Problems with construction

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in the game, u can use * to construct things, I’ve made a lotta things and I have a couple of suggestions to make because construction in this game is an absolute pain to do on any scale other than barricading windows/doors

first is digging pits, u need to dig pits to construct reinforced concrete walls among other things, and digging pits in general is just a pain, u have so much dirt that u have to sort out and depending on how big the area you want to wall off is, it’s also a pain to just dig pits in general, it’s a 2 step process, first u have to dig a shallow pit and then clear the pit out and without NPCs it takes an extremely long time (which, the npc part is fine, not saying it’s a problem), I’d really wish u could make areas that u can dig out (shallow + full pits, there should be an option for both)

second, it’s constructing things in general, I’ve built a couple of houses which took me several in game weeks and real life hours and hours just building because there’s no way to make it automatic or to have an NPC help you build another part of the site.

I’d really wish there was an optional zone system similar to the sorting zones one that allowed u to plan out ur construction and have ur followers help u with constructing things aswell, if there is something like this and I’ve somehow missed it please let me know

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In general, the version you’re playing on is important and would be helpful to mention, but in this case there is a zone for that in both the latest stable 0.H(erbert) (and some before that), as well as the experimental versions:
Open the zone manager (default key is [Y]), [a]dd a new zone, choose Construction: Blueprint, choose the thing you want to build, name it, define the zone starting and end points, then exit the zone manager and save the changes.
You can then assign NPCs to do the work or automatically construct it yourself by opening the Zone activities (default key is [O]) and selecting the construction you want to do.

Please note; as far as I’m aware there’s still an issue with overlapping zones, so you can’t just construct a house in “one step”, but it will still reduce the steps significantly.

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right well, the version Im playing on is the latest experimental and thanks for the reply, I’m surprised I’ve missed that option so many times I could have sworn I’ve searched for it several times before