Wilderlands Block Adjustments

<h1 data-start="95" data-end="126"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Wilderlands Block Adjustments</span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A utility module within the Wilderlands ecosystem.</strong></span></p> <h2 data-start="128" data-end="166"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">⚠⚠⚠ READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING ⚠⚠⚠</span></h2> <p data-start="168" data-end="257"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-start="168" data-end="257">MAKE CERTAIN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MOD DOES BEFORE ADDING IT TO AN EXISTING WORLD.</strong></span></p> <p data-start="259" data-end="368"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Unless, of course, you want to see everything you love and cherish potentially come crashing down around you.</span></p> <p data-start="370" data-end="389"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ve been warned.</span></p> <hr data-start="391" data-end="394"> <h2 data-start="396" data-end="407"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Overview</span></h2> <p data-start="409" data-end="584"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wilderlands Block Adjustments is a work-in-progress structural overhaul mod for <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">Vintage Story</span></span>, originally developed for a Wilderlands community server.</span></p> <p data-start="586" data-end="726"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This mod rethinks early- and mid-game building progression by introducing instability, drying mechanics, and stronger material requirements.</span></p> <p data-start="728" data-end="764"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cobblestone is no longer a day-one luxury.</span></p> <hr data-start="766" data-end="769"> <h2 data-start="771" data-end="786"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Core Changes</span></h2> <h3 data-start="788" data-end="821"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wet Blocks &amp; Drying Mechanics</span></h3> <ul> <li data-start="823" data-end="910"> <p data-start="825" data-end="910"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Adds <strong data-start="830" data-end="848">“wet” versions</strong> of cob and clay-bound blocks (including vanilla cobblestone).</span></p> </li> <li data-start="911" data-end="969"> <p data-start="913" data-end="969"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wet blocks are <strong data-start="928" data-end="953">structurally unstable</strong> until they dry.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="970" data-end="1027"> <p data-start="972" data-end="1027"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You must use bracing or proper support while they cure.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1028" data-end="1091"> <p data-start="1030" data-end="1091"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Once dry, they convert into their stable vanilla equivalents (With the exception of soil-based blocks. See next section).</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1093" data-end="1132"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Wet cobble blocks can be moved by hand.</span></li> </ul> <hr data-start="1134" data-end="1137"> <h3 data-start="1139" data-end="1171"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Dirt-Based Block Instability</span></h3> <ul data-start="1173" data-end="1427"> <li data-start="1173" data-end="1234"> <p data-start="1175" data-end="1234"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">All dirt-related building blocks are <strong data-start="1212" data-end="1233">downward unstable</strong>.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1235" data-end="1295"> <p data-start="1237" data-end="1295"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Unsupported dirt above doorways and windows will collapse.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1296" data-end="1350"> <p data-start="1298" data-end="1350"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Modifying dirt structures requires careful planning.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1351" data-end="1427"> <p data-start="1353" data-end="1427"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Removing blocks without accounting for gravity can bring a structure down.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p data-start="1429" data-end="1467"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you build with earth, build wisely.</span></p> <hr data-start="1469" data-end="1472"> <h3 data-start="1474" data-end="1504"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Cobblestone Recipe Changes</span></h3> <p data-start="1506" data-end="1545"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Cobblestone now has two crafting paths:</span></p> <ol data-start="1547" data-end="1707"> <li data-start="1547" data-end="1627"> <p data-start="1550" data-end="1627"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong data-start="1550" data-end="1585">Vanilla-style recipe using clay</strong></span><br data-start="1585" data-end="1588"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">→ Produces unstable wet cobblestone.</span></p> </li> <li data-start="1629" data-end="1707"> <p data-start="1632" data-end="1707"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: