Lots of good ideas here, so many of which should have been part of the game from the get-go. This is all one more reason I much prefer TS2, enormous flexibility and capability in building. Something I've mentioned in posts elsewhere is that I suspect that most of our build woes come from the online origin of the game. The only thing a player in an online game can do is wander through the given world and interact with the persons/objects the game permits. There is no building activity that would even remotely impact on the world, which must remain a static feature for the benefit of all the many players who will come in at various times. The TS4 world is built on that basic premise, so even though it is now an individual game, the limitations are already there and can't be changed.
