ATTACHING RAFTS ?

[chumpymcchumperson]

Having a hard time figuring out how to attach more than one raft to each other....please advise

[TouriStarr]

Should be the same way you craft buildings; attaching bases only in 'ghost' mode possible.

[Lonesome 77]

So, drag your raft all the way up onto the sand (just to make things easier). get some materials for a base; craft it. Then align the ghost with whichever part of the raft you're going to attach it to. If you get a blue outline, then you can place it. Go ahead and put it on. Then just make a floor for it, and repeat until your raft is as you desire.

As TouriStarr said, it is just like adding foundations to a building. You can also add bases and floors while at sea, I've done it, but it's a little tricky because you can't always see the blue/red outline. Also, if you add pieces to the side of the raft, make sure you can balance it on the other side because one time I added a base/floor on the side of my raft without thinking, and ended up having to sail lopsided back home lol. My raft looked like it'd been hit by a torpedo.

[TouriStarr]

Originally posted by Vikingr:

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Also, if you add pieces to the side of the raft, make sure you can balance it on the other side because one time I added a base/floor on the side of my raft without thinking, and ended up having to sail lopsided back home lol. My raft looked like it'd been hit by a torpedo.

Interesting. Bases should normaly support you raft. I've noticed collisions with swimming bases, which nearly sunk my raft half side.

[chumpymcchumperson]

Do you have to use the life raft to begin with ?.....I have two stick bases made and laying directly next to each other on the beach...when I go and try to build the floor, it stays red and says "to close to another structure to build"

[mral777]

Life raft is not needed to build the rafts


bases need to be away from other items in order to put the floors on.

But if you want a raft that is 2 bases wide and 2 bases long, you will want to follow Vikingr's post above. start with 1 base, then when crafting the second float the base "ghost" next to the existing base and it will snap into place and turn blue, place the base. rinse, repeat.

[chumpymcchumperson]

Got it...thank you everyone....one last thing though...Is there a way to either attach existing bases, or a way to dismantle ?

[TouriStarr]

Originally posted by chumpymcchumperson:

Got it...thank you everyone....one last thing though...Is there a way to either attach existing bases, or a way to dismantle ?

You can only destroy raft pieces with the axe.

[Lonesome 77]

Originally posted by TouriStarr:

Originally posted by Vikingr:

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Also, if you add pieces to the side of the raft, make sure you can balance it on the other side because one time I added a base/floor on the side of my raft without thinking, and ended up having to sail lopsided back home lol. My raft looked like it'd been hit by a torpedo.

Interesting. Bases should normaly support you raft. I've noticed collisions with swimming bases, which nearly sunk my raft half side.

It was the lopsided nature, I guess. Once I balanced it on the other side with another floor/base combo, it sailed fine.

[stretch]

Old post I know... Still a painful subject to figure out though.
I read a few posts and one thing nobody pointed out is that when you pull them up the beach the ground can count as the something that is stopping you building the base. Therefore it never highlights as buildable.
So the solution is to RMB hold and drag your raft/base up on a rock so the side you wish to attach to is sticking up into the air.