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VanillaBuilding: Expanded
DBy dsisco
Adds quality-of-life improvements (eg: block placement preview/snapping) without affecting balance
Description
Vanilla Building: Expanded enhances the building experience in Vintage Story by introducing tools and mechanics that make construction more intuitive and precise.
The mod is designed to feel like a natural extension of the base game rather than a complete overhaul.
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🔨 Build Hammer
The Build Hammer is the core tool introduced by this mod. It provides the player with precise control over block placement through a preview and snapping system.
Using the build hammer
Simply place the build hammer in your off-hand and then switch to a placeable block on your hotbar. The build preview will instantly appear!
Key Features
- Block Preview Rendering - See exactly where your block will be placed before committing, with a real-time ghost preview of the block
- Orientation Control - Cycle through available block orientations to place blocks exactly how you want them
- Visual Feedback - Invalid placement positions are highlighted in red, valid positions render normally
- Snapping Modes - Multiple snapping modes to help align blocks precisely:
- Horizontal & Vertical - Full grid snapping for maximum precision
- Horizontal Only - Snap to horizontal planes
- Vertical Only - Snap to vertical planes
- None - Free placement without snapping constraints
Crafting
The Build Hammer can be crafted using simple materials available early in the game, just a log and a stick.
Simply place a log above a stick in the crafting grid to create a Building Hammer.
Controls
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 74.2128%; height: 158px;" border="1"> <thead> <tr style="height: 20px; text-align: center;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 20px;">Action</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Default Hotkey</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Description</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 20px;">Rotate Build Brush - Forward</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">R</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Rotates the placement preview</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 20px;">Rotate Build Brush - Backward</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Shift + R</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Rotates the placement preview</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 20px;">Snapping Mode - Next</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Middle Mouse</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Cycles to the next brush snapping mode</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 20px;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 20px;">Snapping Mode - Previous</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Shift + Middle Mouse</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 20px;">Cycles to the previous brush snapping mode</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 58px;"> <td style="width: 25.1718%; height: 58px;">Offset Brush</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 58px;">Shift</td> <td style="width: 26.2479%; height: 58px;">Offsets the block placement position by 1 block in the direction of the block face you are targeting, this is useful for placing roofing or stairs, for example.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Roadmap
- Snapping indicators to visualize which edges the "build brush" is snapping to
- Placement restriction modes (e.g. only placing blocks along a specific plane, such as when you are building a long straight wall or flooring)
- Support for "block-entities" (e.g. crates, chests, etc)
- Support for "multi-blocks" (e.g. double-chests, doors)
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