Originally posted by Daft Unikorn:

Originally posted by sarteck:

For example, this:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2799324054

was that just raising ground or digging around the shape? cause I want to build a castle style building with a moat, and a drawbridge im guessing isn't possible so I could do just multiple layers of walls

It was a little of both. Do you see the trees in the middle? I started smoothing the land in that area, and while I was waiting for the trees to grow (for stability reasons) I expaned the smoothing outward.

In the "front," I ended up having to raise the land a bit, in the back I had to lower it a bit. Then I dug the trench around it. I made sure that the building itself was far enough away from the edges so that stone-throwing trolls would not be able to damage it.

The trenches occasionally filled with enemies from raids (particularly blobs, though I'd get some fulings in there every now and then).

Regarding a drawbridge, I'm afraid that's impossible (at least without mods). I had a front "gate" that I would use to move carts from the nearby harbor I made to that "palace," but I always destroyed the bottom row of stairs after each use. With no ways for the enemies to get in, I was able to safely AFK there while I was not concentrating on the games, mostly because of the trench.

If you're particularly interested in how it's set up, I could re-open my server and shoot you an invite. Mind you, I haven't actually played for quite a while, so it may take a bit for me to work out any connection issues.