editing the Soil

[Westr276]

Hi, how do I change sand to stone?

 

[zztong]

Hi, how do I change sand to stone?

Oh boy, I wish I could just show you.

1. Make a selection that includes all of the blocks you want to change. It doesn't matter if there are other blocks in the selection. (Is it safe to say you know how to use the Z key to make a selection?)
   
2. Hit ESC.
   
3. On the "Level Tools" menu, find "Old" and "New" above the "Replace Blocks" button.
   
4. In "Old", enter "terrSandStone"
   
5. In "New", enter "terrStone"
   
6. Click "Replace Blocks" and it will replace all of the Old with the New.
   

Personally, I use "terrainFiller" on the top three layers so that the game can change those blocks to whatever is appropriate for the biome where the POI gets placed.

 

[Westr276]

Oh boy, I wish I could just show you.

1. Make a selection that includes all of the blocks you want to change. It doesn't matter if there are other blocks in the selection. (Is it safe to say you know how to use the Z key to make a selection?)
   
2. Hit ESC.
   
3. On the "Level Tools" menu, find "Old" and "New" above the "Replace Blocks" button.
   
4. In "Old", enter "terrSandStone"
   
5. In "New", enter "terrStone"
   
6. Click "Replace Blocks" and it will replace all of the Old with the New.
   

Personally, I use "terrainFiller" on the top three layers so that the game can change those blocks to whatever is appropriate for the biome where the POI gets placed.

Nothing happens.

Oh boy, I wish I could just show you.

1. Make a selection that includes all of the blocks you want to change. It doesn't matter if there are other blocks in the selection. (Is it safe to say you know how to use the Z key to make a selection?)
   
2. Hit ESC.
   
3. On the "Level Tools" menu, find "Old" and "New" above the "Replace Blocks" button.
   
4. In "Old", enter "terrSandStone"
   
5. In "New", enter "terrStone"
   
6. Click "Replace Blocks" and it will replace all of the Old with the New.
   

Personally, I use "terrainFiller" on the top three layers so that the game can change those blocks to whatever is appropriate for the biome where the POI gets placed.

I apologize, everything worked, the block name was wrong, but where and how can I see the entire list of block names?

 

[zztong]

I apologize, everything worked, the block name was wrong, but where and how can I see the entire list of block names?

There are three ways to find block names:

If you hit "U" to bring up the menu of blocks you can then mouse over the block and see the block's name. You'll actually see two names, one being the Localized name of the block and the other being the real block name as found in the XML that defined it. The second name is what you're using.

If you hit F3 and turn on the selection that shows certain details (radio buttons at the top of the F3 window), it will tell you the name of the block you're pointing to. If you hold down SHIFT it will show you the details of block behind that.

If you go into XML files, there is one that defines all of the blocks. I want to say it is blocks.xml but I'm not in a position to check on that.