Updates are underway for a ton of fixes and a few changes and additions. This is going to take a couple of months, so I probably won't have the bigger ships finished until November or December.

So far I have updated the list down to "SDN-07 M14 Callipso Mk.IV (Frigate)", so everything below that is still pending and will be updated hopefully this side of Christmas.

Happy .. New Year. Or it would have been, had I said this 48 days ago..

I found a serious issue with some of my designs that kept me from updating last month as I had estimated back in October 2024. Overlapping blocks. These are not good for server performance if multiple blocks share the same volume. Small overlaps might not be an issue, but things like stripes where I used hull edge blocks overlapping could be. I'm going to replace all the edge block stripes with hologram ones.

Another thing I need to do is solve any blocks with 0 thickness. I found a few, no idea how they became '0' according to the block dimensions tool in build mode but that isn't a good sign. So at least 0.02 thickness I think will solve that. Slowly but surely, the updates will come. When they do, you will see a new colour scheme and will easily tell which designs are up to date and which are still to do.

[October, 2024]

Still alive, and I've been making a few changes and additions for this Collection that'll be released between now and January 2025. I'll post more specifics when the updates go live, but you can expect to see the Collection update from top to bottom in order of ship size. So smallest designs will update first with the biggest being done last.

[December, 2022]

Last week, Boxelware released an updated roadmap for 2023. For anyone who missed it, you can read their plans here. [avorion.fandom.com]

I will also be doing updates to all of my publications during 2023, some in response to what Boxelware decides to do, and some for my own personal preference. I will release a few new designs during 2023 as well, as I have not made anything new in a long time.

Is there a trick to getting turrets on hardpoints with these designs? I always get the "this turret is not entirely on the block" error

All ships (Except battleship and Battle Carriers) have been updated to game version 2.0.11. The main changes have been improved power and battery storage to handle the charge-up for hyperspace jumps, updated Workshop tags and other minor fixes or improvements.

A few more variants have been added recently. The Callipso now has a Mk.III and IV variant which use up to Xanion and Avorion materials respectively. I have almost finished updating all ships to game version 2.0.11, the only design remaining is the Beluga 25k freighter, which I will do this coming week.

I have also posted a table of information attempting to explain what grid spacing settings work best on which size hardpoints and turrets. If the information is not communicated well, or you still have problems placing turrets on any design, please send me a comment on the design's comments page and I will try and fix asap.

Nice freighters, thanks!

What happened to the turret collection?

Amazing ships, especially the recent freighters! I vaguely remember your ships when I first subscribed to them over a year ago, they were very plain but you had a great range and diversity so they were useful. Now they're gorgeous, as well! You deserve more kudos than you're getting, you're a very talented designer. I think your collection exemplifies the fact that style can do a lot more than detail, as you don't need 20k+ blocks in order to make your ships look really, really good.

My two criticisms is that Battle Carrier and Battleship look a little plain, compared to the Battlecruiser and Cruiser designs, and that a lot of the earlier engines look simple, even with the addition of the (closed) thrust vectoring cowls.

Other than those minor nitpicks, you have a really, really solid lineup of beautiful, uniquely yours designs. Hope to see more from you in the future!

Oh thanks mate, but no need to rush, take your time you need

Hello there, I'm going to be busy for a few months relocating to a new city, but once I find a new place to live I will get back to making some more designs for the game including some kind of Dreadnought.

Hey ,the Ships are amazing! I really like the Freighters cause there Cargohold, but is it possible for you to build a really big Ship like a Dreadnought? Would be awesome

You weren't blind, it's just that I published the XL version not long after reading your message. So thanks for asking about it. :)

Sorry i look like blind :s

Here is the XL version of the freighter: S-10-C14 Freighter (XL) .

Very nice collection ! I use freghter L but are u able to build XL freighter ? Could be very nice with new R-mining/savalging

Enyatos - Yeah it could be better, the aceeleration. i'll see what I can do in the next update.

hay winter would it be fesable to boost the mobility of the larger ships? the larger ones while understandably their not particularly ment to be fast they have a hard time accelerating to optimum moving speeds. but if not is all good i do enjoy the ability of having lots of firepower in the form of plasma cannons thanks to your generators. amazing work you have here.

These ships are amazing. The design is so nice and simple, theres already platforms for weapons, plenty of system slots. The only thing Ive noticed is that with the heavy corvette if you have modules on it cant supply enough power, otherwise I havent noticed anything wrong, or buggy.

