[Alpha 5] Building Suggestions

[Oblivionburn]

After playing around with the Alpha 5 for a bit, a few things came to mind that I think would improve the building experience:

1. Showing measurements (width and length) when laying out floor plans
2. Using a general ‘removal’ hammer to designate parts of a building that should be de-constructed
3. Assuming there’s a resource-cost for buildings: It felt like it should be higher… I had a full stockpile of wood and not a single piece was used during construction of a new building

[EpicDwarf]

We have a thread about this already, though. @SteveAdamo , care to do the honors?

Building Measurement Tools

While I was playing Stonehearth I ran into a problem, I was having a hard time coming up with good measurements while I was playing. I would have to take a minute and count each block just to make sure the blocks were even. Then I had to decide how far apart I wanted the windows so I had to count that. I then stopped, took a screen shot and came up with an idea. What if there was a tool that assisted you when building a structure. I don’t know if it’s already scheduled or anything, but I just t…

[SteveAdamo]

welcome aboard @Oblivionburn!

@EpicDwarf

We have a thread about this already, though.

indeed… we’re just trying to (potentially) locate threads that match the other two points he made, so he’ll know where to head to for each suggestion…