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[BuriBuriZaemon]

11m/s = 660 m/m, that's 6.6 km every ten minutes 19.8 km every half hour, and 39.6 kph, that may just be one of the fastest naval warships I've ever heard of.

Okay, looked up some modern stats, 21 knots isn't incredibly fast, but it is still respectable.  That 21 knots is faster than the Independence's cruise speed of 18 knots, but well below it's top seed of 44 knots.

Oh wow yes it's indeed fast. 11m/s was the original speed with a flat (unfinished) hull. I'm working on turning it into catamaran now. Already up to 15m/s (29knots).

Another question: I built my ship out of wood blocks. Is there anyway to quickly convert all these wood blocks into light alloy blocks?

[MrRoboto75]

There isn't an easy way in game, no.

Someone on the FtD forum made a external program to modify blueprint files, though.  It can convert one material block into another.  I haven't tried it myself, but it might do.

Before you ask, your boat blueprint files are located in your My Documents folder.

[BuriBuriZaemon]

There isn't an easy way in game, no.

Someone on the FtD forum made a external program to modify blueprint files, though.  It can convert one material block into another.  I haven't tried it myself, but it might do.

Before you ask, your boat blueprint files are located in your My Documents folder.

You, Sir, are awesome! That block converter works perfectly. I present you, my first ever ship in From the Depths:

http://imgur.com/VTFddsS

Her catamaran hull allows her to reach 15m/s (29 knots). She only needs to be fitted with Weapon AIs and shields. She uses R2400 Redline engine and has tons of unused power left for shielding. Not sure if the engine is an overkill, I can downgrade to 1000 or 800HP for better efficiency if required.

[LoSboccacc]

I've dropped some empty hull on my workshop, from 30 to 200 meters, all with balanced metal/wood armor

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197986674427/myworkshopfiles/?appid=268650

[Shadowgandor]

There isn't an easy way in game, no.

Someone on the FtD forum made a external program to modify blueprint files, though.  It can convert one material block into another.  I haven't tried it myself, but it might do.

Before you ask, your boat blueprint files are located in your My Documents folder.

You, Sir, are awesome! That block converter works perfectly. I present you, my first ever ship in From the Depths:

http://imgur.com/VTFddsS

Her catamaran hull allows her to reach 15m/s (29 knots). She only needs to be fitted with Weapon AIs and shields. She uses R2400 Redline engine and has tons of unused power left for shielding. Not sure if the engine is an overkill, I can downgrade to 1000 or 800HP for better efficiency if required.

That thing looks absolutely awesome! Good job

[NullForceOmega]

I really like the job you did there, my early designs aren't anywhere near as nice (tho' my Takeya class, looks good, it needs a total refit), but I don't like to crib existing designs, so that makes my progress somewhat slower.

I hope your aircraft designs are just as nice (oh gods my Strikehawk looks stupid, kills everything, but looks so very stupid.)

[TempAcc]

I'm still playing this one and off. Been trying to make an effective airship that uses heavy cannons and can sustain a lot of damage.

I made some odd tank like ships with really powerful cannons. I feel making really absurdly powerful cannons at the moment is a bit too easy, to the point that every other weapon except lasers is kinda bleh in comparison. Missiles have too short of a range and dont pack enough power to be of much use in comparison to a 500mm cannon that fires heavy explosive shells at a rate of near 0.1 seconds between shots.

[BuriBuriZaemon]

Thanks guys, I'm very happy with the way her look turns out. She now has weapon and naval AIs. I upgraded her 120mm deck gun, so it is more protected, can fire slightly faster, and has  greater turret traverse range. Here's her slightly improved look.

If she keeps her distance away from enemy, she can survive well, thanks to her 3-strength shields all around. I cannot increase the shield strength anymore as they tax the engine too much. A possible solution is to upgrade to R3200 Redline engine (created by Ruger).

