FOUNDRY DevBlog #109 previews blueprints built by modder Erkle
The August 7 Foundry Fridays post—DevBlog #109—shows off FOUNDRY's official blueprint system as early work-in-progress. The feature is not final, but the WIP videos already cover copy-paste of machine groups, rotation, robot-staffed workstations, and trains.
The official feature is being developed by Erkle, creator of the existing blueprint mod and many other mods, who has been on the team for over two years. That mod has a 5-star rating and more than 11,000 subscribers; the official blueprints will use it as a starting point but won't be an exact copy.
What the WIP videos show
- Basic copy and paste (WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Rx92el9lk
- Rotation of blueprints (WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ_dxdakDt4
- Copy and paste of workstations with robots (WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOotvVM2dnI
- Also works with trains! (WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c6dTwGzj4
- Advanced copy with extra elements outside the "main box" (WIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ_gHI4MpOM
The team plans to support "pretty much every object" for blueprints. Modular buildings are the open question, since they can't simply be placed in the world.
Gamify or not gamify?
In the videos, placing a blueprint instantly builds it if the player has the needed items in inventory. The team is still deciding whether that stays or whether blueprints place only ghosts, which construction industry ships or personal mining drones would then build. FOUNDRY is asking players for their preference and will share more as the feature develops.
