A lot of times you can’t even place supports because the collapse can happen by simply placing a block as well.
I fricking hate the SI system tbh, it needs to be redone, I never build a base because I always put 1 block too much, and instead of JUST the block I placed coming down/sliding off, it starts a cascade that ends up taking the entire base down, all because of one block. Maybe when your 1 block away from a collapse it could make a sound, maybe have some particle effect to show the player its strained and that the next block WILL cause a collapse. Or better, when building stuff just have the most recent block that went over the stick limit fall and have the rest stay as they are.
had a cobblestone tower base I made, was working on the 3rd floor, floor 1 and 2 were completly stable according to the debug thing that lets u view SI, So I started making floor 3.. well, I put 1 to many blocks and not only did it take floor 3 out, it cascaded and also destroy floor 2 and 1, which according to the game should have been perfectly stable no matter what happened on floor 3.
Now a days I most use a poi as a base, namely church_sm_01, build base by the cross beams by the roof, its stable enough with cobblestone that the only way it'll collapse is if both walls of the church somehow get taken out, if you knock out the back stairs, the zombies will only come in from the front, and they NEVER attack the back or sides, they run around to the front and come in that way. Got a nice little setup I use, handles everything cept demo zombies easly, to the point they never get past the first barrier, and this is without any of the cheese AI strats, second they get to the spot I left weak for them to hit, I just kill them usually before they can swing at anything.
