Furnace breaks my house.

[derigeur]

I placed my stone furnace, and two wooden walls fell down. Like cracked, shattered, and then fell apart. Then I built a cement furnace. When I place it, it shatters my stone walls.

Took it outside, placed a stone floor, and put the cement furnace on that floor. And it broke the floor. So I have placed it in a cave (since it has to be sheltered.)

Is anyone else finding their furnaces are home destroying? I haven't seen this before, I've made steel before. This seems new.

[[SOT]Avongunn]

if the ground isn't pretty flat you need to place Beams under the corners in the ground.. Just in general Beams make the house stronger. this is just a guess

[andargor]

You should see the integrity of building pieces (green, yellow, orange, red) when in placement mode. And as said above, use beams under the floor to give ground contact or use the stone foundations.

[sea.dart]

Yes, make sure all four corners of the floor are in direct contact with the ground or a pillar. I've had no problems placing either the stone furnace or cement furnace on a wood floor.

[Zourin]

Originally posted by andargor:

You should see the integrity of building pieces (green, yellow, orange, red) when in placement mode. And as said above, use beams under the floor to give ground contact or use the stone foundations.

blue is another color, used for beams that have a direct connection with the ground.
Green and yellow are generally structurally sound, but orange will crack and red will break on its own within a minute or so.

Large wood structures need a lot of pillar support beneath the floorboards, unlike stone or better that comes with a foundation block. Wood is enough for small, temporary/portable structures, but if you need it to last on its own for a several days, stone or concrete is ideal.

[ZombieHunter]

You have to ensure the structural integrity of your floors and so on before placing heavy objects on them. The game does a very good job of communicating the supported 'state' of the object using colors as has been mentioned.

[derigeur]

Thanks all for the advice! I guess all prior buildings I built well, and this one I forgot the fundamentals.

When placing heavy objects like furnaces, you need level, supported floors.

[Enforcer]

It's actually nice that they considered SI in a survival game. I have been missing this feature for ages.

[Tasolth]

Floors / walls / ceilings have weight limits. Can't quote the values, but had a floor that was fine, places the machining bench on it, composter, part of a concrete furnace, anvil. It was fine for a while but as the weight of items inside increased, the floor eventually broke. I did 'upgrade' with the upgrade hammer from wood to interior wood. a little bit later is when it broke. there were poles on all 4 corners into the ground.

Would love to get more concrete info on the weight capacity of the floors/ angled roof pieces. I've had 45* roof pieces in a 2x2 stone house collapse from snow during a blizzard.

[Tageeboy]

Originally posted by SOTAvongunn:

if the ground isn't pretty flat you need to place Beams under the corners in the ground.. Just in general Beams make the house stronger. this is just a guess

Thank you ! Man, I was going nuts not sure why it was breaking in my house also. First time I made it I did it inside a cave so it wasn't an issue.