Stone Age Building Materials

[PhineasWynd 41]

I can only think of three building materials in the stone age - Thatch, Logs and Cobblestone (which falls).
I think there should be some more materials available for building in the stone age. In order to keep the idea of struggling for survival, they shouldn't be easily obtainable, and they shouldn't be easy to build with. So, I propose:

- Sticks - Add the plank placing mechanic to sticks, but they can only be placed vertically, and can only be placed when there is a block below them.

- Mortared Cobblestone - Brick recipe but with stones and clay. Does not fall if the block below is a dry mortared cobblestone and there is a solid block on at least one horizontal direction, otherwise acts like TFC falling blocks(dirt, sand etc). Takes a few minecraft hours to dry.
- Adobe / Clay Bricks - Made from straw and bricks, take a few hours to dry in your inventory (cool down type thing). Maybe it needs to be placed in an ingot mould to get its shape.

Can make the Clay bricks block with a 2x2 brick recipe. If there is not a solid block on at least one horizontal direction, it falls.

[AllenWL 186]

Clay blocks, log piles, and sorta dirt and grass as well.

 

But yea, I get your point

[Visitor 36]

Regarding cobblestone, for newcomers who arenot aware we had a discussion about it in the past - non-mortared version would be both believable and realistic, as per dry stone method of construction. I did make a suggestion for a type of cobblestone separate from the 'natural' one resulting from cave-ins.

[corki99 23]

Also, Adobe has been suggested before. But, it is still a good one

[tomcatBS 6]

I aggree and like the clay straw idea very much. Maybe ad 1 or 2 sticks to the recipe to increase its value.

Also, as much as I like the clay blocks, they should really be disabled, because they are way to easy to optain. Or have them at least needed to be baked first.

[Morrigi 3]

+1 to adobe pls.

[EstebanLB 183]

The addon Extrafirmacraft has adobe bricks, try it!

[csiler2 3]

Agree that we need more stone-age materials, but I'm not sure being able to place sticks is fair. How often have you built something out of sticks (that wasn't blown away by a big bad wolf)? Perhaps we could 'weave' the sticks in the 4x4 grid for a simple block or post?

 

I'm excited about the idea of adobe or whatever the TFC equivalent of Vanilla's hardened clay will be.

I don't believe there's any historical basis for a mortar based on clay. It's either too soft or too brittle to accomplish the needs of mortar. Instead, I think we should go with something like the dry-stone methods suggested in Visitor's thread. There has been a lot of good discussion there already.

 

Regarding cobblestone, for newcomers who arenot aware we had a discussion about it in the past - non-mortared version would be both believable and realistic, as per dry stone method of construction. I did make a suggestion for a type of cobblestone separate from the 'natural' one resulting from cave-ins.

[mdtexeira 18]

Why adobe, but not cob?  

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob_(material)

 

I've helped to build cob structures.  It's very easy to work with, and requires only sand, clay, water and straw (well, fibrous material).  If I were making my own house in a situation like TFC, I'd start with a lean-to while I spend time noting what in the area can be foraged and finding reliable fresh water sources.  If the area I was in wasn't sufficient to support me food and water wise, I'd move on and keep constructing a lean-to while I scout the area.  After I found a suitable area, I'd be looking to make a cob house.  

 

Cob doesn't require building molds, but generally requires that you can build a framework for your structure.  The OP's idea about placing sticks would be sufficient, especially if the sticks could be lashed at junctions using animal sinew.  Perhaps the ability to last sticks together into more structurally sound support beams would be useful as well.