Feature Idea: InfoRobots path type for flying 'bots and skins

[permanoob]

I was playing around with the SpaceShip mod, and I went up to look at the space station. Well... It turns out that the space station has a bounding box! The station is HUGE, so it functionally means that there's a massive, invisible floor layer up in space, and it's totally buildable, up there. (I actually moved my HUB up there.)

I could absolutely see myself building a mega-factory all the way up there, on a different playthrough. The thing is that it would look pretty weird for any of the built-in skins to be walking around up there, because they'd look like they were just walking in mid-air.

Also, I could totally see myself building floating sky factories, closer to the ground. There wouldn't be an invisible floor for that kind of build, so if I wanted 'bots to be able to go between islands, they'd need to fly.

I know you already provide a way to package and ship data... But I really like the motion and life that your bots add to my world. And... Right now, I'm literally building a space-island for my HUB. HELL YEAH, I want to see small, flying mantas or something floating around my base!!! LOL Or drones, if I'm feeling boring that day.

[abexsoft]

Unfortunately, I've decided not to add flying bots or paths to this mod. It’s purely a personal preference, but I really love factories that feature stairs and catwalks for facility maintenance. In fact, that’s the main reason I created this mod to encourage that kind of design. I just didn't want the bots to fly because it would be too convenient and make all those pathways completely useless.

[permanoob]

Eh... I guess I won't have my manta-monitoring army. I'm def feeling the fight between wanting to walk through one's world and to be lazy with that sweet, sweet hover pack. I gotta respect it. LOL