# Thatched roof description says it's a floor

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thatched-roof-description-says-its-a-floor/17918>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thatched-roof-description-says-its-a-floor/17918 "2018-12-14T22:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![redxlaser15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/redxlaser15/32/1573_2.png) [@redxlaser15](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/redxlaser15)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thatched-roof-description-says-its-a-floor/17918/1 "2018-12-14T22:27:21Z")

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When I go into the build menu and go over to the ‘thatched roof’ option, it says the result is: “Floor consisting of a finely mixed earth that has been tamped down.”  
I’m pretty dang certain that isn’t the definition of a thatched roof. Which one is correct? The description/result or the label?

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**Author:** ![Surprised\_Cephamorph](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/surprised_cephamorph/32/4004_2.png) [@Surprised\_Cephamorph](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Surprised_Cephamorph)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/thatched-roof-description-says-its-a-floor/17918/2 "2018-12-15T16:57:54Z")

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The game treats a _roof_ construction as a containing structure of of a tile, as a layer of abstraction due to the game engine (I believe). In the game play sense, think of it as your character building a thatched roof, and making a tamped earth floor underneath it at the same time.