Actually we did already prepare some of these block shapes This is a rough overview of the upcoming block shapes:
- half sphere
- hollow half sphere
- quarter sphere
- hollow quarter sphere
- eighth sphere
- hollow eighth sphere
- alt. slope corner (slope corner type that was still missing)
Probably we'll add them shortly after the npc update. We'll also increase the quality of the cylinders, hollow cylinders and the sphere (so they appear more rounded).
We'll think about the inverted cylinder and the hollow cone / hollow half cone. What would be the use-case for these shapes?
*delighted shrieking* i'm so excited, thankyou so much! i'm gonna make such cool stuff with those!
i tried to make some hollow spheres with one flat area for eyeballs and i couldn't get the seams not to show- maybe the better hollow cylinders will fix the issues i was having
the inverted cylinder would, for me, mainly be used for streamlining the process of building round windows in houses and boats. but i imagine you could also use it for any holes, including those in fabric where a string goes through. instead of having to individually scale and rotate 4 arcs per hole in a wall, you'd then only need to adjust the single inverted cylinder.
the hollow cone and half cone i don't have anything as specific in mind personally, but they strike me as useful shapes that would be difficult to make from scratch. i would probably use them for sculptures of animals- it can be really tricky to get the right curves there. the hollow cone could be used for tipi's in part, reducing the work load somewhat, and maybe fancy cups. oh! ice cream cones! and roof steeples- that one is probably important to a lot of people. and having a half version makes it easier to make small adjustments, like if you want a small gable on one side of the steeple, then you have something to go on for the surrounding area and don't have to make the other side from scratch.