Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-26228660-20150724192006

You may remember me suggesting a sawmill a year or so ago, and then it got shot down because of poor presentation and goofing around.

For those of you to lazy to go and read my original post or need a refresher, the idea was to make an upgraded lumbermill that was aesthetically pleasing in a medieval tribe and better at making planks that uses an iron gear for an actual saw.

Recipie and skill requirements & recipie

Unfortunately, because of my crappy internet, I can't make a representation on roblox, so i'll do my best to describe it. It would be like the top half of a lumbermill on top of a stone slab table with 2x2 wood legs. the edges of the table would be lined with planks to store the just milled ones. Newly made planks would spawn in the middle of the table so that you could make as many as you want without explosions. plank+plank+plank+plank+stone slab+iron gear>create tool=Sawmill engineering 2 architecture 4 masonry 4 carpentry 6  Slight plank tweak One of the criticisms last time was that you get more out (3 stud thickness) than you put in (2 stud thickness), making it unrealistic. Solution: change the thickness of the planks to 3/5. That way, three planks makes a thickness of 1 4/5, not only making it realistic, but also simulating lost wood by cutting the 2 stud thick tree into planks. Because the lumber mill is less advanced, there is more wasted wood, meaning less planks.

Chief test: It is used to more efficiently make planks and woodchips, meaning you get more, adding a significant amount of gameplay during the late game for builders and inventors.

Timeframe & realisim

In my opinion, this is completely realistic. It is wind powered, like the mill and lumbermill. The average person could build it with minimal tools, look at the old west gold rush towns. They could build a sawmill within a week and it was usually the first building to be put up.

A note about lag:

I know some of you will complain that another mill will add more lag, thus rendering the game completely unplayable for the entire server and making this a completely horrible suggestion. The good thing is that most of the time that wont be true because this is a lumbermill upgrade, so most people would retool the old one after they put this one up.  