Building constuctor improvements

[MelOzone]

During the last stream building constructor improvements were mentioned. Since no one created the topic I guess it won’t hurt.
Please write below what areas of the constructor do you want to change, how and why.

Some of my reports/suggestions:

[Builder] Can't cross more than 2 freestanding walls on the beam

Summary: Currently freestanding walls can cross on beams (not actually cross, but you can begin 2 walls brom the same block, making them share a corner). However no more than 2 walls can make a corner like that, meaning you can't make 3 or 4 walls start/end on the same beam (while geometry suggests otherwise). Steps to reproduce: Draw a rectangular foundation. Draw a freestanding wall on it Draw another freestanding wall starting from the same beam as the first one Attemp to draw third wal…

Builder: Bugged 1-floor walls when creating 1-floor roof

Another example of the “piercing” effect (for easier reproduction). [image] leads to [image] I’ve painted the floor yellow to make incorrectly placed wall blocks more visible. Note the offset of the roof (-1). An offset of 0 does NOT give this effect. A20r693

Builder: Engine error when raising walls on narrow floor parts

Summary: Steps to reproduce: Create a simple rectangular floor plan. Add exactly 1 block of floor to any side of it. Try to raise walls. Expected Results: Raised walls. 1 added block should "raise" a beam. Actual Results: release-689 (x64)[M]stonehearth/services/server/build/build_service.lua:1196: assertion failed!stack traceback: [C]: ? [C]: in function 'assert' stonehearth/services/server/build/build_service.lua:1196: in function '_get_blueprint_at_point' stonehearth/servi…

Builder: Engine error when trying to start freestanding walls inside other walls

Summary: Normally freestanding walls can't cross other freestanding walls or wall contours. However it is currently possible to start a wall inside another wall by switching "Building vision" to half-view. However, trying to add such a wall to a template always results in an error. Steps to reproduce: Start planning a building and add a wall (either a contour or a freestanding one) Switch "Building vision" to half-view (when it makes half of the building transparent) Rotate the screen to m…

Remove a furniture piece from a template

Is there a way to remove furniture from a template? I mean, aside from Ctrl+C for console and "destroy". Windows and doors seem to be removed if you drag them away from the walls (is this intentional? I use it all the time). With furniture this is not the case. Upd: Nevermind. I'm stupid. Eraser does it just fine. I thought it doesn't at first bc I missed the table and erased the floor instead.

Scaffolding can't be removed if the prop it starts from is removed first

Summary: Scaffolding starts from any non-passable object (block, prop) upwards. If this prop gets removed before the construction is complete, this scaffolding becomes stuck. Hearthlings can't reach it and remove it, and the construction stalls. Steps to reproduce: 1. Start building a tall structure next to a tree so some of the scaffolding or ladders starts on the tree. 2. Start construction and wait for scaffolding to appear. 3. Pause the construction and cut the tree down. 4. Now you have…

Digging near the foundation being constructed merges digging areas

Summary: Usual mining can get cancelled at any time - when mining tool is selected, you can select the planned area and delete it. When constructing buildings heartlings first excavate a pit for foundation. This cannot be cancelled unless you cancel (demolish) the whole building. However a mining area near construction merges with the pit - it cannot be selected any more and you can't cancel it. Steps to reproduce: Put a building template on the ground. Start building (you should pass the…

More suggestions:

• Trapdoors! Make doors for floors/horisontal roof.
• More colors for walls/roofs.
  Sandstone colors on old “barracks” render in particular look pretty great. Also, “castle”-style roof with wooden colors.
• Windows with transparent elements (glass)
• Windows in roof/floor
• Allowing diagonal roofs to have “steps” bigger than 1 block (example: 10-block high pyramidal roof on a 5x5 building)
• “Undo” button working on “Raise walls” command (and all others)
• Eraser working on walls

Tagging @sdee

[MelOzone]

Also this

More building options

Hey, here are my suggestions for building options besides the remove, edit, pause and save option in the building menu: - "Discard"-Button: If your Hearthlings are already building a (large) building, but you made a mistake/something went wrong, you could discard the building and leave it as it is. - Edit while building pause: why not? It's horrible to do mistakes and it would be nice to be able to fix them. - Edit finished buildings: I dont want to destroy a whole building, just because I mispl…

[coasterspaul]

Trapdoors! Make doors for floors/horisontal roof.

