Improved wood

[Glass 24]

I love the new smaller blocks, especially the new planks; however, they are extremely difficult to use as a building material as there is a significant loss in volume between plank blocks and individual planks.

1 log can be split into 8 planks with a saw; those 8 planks contain a total of 64 micro-cubes of volume, almost a 90% loss in volume from the log

If the 8 planks are crafted into two plank blocks, the total volume created is twice that of the log (1024 micro-cubes), and thus building with individual planks is not only more tedious, it is also 93% less efficient. Even assuming the plank blocks are hollow, they would still contain 12 times the material used to create them.

I suggest abstracting the wood hierarchy further, for example:

- 1 log splits into 8 wood "slices," or 8x8x1 squares with the saw

- 1 slice can be split into 8 planks with the saw

- 8 slices can be combined into a full block of planks

- 1 plank can be split into 2 sticks with a knife

It could probably be handled better, but there's my idea. This way no material is lost (as is the case with the individual planks) or gained (like the plank blocks.)

[Waveshaper 33]

Another possibility:

1 Log = 3(8) planks

Give the existing behavior of TFC-Planks with its 1x2x16 pixel appearance to the sticks and maybe tweak them to

1*2*8. (1*1*16 / 1*1*8 / or something else and also make them only to be a texture without hitbox).

Give the TFC-Planks a new 1*4*16 (2*4*16) appearance, so that you can use it as building material with reduced blockhardness compared to the vanilla plank-blocks.

that would maybe not be right in a mathematically way - but it would work quite well gameplay based.

[transcengopher 349]

also make them only to be a texture without hitbox

And how do you get rid of them later then?

[Waveshaper 33]

And how do you get rid of them later then?

got me ^^

[Menoch 335]

transcengopher, on 02 January 2013 - 06:34 PM, said:

"And how do you get rid of them later then?"

SOLUTION:

A bucket of lava

PS: And now for something completely different. I looked at the title of the thread and thought... somebody posting about Viagra?

[renadi 258]

I think we should get 4 planks or more from the axe, but get rid of the solid plank blocks and find a better solution for the things that need that.

Also, this probably won't happen now that Bioxx has gone into a fey mood.

[Treyflix 277]

transcengopher, on 02 January 2013 - 06:34 PM, said:

"And how do you get rid of them later then?"

SOLUTION:

A bucket of lava ;)/>

PS: And now for something completely different. I looked at the title of the thread and thought... somebody posting about Viagra?

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