Caves and Tunnels

Comments: 49

• 17 Sep, '21
  pmduda Admin

  "Tunnels" (suggested by Lililily on 2021-09-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 18 Sep, '21
  Mud Hare Merged

  The ability to explode Tunnels through landscape or to stack on top of a dam section to create a water flow channel

• 19 Sep, '21
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "To Dig Diversion Tunnels" (suggested by Mud Hare on 2021-09-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 21 Sep, '21
  pmduda Admin

  "tunnels" (suggested by jim on 2021-09-21), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 23 Sep, '21
  hcf64

  And maybe add a variety of food (mushrooms) that's grown underground.

• 26 Sep, '21
  Teddythefire Merged

  There could be miner flags and you could also get stone to make stronger or bigger buildings

• 03 Oct, '21
  slippy Merged

  how about tunnels so we can dig through mountains. have beavers controlled dams so we can have them manage the water levels

• 05 Oct, '21
  pmduda Admin

  "tunnels/beaver controled dams" (suggested by slippy on 2021-10-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 07 Oct, '21
  Egorka

  I agree with this idea. It's going to be amazing

• 09 Oct, '21
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Tunneling through mountain for mining, water diversion, transportation; mineshafts" (suggested by Spark on 2021-10-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 09 Oct, '21
  Kyle W

  It would be great for many reasons. I was personally trying to do it with the dynamite before coming here; wanted to put in some underground housing.

• 16 Oct, '21
  Daniel Elmaliah Merged

  the vertical aspect of the game has a ton of potential and i would like to see it expanded, such as having caves and explosives that damage 3 tiles for example, so i could make a little hole in the ground then get these 3 tile bombs and build a lil cave to make more use of space :)

• 16 Oct, '21
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Caves N stuff" (suggested by Daniel Elmaliah on 2021-10-16), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 23 Oct, '21
  Kenneth Ferland

  The ground material should be differentiated into types, with some kind of Stone bedrock wich is can only be dug with dynamite which rather then vaporizing it just turns in into gravel which is a common material that much of the ground or river bottom will be made of.

• 01 Nov, '21
  mjevans

  Currently the game is very 2d+height based. Terrain is just a depth field. Water is sort of depth + flows (and a moisture value that's mostly there for history and precache); all of the land is 2D.
  
  Only 'entities' might stack, player added structures such as scaffolds and paths and buildings.
  
  It seems logical caves / tunnels could be added on top of the world as other player created entities.
  
  Different types of land, maybe changes to moisture propagation? Those are questions on a completely different level of change. To make the world (saves and all code) think in 3D rather than 2D.

• 11 Nov, '21
  Lyswen Merged

  Already a well deserved congrats with the current game! I'm having tons of fun!
  I really like the idea of tunnels! both for efficiency and beautifycation of the game!

• 11 Nov, '21
  Zam! Admin

  "Tunnels!" (suggested by Lyswen on 2021-11-11), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 28 Nov, '21
  gilang500

  Maybe a tropico 6 like tunnels where we only need to make the enterance and exit. Beavers will just "teleport" through.

• 07 Dec, '21
  MiasKolben Merged

  Beavers could use the ground for living. They could build caves with "Tools" additional to use wood to build on them. With that method, buildings like the stockpile could build on them, beacuse their roofs are "ground/earth". And tunnels would help to transport water threw hills or maybe connect districts. For tunnels you can also use wood, beacause you need them as joist/beam ( I have a lot of fun playing this game, thank you!!!)

• 08 Dec, '21
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Tunnel/Burrows" (suggested by MiasKolben on 2021-12-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 16 Dec, '21
  Sandro

  Also being able to place levees on top of wooden Platforms and a Floodgate in front would allow an unlimited Dam size while still being able to use the entire water reserve. That way the water can be retrieved from the bottom instead of the top.

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  22 Dec, '21
  ItDoesntMatter Merged

  3 buildings
  
  1. entrance building with operator for power
  2. tunnel blocks that have light. Each needs X power to operate.
  3. exit building
  
  Procedure:
  
  First you place entrance building. Then tunnel blocks
  
  To create tunnel path/place tunnel blocks, you get special tool in toolbar that can select soil tiles and mark them as tunnel blocks.
  
  For creating tunnel path you will first need to select tile height to remove visibility of upper soil tiles(tool is already available in the game) and to mark where tunnel-blocks will be put.
  
  To make a connection(and for entrance building to calculate power based on tunnel-blocks-length) you place exit building.

• 22 Dec, '21
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Tunnels" (suggested by ItDoesntMatter on 2021-12-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 12 Jan, '22
  deadlyjack Merged

  I'd like to see the possibility to build:
  • Beaver Mineshafts, or a Beaver Tunnel. This item should actually exist amongst the road-toolbar.
  Build tunnels that goes through mountains for the chance to create new and more clean-looking district-paths.
  Give each dirt-block a 10% chance to have scrap metal.
  
  Reagrds,
  deadlyjack

• 22 Jan, '22
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Tunnels [merge]" (suggested by deadlyjack on 2022-01-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 27 Apr, '22
  Mark Taylor

  If you combine this with the Cart & Rail suggestion, you could have the beginnings of a (fantasy) dwarf-like faction who could dig underground and build extensive mine networks, and maybe farm fungus and such. Or, conversely, it could just be more stuff to add to the Ironborn to differentiate them better.