This would be great, but I’d also be pretty happy with the ability to erase roof blocks / cut holes in roofs.

I’d like some way to decorate walls with cross-beams, which might be useful later depending on what the Northern Alliance looks is supposed to be.

[MelOzone]

the ability to erase roof blocks / cut holes in roofs.

That, too.
I’ve been thinking how to make lower floors in multileveled buildings visible. My idea is to add a 4th view to currently existing “No slice”, “Remove closer walls” and “Remove all walls”. This view will work like “Remove closer walls”, but also remove closest half of the upper floor (with all the items on it).

[Kythandra]

Allowing diagonal roofs to have “steps” bigger than 1 block (example: 10-block high pyramidal roof on a 5x5 building)

It would be nice to be able to select the degree of inclination you want for your roof.
It could be added to the roof screen as another option. It could be as presets: Flat, 30º, 45º or 60º. Or free to choose: 1 horizontal-0 vertical for flat, 2-1 for 30ª, 1-1 for 45ª, 1-2 for 60ª, or whatever you want it to be… (1-3 or 4 for really spicky towers).
The roof is probably the building part that needs more work at the moment. Other things that I would like to see is being able to have more than 2 facings, to adapt it to the shape of irregular houses, not just rectangles, windows, etc… without having to resot to more or less complex workarounds to do it, just a click on the roof pannel.

Have Fun, Kyth.

[Fornjotr]

I really need the grass colours to make living roofs and other cool stuff! I know there is a mod with these colours, but it is missing in the main game.

[micheal_handy76_mh]

Paint tool: so as to not erase a block to recolor a block. and the floor tool doesnt count
Holding Shift Paints a whole section

Free wall Block tool: To be able to see through those Slab walls too in view modes

Free Roof Block tool.: Cuase just when the roof doesnt want to do anything you want. Just make it freely

An actual Interior wall tool

[BaronRisto]

The GUI already contains a tool for removing Z layers from visibility for terrain, but this has no effect on your structures. Currently if I want to build a 2 or more story building, I either have to try to furnish it before construction begins, or restrict myself to small or narrow upper floor spaces so as to not block visibility.

I need to be able to slice my buildings. Just need an extra little button down there with the other 3.

Another thing I’d like to see, is the ability to tag the freestanding blocks I’m setting as walls, floors, or ceilings. Currently if I want to design a custom roof, I do so knowing that I will never see clearly below it the way I can with the generated ones. The same is true for low walls, freestanding pillars, pixel art walls, archways, awnings, or any other bells and whistles my imagination begs me to tack on.

More later, but BUMP this!

~Jared

[hhq5qgrgewq5hg]

I agree that it would be nice to have an easy way to see inside of mult-floor buildings. I also see what you’re saying about freestanding-block walls.

[Yosmo78]

If we had everything @micheal_handy76_mh just said we would have one of the best building editors, I have ever seen.

[Kythandra]

Add the ability to delete single blocks on a wall/roof and it’ll perfect.
Also, It would be good to keep the splitting of foundations, floors and free block structures, that happens during the planning fase, to a minimum or eliminate it completely. Providing performance allows it. If that is not possible, make them disappear after the construction has finished. For the sake of good interior viewing.

Have fun, Kyth.

[Josh_Patton]

@Fronjotr suggested that I duplicate my suggestion here:

I’ve frequently run into issues with buildings where I will design complex top floors and then go to add a roof, but the automatic roof will only parent to a single wall and not the entire structure. I’d like the ability to draw a roof using the same method as drawing a second floor - pick the start block, and the end block, and have that define the rectangle instead of tying it to certain walls.

In addition to preventing frustrations from roofing issues, the interface change would provide a lot more flexibility in building design.

Such a tool would also imply that it would be possible to add an eraser for roof tiles, but I see that suggestion is already handled.