Survival building - Having an issue with floors

[Wulfrahven]

Started off playing the game in creative mode, and then thought I'd like to see what survival is all about. I turned off barbarians because I don't need that kinda hassle when trying to learn myself something. ;)

Anyway, couldn't figure out how to make foundations, so I came here and found out about wood supports. Awesome! That was killing me for a bit. Also put some walls up (this was before wood supports so they're just standing on the ground.

My issue is trying to put down floors and walls on the wood supports. The floors, they don't connect. So I end up having a bunch of floor sections all overlapping each other. And to top it off, I can't build walls on top of the supports!

If someone could give me a nudge in the right direction I'd appreciate it! I've answered so many questions I've had by searching these forums, but if this answer is here somewhere I can't for the life of me find it.

Thanks!

[Ivan]

Hello Wulkfrahven,

You need to place the walls first and then attach the floors to the walls at this time.. I am hoping a in future update this will be fixed.

I have a great weekend,
-Ivan

[Wulfrahven]

Thanks for the reply, Ivan!

The problem I'm having is that I can't build walls on the wood supports. They're all in place, and they all connected to each other, but when I try to place a wall it won't let me place it, it's always red.

It's possible I'm not placing it correctly, but if not then I have no idea how to place it correctly as I've moved the all all over those supports!

[Zabard]

Be sure you're not standing on the tile you are trying to build on. Use ctrl + mouse wheel to move how far away you try to place the block (floor/wall etc).

[d-dubs]

Being inside the block you're trying to build never works in Survival. Sometimes you have to be looking up at the mount point for floors. Other times you can point to the edge of an adjacent already built block and it will let you build next to that one. Usually not with floors, but sometimes horizontally rotating the block moves it into the position you want (adjacent block) because of how it aligns with other things around it. Lastly, I've found that being in 3rd person perspective can help. I'm usually in first person when I build.

[Wulfrahven]

Thanks for the replies!

Yeah, I make sure I'm not standing on the block I'm trying to put the wall on. It's just odd that I can build a wall on the ground and it snaps in place, but when I try on the supports, nothing happens.

I'll try standing on the ground and trying to get a better view. I also use first person, but I'll give third a shot to see if that helps.

Also wasn't aware of the ctrl+mouse wheel, I'll give that a shot.

[Wulfrahven]

Ok this is odd, I can now place walls on the supports - sometimes. Sometimes it works if I'm on the ground, sometimes it works when I'm on the support itself.

I'm wondering if it was just an issue with placement, but I swear in the hour and a half I was trying I got every possible angle!

Thanks again for the help all!

[d-dubs]

If you're building on top of a Timber or Stone pillar, being off on another block and then pointing the crosshairs onto the surface of the pillar you're trying to build onto will activate it as long as your character won't occupy the same block you're trying to build. Sometimes I'll build a ladder (not fully constructed stairs) to reach hard to get to places in Survival.

[Regnilse]

A screenshot would be helpfull

[Zabard]

Also (I have not quite understood the reason why myself), when you get the problem with building, try holding the shift key. In different situations, it will toggle between building in the actual block you are pointing at, and building in the adjacent/above/below block. At what time the game proposes to build in the actual block pointed at or next to is, is quite confusing.

[lucyrocketdog]

I have had similar difficulties with wooden foundations. Walls and floors and stairs don't always want to click into position. Sometimes I get it to work and other times I can't.

[Wulfrahven]

Originally posted by Regnilse:

A screenshot would be helpfull

Believe it or not, I tried getting a screenshot - and that's when the walls started to snap. :P Whatever angle I was trying to use to get the screenshot was the one I needed to get them to snap in place.

I've noticed that it can get a bit finicky where you put them, and I'm starting to get the hang of it.

[Old_Gamer]

Holding the shift key did it for me. Thanks !!

[Tryst49]

Placement is a bit fussy at times.

I was trying to place a rope between two landscaping stakes and sometimes it would snap and other times, I had to move position slightly to make it snap. Another one snapped to the stake when I was on the ground under the foundation it stood on, the next one I needed to connect it to, I had to use fly ability to get up onto the foundation to make it snap, both foundations under the stakes were at the same height out of the ground.

I've noticed the same with walls, sometimes, you stand one side and it snaps in perfectly, the next one, you have to walk around to stand on the other side to make it snap. I had already toggled the build mode and I wasn't standing on the tile it was being placed on so that wasn't the issue.

[Drikon]

The thing you can build wooden floors on top of is called a Wooden-Structure.
I call unbuilt structures "frames" like framing during building a real-life house. The frames look like a bunch of sticks in the shape of a cube.

Place and build a Wooden Structure into the ground all by itself. The floor will eventually go on top of this.

What not to do:
Select "Floor" from your hotbar to build a floor frame. Point the mouse at the built Wooden Structure. Note there is a white frame around the Wooden Structure. This means you are about to place a "Floor" "frame" at the bottom of that Wooden Structure underground, not the top of it where we want the floor. Doing so will wastefully use sticks but LMB clicking will then show a white box around the Wooden Structure and we can then place the floor on top of the wooden structure. We don't want to waste sticks and have unbuilt structures to slow our PCs down. So don't LMB click. Unselect the floor from you hotbar (press the number-key again to turn that off).

Instead place, but do not build, another Wooden Structure; a.k.a a wooden-structure frame on TOP of the first finished Wooden-Structure.

Now select "Floor" in your hotbar.

While pointing your mouse at the unbuilt-wooden-structure-frame, you will see the ghosted-floor image.

Or, if your feet is above but off to the side and out of the "block" area of the built-Wooden-Structure you can point your mouse at the closest-top-wooden beam of the built Wooden Structure.

Click to place the unbuilt-floor-frame. Now point your mouse at the unbuilt wooden-structure frame and then click RMB to deconstruct and remove that unbuilt-wooden-structure-frame to get it out of the way. Now you can finish building your floor with a mallet or hammer.

To continue building more floors, while standing at the same level or above that floor, and standing outside of the block you are point at AND the block you want to build the floor in, point your mouse to the edge of a floor you want to build more floors NEXT too.

[Drikon]

There is a Options setting before loading a local game that is "build-mode" The default is "single block". Hovering your mouse of that setting will tell you about Shift and Shift-Ctrl. So with "single-block" building mode set; holding down Shift+Ctrl and LMB clicking while having a floor or wooden-structure selected in your hotbar will place all the items in a plane as you point your mouse at different places (for each click of the mouse).