How to clear trees fast ??

[hthought]

Been loving my first few hours ingame, but I am finding it quite a chore to dig single blocks and remove single trees. I have landed inside a forest too. Very tedious to be removing trees manually. I hoped there would be a robot or something that would do that for me(which would be really fun), but I don't see any similar options.

Am I seriously supposed to dig everything out one by one ? If that's the case I could definitely see myself starting a new game, looking for a seed that has very few trees around. I'd rather not spend an hour clearing the forest around me lol. Kinda hate mountains too. Satisfactory had a few places on its map that were basically a desert, very flat and very easy to build around. So much fun.

Is there such an option in Foundry ?

[Fenix]

Currently it's just the explosives for that really, base game.
The is a mod for bulk removing terrain, I think it works on plants too, it's on the workshop.
a Orbital laser is coming, but not in the game yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWcFKkMy3Vk

[hthought]

Originally posted by Fenix:

Currently it's just the explosives for that really, base game.
The is a mod for bulk removing terrain, I think it works on plants too, it's on the workshop.
a Orbital laser is coming, but not in the game yet.

Ah shame it doesn't exist yet. I found some discussions in this forum about seeds though, tried one and it seems like it has quite a large flat area with not that many trees around. I think I will just restart for now. I just got burners so I am not that far in.

I think lasers and things of that sort would be amazing for terrain terraforming. That would be absolutely dope if robots/lasers could do it for me, under my instructions. Plus it would pretty much make every seed playable, as long as the tech was kinda early, even if it was slow to remove flora and landscape. Lots of potential. But for now I think I'll just go with the flat land. I absolutely hate having to climb mountains or build around them, unless maybe there are tunnels later. Really not a fan of having to battle with the landscape.

The laser looks cool in the video, but I am not sure how you can go flat on the same level using that one. Seems more like a meme tool rather than helpful lol. We'll see I guess.

[Fenix]

Well you need power floors so it’s not like you need the ground level just lower than your floor is going to be.
And this beats placing 30+ player elevators to cut a path through a mountain…

[restarter]

i just built a giant platform out over the water. No need to deal with trees or anything