[Suggestion] resource piles

[arkav]

Hey all, I saw the post about making chests cheaper and I noticed the general sentiment was chests are already cheap enough and I agree with that, but I see how some could disagree with it.

Resource Piles?

What if we could have a medium between dropping things on the ground and putting them in a chest, why not pile things nicely on the ground? Add structures representing major resources, logs, stone, grass, etc. crafted with a few of their respective resource. The structure would have a chest like interface that only accepts that particular resource, as you add more/take away the in game size of the pile could grow/shrink. You could limit the number of slots as a way to make chests still the better late game option if you wanted.

Not only would the piles make for a better way to organize your most abundant resources before you gather the supplies for chests, it would also serve as new decorative piece for building so they would not become obsolete as soon as you amass enough wood for a chest room.

This could also be expanded upon by giving the piles unique attributes, like a log pile could be burned into charcoal, or a haystack could have a higher wildfire prescience similar to lure plants.

[Cheggf]

Very unique idea. I'm in full support.

 

[BeeClops]

great suggestion

[lionking102]

So just the ability to stack items on each other on the ground like with the "geometric drop" mod would be so incredible helpful! But then having a "combine stack" to not just stack a single stack but the hole stack. It would be so helpful and the idea that the stacks get bigger is really cool!

Great Idea! 

[oregu]

eh if you really in concern of that sort of resource management pre-chests you can try the Ground Chest mod. it's free, and you basically have the same type of storage as a chest (without the upsides of it being protected) but i find most the time it's not too much of a focus to get a storage system up before you're able to amass a bunch of wood. if you're really lazy to chop stuff you can try deerclops/bearger early on. just boils down into time management and organizing resources on the floor more often than not if you're not using that mod.