Castle Building?

[beebee73]

How is it in this game? I have Smalland and sometimes build in there. Can you, in this game, build the Spencer Mansion from Resident Evil? From the pics and videos I've seen looks like it'd be easier than my somewhat failed attempts in Smalland. That and of course this has vampires :D

[Suzaku]

There are pre-defined locations called territories all around the map where players are allowed to build within their limits. The player places a castle heart within the territory to claim it, and can build a certain amount of total floor tiles on a grid system (the amount can be increased by upgrading the castle heart, or by altering server settings), and can build up to 4 floors tall.

The castle is your base of operations, used as a respawn point, store your resources, contain machines to refine resources and craft all of your equipment, imprison NPCs to use as a source of blood, or convert them into minions that defend your castle from enemy players (if you choose to engage in a PvP server) or be sent out to passively gather resources for you.

There are also plenty of decoration options, from lighting options, wallpapers, plants, seating, paintings, carpets, gardens, and more. Though, due to the limitations of the grid system and tile limits, I don't think you could make the Spencer Mansion, but you can make some pretty sweet castles.

[beebee73]

Cool thanks for your response though a bit sad there isn't total freedom in building. I figured the decor on here could be nice to do that build but oh well.

I understand should wait until after 1.0 as everything will reset

[Tova]

personlly i am very very dissapointed with it MIssing basic blacks, and.. wtf is with the scaling????? Everything has to be built to absurdly massive sizes making placement a &^%!@ if your trying to build with any kind of realism or simplicity, and not have massive areas of -Nothing- screw PvP forget about trying to actually defend the damn thing. i finally just gave up and surrounded the territory with walls, and just plopped down stuff on the ground honestly i cant say i have seen a WORSE system out there, Ark, conan exiles, atlas, etc, its been nothing but a massive headache

[beebee73]

Originally posted by Tova:

personlly i am very very dissapointed with it MIssing basic blacks, and.. wtf is with the scaling????? Everything has to be built to absurdly massive sizes making placement a &^%!@ if your trying to build with any kind of realism or simplicity, and not have massive areas of -Nothing- screw PvP forget about trying to actually defend the damn thing. i finally just gave up and surrounded the territory with walls, and just plopped down stuff on the ground honestly i cant say i have seen a WORSE system out there, Ark, conan exiles, atlas, etc, its been nothing but a massive headache

That's sad to hear 😞

[Keith Preston]

Why not go on YT and watch some castles to get a better image whats possible ?

[Tova]

Originally posted by beebee73:

Originally posted by Tova:

personlly i am very very dissapointed with it MIssing basic blacks, and.. wtf is with the scaling????? Everything has to be built to absurdly massive sizes making placement a &^%!@ if your trying to build with any kind of realism or simplicity, and not have massive areas of -Nothing- screw PvP forget about trying to actually defend the damn thing. i finally just gave up and surrounded the territory with walls, and just plopped down stuff on the ground honestly i cant say i have seen a WORSE system out there, Ark, conan exiles, atlas, etc, its been nothing but a massive headache

That's sad to hear 😞

EDIT: As bad as all of the above sounds, i did overall enjoy the game, But the experience felt like it was forced far too often for it to be healthy I have since been made aware of how part of the scaling Mechanic works, and i cant help but wonder if that isn't why it was so damn hard and felt so completely off-Balance, The major problem iv'e really had with it is that it feels like the content and the mechanics are done in such a way as to arbitrarily force the player to spend an absurd amount of time completing the most simple Tasks, which is a Pattern i see WAY too often for my liking these days. Throw in the 'difficulty' which felt like it was entirely Artificial in nature
and it was just a bad recipe.

[Tanyon]

I LOVE designing my castle layouts and building up and outfitting the rooms and things. The only thing I really want is pull from chests.. I've gotten to the point now where I expect that in every game. I'm sure there will be a mod for it if they don;t do it themselves.

the reason why there isn't unlimited freedom in building is because this game is designed with co-op and PVP servers and the limitation is to prevent people from blocking others etc.. it was a sh*t show the first few weeks after EA release. People were blocking others in, building right on top of them.. this was a way to mitigate that. You can still build a super huge castle.. there are a few spots with max tile spaces.

[beebee73]

Revisiting after updates. So would it be possible to try & build something like the Spencer Mansion? Are there a lot of pieces ti free design and can you resize pieces?

[JC]

You cannot design pieces, and scaling is fixed.

[Bomoo]

The castle building is great, but I'd look at videos of what it's like as already suggested. It's not especially helpful trying to convey it in a forum post.

[beebee73]

Originally posted by Bomoo:

The castle building is great, but I'd look at videos of what it's like as already suggested. It's not especially helpful trying to convey it in a forum post.

I have...but hard to tell...videos is what first led to this post because of all the interior stuff.

I've played Smalland & Grounded & have the Mansion as a work in Progress in both.

[Bomoo]

Haven't played any of those myself.

I guess if I had to say, I'd characterize the v rizzing building system as easy to make something that looks coherent and just plain good in. Yes it's not as freeform as others, but as someone who isn't outstandingly skilled at interior decoration in survivalcraft games, it's something I appreciate. Given the right decorative pieces (many of which you unlock through research), I feel like I can make a great looking castle interior without much pain.

More constraints than something like valheim, with less freedom to make truly wild and crazy builds, but also far easier to snap a few building blocks together and get a great looking castle.

[James.greywolf]

You can start now to learn the game. Sure, the modifications in the new release will not play that world, but you will have learned enough from this game to help you play the new version with more experience.

[Aleddra]

Originally posted by Bomoo:

The castle building is great, but I'd look at videos of what it's like as already suggested. It's not especially helpful trying to convey it in a forum post.

I used to play on a server with daily reboots at 8:00 and 20:00.
If that is the case, try leaving the game before the server resets..

[Garlic]

I thoroughly enjoy building castles in this game. It's easy, it fits the aesthetics quite well, and it's hassle-free. My small brain can't comprehend building a castle brick by brick, that takes too long. I just like to have an idea in my head, and fabricated it easily and work as i come up with new ideas.