These ships are great. Wish I could desgin ships that look half as good.

re Enyalos - Thanks, I welcome feedback from anyone using my designs because I don't get a lot of time to test them myself, so if you use these in your next playthrough I'd be interested to know how you get on.

All ships have now been updated to support custom turrets. If you find any hardpoint on any ship that is still an edge block instead of a turret base, please tell me on that item's page and I will fix it as soon as possible.

I have now published the beginning of my new custom turrets collecton, linked in the description area above. A new ship design is also going to be released very soon, and I will post again when that is up.

hay man gotta say these ships are looking great. i got your largest ship in my creative game just fooling around mostly also still new to this game but i am thuroughly impressed by this beast. i got a avorion plasma turret wich i use for my ships in the creative universe aswell as a complementery railgun and it is awsome. ive got 32 turrets on it so far due to the lack of the systems i have tied in but it surpasses any current large vessel even daresay dreadnaught designs ive tryed. even with the amount of energy sucking plasma turrets i have on it it cant be drained. and your ships have a certain degree if simplity over the rest wich i like (not to say that they are truly simple. i know thayre not) but i love it and will be using these for my playthroughs

ok ill wait your desings are awsome also take your time and make it right

re eaglegundam - Based on my progress so far, I'd say another week, maybe two.

well Combat Update is live when will you update the ships?

So, from what I've seen - And read in the comments - There is both the option to have the user make (or apply!) their own, as well as the feature, which I need to properly test, of turrets being saved with the design when uploaded to the workshop.

Personally, I'm actually kinda split - Depending on how reliable the saving option is, it might be worth it to go halfway - Have the defense turrets be saved to the ship, then have a selection of turrets themed to the ship that are for particular weapon varieties.

And, of course, the topic of spinal weapons might be worth looking into as well.

re Runac - This is a bit tricky for me to decide, because I'm not sure how exactly that feature is going to work for the end user. Do you know if the game automatically saves the attached turrets as blueprints or does the end user have to enter build mode and manually save them?

So, one of the things in Combat Update 2 is being able to include turrets in the ship design. Do you plan on doing that, perchance? Mostly just curious and all. I know it's still in beta, but might as well pitch the idea in advance.

ok good to know ill be waiting

re eaglegundam - No, I haven't had the chance. I'm busy preparing my content for another round of updates to the Worskhop so I'll not be trying Combat Update 2 until it is released on stable.

Did you try Combat Update 2 on Beta ?
it is awsome

sure Take your time

re eaglegundam: - I'll do more when I can, but my focus for now is on playing through Combat Update I on insane difficulty to see how my designs perform and what further improvements I can think of to make them more effective for their cost.

Love The New ships

Sooo will we get new ships soon?

What might help, too, is putting a description of what the different kinds (and sizes) of hardpoints are, and what the lights next to/around them mean in the description of the collection as well.

ps. All items in this collection are correctly tagged. I removed the old items and those are named as '(OBSOLETE)' to easily tell them apart.

I have finished replacing all items with correctly tagged ones, unfortuantely there wasn't a way to edit tags for the old item pages so I ended up publishing most of the collection again.

re, Runac: - I forgot to update the Drone when the developer removed 0.3 size turrets. I fixed this today so you can have size 0.5 turrets on it now. And yes, the hardpoints I refer to are sloped surfaces with lights by them. What I need to do is make screenshots and put them on the description to better explain this. (I just haven't got around to it yet.)

Hmm. So, slight update - Was having the issue with the drone, not having it (at least, not as badly) on the corvette.

So, I just have a couple of silly questions to pose..
1: Are the turret hardpoints the angled blocks?
2: Is anyone else having trouble with the turrets complaining about not being fully on the block even when, at least visually, they are?

yay Love your New freighter

Or could you make somthing Like a Flagship

Hmm Please make A Trinium CV that would be awsome

Hey i was wondering if you could make a certain type of ship for me if you would. I would like you to look up Eve online Typhoon pictures on google. and i would like to see if you could make that ship. a small mothership if you would. a supercarrier (you can scale up and down in size to make it easier to get in material wise.) i'd greatly apprecaite was gonna try to record soon.

Beautiful work and a good eye for detailwork and uniformity across the fleet while not overdoing it... Love them, very well done!

Great ships there

I'll be making bigger ships next year, definitely. :)

Great Work! ++

is there going to be bigger ships in this series?

Looks awesome so far. Looking forward to seeing more. Keep up the good work! =)