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[Bug] Ladder difficult to climb

Ladder movements/functionality are struggling a bit at the moment - particularly getting off at the top. Sometimes the character won't be able to climb off / step on ...
Suggested by: E (29 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 20 Mar Comments: 58
Known issue Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Make the glass clear so we can see out of our houses

It's opaque not very nice
Suggested by: Crimson Sword (09 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 25 Mar Comments: 16
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Bug] (Critical!) Missing Walls

All walls suddenly missing from building after logging out/in
Suggested by: Peter (29 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 10 Feb Comments: 296

[Suggestion] Interior Wood Should be able to attach to the inside of walls

When I saw the Interior Wood building, I thought the idea was really great, but I was disappointed to see that you can't attach to the insides of your Stone Walls. ...
Suggested by: ZogTheHog (11 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 10
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

Stone/Compound Fortifications

Like the Wood Wall Fortifications but made from stone and concrete respectively. The Stone Walls can be equipped with iron spikes and the compound walls equipped with ...
Suggested by: Switch (08 May, '23) Upvoted: 19 Mar Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Triangle Buildings & Pieces

Possibly add in Triangle floor plans for all material types? ---- Done: ---- and being able to use inverted stone/ concrete triangle wall pieces instead of just ...
Suggested by: Johnny D (27 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 02 Mar Comments: 21
Known issue Art Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Stone should not be broken so easy by scorpions and other animals

Suggested by: Sandra Durham (11 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Balance Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Missing building pieces megathread

We are missing several building pieces, especially in the halfpiece/halfpitch category. In particular: - Halfpitch Roof Peak (for odd length roofs) - Halfpitch ...
Suggested by: SotS (04 Jun, '23) Upvoted: 17 Feb Comments: 63
Under consideration Building Pieces Follow Up

[Suggestion] Ability to save the building structures as blue print

ability to save the building structures to use for future uses , abilty to deploy the full structure as blueprint mode so player can add pieces later as they expand.
Suggested by: spacedog (28 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 03 Feb Comments: 27
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] Building Talents Apply to Wood Fortifications

Fortified Wood & Fireproof Sealant should work for Wood Wall, Gate, Walkway and Spikes Fortifications Enhanced Defenses should apply to Wood Spikes Fortification
Suggested by: Uzrael (02 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 05 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces Talents

[Suggestion] Remove need to repair in order to destroy

Having to repair a building piece before destroying seems pointless (and annoying if you haven't learned the repair hammer yet). This would obviously be made worse if ...
Suggested by: Skev (30 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 25 Nov, '23 Comments: 4
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Paint/Visual Mask for building pieces - Stone/Concrete looking like Wood/Thatch, etc

I love the way some of my stone and wood buildings look, but wood isn't feasible for storms and even stone wears out. Aluminum doesn't seem much better than stone, ...
Suggested by: Moe (06 Jan) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 5
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add Roof window

The full glass Roof is to weak to use , but why not using Roof with windows? Practical you can only use stone, aluminium and concrete. Wood and straw are too weak to ...
Suggested by: Fresa (16 May, '22) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add Roof Peek Intersection Piece

Need a roof peek option for where 2 roof peaks that intersect each other at right angle can connect
Suggested by: Jonathan French (13 Dec, '21) Upvoted: 07 Dec, '23 Comments: 3
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Give railings the ability to connect to each other, rather than having an empty space

As title says, currently when placing railings in a straight line (when snapping to a floor), there is a gap between each railing.
Suggested by: DespressoConfuso (29 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Obeservation] Aluminum buildings seem useless

Currently the structure seems like a cheap alternative for wood being that it uses aluminum ore and wood in its recipe it only has 400 hp making it inferior to stone ...
Suggested by: Dave (13 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 7
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] Add More Fences

it would be nice to build fences, they dont need to be sturdy just something you can build around your horse stable or house so that your mounts dont wander of too ...
Suggested by: Sui (30 Nov, '23) Upvoted: 25 Feb Comments: 12
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Make Aluminium Walls/Floor with ingots too