• 19 Jul, '22
  Hawkeight

  maybe empty-handed beavers who walk through the tunnel get a small chance of coming out the other side with a piece of Scrap Metal

• 01 Sep, '22
  Rolepgeek

  If the devs ever manage to get the water mechanics so this could work, this might be a good place to make the Golems from the experimental branch do more stuff if only they're allowed to dig tunnels. Might also be able to set it up as a particularly weird building/set of buildings that can flood but doesn't actually pass water through, as some people above have suggested.

• 25 Sep, '22
  Lachlan

  I would love to also see the ability for the tunnel to be flooded and irrigate the ground above it. :)

• 24 Oct, '22
  Ashpence

  Underground mushroom farming. Bat breeding for sulphuric compounds. Wellspring and hot spring discovery.

• 15 Nov, '22
  teklinn

  Add tunnels through land to IronTeeth and treat them like bridges, with set distances. Add tunnels or airlocks to Folktails going through levees, maybe a 1x3x1 structure.

• 23 Dec, '22
  Derjulian01 Merged

  with maps not having much space to build a village i´d like the idea of having a mine going undergroung (under the map) where you can dig up space for buildings or stograge you dont have place for normally.
  
  (of course not being able to do that when your up on a mountain.)
  
  this idea could be expanded like having premade caves or when digging space under a river or a lake water will start to flood the place.
  Maybe even a faction that starts up in a underground cave or having special building like cauldrons able to get the water dripping down to the underground
  
  my idea to implement is to copy the size of the map and flatten it while remembering the tiles with water and the height of access (like you only can place a mine and acess the underground if the blocks are under the set height). from there you have a 3x3 infront of your entrance where you can dig about 5-6 tiles down and to the sides.

• 27 Dec, '22
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Suggestion: Underground Map" (suggested by Derjulian01 on 2022-12-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

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  28 Dec, '22
  Ronin Merged

  This goes more into the custom map designing category of suggestions. I was making a map quite recently and found myself having to cut valleys into my landscape for rivers to pass through as well as having to cut walls into my rivers to make a bridge connecting one river to another. Being able to make a hole into the landscape would be a lot easier as well and cinematic. The picture below shows exactly the problem. I originally made a river there but had to cut it off to make the river above. It would be nice if you could cut into the wall to make an opening for the river below to flow through without disturbing the terrain above. Also, I love the game as well as the fact that yall take suggestions from the community, I believe your actions will lead to a truly amazing game even though the game is already spectacular.

• 30 Dec, '22
  dargon claw Merged

  maybe you should like in map creator make it so you can put holes in the walls?

• 01 Jan
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "More suggestions" (suggested by Ronin on 2022-12-28), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 02 Jan
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "hole in wall" (suggested by dargon claw on 2022-12-30), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 02 Jan
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Underground caves, ruins, ores, ETC. that you can also build in" (suggested by Teddythefire on 2021-09-26), including upvotes (17) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 05 Jan
  Kytten Merged

  It would be super cool if we could create caves, at least when designing maps - Maybe the option to extend over an edge without support for like 10-15 blocks?

• 14 Jan
  Chris Merged

  It would be great to have tunnels so that you don't have to constantly tear down what was already built, especially when cutting channels for new irrigation.

• 17 Jan
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Caves" (suggested by Kytten on 2023-01-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 21 Jan
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Caves and tunnels" (suggested by Chris on 2023-01-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

• 13 May
  Jayden

  I think Tunnels are a great idea. In previous games I've wanted to hide pipes underground but I found that it's not possible as the Terrain Block isn't able to sit on the platforms. I think a great way to make this feature work is to just allow the terrain blocks to go on top of platforms or maybe you could add a new metal platform using metal blocks which is stronger for holding heavier Weights which could hold the terrain block.

• 05 Jun
  Dan

  Oh man, subterranean faction!

• 16 Jun
  A new player

  back ground music for a subterranean faction: I am a beaver and I'm digging a hole Diggy Diggy, hole Digging a hole.

• 08 Jul
  Pdurrant

  I think this a great idea but it should be a dlc to purchase separately for those of us who might not be as interested in this mechanic

• 22 Jul
  David

  Yes please, the amount of times I have am building and have to detonate several layers to go through the terrain, and then it leaves ugly divides in the ground. ok there are the layered platforms but tunnels would be a much better plan. could even use the terraformer or mechanical beavers to do the tunneling

• 01 Aug
  Tweek Merged

  I tell myself that we were very annoyed before the discovery and application of explosives. and yet, it is biern known!
  --> beavers dig tunnels!
  So I was wondering if in exchange for working time.. + logs (to make the beams!) we could not ask beavers to dig?!
  
  Basically I was thinking of typical tunnels: roads through the canyon...
  
  but if you want to go further, with pleasure... a view "below" a view "above"... the possibility of digging both in length and in width... and we could do this underground cities ! .. it could even be the specialty of a new breed of Beavers!?

• 08 Aug
  Gin Fuyou Admin

  "Casters dig tunnels!" (suggested by Tweek on 2023-08-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.