I screwed up! Is there a way to respawn a generated structure?

[Maethius]

Let's just say that someone found an incredibly cool structure. Let's just assume it was made primarily of wood. Let's imagine one tries to light a gas lamp with a torch... you know... as a lark! Envision, if you will, that the torch is unable to light said lamp, but that it IS able to light the wall behind it. Now, realizing our explorer didn't have access to a fire extinguisher, watches helplessly as the possibly amazingly huge wooden structure is reduced to a basement over which hundreds of floaty bits of rubble now float.

Is there a way that one can respawn such a massive, cool structure can be respawned? Perhaps even spawned again in the exact same place as it was before an idiot burned it to the ground?

You know... hypothetically!

 

[Kyassady]

we are at 0 days without fire hazards!!!!

 

i know that have a command to regenerate chunks, i do not know if it will regen the structure......

got the command from:https://wiki.vintagestory.at/List_of_server_commands#/chunk

/wgen regen [radius]
Regenerate chunks around the player

 

best wishes

Edited September 18, 2025 by Kyassady

[LadyWYT]

28 minutes ago, Maethius said:

Let's just say that someone found an incredibly cool structure. Let's just assume it was made primarily of wood. Let's imagine one tries to light a gas lamp with a torch... you know... as a lark!

Hypothetically, was this a proper story structure, or something modded? If it were a story structure, then I would be reporting the incident on the Github...you know, just if it happened. If it was a modded structure, but one that was supposed to have protections like a story structure, then I would report it to the mod authors...you know, hypothetically 

Honestly though...if it was a story structure that happened to get torched, that's got to be one of the more impressive goofs I've seen in the game.

[Maethius]

I believe the hypothetical structure could have been a mega-mansion from Better Ruins.

[Maethius]

Yeah, regenerating the chunks result in the structure vanishing entirely. I suppose I could try to spawn in a new structure in the same location... is there a /genstructure: bigolemansion command? 

[Kyassady]

6 hours ago, Maethius said:

Yeah, regenerating the chunks result in the structure vanishing entirely. I suppose I could try to spawn in a new structure in the same location... is there a /genstructure: bigolemansion command? 

if you know the name of the structure, i think you can force it to spawn! but... this is way above  my knowledge  level.... i have no clue how the structure is called and the command to summon it to you!  

[Kyassady]

i found a video about spawning structures from better ruins.....

 

 

hope this helps!

[Maethius]

Well, it seems in my version of WE there is no "structure" subcommand. Checked the list through a few times, typed it manually a few... just doesn't seem to be there.