Ships could use more options on how to control where they are going. Adding in left/right strafing as an option to use instead of turning is good.
Reverse thrusters would be useful as well.

1) Stations should never sell things that are not identified - why would anyone buy something for say 100000 creds if they didnt even know what it did?
2) code to make things unknown should only be applied to items gotten as loot

1) allow more than 1 secondary weapon
2) a button to cycle between those weapons

Updated at 5 dl:
Created an Illwrath cloaking device and equiped it on the starter sapphire yacht.

It makes all factions neutral and turns the ship very dark to mimic the cloak effect.

http://paste.neurohack.com/view/YyT4k/

Hello,
i am trying to make a device that temporarily makes you neutral to everyone, but the temporary part is the problem - i cant seem to get the device to revert back to the old faction standings.
help would be appreciated.

Contains: Driftmoon secondary weapon that causes enemy ships to be incapable of moving as they desire. Kohr-ah fireball secondary weapon that simulates the star control 2 races fireball weapon. Illwrath flamebreath primary weapon from star control 2. Thraddash afterburner secondary weapon from star ...

It looks like as though the sustain field when a missile hits it, it does not get destroyed on the surface of the field - it continues on to the ship. Would be better i think if it stopped at the field instead.

http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=950

Driftmoon weapon system onboard sapphire yacht

a bunch of people on IRC helped fix it
i uploaded the new weapon idea to xelerus - the driftmoon

can you paste that idea? It didnt seem to do anything when i added it

hello.
i am trying to get my weapon to add an item, and remove it after a certain amount of time has passed.

http://paste.neurohack.com/view/YhHbw/
This adds it just fine, it just doesnt remove it like i want it to.

remember the chmmr avenger from star control 2?
would need to somehow make autons orbit your ship and shoot lightning weapons/not be hit by your weapons.

Barricades which surround the ship and move as you move by being controlled by a tractor beam. Would need to code so you shoot past them of course. Think a mobile fortress.

another idea is apply an effect to weapons that would make the weapon decay the resistances of the enemy armor progressively with each hit.

another idea that would use this function is to apply an effect to weapons that would make the weapon decay the resistances of the enemy armor progressively with each hit.