Makeshift weapons

[Mordent]

bumping this old thing again, we seriously need better weapons than spears and arrows to deal with martians, rogue bots, some kind of space ants, and what not... also make the nanofab scanable for hells sake or buildable, so any explorers/adventurers can setup an outpost in space. So far game doesnt encourage exploration much, sure telescience is fun but requires access and a lot of knowlege, while grabbing a space suit/pod is basic, also some serious craftable weapons would be nice for adventurers (even a .22 pistol would be something), a way to recharge energy weapons off station (handcranked recharger? self recharging small cells? or at the wery least being able to replace the cells like a magazine if its not implemented already!) I see almoust daily updates on goon, but they rarely add more new makeshift stuff, they mostly focus on fixing and updating old stuff (which is nice dont get me wrong, but some stuff here is deep while other stuff is barely touched)! Also a way to actually use the scrap from the grinder would be awesome (recycling) for us who love makeshift stuff, and wanna do things off station!

Most of the changes you've stated are fairly trivial but require a decent amount of work. They require spriting, balancing, a way of crafting (and the materials system is still in-the-works so I'd imagine most people are holding off until that's done; I know I am). If you're so adamant about this, and you do seem very vocal, make the changes yourself and make a patch. Or make the sprites. Or do something, basically. Every coder/spriter has more ideas than time, so in general the best way to get something done is to do it yourself.