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Allow builder beaver to pass though building when it try to build things and get back
As they was many case of stuck and strand bug https://timberborn.featureupvote.com/suggestions/216282/beaver-stuck-inside-of-waterwheel-after-building-in-the-water ...
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Allow Beavers to build directly from rubble
So I noticed a small QoL thing. I wanted to move my log storage somewhere else so I destroyed my current log storage to use the rubble to make the new one. However I ...
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Potential Issue Warnings (Alert for hunger or thirst, low supply, etc)
Hello there! I'd like to suggest a new game feature which notifies the player of potential problems before they arise.
Examples:
- Current food production is ...
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Reinstate district gates - bring back old district crossing
LOVING update 4 and the new district rules. It would be good to reinstate the old district gates though for the period (can be quite long) when you want to split the ...
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More Beaver Info (Gender, Thoughts, Family Tree, etc.)
I would really appreciate more information on the individual beavers, both helpful data and flavor stuff to give the game a bit more of a lived in feel. Right now ...
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Expanded Berry Nutrition (Plus others)
I'd like to see more options for satisfying Hunger and Thirst, especially with Berries. We are able to grow them but they usually end up taking up space once farms ...
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Collect honey from hives. Mead.
you got bees... why not honey? use that and flour to make flapjacks of something...
also, beeswax.:)
anyway, awesome games guys!
Science point sinks (Late game use for Science points, SP consuming buildings)
Some buildings could use science points to work. This could give use to them in late game. The list of SP-consuming buildings:
- School. Consumes books and SP. ...
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More Expansive Vertical Building
One of my favorite parts about this game thus far is the ability to build buildings vertically and in compact setups. However, transporting just about anything ...
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Water Elevator
Power consuming water elevator. Buckets on a track move water up from its bottom end and pour out the top. This would allow the ability to move water up to the top of ...
In-Game Encylopedia of Terms/Mechanics
Perhaps at some point along the road you can add a menu to look up things about the game, like what different buildings do exactly, what certain materials are and ...
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Power shaft levee block
A power shaft that also blocks water would be nice. I realize I could use high-shafts on each side to get the job done, but it would be really liquid to have a levee ...
Сampfire and other beaver leisure interactions and animations
Hi! I want to start with saying that I love playing your game. And especially I like how chill it is.
So I was sitting and zooming on a campfire while beavers ...
Check valves - one-way flow water gate
Vavlves that allow flow only in one direction and block other way
[mod edit]: updated title and added image from suggestion by Pierre
Add "fog of war" in the additional "explorer mode"
You could add an additional game mode "explorer" and "fog" like in Age of Empires - a black area over all the map that gradually disaspear as the beavers move to new ...
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Add Taverns for food and drink
Seems odd that there is no way to give the beavers a dedicated place to access food and water. Also could be expanded to an Inn for long travels.
Add Discord channels for various languages
Add the "General" channels to the server discord for various languages to make it easier to communicate between people in native language.
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New food, recipes and production chains - suggest YOURS here!
I don't think it's very constructive to have a separate threads for each recipe, so let's collect all ideas for devs (or modders) to pick from here!
I propose ...
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Bot (golem) hangars to store excsessive or spare mechanical workers (bot storage)
A large solid building for storing currently unneeded barrelbots and cogheads.
1. Building interface has a input to control max number of golems in it's district. ...
Waste, sewage
Where does the poo go?
Suggestion to add waste management. Houses will slowly increase in waste and require a cleaner/trash bev type building to clear it out. ...
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Add Clay, Pottery, and Food rotting (spoilage)
Add Clay as a resource, possibly have to be harvested by river bank or during dry season. Clay can be used in pottery to make pots, and storage vessels (useful if ...
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Bring back Bot (Golem) repairing (return coghead maintanance station) or even expand it to FT
Golems were great because they could be repaired and maintained to last longer. Please, please bring back repair kits. Maybe you could tweak it a little bit and ...
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Power shaft variants
There are times when you need to transfer power to diferent levels, but the options we have now are very restrictiv.
There could be diferent variants to vertical ...
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stairs and paths
to add some new paths and stairs to make better use of the narrow paths, like tunnels so you can still make farms or tress above them , spiral staircase so you dont ...
