Add Arches / Curved Building Pieces - Ornate Arches etc.

4.3K votes

This feature would go in with the current shape build options, the idea is to give us the capability to make ornate ceilings with vaults and arcades. My thought is they would be ornate like the well blocks are. Currently we can do very little to make the ceiling look decorative.

Open suggestion Feature improvement Suggested by: Redman247 (21 Jan, '24) • Upvoted: 2 days ago • Comments: 30

Comments: 30

24 Jan, '24
Ziack
Absolutely, and if possible, the ability to have diagonal Foundations to we can make hexagon shaped buildings so everything doesn't have to be square.
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26 Jan, '24
snowdrops
Or even let us create our own prefabs that we can then place with the ingame building system somehow
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28 Jan, '24
Octodad
or just voxles that snap smooth on the down side to make arches
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28 Jan, '24
Miqo The Miqo
lol i agree. i just started my first major build project and i will say that in order to do the fine details i have had to go VERY big to make the voxel style blocks looks good. tbh it's basically the same as minecraft. it looks clunky when your base is like... 40x40x40 but once you get to max size you can do some impressive things. what i do think we need is faster terrain removal. lol i'm doing a imbedded build into a cliffside like many and opening up the interior to the 160cube size has been a NIGHTMARE so far.
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30 Jan, '24
Hannes
maybe combine this with the triangle pieces request, in an architecture update, to allow for round towers?

cheers
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31 Jan, '24
HitmanStallion Merged
We have all kinds of cubes, but I would love to build a circular tower, and presently the tools are so cumbersome having to try and do it manually I'd rather not even try, if you could add circular floors and walls so I could build towers that would be awesome. I know you already have the disc option for terrain so we need something similar in larger sizes for building materials and walls.
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03 Feb, '24
Varonim
In addition to arched/curved prebuilt building pieces, add a toggle to the building blocks that lets them merge to a smooth slope once placed. Similar to how some beams, walls, pillars already merge with each other. That way we could freely make any smooth structure we want.
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06 Feb, '24
M4yhem
I have motte and bailey dreams, let them become a reality
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06 Feb, '24
TheGrey08
I'm all about more build types/variety. The more the better generally.
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11 Feb, '24
Rhian
I would love to be able to build those two high windows in some of the pre-made buildings in game, they look gorgeous and they allow for taller builds without the window and door placements looking weird...
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12 Feb, '24
Storm Reaver
Yes. And door-less doorframes and pillars. And window ramps for a glass ceiling or greenhouse.

Having ramps/arches as additional pieces could be nice overall. We would need the corner pieces too.

Since they're voxel orientated, we could use them for stair rails or interesting wall cutouts.
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12 Feb, '24
Q
Would it be possible to have angled pieces? I know it might not fit in the voxel space, but having diagonals or being able to rotate blocks even at 45° increments would certainly solve the "rounded" shape problem.
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17 Feb, '24
CAGx
@Ziack, things don't have to be square, you can build angled, it's just harder to do.

There are many tutorials for making angled builds in minecraft, the same concept can be applied to enshrouded, you should check it out.
17 Feb, '24
Helpman
I bet most of us tried to make a hobbit house. It's impossible to add round objects, and you end with some sawtooth things full of corners.
What about some material that would form rounded shapes? Even if you could use it for frames, replacing border materials with that one. So could use it as a frame around windows, as example. It should blend with other materials, but form rounded shapes when placed non linear, as the roof tiles or stairs, but it should create rounded shapes.
We could use it for columns, doors and windows frames, support beams... Or just decoration.
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22 Feb, '24
Storm Reaver
I entered a dungeon and saw arches and doorframes... I'm jealous. I want those!!
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22 Feb, '24
Trace
I am finding the base building to be very compelling and would love to see some different shapes or pieces that are angled differently.
24 Feb, '24
Paka
What about also stained glass and regular glass windows as well.
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26 Feb, '24
bones
yes! curved building pieces especially would be great. wizard builds need (circular) wizard towers!
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20 Mar, '24
sleepyloaf
I started playing this game for the building. anything that brings more building options to the game is extremely welcome
21 Mar, '24
LifeisReal Admin
"Circular building recipe" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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21 Mar, '24
Akrylon
As an idea to make more "nature" and round textures and buildings: you guys might think of an tool or building tool option where the player can mark a certain area and toggle between a selection of block behavior.
for example:
1. voxel
2. flat (for like diagonal spaces and round or round in another option)
3. uneven
29 Mar, '24
Castles
Gothic arches please! They are also called Lancet arches.

I would love to have these as tall, thin windows.
Large castle gateways.

Gothic arched ceilings!
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14 Apr, '24
survivalchen
even turnable building parts to 45 and 135 degree angle would help a lot <3<3<3
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17 Sep, '24
Lancet/ Gothic Arches please
People have been attempting to make castles with arches, but it looks very bad. Minecraft blocky.

Please give us arches and turret tower pointed ceilings.

More modular building pieces would be great. Even if they aren't building blocks.
28 Oct, '24
Cloud
I was actually just playing valhiem in not to long ago and they are able to rotate all of the building structures 360 degrees allowing for more creativity like domes, curved walls, etc. and the ability to build bridge like structures and be able to build a support system underneath for the appearance of functionality
28 Nov, '24
Fred
If we could increase or decrease the size of the with some limits, consistency, add curved one, rounded ones, blocks, could be nice... =)
04 Dec, '24
grillonrouge
Along with arches and vaults, domes would be very nice as well. These three constructs together cover a large span of architecture's history.
29 Dec, '24
GamingGratia
I would love to be able to build my favorite architectural feature: domes!
02 Jan
Hunab
Definitely one of the things this game lacks more, new pieces have to come with the content updates just like valheim they add new biome new mats and there are new building pieces, they need to start adding circular and curved shapes along with more angles of rotation, world looks amazing but building is so squarish and trying to build circles with this voxel system that changes the shape of voxels when theyre togheter its just horrible
02 Jan
Cael
Noting that this might now all be possible with the constraints brought about by the voxel setup being used, you could use the Plotz modeller which was developed for Minecraft and generate your own templates to use to make towers and curved walls. I'm going to get on one of my servers and see if I have the patience to do this. From some of the builds I see in the community hub, others use a similar generator. Its more a question of "Am I patient enough" to put up with building a single block at a time.