Upgrade, replace, change, or swap blocks / building material

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• 29 Jan, '24
  Zomec Merged

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  So when you decide to change the material your base is built out of you can just replace the item with a different block type. E.g. Wood for Stone

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• 25 Jan, '24
  Orphicblue Merged

  Would love to see the option to convert materials (ie. wood to stone, dirt to wood, etc) added to the game in build mode, with shape tools similar to what are available now for building. Perhaps it could refund the cost of the original material and cost the amount of the new material. In current state, it is cumbersome and tricky to dig out an area and replace it with another material, so this feature would be a great quality of life improvement for us detail-oriented builders out there.

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• 26 Jan, '24
  Xale Merged

  i think it would be cool to see the items that are in range of the flame alter such as ( doors, windows, crafting stations, and anything peaceable of that nature) to show up in the construction menu somehow. i know its already a tad cluttered but having to exit that menu while building and going back and forth can be a little tedious.

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• 26 Jan, '24
  Tigerlilium System Merged

  "add building items to construction hammer menu" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-26), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 27 Jan, '24
  Sam Merged

  currently the construction hammer only operates in what i'd call "merge" mode, empty voxels get your selected block, but full voxels are unaffected. We've got a massive base and we'd like to swap all the foundations from rough stone to refined stone, currently the only way to do that is to delete and re-place. I'd be great if there was a "replace" mode that overrode full voxels with the selected material.

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• 28 Jan, '24
  herr.vorragend Merged

  would be great to get an option to replace overlapping shapes with the new building material selected.
  would make for a much improved flow of building.

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• 28 Jan, '24
  Vescrit Merged

  At the very least I think being able to convert simpler walls back into materials would be great. So if you remove 1000 blocks of Rough Stone, you could use those materials for Weathered Stone Blocks. Or some way to upgrade like material blocks

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• 28 Jan, '24
  Ty Merged

  Basically it would be nice if somehow you could swap base blocks easier than destroying and replacing them. Like for instance if yo build a house out of rough wood in the early game but want to swap it out for a nicer block. Something that would let you just swap all those blocks at once.

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• 28 Jan, '24
  Crannberriez

  Totally agree, being able to upgrade walls and such would be handy after unlocking the better looking stuff!

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• 28 Jan, '24
  Canis Merged

  Allow to change the material of placed building part, Walls, Roofs, 1x1 Blocks without removing and replacing. e.g. from wood to stone with one click.

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• 29 Jan, '24
  Leroy Merged

  Currently if you start building a large structure in game, then later unlock better looking blocks its quite the pain in the butt to replace old blocks in large quantity's. A replace feature would really come in handy.

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• 29 Jan, '24
  Tigerlilium System Merged

  "Add the ability to replace building objects with new material." (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-29), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 29 Jan, '24
  Dr Patella Merged

  This can be like an upgrade button with the specific material chosen and which ever building pattern chosen if you have enough of the material you want to change to

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• 30 Jan, '24
  Samuel N Merged

  Being able to upgrade a block from wood to stone without having to remove it.
  Maybe upgrade the construction hammer to next level or a new tool.

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• 31 Jan, '24
  Kokosek Merged

  I would like to see block substitution in the game. In the early phase of the game, we build with the materials we have, but over time we unlock nicer blocks. My problem is that I don't want to rebuild my buildings just to replace the walls or floors. I would prefer to choose a different raw material and replace its wall with another raw material.

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• 31 Jan, '24
  Tigerlilium System

  "Block replacement" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 31 Jan, '24
  Knochenjo Merged

  Hi there would be cool if you implement the feature of "upgrade walls" i mean i need every time to destroy the walls and build it again but with other material would be cool to have the option to upgrade the walls that are alredy there greetings

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• 01 Feb, '24
  Shibii Merged

  That is indeed something that could be really handy. The game has a great base building system already, but it can get better!

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• 01 Feb, '24
  Danny Merged

  Yes please this! I built a couple bases and having to tear everything down piece by piece and rebuild with new materials is very time consuming and painful at times. This would def be a very good qaulity of life upgrade for people who love to build.

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• 01 Feb, '24
  K0D3Y Merged

  When building, there should be an option to auto replace wall/floor/door materials with other materials. For example, if I start my base with simple wood materials and eventually unlock a better material to build with, there should be an option to auto replace the old, basic material with the newer, nicer stuff. Currently the only option is to delete and then fully rebuild from scratch the old structure.

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• 01 Feb, '24
  Jay

  An "upgrade to" or replace existing blocks would be beneficial. I've had to rebuild my base twice now due to discovering better looking material.
  
  Also, we should be able to replace or remove the single 1x1 blocks like we do with other sized building blocks. I currently have to break the 1x1 blocks I used when I replace them.

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• 02 Feb, '24
  Tigerlilium System

  "Auto Replace Used Blocks While Building" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-02-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 02 Feb, '24
  Varonim

  yes, please. I am holding back building big structures early game because I don't want to delete everything later in order to replace/upgrade it.

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• 02 Feb, '24
  Brandon

  I really really need this.
  I built a massive early game base with "rough stone". Now I realized there's much nicer looking blocks, but I can't go and individually replace thousands of blocks.

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• 02 Feb, '24
  ZeddFaeel Merged

  whould love that. I buid a wooden house and now I don't like the look but I also don't whant to erase and rebuild every singel block/wall/ect.

