# Removal of land during construction

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** building, a21r707\
**Created:** [April 20, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838 "2017-04-20T18:45:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Cheochenit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cheochenit/32/54821_2.png) [@Cheochenit](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cheochenit)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/1 "2017-04-20T18:45:10Z")

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Error in building construction  
Earth is removed with the floor when using the eraser

Steps to reproduce:

1. Get an element of the floor
2. Put on the ground
3. Take an eraser and remove the floor

Actual Results:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/stonehearth/original/3X/b/7/b7579ce667b8c5bb30db88c2e384c3c65a7677d5.jpg)

Latest Steam version without mods

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**Author:** ![WarLink](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/warlink/32/56491_2.png) [@WarLink](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/WarLink)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/2 "2017-04-20T18:50:25Z")

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Dude… you have debug tools… no mods huh?

And if you used debugtools to remove it thats why

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**Author:** ![Cheochenit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cheochenit/32/54821_2.png) [@Cheochenit](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cheochenit)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/3 "2017-04-20T19:09:50Z")

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I do not know  
But It was not until this moment  
Switched on itself?  
And I myself did not put fashion  
Because I used a clean version of Steam  
I think that’s the way it should be

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**Author:** ![Relyss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/relyss/32/41785_2.png) [@Relyss](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Relyss)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/4 "2017-04-20T19:10:49Z")

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> [@Cheochenit](#):
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> Get an element of the floor

Hmm what do you mean by this? I can’t seem to reproduce it.

But in the past, there was a bug like that.  
Is that only road or also ground? I assume the blocks on top of the grass are slabs.

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**Author:** ![Cheochenit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cheochenit/32/54821_2.png) [@Cheochenit](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cheochenit)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/5 "2017-04-20T19:12:55Z")

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This is the element of the road  
Spent on the ground and removed  
There was a pit  
Before this was not

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**Author:** ![Relyss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/relyss/32/41785_2.png) [@Relyss](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Relyss)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/6 "2017-04-20T19:24:07Z")

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Press F5, does it remove the hole?  
I can’t reproduce it, but if you say there was no hole, and you didn’t start building, this is a regression.

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**Author:** ![LordGovernorGeneral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/lordgovernorgeneral/32/39718_2.png) [@LordGovernorGeneral](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LordGovernorGeneral)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/7 "2017-04-20T19:38:03Z")

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Hi,

Not so long ago, I had this problem. The problem is that you deleted that with the tool not eraser (from what I gather) If you used the eraser, or any other thing, the solution below works 100% of the time.

Solution:

To put back the floor as wood tiles, you can use slabs

If you want the ground back, I believe that you can use the tools.

Furthermore, if you used the eraser on the ground, @Relyss please correct me if I am wrong here,but the result would be that it would erase the grass/soil tile. [If this is not possible, I belive that a glitch happened and the computer/ai/code assumed that that was what it wanted]

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**Author:** ![Psyduck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/psyduck/32/33206_2.png) [@Psyduck](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Psyduck)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/8 "2017-04-20T19:41:08Z")

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I had it happen a few times but not noticed any pattern so no luck in reproducing.

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**Author:** ![Relyss](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/relyss/32/41785_2.png) [@Relyss](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Relyss)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/9 "2017-04-20T20:03:05Z")

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He is in design mode. Using the eraser from the building editor to remove road or floor while still in design mode, should not leave any hole. In the past, there was this bug:

> [@Trouble removing designed road](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/trouble-removing-designed-road/26251/10):
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> Ugh… Finally! I got it to happen slight_smile Uh… The hole is only visible in building mode, until I reload (then it disappears and I can design there again) Steps to reproduce: Draw a road: [image] Draw a second road apart: [image] Connect them with another road: [image] Erase everything with the Erase tool: [image] Results: The place where the second road was, is transformed into a hole where you can’t build anything. Reloading the UI seems to fix it.

But it was already fixed long ago.

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**Author:** ![LordGovernorGeneral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/lordgovernorgeneral/32/39718_2.png) [@LordGovernorGeneral](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LordGovernorGeneral)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/10 "2017-04-20T20:14:35Z")

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Ah, then I do not know what the problem or cause may be in that regard. Probably the game glitched.

Just a quick question just in case, @Cheochenit, was it by any chance that the building was constructed partially there and then deleted by mistake or demolished - In which case, the thing would be a scar of the demolished road.

I know you said you used the eraser but just to be 100% sure - sorry if this seems silly

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**Author:** ![Cheochenit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cheochenit/32/54821_2.png) [@Cheochenit](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cheochenit)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/11 "2017-04-21T11:51:59Z")

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After restarting the game the pit is gone  
I could not test the function of F5  
When you try to play this bug again it stopped appearing

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**Author:** ![LordGovernorGeneral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/lordgovernorgeneral/32/39718_2.png) [@LordGovernorGeneral](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/LordGovernorGeneral)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/12 "2017-04-21T12:26:07Z")

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Glad your problem solved itself!

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**Author:** ![Cheochenit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cheochenit/32/54821_2.png) [@Cheochenit](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cheochenit)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/removal-of-land-during-construction/29838/13 "2017-04-21T12:27:22Z")

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Huh  
I think any problem can be solved by restarting the program)