Smooth stone vs. constructed stone

[meieratlarger]

I'm doing a bit of a mountain base and I'm wondering...Is it worth the effort to smooth walls and floors or is it easier to cut stones and build walls and floors. Natural walls are stronger, but it sure takes a long time to smooth them.

[flu007]

It takes a long time... which means your builder also gets more XP.

I dont replace when I don't have to. Don't have to smooth them right away, I leave that for the quiet moments when my builders have nothing better to do.

[AlP]

Cutting stones and building floors is generally faster.

[WiseOdin]

I smooth the floors, then put flooring down. My builders need the projects sometimes.

[kevinshow]

Originally posted by flu007:

It takes a long time... which means your builder also gets more XP.

I dont replace when I don't have to. Don't have to smooth them right away, I leave that for the quiet moments when my builders have nothing better to do.

I also smooth compared to building, if the ground or walls are already mountain structures.

I like the extra points of beauty compared to regular stone or walls, however, the reality is that you can boost up the beauty of many rooms just by using art, so in the end, it doesn't quite matter between smooth or constructed walls and floors.

[Astasia]

It's predominantly an aesthetic choice, the actual difference between floor/wall materials has no meaningful impact on the game, other than at the extremes (like gold/jade) or in fire risk areas. The beauty/wealth values quickly hit diminishing returns, and the health values really don't do as much as you'd think.

Smooth floors are boring IMO, I sometimes smooth early on for builder exp but replace them with real floors later so I can add some variety/design to the base. Walls I never smooth, it's easier to build real walls during construction and replacing them later is a headache at large room sizes (11+) due to cave-in concerns.

[Païtiti]

Collecting junks, cutting junks into stone blocks, haulings those blocks to the stockpile, eventually hauling them to the construction site and then building walls or floors with it vs. smooth floors/walls. There`s your answer...

[Astasia]

Originally posted by Eichkater:

Collecting junks, cutting junks into stone blocks, haulings those blocks to the stockpile, eventually hauling them to the construction site and then building walls or floors with it vs. smooth floors/walls. There`s your answer...

I mean, ya. Cutting chunks into blocks and building walls/floors out of them is indeed faster than smoothing, even with all the steps, as AIP pointed out. Smoothing is extremely slow.

You have to move the chunks anyway, and the best/fastest way to get them out of the way is to cut them. So you will have the stone blocks regardless.

[Monty]

Smoothing gives a better bonus to beauty over blocks. Smooth walls also have more HP than built walls.

[LIMP BISQUICK]

I would never smooth a wall in a vanilla game. Takes a stupid amount of time and there's not much to benefit from it. Infestation will come wreck at least a wall or two at some point. Can't rebuild them so you'll have to slap in those stone walls that the eyes will focus on every time you scroll across the base.. NO!

[otheofoolo]

forgot if engraving is a mod or not, but beaty 3 walls is nothing to laugh at and you need need to smooth stone walls first

[xybolt]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Smooth floors are boring IMO, I sometimes smooth early on for builder exp but replace them with real floors later so I can add some variety/design to the base.

You must have a mod that have multiple floor designs because the vanilla one has only two different set of designs, in various material types. May I know which one?

Or are there some stuff I am missing?

[Astasia]

Originally posted by xybolt:

Originally posted by Astasia:

Smooth floors are boring IMO, I sometimes smooth early on for builder exp but replace them with real floors later so I can add some variety/design to the base.

You must have a mod that have multiple floor designs because the vanilla one has only two different set of designs, in various material types. May I know which one?

Or are there some stuff I am missing?

There's two types of stone floor, for each stone color, a bunch of different colors of carpet, metal tiles, concrete, and wood, and when I said "variety/design" I mean using more than one type of floor in a room to actually give it some character. A simple example would be like one color of carpet around the edge of the room and another color in the center, or mixing stone/wood and carpet to make it look like you have rugs in your rooms. There's a lot you can do even without modded floors.

Taking the idea to the extreme is a base like this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1925275327

That's mostly just carpet and RimFeller synthelene tiles.

[flu007]

Originally posted by xybolt:

Originally posted by Astasia:

Smooth floors are boring IMO, I sometimes smooth early on for builder exp but replace them with real floors later so I can add some variety/design to the base.

You must have a mod that have multiple floor designs because the vanilla one has only two different set of designs, in various material types. May I know which one?

Or are there some stuff I am missing?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1543561093

This is the one I use. I like it because it feels very vanilla-like. Just a few extra designs, nothing super complicated. There are several other good ones though.

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Originally posted by Monty:

Smoothing gives a better bonus to beauty over blocks. Smooth walls also have more HP than built walls.

Baring Sandstone which is weaker at 400 hp when smoothed and above that when built from blocks.

[xybolt]

Originally posted by Astasia:

Taking the idea to the extreme is a base like this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1925275327

That's mostly just carpet and RimFeller synthelene tiles.

Nice. When I am on a new map, I check which type of rocks are available, then based on that, I decide which one will become a wall, floors for bed room, floors for other areas and such. Kinda "dedicated" floor system. I kept using wood for my recreation room tho.