How to build

[Jack_Slinger]

Edit: Now fixed thanks for all your help, the trick is to build a roof with at least two supports orthogonal to it, these can be roofs or walls.

Been playing with buildings lately to try and make a garage. I’ve built a U shape out of log walls and can build log and sod roof directly next to the walls but no further than that, am I doing it wrong or is it not completely implemented yet, I read back when whales was maintaining it you could only build right next to walls.

[AerialK7]

if thats so just build pillars of walls like so:

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So then you can build a segment of roof between them…But I guess that wouldnt be practical for you seeing its a garage

[Jack_Slinger]

That might work anyway as you can build a roof over the top of a wall i think, turning it into a free space. It’s late now but i’ll try tomorrow.

[TonicEngine]

You can only build a roof square if there are structures on two sides (non-diagonal), so start in the corners or erect temporary walls (gotta do both steps of each wall).

Let me know when you get to the garage door. I can’t figure out palisade gates to save my life.

Edit:
Vengarr said (on the tips & tricks thread):

Kind of a dumb question, but: how do you get palisade gates to work properly? I built a ring of log walls around the entrance to my cave, leaving one tile open. Then I built the palisade gate, and then built a rope and pulley system one tile next to it.

When I examine the rope and pulley, it asks me if I want to use it. If I hit Y, it says “The gate swings open!”–only nothing actually happens.

Am I missing a step here, or is it bugged?

edit: Figured it out. The gate needs to be flanked on either side with Palisades–log walls don’t cut it. There should probably be an error message signifying this.

[i2amroy]

Yeah palisade gate code doesn’t exactly work the best right now, IIRC it was recently reported as a git issue, so somebody will eventually get around to fixing it with any luck.

[Jack_Slinger]

Thanks Guys, the construction is a little obtuse at the moment so thanks for clearing it up for me.

[The_Darkling_Wolf]

You should be able to build roof tiles fine as long as you start from the corner.

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If it doesn’t work, then its possible the roof you’re using doesn’t have the supports_roof flag, which is probably a bug.

Also, back when Whales was deving, the check for whether a roof was possible just used a flood fill to see if you were enclosed by 4 walls, so you had to build a square frame then build the roof, then add the doors and windows. I changed it to check for two cardinally adjacent supports.

[Jack_Slinger]

Yeah it works fine if you build from the corners so that’s all good and I can build my garage.

[KA101]

[quote=“The Darkling Wolf, post:7, topic:1733”]You should be able to build roof tiles fine as long as you start from the corner.

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If it doesn’t work, then its possible the roof you’re using doesn’t have the supports_roof flag, which is probably a bug.

Also, back when Whales was deving, the check for whether a roof was possible just used a flood fill to see if you were enclosed by 4 walls, so you had to build a square frame then build the roof, then add the doors and windows. I changed it to check for two cardinally adjacent supports.[/quote]

Uh, then the Log Roof be bugged, at least as of mid-May. Having to build/knock down support walls isn’t so fun.