[DUPE] "Unaltered" Block?

[Zafum]

This is mainly for brush, but one thing that can sometimes be a problem is trying to use complex brush commands, while keeping part of what was already there in the effected area. Here's an example:

Say I had built a large scale air-force battle. I want to add lava explosions everywhere using the cloudy brush, say with "/c air/500 glass air lava". I don't want the air/500 to replace the planes, but I do want the other blocks of the command to. To get around this problem, I currently have to:

1. Copy the entire thing onto slot one.
2. Use "/c air/500 glass sponge lava".
3. Copy all of that onto slot two.
4. "/pastenot air" slot one.
5. "/pastenot air" slot two.
6. "/replace sponge air".

If instead it was possible to place a block in the string that wouldn't replace anything at all, like a "same" or "unaltered" block, I could just use "/c unaltered/500 glass air lava", making it a much simpler task to accomplish. It's like the second, inferred block of something as in "/c stone" (with brush on). It creates a stone pattern, but the second, non-stone block type remains unaltered.

[Hellenion]

Have you tried /Replace instead of /Cuboid?

EDIT: I see what you're trying to do, /r won't help that.

[Sanjar Khan]

There is such a thing as replacing air with your brush

[Hellenion]

That was my first thought, but he wants the planes to get partially destroyed by the explosions, but when the air/500 is in there (to reduce explosion size/amount) the planes will get aired as well.

[Zafum]

^ The example with the planes is just hypothetical, but I run into situations like it often.

(ps. /r doesn't work with brushes, you have to use /rb)

[xN8Gx]

An unaltered block has been suggested already.

http://forum.fcraft.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2161

I'm not sure if he's still planning on adding it or not. I'd be surprised if he didn't, it'd be useful

[Sanjar Khan]

Probably not, I rejected that idea

[fragmer]

Thanks for reminding me. I went ahead and finished that previous suggestion.