Rooms - adjusting or deleting/demolishing

[nickjay]

I've only been playing a relatively short time but loving this game as I slowly get used to things but I'm REALLY struggling and getting frustrated by two things. Firstly I built some kennels but then I had to add surrounding walls but there wasn't enough room so I deleted the fences and used the bulldozer to remove the floor but nothing I did got rid of the kennel marked floor so even though I then built a proper kennel, the stupid irriots were still using the old one. So how do you get rid of it where it's marked on the floor please - in this case kennel or kennels? The second big problem is when laying a room manually, if then want to adjust the size to make it bigger, how can I do that? You'd think these things would be easy and straight forward but OMG the time I've spent faffing around! How come there's no remove room feature or adjust room size feature in this game? Not in the tutorial and can't find any help videos showing it either. Would appreciate any useful help/advice. Thank you.

[28rommel]

Question 1 = Select the Room function button, then hold-down the right mouse button while highlighting the entire area you want to remove as a room.

Question 2 = I will try to find a good YouTube video I once observed, as I had problems understanding how to expand rooms when I first started playing. In the mean time, you might want to go to YouTube and try looking yourself (if you have not tried YouTube yet).

Edit to add ...
I don't think this is the exact video I saw before, but looks appropriate.
Watch what this user does to expand an existing enclosed area (thus removing the wall in between), versus building a new enclosed area immediately adjacent to an existing enclosed area (thus keeping the wall in between the two areas).

https://youtu.be/NbAgQvRtIiI

Also, remember that when a Room type you want to build has a requirement to be "interior," then you must use the "foundation" build button to create the enclosed area as interior.

[nickjay]

Thanks Romel. Yes I've seen lots of YouTube videos trying to find it. Either they do it but don't explain how or do it too fast. I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me in your answer to Q1 but I'll take a look at the video and then have another 'play around' in game. Thanks, Nick

[nickjay]

OK that video was a bit quick but re-watched and it actually does explain it pretty well. I'll watch it again later, too. Hopefully it will sink in but I still think removing a room or expanding it could be made a lot easier or simpler. Also he's using a very old version compared to mine although very similar.

[The Queen Salis]

how simple could it be? you have a room tool and you paint with it to zone a room and un-paint with it to un-zone a room.

[28rommel]

Originally posted by nickjay:

... I'm not quite sure what you're trying to tell me in your answer to Q1

When you draw a Room, you hold down the left-mouse button and drag it around the area you want designated as that type of room. Do the same thing, but use the right-mouse button to remove/delete the designated room type.
Does that make sense?
I adjusted some of the wording in my original post. Hopefully that helps.

[nickjay]

Thank you Rommel. yes makes perfect sense now.

[Marcuz]

Honestly dezoning a room could not be more easy man...

Foundation can be a little dificult at the begining i'll give you that, but you get the hang of it really quick

[nickjay]

Thanks again Marcuz. The only problem i'm still experiencing from time to time is drawing out a new room to accommodate more cells but it's not recognised as an inside building but an outside one ... yes I know I'm supposed to use the foundation button but there are only bulldozers inside rather than types of wall but never mind, I'm enjoying the learning experience so I'll re-watch the video and try again :)

Can I ask a different question please? In the carpentry apprenticeship program, I've got as far as needing to make 10 superior beds. That doesn't seem to be happening so do I need to change some equipment for that? I also have a single red triangle/exclamation point in the workshop but hovering over it doesn't give me any further information. Thoughts please?

[The Queen Salis]

Originally posted by nickjay:

Thanks again Marcuz. The only problem i'm still experiencing from time to time is drawing out a new room to accommodate more cells but it's not recognised as an inside building but an outside one ... yes I know I'm supposed to use the foundation button but there are only bulldozers inside rather than types of wall but never mind, I'm enjoying the learning experience so I'll re-watch the video and try again :)

Can I ask a different question please? In the carpentry apprenticeship program, I've got as far as needing to make 10 superior beds. That doesn't seem to be happening so do I need to change some equipment for that? I also have a single red triangle/exclamation point in the workshop but hovering over it doesn't give me any further information. Thoughts please?

well, you should first build the main building with foundation, then add internal walls with wall tool, THEN establish rooms and furnish them. you can switch the wall you use for the foundation before placing it.
not that difficult.

as for carpentry, this one is pain.
1. have the workshop basics programme running always.
2. after you have some population who work there, start running the higher programme to teach carpentry.
3. your workshop should have 1 of each workshop machine at the very least.