Ladders
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:16 pm
This may seem a little low-tech in a game with flying logistic drones, but how about making ladders? I can not count the number of times I have been making a compact factory, and had to delete several things in my way to modify part of it. My solution to this would be a ladder item (made of a few iron sticks maybe?) that would be placed on top of other items (an updated graphic and maybe you could simply replace the item code with a similar code that doesn't have collisions enabled). In the event of "destroying" the item, either you could go with both items being returned, or if the cost is low you could only return the base item and not the ladder to discourage the widespread use of ladders somewhat. You could also have them be made of steel and discourage widespread use through costliness (the slightly higher tech tree requirement would also probably make sense). Also, a solution to allow characters to pass over/through defensive walls would be nice (call me crazy, but...a door?).