Is there a way to place solar panels on a roof?

[Gino]

Did try to place solar panels on a roof but it seems not to be possible and think it must be possible. Are there any tips about that?

[Onsanio]

nope, tried on every roof and unfortunately you can't. I really hope they allow it on a future update

[Actual Malice]

I'd like to place some turrets on a roof, too.

[Team Triss]

Originally posted by Actual Malice:

I'd like to place some turrets on a roof, too.

You can raise floors by clicking the scroll wheel and there's also an up/down key; I forget what but it's in the tooltip. That way you can place elevated turrets, anyway.

I'm sure you could do the same with solar panels but IDK if the utility is there.

[Onsanio]

Originally posted by LoR Team Triss:

Originally posted by Actual Malice:

I'd like to place some turrets on a roof, too.

You can raise floors by clicking the scroll wheel and there's also an up/down key; I forget what but it's in the tooltip. That way you can place elevated turrets, anyway.

I'm sure you could do the same with solar panels but IDK if the utility is there.

What that'll do is just raise the foundation so they can put a turret there yes. But it's not on the roof, it's just a higher foundation

[Gino]

Originally posted by Onsanio:

Originally posted by LoR Team Triss:

You can raise floors by clicking the scroll wheel and there's also an up/down key; I forget what but it's in the tooltip. That way you can place elevated turrets, anyway.

I'm sure you could do the same with solar panels but IDK if the utility is there.

What that'll do is just raise the foundation so they can put a turret there yes. But it's not on the roof, it's just a higher foundation

Did try it but did not work and hope for a update. Hope they will add a rover or some other vehicle for transportation .

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Gino:

Originally posted by Onsanio:

What that'll do is just raise the foundation so they can put a turret there yes. But it's not on the roof, it's just a higher foundation

Did try it but did not work and hope for a update. Hope they will add a rover or some other vehicle for transportation .

There must also be a way to access the foundation, to built and repair the turret etc, so remember to put some stairs to the top.

I've also read that some use just different levels of foundations acting as stairs (to save space), but so far I've just put a normal staircase from the ground to the top.

[Actual Malice]

If we are talking about floor foundations (leftmost selection on the Housing tab) now and not roofs, you don't need stairs or staggered foundations. Each survivor carries a ladder along with their other implements. If a turret atop a foundation needs fixing, the survivor will whip out the ladder and climb to the top of the foundation.

[Happy Birthday!]

Currently, you can only place items on flat ground, or on foundations you've built, a "Roof" is not a real layer to place things on, and simply blocks out weather and helps the game consider "rooms" for heat conversion.
You could, however, build a very short building, with sections with very tall foundations with items on top to simulate the idea of items on the "roof".
(Also, if you do this, remember to build walls around said foundations to keep the "rooms" as actual rooms, and be able to place things like lights on them.)

Perhaps in the future we'll get an update that changes this, and I'm hoping if we do, it's a technology we can research that improves our building to allow us to do so.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by Actual Malice:

If we are talking about floor foundations (leftmost selection on the Housing tab) now and not roofs, you don't need stairs or staggered foundations. Each survivor carries a ladder along with their other implements. If a turret atop a foundation needs fixing, the survivor will whip out the ladder and climb to the top of the foundation.

This is pretty crazy, but also so cool! Thanks for the tip