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Custom ship factory: how to centre it on its hex?

February 3, 2017 10:17:06 AM from Galactic Civilizations III ForumsGalactic Civilizations III Forums

So, I'm pulling my finger out and finishing my custom ship style for the civ I created, but when it comes to making a shipyard, I have never been able to get the thing centred in a way that seems right. I say this because with my current iteration, whenever I build ships, the models being 'built' at the shipyard are slightly off centre and it annoys the perfectionist inside of me.

 

Do any of the shipbuilders here have any advice?

 

Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 February 3, 2017 11:53:32 AM
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@TheFunMachine

If you mean that the ship / shipyard is not properly centered in the shipyard list image, and/or not centered on the galactic map tile, then the problem might be that your origin cube is not in the correct location relative to your design.

See my Reply #730, (page 30) in the Post Your Gal Civ III Ship Designs! thread.

 

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Reply #2 February 4, 2017 7:15:47 AM
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Thanks, I went in an centred it.

 

However, now I have a new problem. With the way I built the ship yard, it has a solid floor beneath where the ship will get built... Well, that what was imagined, but now my ships build inside the floor because of the height of the ship yard. I've gone tried adjusting the height, but even moving the entirre model down still results in a ship being built inside the floor.

 

Any advice?

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Reply #3 February 4, 2017 10:22:27 AM
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You use a very, very small part, place it above or below your design. That recenters the design on the vertical axis. You might want to check out my shipyard designs in GRM for a reference.

It will take trial and error to get the placement right, but it does work.

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Reply #4 February 4, 2017 10:31:20 AM
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Quoting Gauntlet03,
reply 3

You use a very, very small part, place it above or below your design. That recenters the design on the vertical axis. You might want to check out my shipyard designs in GRM for a reference.

It will take trial and error to get the placement right, but it does work.

 

Thanks! Building shipayards is surprisingly fiddly after doing a full set of starbases

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