buildings

[Twogun]

man...this is like a huge part of the game, and i CANNOT get the hang of it

i cannot figure out doors. i think i am building buildings and putting in doors-but then the building finsishes, and nobody seems to go in it to complete the work bench or auxilliaries-then eventually the work bench work order seems to disappear-leaving only a building with nothing in it, and i cannot PUT anything in it

also, i feel like i am building them the same size, but there is no uniformity

also, i cannot find a way to build a dormitory

i know now that if i use the structure menu, it builds a building that nothing can be put in(but why? why?)

but there is no residential building template, so eventually i build a big building hoping i can put beds in it-but then there is NO way to do so

also, i build a furniture maker...but he does nothing

also-is there a way to see doors? sometimes i can, sometimes i cannot

honestly, this is a bare fraction of my questions

the tutorial is pretty bare bones

and all the youtube vidoes seem to be about the best way to build...but not HOW to build buildings

i try to click the same buttons they are clicking, but it seems i cannot access/do not understand the options they have

[Horagen81]

you must have put a door in for your furniture maker else you can not finished placing it :)
I usually put 4 doors in those self made buildings just to be sure.

And YES the doors are a lighter color ( almost impossible to see ) if the dev is looking i would prefer a color like yellow or green for the doors so we can see them clearly ^^;

for uniformity yeah ... its a bit of a hit and miss for me but I usually built my buildings at roughly the same size as a dormitory so I place my "home" and use road as a ruler for them ^^. or if I need a larger building I do it in sets like this training hall requires more room so I will make it in 2 sets of dormitories or 3 sets to make sure I have enough room.

when I place a dormitory I place them in 3s so 3 domitorys beside each other in one go.
use E to increase your size to 3 ( Q reduces the size ) R rotate the building plan :)

The door to the dormitories looks like a ">>>" pointing downwards from your home that needs to pointing towards your road :). Note it is the same for a bench too and it is hard to see.

so I have a road and I place my domitory on that with the doors pointing towards the road.

[Twogun]

Is there a template for dormitory like warehouses?

[Horagen81]

Originally posted by Twogun:

Is there a template for dormitory like warehouses?

Yeah the template is what you see when you try to build home :) you see 4 buttons when you try to built a home ( appartment for 1 people , Dormitory for 7 , House for 4 people and Longhouse for 15 people. ).
Select the Dormitory and it will show its size . press "E" 2 times for size 3 and just place it :)

Homes do not need anything else :) the people living their will furnish it on their own with time and what you give them access to in Citizens -> All or Race -> Access.

You do not need to do that in the beginning but with time happiness is harder to maintain so give them access to wood and stone will make the people happier and their homes will get different looks.

[Horagen81]

My current throne area ^^

it is made of sizes roughly with Dormitory in mind with 1 square for harmony items because my primary races are Orcs and Elves ( sorry I can for the life of me not remember the ingame names. )

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2945994583

Most of my buildings are on 16x6 and then I adjust the Items inside for the optimum I can get will still fitting into the space.
For the warehouse that means I have enough room for 40 crates of fruits if that is what i need.

*EDIT* for some buildings were the amount of room is not needed I snip off the corners to get more ... appeal ? for the Elves and Orks ^^

[Twogun]

hmm

i don't see any of that

perhaps because i am using the demo?

[Horagen81]

Originally posted by Twogun:

hmm

i don't see any of that

perhaps because i am using the demo?

Oh ... that might be I never manage to play the demo ^^;
I caught a couple of youtubers playing and recommending it.
I loved what i say and just went for it ^^ I am 40 hours or so in in my first colony and just restarted to play my second colony.

[Horagen81]

Twogun I found one of the Youtubers had several older videos of the game and I think this is what you are looking for :)
https://youtu.be/Ew2etZi090M?t=1134

here in he is building a dormitory from scratch
were as in the current version we just plot down a template

[Twogun]

Thank you VERY much for taking the time.

If I ever get a clue how to play this I imagine I’ll buy it.

[Horagen81]

Originally posted by Twogun:

Thank you VERY much for taking the time.

If I ever get a clue how to play this I imagine I’ll buy it.

you are more then welcome and I hope the day will come when you too take the jump into the deep end with us ^^