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• 02 Feb, '24
  Ed Merged

  I am really enjoying Enshrouded so far. I love base building especially and Enshrouded does this very well. I think there is a way to enhance the experience.
  Currently I am upgrading my home structure. Some of the later game building materials are fantastic! However I found that my storage chest is filling up with the old discarded building materials and I think it would be great if there was a way to deconstruct these old materials to their base components so they may be used again?

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• 03 Feb, '24
  Roganwarrior Merged

  I building system is one of the best I have seen, that said it needs work. Please allow us to place pieces even if it hits the scaffold or my body. Its pretty frustrating running around in circle trying to get the correct place, so times placing a piece over a non-building material may be the only option to place a piece correctly. Great job team!!!

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• 04 Feb, '24
  Nikolas Morey Merged

  It basically lets you delete or replace by block type, but only by the rule of adjacency. For example, if you have a building with four corners made of stone pillars and wood walls between, you would only delete/replace a whole section of wood between the pillars. if you then choose to connect the wood walls where one of the stone pillars was, you would be deleting/replacing both walls and left with three pillars and two walls.

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• 04 Feb, '24
  Kitiri Merged

  I’ve also been wishing for that ability—to in place “upgrade” a material, without having to deconstruct/reconstruct

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• 04 Feb, '24
  Mayson Merged

  I would say keep the same system they have. But when you want to replace a wall, bring out the hammer, place the new wall where the old one was and once you click it would replace the old wall. Once you place the wall in the same location as the pre-existing one you receive your old building items.

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• 05 Feb, '24
  Tigerlilium System

  "Roof placement and collisions" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-02-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 06 Feb, '24
  Dreams

  Being able to upgrade/change existing building blocks would go a long way. Especially transitioning from mid to late game when you start getting a lot of the materials, after making a fully functional rough stone base I'd like to paint over it with a cleaner stone without having to delete/add every building piece. It almost makes sense to just start an entire new building. Either placing the same piece over top of the existing one to upgrade, or simply a function with the hammer that replaces existing blocks with a new type consuming the new materials and not refunding the old.

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• 06 Feb, '24
  Toast System

  "Building - Add a replace option" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-29), including upvotes (33) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 06 Feb, '24
  Toast System

  "replace material option" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-28), including upvotes (40) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 06 Feb, '24
  Toast System

  "deleting and replacing by voxel type" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-02-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 06 Feb, '24
  Toast System

  "Convert material options in build mode" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-25), including upvotes (10) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 08 Feb, '24
  Tigerlilium System

  "Upgrade walls that we build alredy" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-31), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 08 Feb, '24
  Tigerlilium System

  "Upgrade blocks to the next level" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 10 Feb, '24
  Christian

  I'll say, while I love the voxel building in this game, it's done so well, it is a bit of a pain after having just built a giant base that looks pretty cool, and then 15min later you get the new fancy stone blocks and now either have to build a new base, or replace all of the individually placed blocks, some of which are too high up and unreachable unless a wall is taken down first.

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• 15 Feb, '24
  Greg Wilburn Merged

  Along with being able to change building materials while they are in place, I'd love to see a Materials Exchange feature. I'd like to be able to exchange sparks for Cores or Scrap metal to something else for some 2:1, 3:1, 5:1, 10:1 sort of mechanic. i often have large amounts of materials that don't seem to have much value.

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• 25 Feb, '24
  LifeisReal System Merged

  "Deconstruct Old Building Materials" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-02-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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• 26 Feb, '24
  ixchia

  When deconstructing something just being able to refund for at least 1/2 of the original resources would be nice

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• 15 Mar, '24
  GreenEyes

  This would be amazing! I spend a lot of time deleting and re deleting pieces to remove the "extra" bits from the previous build material.

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• 05 Apr, '24
  Dust Merged

  This would be very useful but it would have to be equivalent to removing the piece under the cursor and replacing it with a new piece of the same shape in the same position so that voxels of other pieces in the same volume are not affected.

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• 08 Apr, '24
  Kinord Merged

  Agree. I've written an article about construction mode and I noticed the thing I called ''renovation'' that makes exactly what you say. There are several more ideas about construction mode and how to improve it.
  
  Check it here:
  https://medium.com/@kinord00/enshrouded-construction-mode-ux-review-f5b969e1257a

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• 20 Apr, '24
  Harlequin Merged

  I am of the same mind, terraria has a similar function but its block by block instead of whole sections. In addition, I notice that even if you do the remove function, it'll still leave parts that are like in corners so a replace ability would make this much easier

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• 07 Jun, '24
  Gaius Merged

  I'd like to add the desperate need for a "repair" function to be able to renovate found locations rather than trying to pedantically and clumsily overlap build pieces on top of old ones. This could well trigger a repair animation akin to the revive animation (but much shorter) which requires you to actually have the prerequisite resources to repair.

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• 09 Jun, '24
  leon

  Yes please! Found a new material later on that would've looked so much better on my building! But to overhaul the whole building didnt feel feasible

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• 13 Jun, '24
  carole Merged

  option to replace blocks in a 1, 4, 9 area with selected blocks for easy switching of block types.

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• 15 Jun, '24
  Mongoose Merged

  It would be awesome if you could just change the material of your house by a "replace" feature. At the moment we have to knock down walls and replace, recut windows. Just a QoL thing.
  
  Great game!

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