Automated landfill should be optional

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Automated landfill should be optional

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TL;DR
Automated landfill should not be the default for shift build. It should either be an option, or limited to super-force build, as it was in FFF-383.
Why?
While automated landfill is great when you *want* to build over water or in space, many times it's not wanted. For example:
  • When building walls in water choke points. I want to remove trees, but not build on water, as that reduces the defense for no reason
  • When building accumulators on Fulgora. I don't want to spend expensive foundations, but still have the option to build near the edges
What?
Automated landfill should limited to super force building, for the reasons explained in FFF-383, or an optional feature in the settings.
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Post by Romayne »

+1, I had to make a deconstruction planner to keep removing landfill over water while I placed refined concrete. Whether because I want the water or can't afford the landfill, I don't like having to clean up after myself as the default, when previously it was fine.
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+1, going back to Fulgora is annoying after having unlocked Foundation.

Pre-foundation you can just spam shift concrete everywhere, and let robots deal with it eventually, after, you have to manually walk around & place the concrete.
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+1 I don't need stuff out on the ocean, and if I did I'd use Super Force build mode. Regular shift would be better not to automatically landfill
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+1 Fine control would be nice. Global settings and possibly separate settings for each blueprint.
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Alternatively, automatic Landfill might be fine, but pasting concrete and the like shouldn't automatically place foundation IMHO.
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+1
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+1, landfill (/tiles) should only be placed with super-force-building.
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Came to the forums looking for a solution to this problem. As others have mentioned, trying to build walls especially is irritating. It worked fine prior to 2.0. This is one change I hope they change back.
I dug through the settings to see if it was an option. That would be great, or like mentioned, limiting it to super force build.
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+1 - annoying having water filled in when placing defensive wall blueprints etc.
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+1
Please make it an option, or limit it to super force.
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Re: Automated landfill should be optional

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SilentStorm wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2025 1:18 am +1
Please make it an option, or limit it to super force.
Yes please.
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+1, yes please
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Re: Automated landfill should be optional

Post by kpreid »

I would like this as an option, and I would also like an option to turn off automatically destroying cliffs in the same circumstances (when using them as walls on Nauvis, or for aesthetics).
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