Refunds when demolishing a building

[Oranix]

I don't seem to get anything back when I "delete" a building. Even just a partial refund of materials seems like it would make sense. Am I missing something here?

[jimagine42]

There are no refunds right now. I hope they add it though, especially for non-renewable stuff like metal.

[QC_BlancoStarz]

They really should put like a 50% back or something. I mean its all wood and those are beavers XD I get that you probably lose some of it but it would be nice to get something back or a way to relocate buildings for a cost

[Wesir]

Agreed, my first water wheel went down in a position that didn't work half the time and the 50 log cost is pretty bad at the start.

[shmulik.hakipod]

Or at least move it to somewhere else. Sometimes I just place it wrong and want to rotate/move

[Wolfen]

I love the move-option in anno 1800 and miss it in the older titles now, but i don't think it fits to this game.

I agree however, that you should get back roughly 50% of the material.

[ph3rr3t 2.0]

Jumping on the 50% material return on building deconstruction bandwagon. Especially for metal.

[Punnilingus]

I'd say 75% return ... I mean, they're beavers. Beavers now how to take the wood.

(pun intended)

[ASA]

Maybe not wood recovery as well its so renewable with forestry and how else do you keep beavers teeth from getting long.

Could balance it out to keep the rare stuff
reclaim 70-90% metal
reclaim 30-75% gears
reclaim 20-50% planks
reclaim 1 wood max

If you don't have losses then after a point you can just end up with so much half the game becomes pointless.
Beavers build so fast it not like construction time is a factor.

or edit the JSON save file and add back your metal that you want.

[thelefthorse]

I agree it would be nice to get some materials back when you delete/destroy a building, but a 'tear down' aspect should be added at the same time.

Right now you just pick a building and insta-delete it. It seems kinda fair to me that with that mechanic you wouldn't get anything back, as you don't have to wait for available builders, wait while they tear it down, which removes them from other projects, etc.

Once (or if) they add those mechanics to the delete/destroy/tear down of structures, then I 100% agree we should get some materials back.

[Wesir]

Seems like it's the 2nd highest rated feature people have voted on so hopefully it'll be out soon.
https://timberborn.featureupvote.com/

[RonEmpire]

Sadly there is no Cancel building option. So if you change your mind, any delivered materials are lost when you 'delete the building.

The game needs a cancel option where the materials are refunded.

As for deleting buildings, easy mode should get funds (maybe full or some partial 50%-75%?) normal mode should get some partial refund (maybe 25-50?). hard mode shouldn't get anything. Which sounds fair.

[RawCode]

EA game with NO REFUNDS!!!111

well, sometimes you will make dam wrong and flood your entire settlement, deleting some blocks instantly will save you, making beavers walk around to take it apart with refund will kill you.

[Oranix]

Originally posted by RawCode:

EA game with NO REFUNDS!!!111

well, sometimes you will make dam wrong and flood your entire settlement, deleting some blocks instantly will save you, making beavers walk around to take it apart with refund will kill you.

Are you okay buddy

[stonelock99]

I agree we should get at least half of it back.

[Smashing]

I'd like a half and half option

You can instantly demolish a building and get no resources back. However you can set it to be dismantled. The beavers will then "mine" it like they do with resources. The longer you leave them, the more resources you get back up to a maximum of 50%.