Please give the option to change base from CIRCLE to SQUARE!

[Mearodin]

i think this option i would love so much more than the circle base but thats me and how i love building with a base like that. that and i think it comes from over 1k hours of Minecraft with friends...

[River Nachtegaal]

yes!!!!!!!!

[Dr_Jdubz]

And base size

[Firefrye]

Along with this, is there a way to lock objects to the cardinal directions yet? Lining things up when placing them on opposite sides of a base was always super unreliable. All my larger bases required me to set a center point and build outwards from there. An option to snap to some global grid would ironically make some things more flexible.

[Teratus]

Originally posted by Firefrye:

Along with this, is there a way to lock objects to the cardinal directions yet? Lining things up when placing them on opposite sides of a base was always super unreliable. All my larger bases required me to set a center point and build outwards from there. An option to snap to some global grid would ironically make some things more flexible.

You can hold down ALT I think and the structure you're placing will line up with a nearby placed structure.

I use it a little but I dunno if that's what you're looking for.

[Firefrye]

Originally posted by Teratus:

You can hold down ALT I think and the structure you're placing will line up with a nearby placed structure.

I use it a little but I dunno if that's what you're looking for.

That feature's been there since release, but it doesn't help if you want to start construction on isolated parts of the base and have them line up later

[Teratus]

Ahh ok, thought I may be thinking the wrong thing there..

[Maximum_Darkness]

Not just the Square but also allow people to choose a Triangular or Star shaped base parameter. I am also on the par of having an option with a player's palbox which would allow them to personally increase or decrease Base Parameter size depending on where they built em.

[Elvick]

Being able to round off things would be nice as well so we could actually build in the circle without it going out of it.

[Gapaw]

I like the idea

[Irene ❤]

err the circle is not a 'design' but a 'rule'. Things inside a radius will be counted as a base so pals will work and carry things around.

If it's a 'square' then there are many complicated and unbalance rules, such as 1 meter on top-left direction count as base but 1 meter on left will not count as base. Minecraft can be all square or any shape because the base can be built anywhere in the world.

[Teratus]

They have issues with the circle as well, especially if you build too close to the edges.

I often find that my Pals are not moving my resources from the mines etc to the storage.
But then I visit the mines etc and ohh.. they're empty.. where are my... oh, yeah my Pals have gone and thrown it all outside my base radius in a giant pile XD

[funewchie]

I partially agree with the OP, although I'd just as soon just ask for corner pieces and walls that can go at 45 degree angles.
Until then, yeah, we have to do it Minecraft style.

It could also be that you're not intended to build all the way to the the radius, since the turrets only work when an enemy is within the radius.
So you have a square wall, and your Pals shoot at anything that enters the radius.

But, considering how small the radius is, that also doesn't make much sense.
I dunno, I think we're all still trying to figure out the meta for bases here.

Originally posted by Irene ❤:

err the circle is not a 'design' but a 'rule'. Things inside a radius will be counted as a base so pals will work and carry things around.

If it's a 'square' then there are many complicated and unbalance rules, such as 13.3 meters on top-left direction count as base but only 10 meters on left will count as base. Minecraft can be all square because the base can be built anywhere in the world.

...Have you never heard of a square foot?
You absolutely can measure accurately in square shapes.

[Irene ❤]

Originally posted by funewchie:

Have you never heard of a square foot? You absolutely can measure accurately in square shapes.

It's about distance not area.

If the rule is set with a square formula, our 1m top-left count as base but 1m left doesn't count anymore. It's no longer a good distancing rule.

[LyaranTirel]

Originally posted by funewchie:

I partially agree with the OP, although I'd just as soon just ask for corner pieces and walls that can go at 45 degree angles.
Until then, yeah, we have to do it Minecraft style.

It could also be that you're not intended to build all the way to the the radius, since the turrets only work when an enemy is within the radius.
So you have a square wall, and your Pals shoot at anything that enters the radius.

But, considering how small the radius is, that also doesn't make much sense.
I dunno, I think we're all still trying to figure out the meta for bases here.

Originally posted by Irene ❤:

err the circle is not a 'design' but a 'rule'. Things inside a radius will be counted as a base so pals will work and carry things around.

If it's a 'square' then there are many complicated and unbalance rules, such as 13.3 meters on top-left direction count as base but only 10 meters on left will count as base. Minecraft can be all square because the base can be built anywhere in the world.

...Have you never heard of a square foot?
You absolutely can measure accurately in square shapes.

Darling... you don't seem to understand much about the programing here, do you? This is literally about the distance the pals go from point of origin (the computer) around. That is A CIRCLE.

[funewchie]

Originally posted by LyaranTirel:

Darling... you don't seem to understand much about the programing here, do you? This is literally about the distance the pals go from point of origin (the computer) around. That is A CIRCLE.

Irene claimed it's impossibly difficult to accurately measure a square area, and I pointed out it absolutely is possible, hence the term "square feet".
(Though how it's supposed to be harder to figure "X * Y = ?" instead of "X * 3.14 = ?" is beyond me)
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As for the rest, the turrets don't work until an enemy is within the circle.
Hence, we don't know the current meta yet, if you're supposed to build walls at the circle, or less so the turrets can be useful, or whatever.

In any case, having building options at 45 degree angles would be nice.