the "12x12" expandable wooden stilt tower base

[Androth]

earlier i posted the 9x9 version of this base design. it can get kind of small and require some more attention to upkeep later on in the game.

you can see that discurrion thread here
http://steamcommunity.com/app/251570/discussions/0/527274088401874313/


this is the spacious 12x12 version of that tower, with 2x2 thick stilts giving a 10x10(-4) interior per shack. combining the shacks can give you a very roomy and secure base.

this one is mostly wood, but since it's late game, it has steel, concrete and metal siding at defense critical areas.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667580

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667562

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667676

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667617

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667644

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667604

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667655

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667691

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667701

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667715

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=523667727

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=527158225


day 123 horde fight in tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpo3GaQmPY&feature=youtu.be

download a prefab of this tower. the storage are locked and the water leaks. you'll have to deal with those.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzVGQxmqqrCMemtlYzBndnhsSWM

[~FieryFox~]

nice

[Adam]

Heh..... "murder hole".....

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Did you test this against a feral horde yet?
How did it go?

[Tokfan]

Originally posted by Jost Amman:

Did you test this against a feral horde yet?
How did it go?

Any stilt-base works against ferals as long as they are bigger than 4x4 and you got atleast 4 high elevation from the ground when stuff start to clump up and climb on each other. Do mind that 5x5 is maybe pushing it. I usually do 6x6 since that way I can remove and upgrade a pillar at the time when expanding sidways for farms without the whole thing comes down.

This 12x12 with 2x2 stilts however is interesting. Really really interesting. Big enough central space to stop them derping at the stilts and four times as much support incase they start derping. And with them being 2 thick you could build the foundations early game and later upgrade them to whatever fancy material you'd like without it comes crashing down.

Very interesting.

[Androth]

Originally posted by Tokfan:

This 12x12 with 2x2 stilts however is interesting. Really really interesting. Big enough central space to stop them derping at the stilts and four times as much support incase they start derping. And with them being 2 thick you could build the foundations early game and later upgrade them to whatever fancy material you'd like without it comes crashing down.

Very interesting.

yes, it is fully up-gradable and fully expandable in any direction. started with just wood frames and the center shack.
this end-game one has steel reinforced by iron siding 4 high in the central kill zone legs, and fully upgraded wood with iron siding on all the other legs, up to 4 high.

but really, it's overkill. i don't even loose any of the iron siding anymore. most of them are content going up the whack-a-mole shaft and i just have to repair that a little bit after every horde attack. and sometimes repair belching zombie damage on the floor.

right now, my farms are with my tree farm some distance away, but i plan on adding expansions to bring the farm to the base.

[Androth]

Originally posted by Jost Amman:

Did you test this against a feral horde yet?
How did it go?

over day 100 stands up to every horde (high spawn, warrior) with minimum damage.

[...👑 JOST AMMAN 👑...]

Originally posted by Androth:

Originally posted by Jost Amman:

Did you test this against a feral horde yet?
How did it go?

over day 100 stands up to every horde (high spawn, warrior) with minimum damage.

Nice! :-]

[Smokey]

That! is a nice tower :)

[Zedd]

Cool, so is there still 7 free air spaces between column legs or was that pushed out as well.

[Ketobi]

Looks awesome :)
Can you extract a prefab from that?

[Androth]

Originally posted by Zedd:

Cool, so is there still 7 free air spaces between column legs or was that pushed out as well.

it's pushed out. the columns are 2x2 and they are a total of 12x12 apart, so there are 8 spaces between columns.

[Androth]

Originally posted by skamaniac:

Looks awesome :)
Can you extract a prefab from that?

i'll see if i can figure out how to do that when i get the chance. i've currently added a couple extensions for a farm. going to see how the structure holds up to it and maybe add a couple more farm extensions.

[Ketobi]

Maybe this is a good starting point: https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?22658-Is-it-possible-to-extract-something-you-made-in-game-and-save-as-prefab

I have never done it and i think you will have to edit the prefab after you extracted it. I can try to help if you are interestd. It would be nice to have the base as a .xml file. You could backup and share your buildings this way.

[Androth]

Originally posted by skamaniac:

Maybe this is a good starting point: https://7daystodie.com/forums/showthread.php?22658-Is-it-possible-to-extract-something-you-made-in-game-and-save-as-prefab

I have never done it and i think you will have to edit the prefab after you extracted it. I can try to help if you are interestd. It would be nice to have the base as a .xml file. You could backup and share your buildings this way.

thanks for the info. this is my first attempt. turns out all the storage are locked and the water source floods a bit, but nothing that can't be taken care of easily.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzVGQxmqqrCMemtlYzBndnhsSWM

[Androth]

if anyone is wondering how this holds up to end game hordes. i made a video of a hord fight. my horde days seem to be broken, i got an unscheduled one on day 123.

settings are warrior with high zombie spawn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUpo3GaQmPY&feature=youtu.be

sorry, no commentary. i'm struggling with the flu. my game is off as well.
i play around with the murder hole and zombie whack-a-mole chute.

general strategy is to shoot the puking exploder cops through the murder hole. because if you fight them in whack-a-mole, they will puke-damage your chute and sometimes climb up the ladder and explode at the top, making for a very sad day.

end of the video, you can see how little damage the tower took.