Physics Castle Builder

Physics Castle Builder — v1.0.4

Build • Defend • Destroy

Physics Castle Builder is a BepInEx plugin for Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS). It lets you build fortifications from individual stone bricks with Rigidbody and collider-based interactions. Structures can be supported, released, damaged, and brought down by physics.

Features

• Individual physics-based stone bricks.
• Building tools for bricks, walls, towers, platforms, stairs, and raised Archer Stands.
• Curved tower exteriors with crenellated battlements.
• Archer Stand with two supporting walls, a raised platform spanning the gap, and three-course crenellations along both long sides.
• Animated flags with manually selected Red or Blue colors.
• Structural support checks, localized siege damage, and explosive interaction that can affect multiple nearby bricks.
• TABS unit-placement compatibility for supported construction surfaces.
• Save and load for constructed structures.
• Automatic restoration of constructed structures after a TABS battle reset.
• Delete an individual constructed structure without clearing the other structures.

Requirements

• Totally Accurate Battle Simulator.
• BepInEx compatible with your TABS installation.

Installation

Thunderstore / mod manager

Install the package through your TABS mod manager.

Manual installation

1. Make sure TABS has been launched with BepInEx installed at least once.
2. Extract the package so the plugin is placed at:

BepInEx/plugins/PhysicsCastleBuilder/PhysicsCastleBuilder.dll

1. Launch TABS and check the BepInEx log for the plugin load message.

Do not install multiple copies of the plugin in different plugin folders.

Controls

Control — Action

F8 — Toggle construction mode

F1 — Select individual brick

F2 — Select wall

F3 — Select tower

F4 — Select platform

F5 — Select stairs

F6 — Select Archer Stand

F7 — Select flag

Middle-click — Place the selected construction tool

Left-click — Remains available for normal TABS unit placement

Q / E — Rotate in 15-degree steps

R — Reset rotation

G — Release targeted brick to gravity physics

X — Remove targeted brick

Backspace — Remove the complete structure under the cursor

Delete — Clear constructed structures

Ctrl + S — Save structures

Ctrl + L — Load structures

F9 — Cycle construction collision layer

F10 — Write placement diagnostics to the BepInEx log

F11 — Switch manual flag color between Red and Blue

Performance note

Occasional FPS stutters may happen when bricks fall, collide, and break apart into pieces. Large battles and many simultaneous falling bricks or fragments can be demanding. The mod prioritizes its established building, physics, and destruction behavior over untested performance changes.

Compatibility notes

• Explosive detection depends on the projectile objects recognized by the game. Some modded explosive prefabs may need separate compatibility work.
• This Thunderstore package contains the compiled plugin only. It does not include the Visual Studio development project or game-managed assemblies.

Note

This mod was created using AI. This is my first mod released to public.