why cant i build stairs if im on a hill`?

[Delaborga]

i cannot expand with borders or place a stair nxt to the edge of a hill im on, its not steep, probably 2 stairs down so i dont know why

[Kuthuwu]

To place stairs you need to expand your border up to the section of the stair location then place the staircase. The stairs themselves work as a border expansion. Hope I was clear enough with that. Stairs can also only be placed in locations that have a bit of a stairway look to it already.

[Delaborga]

Originally posted by Xukuth:

To place stairs you need to expand your border up to the section of the stair location then place the staircase. The stairs themselves work as a border expansion. Hope I was clear enough with that.

well the thing is, whenever i try to put a border on the slope, nxt to the slope or right under the slope, it says it cannot be done

[Xavori]

Originally posted by Dalapie:

Originally posted by Xukuth:

To place stairs you need to expand your border up to the section of the stair location then place the staircase. The stairs themselves work as a border expansion. Hope I was clear enough with that.

well the thing is, whenever i try to put a border on the slope, nxt to the slope or right under the slope, it says it cannot be done

If your character cannot walk up it already, you cannot build stairs there. Stairs act as a replacer, not a new path.

Perhaps someday we'll achieve that most basic of construction techniques: mutli-level construction. But until then, you will live crawling on the ground like an insect and you will like it!

[Delaborga]

Originally posted by Xavori:

Originally posted by Dalapie:

well the thing is, whenever i try to put a border on the slope, nxt to the slope or right under the slope, it says it cannot be done

If your character cannot walk up it already, you cannot build stairs there. Stairs act as a replacer, not a new path.

Perhaps someday we'll achieve that most basic of construction techniques: mutli-level construction. But until then, you will live crawling on the ground like an insect and you will like it!

so what if im on a hill that has stairs down to nxt section and i kinda wanna combine the 2 sections together? , thats the main thing, i wanna add the lower level to my upper level, or else im stranded on top with a small base that cannot be expanded downward

[Nero Armis]

Originally posted by Dalapie:

Originally posted by Xavori:

If your character cannot walk up it already, you cannot build stairs there. Stairs act as a replacer, not a new path.

Perhaps someday we'll achieve that most basic of construction techniques: mutli-level construction. But until then, you will live crawling on the ground like an insect and you will like it!

so what if im on a hill that has stairs down to nxt section and i kinda wanna combine the 2 sections together? , thats the main thing, i wanna add the lower level to my upper level, or else im stranded on top with a small base that cannot be expanded downward

Make sure you have enough borders. Rotate the stairs to make sure their aligned and you are not on them. ( They don't automatically align with the path going downwards. )
Also as others said make sure it is already a path slope and not just a random dip down a hill. On the map you can see gap pathings Those are mainly gonna be the slopes that you can put stairs on.