large scale copy and paste function

[tardy steeple]

if i were to make only one request for this game, it would be to have some kind of expanded copy and paste function, something that would allow me to quickly clone basic assembly lines, (i.e. copy and pasting a full array of smelters with loaders and belts, when establishing a new mining site).

i think the ideal implementation would be to just have a volumetric selection function like what the remove tool uses, and then save those selections to the modular building planner, and have the construction ships assemble them when theyre placed in the world.

a potential limitation would be to only allow the saving and placing of things that can be built with the base components that are in construction materials, and furthermore use an amount of construction materials that would equal out to be more expensive than building the blueprint by hand

i think tying this into the modular building planner system, and maybe having it unlock somewhere in the tier 4 science tree, would take away some of the burden of rebuilding basic resource refineries around the map at a perfect time in the game's progression.

[onyx zealot]

Please take a look at Erkle64's mod Duplicationer. You can find it in #modding-general or directly on his GitHub page https://github.com/erkle64

I guess this is exactly what you are looking for

[tardy steeple]

oh thats awesome! do you know offhand if the blueprints cost resources to duplicate?

[onyx zealot]

The building process is paid from your inventory.

Every machine or structure that is not sufficient in your backpack will not be built. The blueprint shows you the items that are missing.

And you can build the complete blueprint piece by piece.

[tardy steeple]

dang that is awesome