Originally posted by Gladi8er65:

Instead of cheating, and then suggesting the devs expand the cheat to include carts/boats or whatever, maybe try turning off the cheats and try a different way of solving the problem...

Instead of trying to make roads and hauling carts back and forth, to a workshop far away, bring the workshop to the mining site, which takes a mere fraction of the time and effort being spent on building pathways and cheating to try to keep things from attacking you.

find an area with several copper nodes within running distance, and turn the first node into a SAFE outpost / ore processing workshop.

find the edge of the copper node and dig straight down as deep as it lets you, then tunnel into the node, leaving the top intact as much as possible.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2908211198

no mobs will jump into that hole for the same reason people put trenches around their bases... No matter how much noise you make, you wont be bothered by pesky mobs... If they can't SEE you, they can't attack you.

After mining out the interior of the copper node, you can place a portal, fire, smelter, coal kiln, chests... whatever you want... under there and you remain safe to process the ores, and even craft a forge and make whatever gear you need to make...

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2858961419

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2908646625

seriously, completely vanilla gameplay with no cheats activated, and makes the mining process so much faster and easier...

And what about when you start needing to get Iron??? well.... AGAIN bring the workshop to the mining site... Make a (mostly) safe Iron processing area high up in the indestructible trees... It is very possible (without cheats or mods) to put the coal kiln, smelter, fire etc. up inside the treehouse, out of harms way.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2908647883

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2643988771

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2643987894

So there is 2 examples of how to play the game legit, without cheats or mods, and saving a whole lot of time and travel, and getting the same jobs done.

The cheats don't need to be "fixed" or expanded on... The player needs to use better strategies.

all interesting ideas, all of which someone who ONLY JUST STARTED PLAYING wouldn't think of or even know was possible.