replacing foundation things easyer (idea)

[Eclipse the Dragon]

right now, you have to rip down you whole base to say replace wood with stone.
why not let us put down foundation upgrades over old foundation things to let us get say the wood back and put the upgraded foundation things so we do not have to rip up all chests and other things and put it all back down again.

[Duilf]

That would require 1-2 whole extra systems for objects to identify objects of the same type, and for an additional build mode to replace things. Now that isn't outright impossible. However it would require a massive amount of work so it is probably far down in the priority list given how hard it will be to implement.

Keep in mind there are currently 4 building material types wood, stone, steel, and "glass". The default base limit is also 4, and that can be raised using the rules. There are also multiple resources to gather outside of Pal hunting/farming Stone, Wood, Palduim Fragments Ore, Coal, Sulfur, and Crude Oil. Coal & Sulfur both have their mines about 5+ levels after you start needing them, and they have a hefty ancient technology point price. Crude Oil is even worse as it has to be processed from specific locations.

My point is unless you specifically followed a guide, and had a very rocky start your first base is not optimal. Your first base, or first 2 bases should be torn down when you can relocate to better spots. The alternative is doing a lot of stuff manually then having a low quantity of Crude Oil after running the supply drop reserve dry.

[Eclipse the Dragon]

i'm not using a guide out of the game, and am new, and just offering an idea.

[Cocytus]

Originally posted by Duilf:

That would require 1-2 whole extra systems for objects to identify objects of the same type, and for an additional build mode to replace things.

they already DO identify as the same type tho going by they snap to each-other when building without any extra steps.

Originally posted by Duilf:

Now that isn't outright impossible. However it would require a massive amount of work so it is probably far down in the priority list given how hard it will be to implement.

i mean seriously, that's been a core feature of all games that followed a similar formula before, ark and conan exiles being prime examples and since that's the teritorry palworld entered right away one shouldn't be surprised if people already expect it to be there from the get-go.

or heck, at least letting us relocate chests and workbenches instead of re-building them every time would be a halfway decent workaround if straight upgrading is too much of a hassle.

[Eclipse the Dragon]

Originally posted by Cocytus:

or heck, at least letting us relocate chests and workbenches instead of re-building them every time would be a halfway decent workaround if straight upgrading is too much of a hassle.

good call there, but but would but nice