Column Templates - A "Vanilla Mod"

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This post has column templates for A9. You can find the ones for A10 in this post further down.
I’ve heard a lot of people ask how to make a 1 x 1 wall column/pillar/pole. I tried using the draw wall tool to do this today, and it didn’t work. However, I was lucky enough to have saved a wooden column template earlier. I did a Frankenstein job on that and made a stone column template. Now, placing one of these pillars is as easy as placing down a template - also, these won’t refuse to go on top of floors as much as when drawing out a wall normally.

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It’s pretty easy to install. Just right click here, select Save Link as, and save it to …Steam\SteamApps\common\Stonehearth\saved_objects\stonehearth\building_templates. Do the same for this link as well.

These may not be revolutionary, but they are pretty handy. However, I was determined to go further - except I couldn’t:
After diving further into the templates, I tried to make single-block columns so we could finally build non-column things with that nice dark shade of wood. I found a max{y:} value that was set to six and lowered it to one. I went to place it and the ghost looked right…

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The placed product? Not so much. Nor when it was built.
The data I changed changed the ghost, but it appears to be overridden by a certain “stonehearth:column” : {}. or in other words:
Radiant? Some of your data doesn’t actually do anything!

Now for the question: Does this count as a mod? Is this thread in the right place?
Well, strictly speaking, it is a modification or addition to the game’s files, allowing for something not possible in the base game. However, it isn’t a .smod. So, [forum not game] mods, I guess it depends on your definition: If you think this belongs somewhere else, move it there. However, we don’t have a Templates category, and this is really more like modding than gameplay, as almost everything I’ve done here was out of the game.

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yup, works for me! :+1:

and thanks for putting this together…

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YESSSSSS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I’ve been waiting for a modder to put this in or for the colors to be slabbed but YOU DID IT FIRST!!! AWWW YOU AWESOME PERSON YOU!!! YES!!!

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Awesome work @coasterspaul, very useful :slight_smile:

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very awesome man! almost title worthy… (‘hint’ ‘hint’ @SteveAdamo …)

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Thanks for the praise, everybody, but I really didn’t do that much. :blush: I was just lucky enough to have a column template laying around, then I got curious and changed about three lines of data. I’m actually kind of surprised this hasn’t been done before.

However, I am looking at going further with this “template modding”. It seems there’s a lot of potential here, and I can’t wait to dive in further!

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Shame on you, Alpha 10, for destroying my work! Though it shouldn’t be too hard to make column templates again… I’ll get back to you on that.

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Thanks for the mod!

I’d love to make simple vanilla mods like this, but I’ll wait until Stonehearth includes an actual mod distributor in the game. I know it’s not high in their priority list, but I wish there was a way to implement this soon. “Simple” mods like this one can be immensely useful to me!

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As mentioned, A10 broke my columns. However, it makes it insanely easy to make your own - here are the correct slab colors for the wall pillars we were used to:

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I’m not entirely sure about the stone one, as stone walls have been a bit broken in A10 - but it looks about right.

However, for convenience’s as well as mass production’s sake, you can find six-high columns here and here.
Again,

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