Please make Aluminium Walls/Floors buidable with Aluminum Ingot too.
Suggested by: Geheimrat (09 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 23 Mar Comments: 4
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Make Reinforced Glass More Transparent

Sometimes you just want to watch the storms. But you also want your glass storm-watching room to last more than 3.5 seconds. Please make the reinforced glass more ...
Suggested by: anticlimber (24 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 08 Dec, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] Allow the R button to cycle through all possible positions when placing building parts

Right now when placing for example a floor, the R button only lets you rotate it 90 degrees in one direction, which makes it impossible to achieve certain positions ...
Suggested by: Aberiu (09 Sep, '22) Upvoted: 20 Oct, '23 Comments: 6
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Bug] Structure components underwater can catch on fire

I built a house partially out into a lake with support poles completely submerged. Fire from a lightning strike spread to these poles, which looks absolutely ...
Suggested by: Aboba (12 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 07 Jul, '23 Comments: 5
Under consideration Building Pieces

1/2 high Beams

For esthetics would it be possible to have half high beams in all the types. using full beams to accent walkways is nice if you want to put a roof over it, but look ...
Suggested by: Omega88 (06 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 23 Feb Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Bug] Storm damage through glass building pieces

I was building in my outpost and used some of the glass corner roof pieces in an up side down orientation (outside corner of a 90 degree bend - a T-shape) and ...
Suggested by: Aeonin (21 Sep, '22) Upvoted: 26 Jan Comments: 17
Known issue Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Updating the Building Grid to Half and Quarter size

The biggest issue with Building atm. with the Half pieces is that all those pieces count as a full space use and only snap to specific points. The half wall for ...
Suggested by: Cryorus (17 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 17 Dec, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

Concrete door

Would be like a fire door (heavy duty fire resistant door) that is slow to open but durable and can have a small peephole so you can check the outside
Suggested by: Ewen (27 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 07 Jul, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

Fortifications: Add half size pieces, make upgradable to stone/concrete.

I’d like to see half size fortifications, the current ones just block out everything once erected. Upgradable to stone and concrete would be ideal. Make positioning ...
Suggested by: Angry (27 Jan, '23) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Ladder snap points - ground only

I think ladders should have the option to be snapped to ground only and then the top falls by gravity towards a direction you push it. Having them stick straight up ...
Suggested by: zwd (07 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 24 Jan Comments: 6
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] Roof Overhang

I would like the ability to create overhangs for my building roof, most likely an addition to the half-pieces. The half-piece's half-roof only creates overhang in one ...
Suggested by: Wyatt (07 Dec, '21) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Trapdoor Floor should be unlocked with regular Floor

Trapdoor Floors should be unlocked when unlocking the standard Floors - i.e., they should be a variant (like with Walls), instead of their own unlock. Trapdoors ...
Suggested by: RolandDT (16 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 07 Jul, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Strengthened glass strong enough to create underwater rooms

I've always built over water, don't know why. And LOVE the idea of having steps to an underwater section with glass that that allows you to have a viewing area. ...
Suggested by: Andy Flemming (02 Sep, '22) Upvoted: 10 Sep, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Full rotation of all structure pieces and increased snapping points

The ability to rotate all building pieces in any direction on the snap points. An X,Y,Z axial rotation for every piece attaching to a snap point.
Suggested by: Chuck (21 Nov, '21) Upvoted: 26 Dec, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

Free build pieces should gain support from pieces they contact

The new ability to toggle snapping off is a lot less creative than it could be because pieces placed this way can not get any support from pieces they touch that are ...
Suggested by: Monkeypuzzle (09 Jul, '22) Upvoted: 28 Oct, '22 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Bug] Can't shoot through windows

Can't shoot the bow, through open windows. The arrow is stopped by an invisible wall.
Suggested by: Q.A. Morte (23 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 24 Jun, '23 Comments: 5
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add a pavement tool

