The build tool is THE most important tool in the entire mod! With it, you can place all the buildings, worker huts, and even any structure scanned by you (see Schematics) perfectly. The possibilities are endless! Watch a short video of how it works here:
The first step is to craft the build tool. You can also get a build tool in the Supply camp and ship in the same rack as the Town Hall .
To place a worker hut or building from the mod, you'll first need to craft the specific block for that building (see Recipes). Then, right-click with the build tool on a solid block where you want to place that building. The GUI will pop up:
Left Dropdown: Here you will see 3 general categories: My Schematics, Decorations and Huts.
Middle Dropdown: This is where you will see the different styles of the buildings available. The current styles (as of March 20, 2021) are Acacia, Asian, Birch, Caledonia, Cave, Dark Oak, Fortress, Jungle, Medieval Birch, Medieval Dark Oak, Medieval Oak, Medieval Spruce, Mesa, Nordic, Sandstone, Spacewars, Stone, True Dwarven, Warped, and Wooden.
Right Dropdown: Here you will be able to see the individual schematics, depending on what you chose:
In the middle of the screen are the controls to adjust the structure you are about to place.
Note: Once you have the GUI open, you can press the ESC button on your keyboard so that the 3D image will remain. Then, you can move around and take a better look at it from all sides to make sure it's the way you want it! Right-click with the build tool again towards the 3D image (on a block or in the air) to go back to the GUI so you can "nudge" your structure to the place and orientation that you want. You can repeat this process as many times as you want before clicking the green check mark to commit to the placement of the structure.
Note: When in Creative Mode, you will also see options in the lower right. The one on the left will paste it into the world completely, including all the Placeholder Blocks. This is useful for designing schematics. The button on the right will paste the structure into the world exactly as if a Builder had built it (without placeholder blocks).
Note: To help with planning hut locations, buildings can preview as their level 5 versions and with blue outlines. These only render if their anchor blocks — usually the hut block — are close enough to each other. This preview can be turned off in the clientside config settings.
Now that you have the structure ready to place, click on the green check mark and voilá: construction tape will appear and the building is planned! Decorations and custom schematics will automatically create a build request, but you will need to create the build request manually for hut blocks. To create the build request, go into the hut block's GUI and click the Build Options button, then Build Building. Your Builders will then pick up a build request and start building the building.
You can check in the Town Hall GUI under the Work Orders (! symbol) tab to see the queue of all build requests you have for the Builders in your colony.
Recipe:
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