Terraforming++

Terraforming tool:
Day cycle + Night cycle

One terraforming device creates a giant fog that makes every unit cloaked.

The other terraforming device instead boosts every unit's sight range.

When combined, these two terraforming tools periodically swap influences with each other, as they interfere together.

These devices are global and their effect does not get stronger with quantity.

day night cycle was a modoption from BA and even so far back as a mod for TA .. but i believe it did survive as broken and semi functional thing for TECKA and ZK atleast at first.. i dont think it works anymore but if it did it would be described as an enviromental modification or atmospheric but not terraform as its mostly cosmetic changes.

the reduced sight ranges is already a mod i made so your welcome to try it but its not recommended.

something i do want is a chance to place terraform prefabs.. so you design on flat ground a terraform structure and can clone it.. with a small booklet of the blue-prints you made..

but my skills to program are very poor

muffa I think a lot of those exist in the base UI.

muffa

While in game:

F10 (menu) -> Settings -> Interface -> Commands

Make sure the following two are checked:
Area Mex
Area Terra Mex

Now select a constructor or commander. On their commnad card there should be a button for Area Terra Mex (shortcut ALT+W).
Click and drag to expand a circle and select at least one metal spot. The con should walk to it, build it and make a small wall around it.

Just be careful issuing this command to a group of cons. If there are too many, they'll push each other onto the terra area and will trap themselves building the wall around the mex. This shouldn't happen if you only have 2-3 selected.


To build something on a platform of the exact size of the building, let's say a Gauss (but it could be anything):

Select a con
Press C (defense tab)
Press T (gauss turret)
Before placing the turret, move the mouse where you want it to be, hold ALT and use mousewheel to adjust the height
The con will terra the necessary tower (or dig) and then make the building


No need to save presets for single buildings. There's a shortcut for it somehow.