Difficult roof building

[Synth]

Am i simply just not understanding the book? It shows 7 logs each side. you put 1 on an angle, then it gets lift up by another log, then it just says you put a log on top and only after you can fill the top to create the roof? But either its not letting me put the last log on top as its explaining, or if i even manage to, then it wont allow the top to be filled to finish the roof?

Even after trying to find a simple tutorial on youtube im only coming across the complex roofs that i cld care less about. Do not remember roofs being so difficult in the first game.

[Scipio]

Exactly... Sons is far more difficult to build things than Forest. It's not even close.
Even building a straight-ish, defense wall is a pain as it forces you to build at set locations and crap like that... like it has an invisible 'snap-to' grid on the map.
I gave up making angled roof tops in Sons, in Forest it was just one click and a virtual 'push up' to set it in place.. then starting building.
I can't tell you how to go about it as I haven't figured it out either.. (I've only been playing Sons for a short time, but I loved building in Forest).

[Carter Rogue]

It really depends on the type of roof. For a normal a frame style, most people use two horizontal logs with one vertical in the middle, then one log slanted on both sides of the vertical log. after you frame each horizontal log that way you can add your planks. Or if you roof top has only one horizontal log then each horizontal logs needs a three quarter log, a half log and a quarter log, on top of the full horizontal log, then add your slanted logs and then your planks.

[Scipio]

Originally posted by Carter Rogue:

It really depends on the type of roof. For a normal a frame style, most people use two horizontal logs with one vertical in the middle, then one log slanted on both sides of the vertical log. after you frame each horizontal log that way you can add your planks. Or if you roof top has only one horizontal log then each horizontal logs needs a three quarter log, a half log and a quarter log, on top of the full horizontal log, then add your slanted logs and then your planks.

I tried things like that but I'm generally frustrated at things not fitting together.. large gaps that you can't fill, and wasting valuable trees.
And building with stones? Good grief.. that's a nightmare.

[Carter Rogue]

You're not going to cover every single little gap. larger gaps, at the very top of your roofing frame, before you add your planks, add horizontal logs at the very top, between each vertical log or at the very top of the quarter logs. that covers the top gaps in the roof. for stone walls with stone frames or log frames. If your are creating half height or three quarter height walls, do not put in the top horizontal beam until you fill in the wall or you will have a serious gap at the top of your wall. On a three quarter height wall there may be two extra stones on top. Remove them and then add your top horizontal beam in your framing. and repeat for each section of your wall. But small gaps here and there, you will see small amounts of light shining through regardless.

[Synth]

Originally posted by Carter Rogue:

You're not going to cover every single little gap. larger gaps, at the very top of your roofing frame, before you add your planks, add horizontal logs at the very top, between each vertical log or at the very top of the quarter logs. that covers the top gaps in the roof. for stone walls with stone frames or log frames. If your are creating half height or three quarter height walls, do not put in the top horizontal beam until you fill in the wall or you will have a serious gap at the top of your wall. On a three quarter height wall there may be two extra stones on top. Remove them and then add your top horizontal beam in your framing. and repeat for each section of your wall. But small gaps here and there, you will see small amounts of light shining through regardless.

Ah interesting. Much appreciated on the info. I was finally able to figure it out...most dumbest thing too...turns out my structure was damaged and must have been very little because i really did not notice it. Once my buddy set K to maintained base we saw he repaired some parts of the base, and 1 of the parts was where i was trying to add our first roof. Once he did that i saw a slight movement and when i tried to complete the roofing by adding that last log on top, to then fill in with planks. It worked..So yeah the book is telling the truth i guess, somehow it got damaged without us even noticing. But it works.