STRUCTURE STABILITY

[donut32]

i place a floor down and its orange immediately and cant build anything else. what is going on with this garbage

[Dan]

Seems like they literally slapped this game together in a month and said "welcome to EA" gimme your money, and many folks have fallen for it sadly.

[Vexx]

I had the same thing and then realized that there is a difference between Foundation and Floor, which fixed my problems. Maybe thats the same for your case.

[Rose Brigade]

Floors are meant to be places on flat ground, and Foundations make your flat ground. Use foundations to stable building spaces before building floors and walls.
You can put the "stilts" of the foundations far into the ground if you want, so don't be afraid to try to hide them.

[Fortigan]

The structure stability system in this game is actually one of the best features in the game. You can build a rather large house with the proper supports. Sadly there is no reason to even have a house, other than needing a roof over your bed and cauldron.

Seriously, unless you just really like building (Like I do), then don't bother making a house at all. Just make a foundation ring with an overhang for your bed. Drop some chests and craft stations on the ground in the foundation ring to hold your stuff and call it a day.

The only real benefit to a house is an exploit. The dragons acid will only land on the bottom floor, so if you are on a 2nd floor you are immune to it.

[Rose Brigade]

Originally posted by Fortigan:

The structure stability system in this game is actually one of the best features in the game. You can build a rather large house with the proper supports. Sadly there is no reason to even have a house, other than needing a roof over your bed and cauldron.

Seriously, unless you just really like building (Like I do), then don't bother making a house at all. Just make a foundation ring with an overhang for your bed. Drop some chests and craft stations on the ground in the foundation ring to hold your stuff and call it a day.

The only real benefit to a house is an exploit. The dragons acid will only land on the bottom floor, so if you are on a 2nd floor you are immune to it.

Another benefit is having crafting hotspots in different areas for different utilities. For example my brewing area is in the swamp because of all the ingredients readily available, and the clay for the vessels, meanwhile I have my smithy setup in the fractured plains because of the abundance of ores.

I setup camps all over the place complete with lodestones for teleporting, a bed for saving a spot, and a rune altar for replenishing my lifewards and runes. The only difference between each base depends on what the area has to offer.

[donut32]

Originally posted by Rose Brigade:

Floors are meant to be places on flat ground, and Foundations make your flat ground. Use foundations to stable building spaces before building floors and walls.
You can put the "stilts" of the foundations far into the ground if you want, so don't be afraid to try to hide them.

ok ill check that next time i get on there. i thought those were just for 2nd stories

[Raiv]

Originally posted by Fortigan:

The structure stability system in this game is actually one of the best features in the game. You can build a rather large house with the proper supports. Sadly there is no reason to even have a house, other than needing a roof over your bed and cauldron.

Seriously, unless you just really like building (Like I do), then don't bother making a house at all. Just make a foundation ring with an overhang for your bed. Drop some chests and craft stations on the ground in the foundation ring to hold your stuff and call it a day.

The only real benefit to a house is an exploit. The dragons acid will only land on the bottom floor, so if you are on a 2nd floor you are immune to it.

can you explain the stability system a little? im trying to make a tower, only a couple floors off the foundation. ive ran beams through the entire structure, i know theres enough support but i still cant build the roof on top? ive played with and enjoyed plenty of survivals with similar mechanics but this seems just so unintuitive and restricting. they still got alot of work to do here.

[Fortigan]

Originally posted by Raiv:

Originally posted by Fortigan:

The structure stability system in this game is actually one of the best features in the game. You can build a rather large house with the proper supports. Sadly there is no reason to even have a house, other than needing a roof over your bed and cauldron.

Seriously, unless you just really like building (Like I do), then don't bother making a house at all. Just make a foundation ring with an overhang for your bed. Drop some chests and craft stations on the ground in the foundation ring to hold your stuff and call it a day.

The only real benefit to a house is an exploit. The dragons acid will only land on the bottom floor, so if you are on a 2nd floor you are immune to it.

can you explain the stability system a little? im trying to make a tower, only a couple floors off the foundation. ive ran beams through the entire structure, i know theres enough support but i still cant build the roof on top? ive played with and enjoyed plenty of survivals with similar mechanics but this seems just so unintuitive and restricting. they still got alot of work to do here.

Use pillars in line with the crest of the roof so that they have direct stability beneath them. Think of it this way. Count the number of pieces between that roof and the foundation. A pillar reduces that number. Lateral connections also reduce stability more than vertical ones. It's very similar to Valheim. You can only build so high. For my larger house I used pillars under the lower end of my top roof slopes. This resulted in 4 pillars with 2 spaces between them in a square shape. 2x2 foundation area with pillars on each corner all the way to the roof. The rest of the roof had enough support from the surrounding walls.

[まほこ]

Can't wait for a mod to disable this

[Danyel]

Is there a way to use beams as a foundation instead of an actual floor piece.

Say you want to put walls up but stay on the grass inside on the bottom floor?

Doesn't look like if so I haven't figured out how to do so, you would think using beams directly on the ground would count as a foundation piece.

[Pyro3000]

I've come to realize that some materials just can't support a lot of weight. I'm not sure how they factor it out, but ash log walls can only get you three floors (foundations might change this) with no roof, or two floors with a 30 degree roof.

If there's a building height limit, I wish it would just specify that a height limit was reached. If it's material based, it would be nice if it said "current foundation material not strong enough."

Originally posted by Danyel:

Is there a way to use beams as a foundation instead of an actual floor piece.

Say you want to put walls up but stay on the grass inside on the bottom floor?

Doesn't look like if so I haven't figured out how to do so, you would think using beams directly on the ground would count as a foundation piece.

I haven't had success with this, but I do wonder if adding more foundation pieces under the floor (hit y to change snap mode) around the middle of the floor helps with this. At that point, though, you're going to get fairly unusable floor space beneath your base.

[nvme718]

the cooking pot is bugged.it keeps telling pot needs to be covered by a roof but i have it inside a home and cant use it..please help

[Fortigan]

Originally posted by nvme718:

the cooking pot is bugged.it keeps telling pot needs to be covered by a roof but i have it inside a home and cant use it..please help

You misread that. It says it CAN'T be covered by a roof.

[Dan]

Originally posted by nvme718:

the cooking pot is bugged.it keeps telling pot needs to be covered by a roof but i have it inside a home and cant use it..please help

I believe it's telling you its "Underneath a roof" and its why you can't cook wit it. You have to put it outside, not covered.

[Pyro3000]

Originally posted by nvme718:

the cooking pot is bugged.it keeps telling pot needs to be covered by a roof but i have it inside a home and cant use it..please help

Only the potion kettle needs to be roofed. Anything else that emits smoke needs to be outside.

I'm honestly surprised the potion kettle can be inside.