Add a special world type that displays all available structure building blocks

[IntegratedQuantum]

This would make reviewing and refining structures easier.

• it should be a flat world
• All (root) structure building blocks should be pasted, with signs describing their path
• All (child) structure building blocks should be pasted above their root sbb, with signs describing their path
• All contained blueprints should be pasted below their root sbb, with signs describing their path. There should maybe be a frame to allow determining their dimensions
• There should be a separate row for all unused blueprints
• Everything should be regenerated when re-entering the world, to allow reusing it

[Argmaster]

Isn't that a workaround for no UI for viewing blueprints from assets? Also the world would have to have saving disabled so its updates at least when you leave and join again.

[IntegratedQuantum]

Isn't that a workaround for no UI for viewing blueprints from assets?

The advantage of this is that you can easily modify structures as well. Unless you want a UI for this too.

[IntegratedQuantum]

Also a UI preview would have to be 2d, which seems to limited to use for reviewing.

[Argmaster]

Well, all you avoid is /paste -v, you still need to select, copy and save unless you want to add automagical mechanics for that too? Right now the most annoying (and most error prone) part of the process is wrapping the structure in cubyz:void, selecting is fairly trivial, because you just click on opposite void blocks and you are done. Writing paths is also tricky, but I suppose that is also something we should have autocompletion for, right?

[IntegratedQuantum]

unless you want to add automagical mechanics for that too

That would be the next steps I think. Ideally you could edit and create these without typing a single character into the console.

[Argmaster]

As for 2D, well, depends how crazy we are, technically nothing stops us from doing 3D display with interactions, maybe except will to keep sanity C:
More sane approach would be provide two angled renders showing opposite sides, something like:

[Argmaster]

I am fairly certain that doing /mask global !cubyz:air\n/set cubyz:void\n in console is much better than placing all the void block manually. Or /replace cubyz:air cubyz:void could also work in that case.

[IntegratedQuantum]

technically nothing stops us from doing 3D display with interactions, maybe except will to keep sanity

Well it would still be impossible to look inside closed structures, which is relevant too.

two images would also be problematic since it wastes space. Ideally the UI would show you a big list of structures, instead of just one at a time.

[IntegratedQuantum]

I am fairly certain that doing /mask global !cubyz:air\n/set cubyz:void\n in console is much better than placing all the void block manually.

Yes absolutely. But right-clicking once with a replace wand (set to cubyz:void) is much more convenient.

[ikabod-kee]

Yes absolutely. But right-clicking once with a replace wand (set to cubyz:void) is much more convenient.

AGREED.

[Argmaster]

This would work well only if it would work like a selection, not like brush (cube around where you clicked, you would require insane precision to get this right) and that is not exactly what we planned for brushes. Also your inventory has limited capacity, while you chat is much less restricted. I guess brushes could reuse existing selection for that purpose.