Suggestions for improving Timberborn – Bugs and Suggestions
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Bring back Sluices
Sluices had inbuilt automation controls and a compact footprint. While its possible to "replicate" the functionality with a number of sensors this takes up a much ...
Badwater filtering \ cleaning \ curing \ treatment \ purifying - continously remove pollution
There can be many ideas how and what for it can be done, but I think we should have a way.
Extract production doesn't cut it in way you'd fill warehouses with it at ...
Please bring back Natural Overhangs
While I realize that terrain overhangs are probably better for performance, I propose we should have both. The latest update broke many U6 maps and saves because ...
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. ...
Change Badtide to output mixed water instead of pure Badwater - partially contaminated water
In update 5, during Badtide I find it weird that the normal water source output only badwater with not a single normal water mixed in it. I mean, it was outputting ...
Stop the beavers from becoming irrelevant: Beavers to operated automation buildings manually
Beavers need to "take back" their roles in automation and robotics:
* It's fine to have logic gates, but they should require beavers pulling the levers.
* It's ...
Update 3: Please make LIQUID storage default to water
Every single liquid, aside from water, is not even available untill much later in the game. Its really tedious and makes no sense that i should have to click the tank ...
[1.0.0.2] new water system amplifies oscillation significantly (sloshing \ waves)
The new water system, while nice, has amplified an old problem and in fact, made it worse. Water height oscillation has gone to new heights (hah) with this update and ...
[U6] waterfall limit rework
with the new multi-layered water system, you can now do things like stack 5 dams in a column and all 5 will each pass water at the waterfall limitations for a ...
U5 decontaminate before sickness
Please allow decontamination to start as leisure activity if a beaver is contaminated, and have it reduce the starting level of contamination when sickness actually ...
[1.0.11] integrate SR latch with counters \ sensors - built-in range \ hysteresis option
Please add resource threshold range logic
I think this is the most useful logic for resource counter. On when below some threshold. But keep it on even over lower ...
Levee insulation depending on placing on soil
Dams/levees/floodgates blocking irrigation/contamination is a bit too easy and can be annoying too, (I think.)
- I suggest insted of just slapping some leeves on ...
gate+warehouse combo
a building that mixes the function of a district gate and a warehouse; a warehouse with two entrances that also acts as a gate.
would require both districts to be ...
Buildings controlled by automation option to keep input resources
When production of a building is paused (manual or by automation) their inputs are removed and returned to storage, for buildings that are paused for a long time it ...
Pathfinding - should avoid badwater as much as possible when heading to a destination.
Beavers seems to not care at all about the presence of badwater and go through it even if there is a reasonable path with no badwater available to them to go to their ...
Contamination lasts WAY too long - faster decontamination
Loving the new content!
I have 3 decontamination beds, and 2 contaminated beavers, it seems to take about 10 days to cure a single beaver per bed. I feel this may ...
Reduce fog or add option to remove
New experimental lighting changes for dawn and dusk are pretty, but fog is overpowering and ends up detracting from appearance
Attached image compares fog on ...
Make badwater completely optional
i think that we should make bad water optional so that the new players can adjust before bad water and bad tides hits and they dont know what it does so i say add a ...
(not a) Bug: Ground is not irrigated despite water (Levee blocking irrigation?)
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[Mod edit]:
From update text of patch on 12 Oct.:
> You asked for more ways to control how the pollution spreads, so from now on, Dams, Levees, and Floodgates ...
Adjust or change badwater pollution color
Current highly saturated vivid red-orange often found a bit too much and more reminding of lava, so put here ideas how would you prefer it adjusted or completely changed.
Launch Earth Repopulator and Recultivator Wonder with automation
Dear Creators of Timberborn,
I really like the new automation update! However I have noticed that it is still not possible to automatically send launch signals to ...
[U7e] District Crossing for tramline/tubeway
a district crossing, that accepts the new transport system as a district connection
Return science and input materials into the mine
The recent change in the U7 experimental branch not only removes science generation from the mines, it makes metal too easy to obtain and kills the utility of treated ...
Unemployed Beaver not working
There is an unemployed beaver who won't join a new job (see arrows in screenshot). The beaver in question was one of the settlement's original children who just ...
Folktail Beaver Statue is broken in Experimental build v0.2.1.0-73b43cf-xsw
As Folktail I've build Beaver Statues, Scarecrows, Roofs and Shrubs next to some housing units. However, my beavers living in the housing do not benefit from the ...
