Railing problems?

[smammered]

It seems any application with the railing is odd.

Primary Example: If you have a square. Try putting railing about all the edges. Each side where they connect...you wont be able to connect them. SO odd....am I doing something wrong?

[Evil Lucien]

Left click to spin the block.... It ends up being kind of like a cross if you will, but it'll look like a square, if you know what I mean...
Just keep in mind, those railings, although visually they only take up one plane of a block, they actually occupy A whole block. So don't think of them as railings, think of them as any other building block in the game.

[smammered]

Originally posted by Evil Lucien:

Left click to spin the block.... It ends up being kind of like a cross if you will, but it'll look like a square, if you know what I mean...
Just keep in mind, those railings, although visually they only take up one plane of a block, they actually occupy A whole block. So don't think of them as railings, think of them as any other building block in the game.

The problem is that I can't get it to work at all. It's like the empty gap between the rails is occupied by something, I can't get it to get down in there

[gamerhelligon]

If your talking about at the corners then yeah, it registers the 1 rail you already have on the block and won't let you put another in it.

If that's the case then you need to look at it from the other side of the block and rotate it so it uses the block next to it. Or if its in the middle of the line, there might be a bush or grass or something blocking it fro being set down, just hit it with your fist and see if that's the case.

[Karma]

Originally posted by smammered:

Originally posted by Evil Lucien:

Left click to spin the block.... It ends up being kind of like a cross if you will, but it'll look like a square, if you know what I mean...
Just keep in mind, those railings, although visually they only take up one plane of a block, they actually occupy A whole block. So don't think of them as railings, think of them as any other building block in the game.

The problem is that I can't get it to work at all. It's like the empty gap between the rails is occupied by something, I can't get it to get down in there

There are limitations when placing Railings due to the voxel-nature of this game. You can get Railings to work but it depends where other blocks are placed. As mentioned above (and in another of your threads), each placeable item in this game, whether it be Railings, Signs or a building block, all take a full block.

If a certain block is already occupied, try moving the Railing to the next available block and rotate it.

There is also the possibility that Railings can't be placed with your current layout. It's kind of hard to explain this without seeing what you're working with.

You'll get the hang of this voxel-world you now occupy ;)

[smammered]

Originally posted by Karma:

Originally posted by smammered:

The problem is that I can't get it to work at all. It's like the empty gap between the rails is occupied by something, I can't get it to get down in there

There are limitations when placing Railings due to the voxel-nature of this game. You can get Railings to work but it depends where other blocks are placed. As mentioned above (and in another of your threads), each placeable item in this game, whether it be Railings, Signs or a building block, all take a full block.

If a certain block is already occupied, try moving the Railing to the next available block and rotate it.

There is also the possibility that Railings can't be placed with your current layout. It's kind of hard to explain this without seeing what you're working with.

You'll get the hang of this voxel-world you now occupy ;)

You are the most helpful person in this forum. In the last week I think I've logged like 30 hours, haha. But while I have you here, for my preparations and so I don't have to make another thread: how much gas does it take to operate a minibike? I still haven't found the damn book yet. But I'm going to have to make 2 Minibikes, and I'm curious how far 1 stack of 1k will get me and if I need to start hoarding gas.

[gamerhelligon]

Minibike gas usage will depend on engine quality and overall quality of the minibike. Also the lower quality the engine, the slower it will go.

Had one minibike where my engine was only about 50ish. I got on and felt like I could walk faster. Wrenched a few more cars, found a decent quality engine and I felt like speedy gonzolas..lol

I can usually make a whole day ride on 1 full tank of gas and still have about 40% left and thats running it most of the time and this is with a 200ish quality engine.

Also take a wrench along on your minibike trips so if you do get low on gas, just wrench a car or tow and you should have plenty of gas to make it back to safety.

[Karma]

Originally posted by smammered:

Originally posted by Karma:

There are limitations when placing Railings due to the voxel-nature of this game. You can get Railings to work but it depends where other blocks are placed. As mentioned above (and in another of your threads), each placeable item in this game, whether it be Railings, Signs or a building block, all take a full block.

If a certain block is already occupied, try moving the Railing to the next available block and rotate it.

There is also the possibility that Railings can't be placed with your current layout. It's kind of hard to explain this without seeing what you're working with.

You'll get the hang of this voxel-world you now occupy ;)

You are the most helpful person in this forum. In the last week I think I've logged like 30 hours, haha. But while I have you here, for my preparations and so I don't have to make another thread: how much gas does it take to operate a minibike? I still haven't found the damn book yet. But I'm going to have to make 2 Minibikes, and I'm curious how far 1 stack of 1k will get me and if I need to start hoarding gas.

Aw shucks :) I wouldn't say I'm the most helpful though...but I have my moments ;)

To fill an empty Minibike you will need 2k Gas Can. Honestly, I haven't made Gas Can in my current playthrough because I'm surrounded by Gas Stations and dismantling Cars also gives me plenty.

And in case you are unaware, the Gas Barrels you find at Gas Stations, Jim's Used Cars, etc can be made into Gas Cans (and vice versa, as long as you've read the Gas Can Schematic). Crafting Gas Barrel can save you inventory space if you're going out for 'gas runs'.

Shale Oil is a resource that can be mined in the Desert Biome. This is also an excellent source of Gas.

And, of course, Grain Alcohol and Biofuel can be made into Gas Cans as well.

Minibikes are gas guzzlers...the lower the quality of Minibike, the more gas it guzzles. I don't bring extra gas with me on explorations though as I find enough Gas to get home as I explore.

Edit: As gamerhelligon mentioned more accurately, the lower the quality Engine, the more gas the Minibike guzzles.

Another helpful tip, if you end up with lots of Engines, you can combine them on the Workbench to increase their quality.

[Evil Lucien]

So, if you're trying to put railings on a rooftop for example: the roof needs to be 1 block wider all along the perimeter than the railings will "look" like they're placed. This way when you place the railing block it will sit on top of the roof blocks along the perimeter, but visually it will look as if those roof blocks have nothing on them, and the railings will look like they're between the 1st and 2nd rows of perimeter blocks.

Assuming a square or rectangular roof: all the perimeter roof blocks will have a railing block sitting on them except the four corners.

Like I said, all of the blocks in the game are cubes, the difference between them is some of them you can only see one side (plane) of the cube, like the railing block. Think of it like that and it's easy. :)

I hope that makes sense.. it's kind of hard to explain.

PS: It's honestly easier and looks better to use the wooden catwalks than the railings, though.

PSS: Also, on the gas topic, Keep gas barrels in your bike's inventory, then convert them to gas cans only when you need to fill up. Barrels stack, cans don't. ;)