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When resources are marked for destruction, they should be harvested if possible
It's not currently possible to prioritise the cutting of wood or harvesting of crops within a larger harvesting area, so I end up just marking resources for ...
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Forester or stairs need to not require planks
Forester or stairs need to not require planks, if you run outa trees without a mill your only option is to AFK until more trees grow.
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Tech tree with prerequisites based on dependencies and grouping buildings
Right now, buildings are unlocked individually, with no regard to what is needed for their construction or where they are in production chains. Buildings needed for ...
Variability in water consumption - less thirst with shorter work hours
Hi all,
What if beavers consumed less water when idle? It would be cool for 2 reasons:
- It prevents from a boring linear water consumption like x beavers ...
Zefnoly's stackable floodgate/bleedgate system - alternative bottom dam valve outlet
"It works by "hiding" a waterfall when opened.
But also limits the "flow" simulated through in a way similar to the watermills slow flow (but with a slider to let ...
More Factions
After binge playing this for a few days, I find myself doing two things. Playing around with the two factions and flooding the map. The handful of maps, plus the ...
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Set max population
Make a way to stop the ironbeavers from having excess kids. The spawning pits keep working and micro managing them gets tedious. Would be nice if you could set it ...
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Restart option in menu (Replay same map)
Hi there, didn't see this one yet. Add a Restart option in the game menu so you don't have to completely exit and start over.
Automatically realease workers from dried up pumps or unpowered buildings
In my playthrough of the game on hard difficulty, I encountered a lot of microcontrols associated with water pumps. I understand why water pumps do not work due to ...
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Improved resource sorting and categories (materials types)
The addition of more resources in Experimental Branch was a good idea, and a welcome addition to fill the game with more content!
(But) if you gather a lot of ...
Suspension Bridge as Path for Building Purposes
Since floodgates can't be built on top of, I typically build a platforms to form a bridge along the path of where I want to build floodgates. Since unlocking the ...
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More music variety - new soundtracks
The music's fine but with only two songs it eventually gets repetitive.
Please add an ability to save blueprints (buildings layout templates \ presets \ prefab)
Stackable vertical architecture is one of the key features of Timberborn, so it is only natural that over time we will see more and more awesome creations of ...
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Carrot/berry juicer
I'd like to suggest a building that could get berry or carrot juice from crushing carrots/berries, as an alternative way to satisfy thirst. Could be useful if you've ...
Mark resource for destruction from modal
Would be nice if I could click a tree or a patch of carrots and mark it for removal like I can with a building/path.
Change either the "Plank" icon or the "Metal Block" icon
The plank and metal block icons are too similar, at a glance it is easy to confuse the 2 icons together. (personally they look like a slight rotation of each other ...
District path limit should be shown while building path.
It's really annoying to constantly click on the district center to "check" the path limit while building path. I know when you are building other infrastructure the ...
Archeologist beavers for science
i believe we can all agree the current way of science generation is not fun or immersive.
this is my idea to remedy that.
Archeologist beavers would use a ...
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season variation and related endgame challenge
add random variance to seasons, so sometimes it'll be a few days shorter or longer.
if the earlier wet seasons are longer, and as time goes on, dry seasons get ...
Gamma (Brightness) slider or some way making it easier to see at night (too dark)
Trying to plan buildings during the night can be a little hard to see, even just making it brighter when the build menu is open would be nice.
Add more maps
Please add more maps to play on. Or seed generation for unlimited maps!
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Grocery store/Marketplace/Food court for central food+water access and distribution
Instead of having beavers running all over the place to get food and water, can you design a Marketplace shop to centrally locate those items? You can have 1 or 2 ...
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Fix the engines (power up for balance)
The Iron Teeth’s engines need a fix
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Lodge/Lodge(Mirrored) HUD Redundancy
Lodge and Lodge(Mirrored) are an important distinctions in the build menu. However, when the buildings are reported as occupied under the housing menu of the HUD, it ...
Modular Warehouse concept for expanding single storage building capacity
Looking at screencaps of more hardcore players I often notice arrays of warehouses. Obviously game balance can be tweaked in this aspect too, but I come with this ...
Preserve the Roller Coaster Tycoon building vibe
I absolutely love the current "clunkyness" of Timberborn's buildings.
The fact that you cannot mirror every building, the fact that elevated paths and stairs are a ...
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