Reinforced Glass is worthless.

[ChromeTainted]

I built a massive reinforced glass building ,only to find out that REINFORCED glass lets the wind through it so it can damage the interior of a base.
What is the point of REINFORCED glass if it as useful as a
wet paper towel. ( wet paper towel would stop wind though)
So sad that I have wasted hours building this structure only to find out that it is worthless. Not happy to say the least.
So basically If I want to build a massive high rise structure with minimum support beams for interior space, I have to make it out of stone because I can get these 4 high before needing a support beam and concrete well you cannot go over 1 piece without needing support.

[КрендельФигов]

Perhaps you have confused something, because ‘reinforced glass’ is like stone only transparent and does not let anything through. I have a whole garden and nothing blows in it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2997488776

[Rekal]

It sounds like you're really trying to build a big structure. You might be building your shelter too large. If there's any spot that can look in any direction ~10 tiles away and not see a shelter piece there is a chance it'll think it's outside without shelter.

[ChromeTainted]

Originally posted by Rekal:

It sounds like you're really trying to build a big structure. You might be building your shelter too large. If there's any spot that can look in any direction ~10 tiles away and not see a shelter piece there is a chance it'll think it's outside without shelter.

This could be the problem as it's currently 8x16 I will segregate and post back

[Rekal]

Originally posted by ChromeTainted:

This could be the problem as it's currently 8x16 I will segregate and post back

Definitely a bit too large. The limitation has to do with how many calculations are required to figure shelter. If you don't put any limits on it it'll eventually think the rock wall on the far side of the valley counts as shelter and the amount of time it takes to figure it out just keeps ballooning.

Remember the good 'ole Pythagoras theorem from geometry class? It works in 3D too. Length^2 + Width^2 + Height^2 for a good rule of thumb has to be less than 10^2 or 100.

So a 6x6 building with 4 high ceiling is 36+36+16 = 88 and the square of 88 is 9.3. So from one corner to the corner of the ceiling on the opposite side it is 9.3 tiles thus each corner will count as sheltered. 7x7 works (49+49) but only at a height of 1 for corner to corner.

You get the idea, a 4x8 four high is really pushing it with a 9.8 corner to corner. So if you segregated your 8x16 into four blocks of 4x8x4 you should be fine. Just keep an eye on what you put in the corners.

[ChromeTainted]

Originally posted by Rekal:

Originally posted by ChromeTainted:

This could be the problem as it's currently 8x16 I will segregate and post back

Definitely a bit too large. The limitation has to do with how many calculations are required to figure shelter. If you don't put any limits on it it'll eventually think the rock wall on the far side of the valley counts as shelter and the amount of time it takes to figure it out just keeps ballooning.

Remember the good 'ole Pythagoras theorem from geometry class? It works in 3D too. Length^2 + Width^2 + Height^2 for a good rule of thumb has to be less than 10^2 or 100.

So a 6x6 building with 4 high ceiling is 36+36+16 = 88 and the square of 88 is 9.3. So from one corner to the corner of the ceiling on the opposite side it is 9.3 tiles thus each corner will count as sheltered. 7x7 works (49+49) but only at a height of 1 for corner to corner.

You get the idea, a 4x8 four high is really pushing it with a 9.8 corner to corner. So if you segregated your 8x16 into four blocks of 4x8x4 you should be fine. Just keep an eye on what you put in the corners.

Yeah it makes sense that the size should be limited. Such a shame as I wanted to build a massive pyramid.

Well thank you anyway for explaining it .

[TheHellKat]

You can have a massive pyramid, just have some internal dividers