Providing electricity to the Rosewood Firestation

[Arran]

Im in the middle of making the rosewood fire station liveable and I was wondering if someone knows the best spot to place down the generator so It can power most rooms. I guess that the best tactic would be to put it on the roof in the middle but havent tried yet (gotta level up carpentry)

[Empath demon]

You can use a sledgehammer to make a door from the 2nd floor to the top of the garage roof if you don't want to wait to build a staircase. Pretty sure.

[Another Mother's Son]

Originally posted by Arran:

Im in the middle of making the rosewood fire station liveable and I was wondering if someone knows the best spot to place down the generator so It can power most rooms. I guess that the best tactic would be to put it on the roof in the middle but havent tried yet (gotta level up carpentry)

Or, power the side of the building where the kitchen is and put all your daily electrical stuff on that side.

[Arran]

yeah currently i have it powering mostly the left wing

[Arran]

https://i.imgur.com/iKJiuaA.png

So it seems like placing it here powers up the washing machine room (top right corner of the building) and also the fridge (bottom left corner of the building)
Looks like the best possible location

[Kal]

I have one generator in front under the fire department sign and one in the back yard. Seems to cover all the rooms. The one in the back just powers some lights, the front gen powers my kitchen and all fridges/freezers. I have a gas truck on site so im not going to the gas station every other day.

[QwertyX]

On the roof over the big garage, that's why i even built my farm aswell. But you have to built floors arond the edges otherwise you will fall through. Use the Walk-to feature and if it's red it means the tile with texture is fake and has no collision.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by QwertyX:

On the roof over the big garage, that's why i even built my farm aswell. But you have to built floors arond the edges otherwise you will fall through. Use the Walk-to feature and if it's red it means the tile with texture is fake and has no collision.

Yeah i did the same ages ago. Also placed my antique oven outside to heat up the farm.(and slept in a room nearby)
Not just the edges though i think, it is better to replace all the tiles there, as sometimes you may walk over them, but the next time you login you might just fall through:)
But the walk-to feature is a good trick, did not know that!

[Nerd.Gamer.Dave]

Use the pick up tool to count out 20 tiles. That's how far the gennies power will extend.

So you could put it in the backyard and it will still provide power to the entire building.

Zombies ALWAYS take the shortest path towards a generator if they hear it, so if you put it up stairs, they will take the most direct path through doors, windows and up stairs to reach it.

If you don't destroy the stairs, this means zombies will come up to the upper level whenever they can to get to the generator.

Personally, I just build a small 1x1 shed around the generator to cut the noise down to extend out just 5 tiles and toss it in the front, so it can power the nearby street light as well as the fire station.

[Zerx44]

if you want full coverage you are going to need to be on the 3rd floor roof, keep in mind all the "edge" tiles have no collision or the garage and 3rd floor roof has a 2 tile no collision edge. right click and use the walk to command liberally if you dont wanna break legs,

[Arran]

Originally posted by QwertyX:

On the roof over the big garage, that's why i even built my farm aswell. But you have to built floors arond the edges otherwise you will fall through. Use the Walk-to feature and if it's red it means the tile with texture is fake and has no collision.

this was very easy because i did it while raining and the false tiles werent waterlogged so it was easy to spot

[Jarzzen]

I made a door from the top of the second floor stairwell out to the roof; but I fall through the ceiling into the garage if I try to walk out onto the roof of the Rosewood fire station Garage.

[Kal]

just ignore the false roof tiles and build your own wooden floor.

[wodsde]

hey get out of my firestation

[Jarzzen]

Originally posted by Kal:

just ignore the false roof tiles and build your own wooden floor.

I tried to place a floor tile outside the door and it wouldn't let me. DOo I need to destroy the one tile first

[Kal]

For some reason you cant place a floor piece through a door, you can either build a set of stairs in the garage to start building the floor, or destroy the door you made and the wall section on the second floor. Then you can build the floor normally.