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Fluffy Bunny ® has The Forest

Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:11am

Climbing Rope / Elevated Structures

Climbing ropes are nice, but present problems with elevated structures...

Here's my example using exp. floors...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394064838
The grab point is now below the deck, so I no-clip through the floor, then go up...
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=394232603
Because one can build elevated structures, how is one to build storage units within those structures? In my case, I can't (which is OK, but...) because one can't climb a rope with logs. If a water element is present, logs fly out and land at the bottom unretreivable.

While ladders are suggested often, perhaps precedural ladders would be a better way to go vs ropes, at least in some instances.

Last edited by Fluffy Bunny ®; Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:12am

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BirdDog

Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:42am

How you use custom floor? didnt work maybe i use it wrong ways.

Fluffy Bunny ® has The Forest

Feb 17, 2015 @ 8:08am

Originally posted by mpuckett:
What would be different if they changed it to ladders instead of ropes? It would do the same thing, clip through the floor,

Not true and your design idea does not work in water, as my example shows. Yes, I COULD have built on land, but didn't want to. Besides, even if I had, I may have gone through my floor because it's above ground level...idk.

If one started a procedural ladder at the anchor point, they could pull it down to the length needed and it would cost "X" amount of logs / sticks. The same could hold true for a procedural rope (vs fixed length), but climbing a rope with logs is even more far-fetched that a ladder and logs. I have no real preference (rope vs ladder) as the result would be the same.

Originally posted by BirdDog:
How you use custom floor? didnt work maybe i use it wrong ways.

Custom floors need to be built on either foundations or the top(s) of experimental walls. Click the "cylinder" icon on an x-y axis starting point. Walk along the foundation (or wall) to the next point and click. Continue around your design, but remember that one needs to do this in a continuous clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. It'll take some practice because "we" look at the icon on an angle, so hitting the exact point one wants can be a little "stressfull?" They need to "highlight" the icon in a diff. color when over a intersection point.

Last edited by Fluffy Bunny ®; Feb 17, 2015 @ 8:10am

Ne0nLobster has The Forest

Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:05pm

I still don't know where the anchor points for the climbing ropes are in regards to the platforms. I've had the harebrained idea to create a fort that you can only climb in and out of via a platform and I don't know how high the platform is supposed to be, nor where the anchor points on one are. I tried it with one of my pre-built platforms and the rope blueprint remained red.

Anyway, I DO agree with you in regards to implementing procedural ladders. The game would be better with both ladders and climbing ropes!

Fluffy Bunny ® has The Forest

Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:26pm

Originally posted by Ne0nlobster:
I still don't know where the anchor points for the climbing ropes are in regards to the platforms. I've had the harebrained idea to create a fort that you can only climb in and out of via a platform and I don't know how high the platform is supposed to be, nor where the anchor points on one are. I tried it with one of my pre-built platforms and the rope blueprint remained red.

Anyway, I DO agree with you in regards to implementing procedural ladders. The game would be better with both ladders and climbing ropes!

I haven't tried to attach ropes to a platform yet...am in the process of thinking about something new utilizing them. As I'm sure you know, you should see an "anchor" icon prolly underneath for a connection point. Supposedly one can use 2 ropes with platforms (I assume 1 at each end), but if you recall, the last two updates said that if one chops down a treehouse tree, the house would also fall down, which wasn't true, so idk... I don't think the platforms need to be a certain height, well, perhaps maybe at least 2 "levels" high? Look for the anchor icon - LMK if you find them.

Was your pre-built platform pre-13? If so, there'd be no connection point for that "old" element, you'd have to build a new one.

Edit: I just saw a friends set up and he had platforms daisy-chained with tree bridges, so the anchors gotta be there. :)

Last edited by Fluffy Bunny ®; Feb 17, 2015 @ 7:37pm

Ne0nLobster has The Forest

Feb 17, 2015 @ 11:34pm

Yep, old platforms were pre-13. And I've since started a new game when I realized that the shadows/lighting were intense and the sun wasn't going down (then the hotfix rolled around and I started kicking myself in the pants). Of course, I wasn't smart enough to back up my saves, so now I'm starting over from the ground up. My computer is currently Out of Service right now due to a blown PSU (the replacement of which I should be getting tomorrow) so I'll play around with the platform/rope anchor once I'm able to and I'll let you know!