Allow platform to platform transfer at solar system edge

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Allow platform to platform transfer at solar system edge

Post by konage »

It would be really really cool for promethium.
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I had just assumed this was gonna be a thing, and many people have been talking about this idea while devs were around. It is werid they never said you couldn't do it which makes me think it should be intended behavior to allow this. It would harm no aspects of the game and only improve promethium.
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Also thought this was implied as possible reading through the dev blogs. Definitely worthwhile as a new option for the way promethium is handled.
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Seemed like it would obviously work based on dev blogs, and would be better for gameplay.
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Please allow this.
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Agreed, this would be a nice option for creating system edge logistic transfers. I just assumed this would be possible but did not realize you need a planet at the location for platform transfers to occur. Add this!
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You can't give me platform to platform transfers without letting me do it at the place where the credits roll... +1 from me
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Re: Allow platform to platform transfer at solar system edge

Post by Klonan »

Yes, we would like to allow this, it isn't a simple tweak or toggle,
In the engine, the Orbital Logistics is owned by the Planet object, which doesn't exist on the non-planet space locations
So it will be a little bit of a slightly bigger refactoring to make it work, but we have our top men on it

Bug report for reference:
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