Problem deploying shelter kit

[Oneo Manny]

I try to set up an improvised shelter in woodland on Deer Isle. But most places I try won't give me the deploy prompt. No matter if the ground has bushes or not, steep or leveled, rotating the kit etc. The places it works on are so widely open and visible that I could place a circus tent instead. On the other hand I did find shelters nestled between rocks and trees. I want that too! Any ideas what I could do about it, oh wise elders of dayz?

[baddoggs]

Vanilla building can be "borked" by building mods on some modded servers.
Servers using Expansion mod have the option to tun off vanilla building altogether.
You can still make fence kits etc but cannot place them.

[Oneo Manny]

oh pity, but I thought this could be the problem...thanks mate!

[Kurdain]

Also there are options on the server side that controls 'where' items can be placed.
TBH I cannot remember if the settings below are part of vanilla or build anywhere mod....

Default is fairly restrictive, no overlaps or clipping into other objects at all, for the most part.
Middle setting relaxes this a bit and allows minor clipping into objects and some placement inside of buildings.
Last setting is anything goes so be careful as you can place items in locations where you cannot access them again.

If you want to have more freedom in build locations look for a server with build anywhere, not sure how expansion affects this.

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What mods if any does the server have?

[Oneo Manny]

It`s Spaggies Deer Isle , so only DeerIsle mod I think

[Oneo Manny]

I saw shelters deployed nicely near by is what annoys me...like there should be some way to make it work. might try their discord I guess

[Kurdain]

I looked up the server and yeah, it is Deer Isle and that is it, no other mods.

So my guess would be those shelters nearby were placed by people that were able to find the correct rotation and 1 pixel wide sweet spot to place....
OR
Perhaps they were placed via mission folder by the server owner?

Or maybe at one point they had place anywhere mod and it has been removed and those are just left over?

[Oneo Manny]

said shelter looked like set up randomly with crates piled around. and server is said to get wiped with each update/change. so I bet on the 1-pixel-hunt at this point. and that there is no widely known trick to this. thanks for thoughts on this anyways all!