CRAZY IDEA : Detail chisel + New shape combos

[anon34275467]

This is pretty much a follow-up to the new square+bevel shape suggestion I made a while :

New block shape : square + bevel

Hey guys! So, this one is gonna be really simple and yet deceptively cool. You’re likely to have made stairs like so : [Suggestion_CurrentStairs1] But if you’re anything like me, you’d want to put something under the stairs to make the thing look better : [Suggestion_CurrentStairs2] But doesn’t that feel off to you? It does to me. There are other ways to do stairs, sure, and I’m not going to go over that here, it’s not the point of the thread. The point is that I want to suggest a new b…

Then I thought “eh, but why stop there?”
To me, Boundless differentiates from other building games by the chisel-work, most of all things.

So how about a chisel more precise than a precise chisel?

How about a Detail Square Chisel allowing us to make blocks as thin as a glass pane?

But wait!
What if we had more combinations of shapes, like using a Slope Chisel on a block that was previously cut in half by a square chisel to make a half-slope?

Remember that square+bevel shape I suggested a while ago?

How about more crazy stuff like that?

And how about a new chisel to make cylinder shapes?

[Aragorn]

Love those ideas, really opens up lots of possibilities. I’d also suggest a dedicated, craftable stair block. Similar to chests and beams (stylish, ornate, etc.), just join/snap them together.

[Clexarews]

I’m all for these, just linking out to Luca’s reply to a request for new chisel shapes for reference.

[Odeon]

Good idea
We never have enough shapes to build with …
… I have my doubts whether the round shapes you propose are feasible - even possible - in the Boundless voxel engine.
If so, that would be great to know.
Keep on building.

[Alucard2150]

all of them plus more steps of lattice and an anti-lattice for pipes/holes would be nice

[Cuetzpalomitl]

I’ve linked the same answer multiple times but people always take me as an insane person and just ignore me lol.

[Kelmat]

First off: Yes, the more shapes the better!
Secondly, though: The addition of compound chisel shapes, i.e. a block containing 2 or more types of chisels would vastly increase the amount of possible shapes, as mentioned by Dev’s and others so perhaps highly unlikely to happen?
Thirdly: IF I had to pick any of your ideas instead of all of them?: Cylinder! I’ve wanted this since I first heard of beams/poles and was disappointed to find they were all so narrow.

[anon34275467]

Yeah, if I had to chose, I would go for the cylinder, too.
Though, if they do a cylinder type of block, I would hope they would manage to make the texture wrap 3 times around it, instead of 2 or 4.

But I think (and might be totally wrong) that the glass panes are now voxel-based items, which is why they don’t count toward the mesh-limit.
So adding a chisel to cut a block to glass-pane-size seems more likely.

[SephirothWS]

If only we could get alternative shapes for existing chisels instead…

Slope Chisel Woes

[image] I’m trying to build a roof here, using slope chiseling to create the slanted roof design. My problem is these inside corners don’t really work well for the style of roof I’m doing. Is there any way I could get slope inside-corners to create a straight line between the two “planes” of my sloped roof here instead of this more “Organic” shaped inside corners we got now?