Mid Block Change Request: Adding/changing polished stone blocks

[AwbMan]

Request: Adding/changing polished stone blocks

Request Type: Change

Try to describe all current uses of the block you request to be changed. Do you foresee any issues/ problems that could result from changing the block?
Changing the Polished Stone blocks to function like timber blocks, with different states that allow you to make as big or small (1x1) “stones” as you want.

Types of evidence to support your request: Historical

Historical Evidence
Simply put, large structures would be made using giant stones, such as the pyramids of Giza.

 

[AwbMan]

This will be imperative to the creation of Harrenhall and a possible retexturing of the Hightower

 

[Emoticone11]

Would this functionality be desired for the full set of polished stone blocks (stairs, walls, etc.), or just the solid versions?

 

[AwbMan]

Stairs, walls, and slabs would be nice as well, and later along the lines being able to connect them across blocks (stairs to slabs, etc) while also keeping the ability to disconnect them

 

[Emoticone11]

That makes it A LOT more difficult… but I’ll give it some thought

 

[AwbMan]

That makes it A LOT more difficult… but I’ll give it some thought

Right now we mostly need the full blocks and maybe walls. The rest can come later on.

 

[Margaery_Tyrell]

That makes it A LOT more difficult… but I’ll give it some thought

Maybe make them a separate block set so the ctm doesnt fuck with already established stuff

 

[Emoticone11]

I've gotten this working with solid blocks and wall blocks:



I'd like to know whether this functionality is desired for stairs and slabs as well. I think it should be possible, since I've gotten it working for wall blocks, but it may not be necessary.

Note that it's not possible to have full blocks connect to walls (see the above picture for instance). Also, it's not possible to have different colors connect with each other (meaning gradienting would be limited to full stone chunks).

Finally, I plan to update the existing polished stone blocks with this functionality. I expect some pushback against this, since it will be a breaking change to some extent, but I argue that it's justified because (a) these blocks have already been broken in general by the most recent update, meaning the current set of use cases that would need updating is quite small and therefore managable; (b) the scope of breaking is further limited to only cases where a single polished stone type is used; most decorative uses of this block involve checkerboard patterns, and would not be affected; (c) the alternative solution of adding an entirely new set of CTM polished stone blocks would be extremely clumsy and would bloat the block pack, especially considering that this solution supersedes the 1x1 use case (i.e., the 1x1 textures can be obtained just by using cycler tool to create a checkerboard pattern).

 

[Emoticone11]

Update: connections now possible between any color and variant

 

[geeberry]

Update: connections now possible between any color and variant

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just have to chime in and say i love these lol

 

[AwbMan]

So does this only work for two wide or hypothetically would it work for bigger sized creations?

 

[Emoticone11]

Works for any shape you want

 

[Margaery_Tyrell]

Works for any shape you want

Circles?

 

[Ric]

Circles?

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