possible to make roads?

[Varlus]

can you prevent trees from regrowing by placing pillars? I want to make a road through the swamp in order to have a safe passage.

[psychomochiie2]

i believe pillars, foundations and fence foundations will prevent resources from respawning in a radius (range wise depends on your server settings).

[Varlus]

Originally posted by psychomochiie2:

i believe pillars, foundations and fence foundations will prevent resources from respawning in a radius (range wise depends on your server settings).

thank you

[psychomochiie2]

np :)

[Kazarl]

just remember it will prevent dinos spawning as well and theres a few creatures that only spawn in swamp

[Leslie]

Place a stack of 3 pillars. Put a ceiling on top. Walk forward 8 to 10 steps (count the sounds). Place another pillar/ceiling set. Continue on placing pillar/ceiling sets until you reach your destination. Clear the resources out as you go. For a fancy throughway, add a torch to every other pillar (Auto Torch mod recommended). This also helps at night and in fog, even when flying. Note that this is not recommended for PVP ... attracts transients and uncouth individuals.

Why 3 pillars? To get the ceiling up high enough that your dinos on follow won't get hung up on them.

Pay attention to the terrain and follow a path that allows good visibilty. Nothing like coming around a turn or over a crest and finding 5 Dire Wolves waiting......

[Zaphod4th]

a safe passage ? lol

creatures from other spawn zones will visit your "safe" road for sure.

[Nesh21311]

Originally posted by psychomochiie2:

i believe pillars, foundations and fence foundations will prevent resources from respawning in a radius (range wise depends on your server settings).

confirmed

[Frostbringer]

if you have the time and support from other members on your Ark, roads can be fun to make.

Railings work out well if you want to try your hand at Doed riding races. That was something we did when they introduced the new dino.

[ntengineer]

I created an elevated highway through the swamp once. Just using pillars won't make it safe, as animals will wander into your "safe" zone. When I did it I did the elevated highway so that creatures wouldn't wander onto it (the occasional paracer still did). It took a lot of work and a lot of metal but I did it. I made the road 3 ceilings wide and it was about 5 pillars high to start. I even put railings on it. Was pretty cool.