base, usually after a horde night, I spend about 1 to 2 hours fixing or replacing everything that's been damaged or destroyed. That's after spending some time collecting all of the loot bag drops lol. Ohh maybe the drone could do all of the loot bag collecting for us!
That'd just kill the gamba, although the linear loot already did, but still.
Post horde looting fun died with removal of corpse blocks. No need to throw more dirt on it.
Was thinking about it while I was at work, something like that could possibly affect the game as far as performance goes.
Depends a .. lot. Basically it could just be short range patrolling, with the drone AI running in circles, looking for one or few damaged blocks right around it.. it doesn't have to find them instantly, so it's fine to do that very slowly. The biggest impact would be with a version that you leave at base, it'd have to keep the chunk loaded. Or figure out a random set of blocks to repair upon re-loading, which might be a tad slow... But if it operates only when you're around, it prolly isn't more expensive than a zed.
That is kind of what I was thinking, it only operates when you are within a certain distance of it. Slow moving or anything that would keep game/system resources down to a minimum.
Just to be cut in as an equal partner. Prolly any day now…
Oh, yeah and Roland I'd vote for your election, but it would probably count as a negative.
That "If" is doing a lot of work. I wouldn't propose "fix your whole base" as an instant function. But having your lil drone flutter around block to block and do a little welding/plastering animation and mutter happily while doing it, repairing ~5 blocks a minute, would be fun ..
Yeah, if they added something like that, it should not be instantaneous. It should take at least as long as it would for you to go around repairing things, and preferably longer. It should be a way to not have to do it yourself, but I think having it be faster to do it yourself would be a good thing. People who need it fixed quickly can do it by hand - forgetting to repair until right before horde night starts should require you to repair things yourself if you want it done in time - while those who have time can let the drone do it instead of spending their own time doing it.That "If" is doing a lot of work. I wouldn't propose "fix your whole base" as an instant function. But having your lil drone flutter around block to block and do a little welding/plastering animation and mutter happily while doing it, repairing ~5 blocks a minute, would be fun ..
Something like that, ye; having it take essentially ages, but happen "passively" in the background. I also propose a manual aim (to a small area) so you can still make mistakes by not repairing EVERYTHING. Having something break when you least expect it is a mechanic I wouldn't want to entirely eliminate.
They use mods.
There's already a Medic thing for the drone. This would be similar.
I can already see it abused during horde night...
Depends on implementation.. say it's a mod for the player drone, complete with a construction hat. Repairs at the rate of a stone axe, and needs to fly next to a block to fix it.I can already see it abused during horde night...
It's a fine line between OP and useless, but maybe it's possible.
Maybe if for instance, during horde night, its parameters are set by devs to shut itself down when a blood moon starts and like the robotic turrets, they will only work if you're within range of it but only during non-blood moon hours.I can already see it abused during horde night...
Something similar in the game now, when away from a chunk, is the growing cycle. From the way I read