Town ownership question

[LordMoist]

So I built next to the ghost town in the cannibal plains and the border is interfering with my future base plans. Since the town is abandoned, is there a way to take it over and is there a way to do this with every ruin?

Thanks for your time!

[Vandala]

You can delete towns, this does not get rid of the buildings in the town, but if your own outpost is close enough you gain control of them. You'll have to figure out how the in-game editor works (or maybe it was the forgotten construction set) to do this though. I don't recall how I did it myself, but I know it is possible. I don't know if its possible with every ruin.

Maybe the towns need to be deleted in the construction set, and then remove the buildings via the in-game editor, I'm not sure.

[LordMoist]

You can gain control of the ghost town? How can you gain control of it if you cant even build near it?

the town to the right is what im talking about. It is abandoned and it is taking up some space i could use.

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[Vandala]

No, I said you can delete the town, which can result in you gaining ownership of the buildings if your own outpost is close enough.

[Hatsune_Neko]

No, I said you can delete the town, which can result in you gaining ownership of the buildings if your own outpost is close enough.

thats a exploit i haven't heard of.
thank you for pointing it out. im sure the Devs will close that loophole soon.

[Ocram]

He meant with the editor, essentially buildings that lose their town data (by you deleting the town) get automatically added to the nearest town, if it happens to be your outpost you win.

[Comrade]

No, I said you can delete the town, which can result in you gaining ownership of the buildings if your own outpost is close enough.

thats a exploit i haven't heard of.
thank you for pointing it out. im sure the Devs will close that loophole soon.

That sounds so limiting. Why not make it a feature?

[Hatsune_Neko]

the ability to take over towns is not in yet. and most likely wont be until some time after full release.
as right now, it causes issues and can crash your game.

[Sol Lignum]

For the future though, this seems like a nice foundation to build takeovers on. Siege-style, you build a "warcamp" nearby the targeted settlement, and upon certain trigger's activation (dialogue with the town leader, death\flee of a town leader, death\flee of all guards etc) current settlement marker deletes, and control over buildings and storages goes to you.

[Vandala]

For the future though, this seems like a nice foundation to build takeovers on. Siege-style, you build a "warcamp" nearby the targeted settlement, and upon certain trigger's activation (dialogue with the town leader, death\flee of a town leader, death\flee of all guards etc) current settlement marker deletes, and control over buildings and storages goes to you.

Interesting, and if this "warcamp" is itself an outpost then it can also be attacked by the system that already governs the attacks on our outposts.

[Sol Lignum]

Interesting, and if this "warcamp" is itself an outpost then it can also be attacked by the system that already governs the attacks on our outposts.

Sure, it just looks like a possible bug may be turned into a rightfull feature, without need to implement any standalone takeover functionality.