Keep the disposal facility running even when the inventory is full
As an experimental version, I have found that when the inventory at the disposal facility is full, the disposal of golems stops. In other words, when the warehouse in ...
Universal water source - allow more conrol and versatility for map makers, freshwater only source
Introducing a separate model for a badwater source unfortunately missed the chance to give map makers some options, how water should flow. My suggestions is to just ...
Refinery Smoke
When creating catalyst, the smoke from the refinery should match the color of the catalyst. Right now it's yellow smoke even though catalyst is purple.
[U4 Experimental]IT food buildings use power when paused and no worker
Fermenter uses power even when paused or has no worker in it. No difference to overall demand for power on the system if the fermenter is working or not.
mod edit: ...
Trees fruit and sap cycle and visuals, blooming period
I'm very glad with introduction of non-wood resources from trees in experimental branch, but i'd like some adjustments to it, to make it look better and play somewhat ...
[1.0.11] make automation pause icon less obtrusive
currently it's a recolored pause symbol, which is fine and all, but it's also really large and if we have a lot of them it's a bit much. instead, i would personally ...
Use science as a fuel for sending automation signals.
Science doesn't have a good late game use once you've unlocked everything. Automation is free and infinite distance once you've unlocked it.
Solution: use science ...
Incorrect rendering of ghost vertical power shafts
I loaded into the game with some planned vertical power shafts, and then noticed that when viewing the building ghosts they were rendering as if they were completed. ...
[1.0.11] give us "wired" automation!
no, not like electricity. maybe ropes pulling sticks or something. but to start, it would be nice to have range limitations and a way to show physical connection, as ...
Large size pump equivalent for iron teeth - upgraded IT pump
What it says on the tin, possibly a 2 beaver one instead of folk’s 3. IT uses a lot of water as well since it’s integral to their population growth and they have to ...
Unable to place explosives in front sluice gate
Not sure if it is intended, but once the sluice is placed you can not place explosives in front of it to make the area deeper. The closest you can get is the next ...
[1.0.0.2] [suggestion] aquifer drill produce mixed water in all seasons
could be interesting for drills to just produce partially contaminated water in all seasons, with a max str of .5 (arbitrary) instead of 8
Badwater as production byproduct
It may suit the theme of the Iron Teeth (or maybe some other future faction) to have more efficient versions of industrial buildings which accept water in the same ...
Reaction speed confusion with new valves
I setup some valves to control badtides and set the reaction speed to 20%, thinking that'd be 20% as fast as normal, ie take 5× the time. Instead, it was really, ...
Add more power connection points to golem parts factory and Folktails golem factory
I like new models for factories, but it's a waste they don't have more power connections on higher level. Basically golem factories are only production buildings I've ...
[1.0.11] add ability to build sensors/automation items without lamp
the lights are nice and all, but sometimes.... too much of a something is too much.
would be nice to have a build option that removed the light. if you're feeling ...
Storage set to empty shouldn't be counted as available storage for automation
The new ability with the automation update to count % of storage space per item seem to also count available storage space in storage buildings set to empty, which ...
extract color change back to green
Please return extract color to green , this red orange isn't friendly looking to similar to the ground , green was vibrant and beneficial looking ....beavers healing ...
Impermeable Floor (Update 6): Treated planks instead of metal
In my opinion, treated planks are currently underused as a construction-material, whereas metal is used for nearly everything. I would like to see treated planks used ...
district gate is distribution and drop off point
District gate should be the distribution /pick up centre
it should be the pick up and drop off point and hold a decent amount, i don't get why we're double handling, ...
Automation should not have been magic computers
Instead of having magic computer poles and sensors, beavers should be the automation system. Watchtowers could allow beavers to observe the environment (water depth, ...
[1.0.11] add depth sensor to read from below
currently, the depth sensor has to be entirely out of the water to measure anything. it would be nice to have a version that works from below.
maybe it could be a ...
Lagging since 12/2022 experimental patches
The game is lagging badly since the new December 2022 experimental patches.
I am running Low graphics and game speed 1. My PC is not the best previously i would run ...
Feedback: Badwater
I want to give a feedback to the badwater feature, I'm not sure if there is a better place than this forum.
As much as I like Timberborn, I'm not that satisfied ...
[Bug] When a beaver dies they become "stranded"
see attached screen shot