Everything I build remains Outside?!

[LarryP]

When I build rooms, I can't put down interior flooring cause it says it's outdoors. No matter what I build, putting objects inside them says the object must go indoors. I'm feeling really stupid and pissed. I even followed a YouTube video and my prison rooms were all showing outside, but not the video?!

What in the world am I missing?

[The Queen Salis]

Playing. The. Compaign.

Please do so. It's a tutorial. It will answer this question and like 5 others you will come back with if you don't play it.

[Bender]

did you lay foundations?

[LarryP]

I did the tutorial. I found out what's going on but I don't understand it. I use Planning with Walls. I also have the option Auto Foundations on. When it builds everything, all walls are built but the ground stays outside type. If I do a rectangle with Walls and leave no opening, it will build with an interior floor. Using the Planning\Walls and building walls one by one, it builds it nice but all stays outside type. In other words, if the rectangle is broken up then things are seen as outside.

?

[BlunderingFool]

Just build a foundation using the "Foundation" tool.

[LarryP]

I can't use the Planning option? It works nice except for things being made outside. :-)

[Kunovega]

If you don't build a foundation you aren't making anything inside, it's just that simple

[LarryP]

The Planning option has the Auto Foundation. I'm stumped...

[Bender]

best not rely on the little functions like that. 9/10 times its bugged cause paradox doesnt fix their ♥♥♥♥

[LarryP]

Yeah, I've been biting my tongue about many issues along this line. I think I'll just move along and work on something else. I've tried this game many times through the years, only to get pissed off.

[28rommel]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

If you don't build a foundation you aren't making anything inside, it's just that simple

[Keanos]

Originally posted by LarryP:

The Planning option has the Auto Foundation. I'm stumped...

A closed rectangle with auto foundations is a building. An unclosed rectangle with auto foundations is just a long wall. Prison Architect is easy, you just have to play the game the way game wants you to play.

[KhisanthMagus]

It's really not that hard.... use the foundation tool to make inside and "walls" to make outside or divide inside. The wall option does not include floor and ceiling. It's just a wall. Like it says.

It's been awhile since I used the planning function but it doesn't look like it does anything except leave an outline? You then need to fill in the outline with the correct build item. Testing real quick on the next chunk of dorm I'm putting in I'm pretty sure turning on "autofoundation" is just a visual thing to show your planned rooms filled in instead of leaving single wall outlines like say for an outdoor yard. I still used the foundation tool to fill in the new dorm room after marking it with the planning option.

[LarryP]

I gave up on the planning option. Using the foundation tool works really nice once I experimented with it a lot. Now it's easy.

[Markus Reese]

Planning tool is still very useful. I use planning tool to map and space new segments, then go over the plan with manual foundation. That could be in part cause I be an old timey player so we never had the auto build.

Essentially use it for blueprinting so you can ensure all your rooms fit correct, space for halls and so on. Is way to make awesome looking prisons.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by twistedmelon:

Planning tool is still very useful. I use planning tool to map and space new segments, then go over the plan with manual foundation. That could be in part cause I be an old timey player so we never had the auto build.

Essentially use it for blueprinting so you can ensure all your rooms fit correct, space for halls and so on. Is way to make awesome looking prisons.

They really should just take out the autobuild function, they've never gotten it to work correctly anyway and just ends up causing problems

It works just fine as you suggest, a blueprint tool that you build over normally whenever you get around to it