Construction

Use * to display the construction screen.

Both items in your inventory and all items in 2 square radius are available as construction tools and components. If items needed can be found in both your inventory and on the ground, you will be prompted as to which items you want to use in your crafting.

A completed construction trains character's construction skill by [construction difficulty] * 10 points (or 10 points for a zero difficulty). Using a crowbar on certain objects will also give you 1 practice point in the construction skill, but only if your skill level is 0.

Most structures can only be built over floor terrain types. If you want to build on any other kind of floor you'll need to replace the floor first by Building a Roof, which will add a roof to that tile and replace the floor with the default one. Only then you'll be able to build any kind of structure there.

Alternatively, build a locker, cabinet, or any other piece of movable furniture and move it around. The tiles it moves over will turn into floor tiles.

List of constructions

Action	D	Description	Creates tile	T	Tools	Materials
Dig Pit	0	Creates pit trap on any diggable tile in two steps	1: shallow pit	10	shovel OR stone shovel OR digging stick
			2: pit	10	shovel OR stone shovel OR digging stick
Spike Pit	0	Changes pit trap into spiked pit trap	spiked pit	5		4x wood spear
Fill Pit	0	Removes pit trap in two steps	1: shallow pit	5	shovel OR stone shovel
			2: dirt	5	shovel OR stone shovel
Chop Down Tree	0	Creates 1-8 log tiles in asked direction, but destroying original underneath tiles which is noisy.	dirt	10	wood axe OR chainsaw (on) OR stone axe
Chop Up log	0	Converts log tile into 10-20 two by four planks	dirt	20	wood axe OR chainsaw (on) OR stone axe
Move Furniture	-1	Moves the selected furniture object one tile in the desired direction	null	5
Clean Broken Window	0	Removes sharp fragments of glass from broken window.	empty window	5
Repair Door	1	Repair broken wooden door (not an empty door frame).	closed wood door	10	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	3x two by four 12x nails
Board Up Door	0	Reinforces closed, opened, broken OR locked wooden door. Boards can be pried out with crowbar OR hammer (boards and nails will be fully returned).	boarded up door	8	hammer OR sledge hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	4x two by four 8x nails
Board Up Window	0	Reinforces window, empty window OR window frame. Boards can be pried out with crowbar OR hammer (boards and nails will be fully returned).	boarded up window	5	hammer OR sledge hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	4x two by four 8x nails
Build Window	2	Builds a window in three steps	1: empty window frame	10	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	15x two by four OR 2x log 30x nails
			2: window	5	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	1x sheet of glass
			3: closed window	5	wood saw	4x nails 2x sheet 1x heavy stick
Build Door	2	Builds a door in two steps	1: empty door frame	15	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	12x two by four 24x nails
			2: closed wood door	15	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	4x two by four 12x nails
Build Wire Fence	3	Builds a wire fence in two steps	1: wire fence posts	20	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR rock	6x pipe 8x scrap metal
			2: wire fence	20		15x wire
Realign Fence	0	Realigns a wire fence either vertically or horizontally	1: align horizontally	0
			2: align vertically	0
Build Wire Gate	3	Creates a wire gate	wire fence gate	15		20x wire 3x chunk of steel OR 12x scrap metal 6x pipe
Build Roof	4	Creates a floor and a roof, prevents damage from acid rain.	floor	40	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	8x two by four 40x nails
Build Bulletin Board	0	Creates a bulletin board to designate a player's base. This allows players to order allied NPCs to move to that position and defend it.	bulletin board	10	wood saw OR hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	4x two by four 8x nails
Build Dresser	1	Creates a dresser	dresser	20	wood saw OR hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	8x nails 6x two by four
Build Bookcase	1	Creates a bookcase	bookcase	20	wood saw OR hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	16x nails 12x two by four
Build Counter	0	Creates a counter	counter	20	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	8x nails 6x two by four
Build Makeshift Bed	1	Creates a makeshift bed	makeshift bed	20	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun	8x nails 10x two by four 1x sheet
Tape up window	0	Covers a window with duct tape, so it obscures line of sight and reduces the leaking of human odor outside		2		50x duct tape
Deconstruct Furniture	0	Disassembles a furniture object to it's construction components		20	hammer OR stone hammer OR hatchet OR nail gun screwdriver OR integrated toolset
Start vehicle construction	0	Starts the construction of a vehicle from scratch		10		1x steel frame
Fence Posts	0	Creates a fence post	fence post	5	hammer OR stone hammer OR shovel OR stone shovel OR rock OR hatchet OR wood axe OR stone axe	2x wood spear
Build Wood Stove	0	Creates a wood stove	wood stove	10	hack saw	1x metal tank 1x pipe
Build Stone Fireplace	0	Creates a fireplace	fireplace	40	hammer OR stone hammer OR shovel OR stone shovel	40x rock

Construction.cpp

The syntax is quite simple:

CONSTRUCT("Build Wall", 2, &construct::able_empty, &construct::done_nothing);
 STAGE(t_wall_half, 10);
  TOOL(itm_hammer, itm_hatchet, itm_nailgun, NULL);
  COMP(itm_2x4, 10, NULL);
  COMP(itm_nail, 20, NULL);
 STAGE(t_wall_wood, 10);
  TOOL(itm_hammer, itm_hatchet, itm_nailgun, NULL);
  COMP(itm_2x4, 10, NULL);
  COMP(itm_nail, 20, NULL);

In CONSTRUCT you define name as it appears in the menu (30 characters or less), difficulty (what level of construction skill that requires), condition- and post-construction-functions (see construction.h for options, and later in construction.cpp for definitions).

In you define what map tile will be placed there (see mapdata.h) and time that it takes to finish this (in minutes, 10 turns = 1 minute)

In TOOL you define what tools are needed and if it should be used up. Tools will always be kept, because tools with charges are not set in constructions yet.

Multiply items in one TOOL can substitute each other, if you want a recipe to need two tools at a time you need a second TOOL line.

In COMP you define which and how much components the recipe uses, if you want a recipe to need two different components at a time you need a second COMP line.

TOOL and COMP both have to end in ,NULL);