Her weakness is missiles, as sometimes they can penetrate her shields. I angle my shields, but the missile trajectory means they hit the shields at close to 90-degree angle. I know I can add CIWS, but I don't want to alter her look. I suppose I can assign 2 of the missile bays to missile defense-only.

I'm still learning and would appreciate feedback. If I upload this to Steam workshop, would anyone be kind enough to have a look at her and point out how she can be improved?

[NullForceOmega]

Spent most of last night constructing a 1.2 million RP supertank, it currently features (on its turret, the hull weapons are not yet built) two 500mm rail cannons, twelve length 5 IR missiles (frag and explosive, as noted earlier in the thread) and twenty VLS length three frag missiles for AA.  I'm planning on eighteen ACS 'infinite repeater' style rapid-fire guns on the sponsons, just so I can make any bolo joke I want while deploying it.  It has 4800 HP, so I'll likely throw some heavy shields on it for good measure, but two meters of armor is very respectable on its own.  It also goes 30 m/s.

[Chiefwaffles]

Sheesh. I cannot seem to actually make proper armor or guns.
I've been testing my designs against the Deepwater Guard Marauder boats. Which operate with paddles, large amounts of cannons on the side, and a single large CRAM cannon on the front.

Most recently I've tried making a 500mm advanced cannon. While I can reliably win against the marauder, it's mainly just because I have infinite supplies in vehicle designer mode. The advanced cannon can reliably make holes in the Marauders, but it always takes a ton of hits to actually cripple the marauders. Is this normal and should I just have a ton of different cannons/guns? I assume it's not normal because it seems to be not that substantial of a hole in a ship that's almost 100% wood.
I've also tried missiles and CRAM cannons. Both of which have a similar degree of success.

Armor is a completely different story. With my current setup I have a 100% metal exterior with 3 layers of light alloy on the inside. One shot from the Marauder's CRAM cannon can punch a large hole clean through it. Plus it's hard to both focus on structural integrity and have something resembling a ship instead of a floating rectangular prism. Do I just design my ship with redundancy and layers so one hole doesn't flood the entire ship then?

Because right now all my designs capable of winning against the Marauder have a huge budget compared to the marauder.

[MrRoboto75]

Your ship's interior should be compartmentalized, split up into multiple rooms.  If you get a hull breach, only one of those rooms should flood.  Also, consider using shields.  Even low powered shields will bounce cram shots every now and again.  You could also use speed, as cram shells have low velocity.  The broadsides look scary, but they do almost no damage, especially to metal.

What sort of shell are you firing?  In my experience fragmentation works best against wooden ships.

You could also attach the Aim Point Selection card to the AI.  It allows the gun to aim directly at important parts of enemy ships, rather than randomly as it does by default.

Marauders also seem to tank a bunch of hits because of the way they are configured.  Most of the interior is hollow, and all the very important bits are below the water line.  It has two big ammo stores below the water near the front and rear, and the AI and repair bots are between them.

[LoSboccacc]

Most recently I've tried making a 500mm advanced cannon.

Advanced cannons are best for low caliber stuff, 500mm is pushing it too far, especially if you're going for he or aphe.

250mm aphe can made to work, if you put enough railgun energy behind it, otherwise 120-150 mm sabot/heat. they aren't even't good anymore for anti aircraft since the nerf, being outclassed by lasers :/

[BuriBuriZaemon]

My ship has coloured bars, which to my understanding, are indicating its logistics supply level (fuel, ammo, etc.). How do I get rid of it? I must've accidentally pressed something to turn the bars on.

EDIT: Those are called resource bars and can be turned on/off using "R".

[Gabeux]

Game's on sale on Bundle Stars for 4$. 9 hours remaining.

[LoSboccacc]

Lead at the bottom gives you more freedom to make nice shape as opposed to engineeringly sound

You can attach turret to the bottom of the hull if you leave a hole big enough on the deck for them to rotate, so that you can have effective cannons that arent ridicolously tall, also because big tall stuff will capsize you in no time