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Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« on: May 06, 2010, 12:12:03 pm »
A search didn't turn up anything related to this, and this is something that otherwise doesn't make much sense.

It's possible to build nearly any workshop from a single boulder. It is then possible to deconstruct the workshop and get the boulder back. One wonders exactly how this works for stuff like stills and looms...

Realistically, a workshop built from rough stone should alter the stone sufficiently during construction that the stone is outright destroyed during deconstruction. Workshops built from blocks would not suffer from this problem.

It would probably also make sense for workshops built from rough stone to take longer to construct and perform tasks a bit more slowly compared to those built from blocks.

The same could also be true for metal bars versus metal blocks.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 12:22:34 pm »
If it destroys the stone making it into a shop, it would destroy the bars or blocks making the shop. Since it only takes 1 stone/block to make shops, the same fate of "customization" should await both.

I think the better alternative would be to have a rough stone turn into a WORKED block when the shop is torn down. This would show that the rough stone had been "worked" into the counter and other workspace(s) of the shop.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 02:20:08 pm »
I think one "Stone block" is actually a bundle of smaller blocks.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 02:30:51 pm »
Quote from: Quietust on May 06, 2010, 12:12:03 pm
It would probably also make sense for workshops built from rough stone to take longer to construct and perform tasks a bit more slowly compared to those built from blocks.
It would be nice if they could automatically "upgrade" when blocks or other improved items became available.
Also, shouldn't most workshops be requiring something more than a single boulder? Or additional things like tools and so on could improve the work speed in the workshop.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 03:31:24 pm »
The "required tools" will come along later.

More than 1 rock/block/bar for a workshop probably will come later.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 04:35:17 pm »
Yeah, material quantities and such are hazy right now.
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Re: Workshops: rough stone versus blocks
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2010, 10:12:16 am »
If any changes were made, it'd be likely we'd move away from using random rocks and whatnot and start using actual furniture and tools.
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