A Shallow Slope Setup

[Go_Coup]

I hope that we get new building blocks, paints/textures, and clothes(like a lab coat.) What I mostly want is a shallow slope. It's really annoying when you can't have a driveway which goes up hills, unless you're going to keep repairing it. If you drive over the bridges in Navezgane, they will slowly or quickly be destroyed. The wedge with the wedge tip is still too steep. Not only would a shallow slope make driving easier, but it would also allow for better structures.- I keep making a wedge house, but it looks stupid because the roof is so steep. -It seems like an 8x1 slope would be great. While it would make the building of slopes more tedious, it would (ideally)never need to be repaired and it would look more natural.

To be clear, it would take 8 blocks to gain 1 block of height.

[Pille]

There will be 4 block ramps (~14° slope) in A18 which is sufficient to avoid damage from vehicles according to the devs.

[Go_Coup]

That's good. It's not ideal, but if it doesn't take damage from vehicles, then it's good enough.

[Shurenai]

Unfortunately it's not likely for a 6 or 8 block slope..If I recall correctly they're working within a limit on the number of unique blocks/shapes they can have in the game. (Though this may have changed and I am unaware of it) and so even just creating this 4 block slope will push them closer to that edge where they cant add any more.

[Pille]

The limit was 2048 blocks in A16 but now it's 32768‬ blocks. So that's no longer an issue. ;)

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by Pille:

The limit was 2048 blocks in A16 but now it's 32768‬ blocks. So that's no longer an issue. ;)

Ah~ Good to know :3

[Pille]

I just hope they don't forget to add a crafting recipe for the 4 block ramps.^^

[Go_Coup]

Wow, that's a lot of blocks! I really hope we get more shapes. One which is half glass(one half is glass; the other half is wood, concrete, or whatever) would be great for creating windows of varying shapes. (I'm thinking about the halves being angled.)

[Trooper Bri]

I don't have an issue with wedge tips and blocks, but will welcome a 4 block setup for building options.
But with it comes twice the work, twice the resources, and twice the length for vehicles.
My current base uses wedges to get up 26 blocks, and I haven't had to repair it yet using reinforced concrete. That would be one long ramp and a lot more supports if I did it with a shallower slope.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1828312420

[Go_Coup]

I just want to be able to drive up inclines of a hill and make more kinds of structures; I'm not trying to climb as high as possible.
I'm not really sure how the new system works, but it probably won't require that much more time. For the applications I want it, it will actually require fewer resources. I can deal with a dirt road, but I really want to have a wedge house that doesn't look ridiculous. I think the 4-block system will still look off, but it's obviously (twice as)better.

The ramps on Navezgane were destroyed in no-time, during my playthrough. I upgraded them to reinforced iron, but they still wouldn't last long. I didn't want to spend all of my time digging to make concrete or repairing the wedges(I switched out the ramps for wedges, which were better.) I did eventually get them to concrete, though.