Perimiter wall question.

[maestro]

I've been doing a lot of research on forums and wiki but still not totally clear on this.

I have a tall base but it is narrow enough that a Trex head can easily reach halfway into it and thats no beuno. I want to make some kind of perimeter around the outside so that a big dino can't actually reach inside it with its head anymore.

Just wondering what the most costs effective solution for this would be. How high should it be? Will a wall just one unit high prevent dinos getting over it or can they climb over a wall 1 unit high?

Obviously metal would help against alphas but that's too costly for me right now.

I'm thinking a stone wall thats 1 unit high would be fine as long as a big carnivore doesn't just walk over it.

[Skulldust]

Rexes can walk over 1 high walls, Spinos think can walk over 2 high, and giga and bronto is maybe 3 high. would suggest at least 4 high to start then build to 6 high to stop titans.

[Hrodh]

A 3 high wall will prevent all but the largest carnivores to get in, a 1 wall high... wall will not do. The most cost effective but yet ugly solution is Dino gates.

[heroicidiot]

a 1 high wall is not gonna do anything. Pretty sure most large dinos can just walk on over if you try to put realism into a semi non realistic game

[Delhole]

I use pillars. Go 3 to 5 high and run them around your base. Just remember your dinos won't be able to get in or out either. You'll need a dino gate or behe gate somewhere

[maestro]

I made a stone wall 2 units high and a stone fence on top of that. (I just liked how it looked with the fence on top.) Will that fence count as a third wall or should I make it higher?

If titan comes again I'll just kill command it maybe cheap but I'm playing solo and don't have anywhere near the firepower to take one on.

[Aschran]

Just do a fence with small dino gateways :p

[maestro]

Originally posted by Aschram:

Just do a fence with gateways :p

I heard ppl do that but I already went a different route.

[Aschran]

We havea fence like this on our server
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=901328977

[Aschran]

Also maybe 50 gateways take less materials than 700 walls, i don't know but maybe ..

[maestro]

Cool base. And yeah I've heard because they are cheaper is why many people prefer gates over walls. Since I'm so new tho, this is my first play through basically a learning experience, I wanted to try with walls first.

Btw how can Spinos climb so high? Do they use there arms for grasping like a person or something?

[SteelFire]

Originally posted by Maestro4202:

Originally posted by Aschram:

Just do a fence with gateways :p

I heard ppl do that but I already went a different route.

If you're playing singleplayer, look into Structures Plus. It has some large (4 high) and behemoth (12 high) wall sections built in. It will also save you a lot of headaches with the grind, as all the structures can be picked up.

[MortVent]

For a nice option can use 2 standard walls, 1 window, topped with 1 doorway for a break from the plain old walls. unless you do like my and use regular foundations with walls on the inside and out with a roof to make them solid (with placements for turrets and dinos like the centepedes)

[Aschran]

Originally posted by Maestro4202:

Btw how can Spinos climb so high? Do they use there arms for grasping like a person or something?

Spinos are longer than trex and walk on 4 legs, so it give them more stance to climb walls

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->not sure if a 2 wall tall is enough for most predators, would say 3 wall tall

[SteelFire]

Originally posted by MortVent:

For a nice option can use 2 standard walls, 1 window, topped with 1 doorway for a break from the plain old walls. unless you do like my and use regular foundations with walls on the inside and out with a roof to make them solid (with placements for turrets and dinos like the centepedes)

The double wall is nice for aesthetics, plus it gives you a space to run utilities. I build my dino barns like that.

[Paroxyde]

If you are playing SP, use window frames instead of walls, it cost cheaper and only insects sometimes goes through.
Doorframe also works but the lowest level have to be a window frame, dilo and small pests like the thief dino and the angry night compy fits a through doorframe.