Make pathes out of dirt, thatch, wood, stone. Currently you can add floors that won't follow terrain and damage in weather.
Suggested by: RRi (08 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 28 Aug, '23 Comments: 5
Under consideration Building Pieces

Barn Door

Add a 'Barn Door' option to crafting. This would allow for larger entrances to be used when riding tamed animals. Suggested size of 2hx2w.
Suggested by: GP Patch (06 Feb, '23) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add Curved Wall sections, Curved Staircases, curved roof pieces

The stone has an excellent asthetic however being able to finish off a castle with proper curved pieces and spiral staircases would be excellent.
Suggested by: huhlig (13 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 25 Jan Comments: 3
Under consideration Building Pieces

Iron / Steel Building Material Type

With the addition of deep drilling for iron, there can easily be a surplus on long missions (and hopefully outposts). It would be nice to reskin the aluminum as ...
Suggested by: Daniloth (15 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Unlock Hedgehog Earlier

The hedgehog spikes that are with sticks that degrade faster needs to be a Tier 1 for early defenses. There is too many animals that are super agressive to not have ...
Suggested by: Evergreen Warpath (14 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 14 Jan, '22 Comments: 0
Under consideration Balance Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Stone Color should reflect on buildings

I think it would be amazing if you could go to the Desert and mine the red stone, and have a red stone house, red stone piles etc. I think the aesthetic would be ...
Suggested by: ZogTheHog (24 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 15 Jul, '22 Comments: 3
Under consideration Art Building Pieces

building variations

wood/stone/metal different looking styles/colors just more randomness to the textures. it'd be nice to have different styles of indoor wood flooring/walls to ...
Suggested by: cc (19 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 02 Feb Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Ability to make a basement in your house

a way to dig underground and make a basement not only for the storms as for a shelter also a way to heat the house also a attic to store items or just for fun
Suggested by: Jay Ammons (07 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 30 Sep, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces

interior wall double door frame missing

as the title reads, there is no option for a double door frame when using the refined wood/interior wood.
Suggested by: Shylar (05 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add half pillars

When you use the shallower sloped roof and you want pillars to go in some of the corners the pillars are too long and stick up above the roof. Need half length ...
Suggested by: Jonathan French (08 Jan, '22) Upvoted: 08 Jan Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Building/Structural Integrity Tutorial

A system that explains how structural integrity works, how weight is distributed between the parts, and how much weight certain objects have would be nice. For ...
Suggested by: Nyala (27 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 16 Jan, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Add a way to activate the build menu without having to have a building piece selected

I keep finding myself wanting to delete a wall or other item, but in order to get to the build menu to select that wall to delete, I have to have a built wall in my ...
Suggested by: Amy Miller (30 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 01 Jun, '22 Comments: 3
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Railing variant support for ramps

I would like to be able to use the railings for ramps as well as stairs. Right now it looks like they'll only snap to stairs. I only tried the wood railing, but I ...
Suggested by: Kizmar (18 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 09 Jan Comments: 1
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] Reinforced wood building

Ok so I’m working like a maniac on the Beta weekend 7 photo contest. I love mixing materials, stone, wood etc. Now iv build a pretty large cabin thing and I have been ...
Suggested by: Maria Norling (20 Nov, '21) Upvoted: 02 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Suggestion] See durability of buildables in tech tree

It would be nice to see just how strong something is going to be before you drop a point in researching it.
Suggested by: Lothmorg (13 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 20 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
Under consideration Building Pieces QOL Suggestion

[Bug] Building pieces sometimes construct underground

There are times when building a structure that the entire floor or post get buried underground. Once this happens that item is lost for good.
Suggested by: John (11 Feb, '22) Upvoted: 20 Jan Comments: 3
Under consideration Building Pieces

[Suggestion] Allow snapping of building items onto the Half pieces

I have no idea what these are used for if you cannot build a half floor and then snap to it, to build nice looking buildings. Say you want a 2nd story to step out ...
Suggested by: Terry (08 Dec, '21) Upvoted: 06 Mar Comments: 2
Under consideration Building Pieces