What exactly prevents spawning?

[filpolo]

Hi all,
I'm trying to figure out exactly what structures prevent spawning in an area around them. Foundations block spawning. Pillars by themselves don't block spawning.

But pillars-with-ceilings? As an experiment, I build a *really* tall pillar with a ceiling on top. The ceiling is far enough from the ground that it shouldn't block, but it seems that the base of the pillar is blocking spawns - of rocks and trees, at least. Bushes seem to still spawn around the base of the pillar. Can blocking be selective?

I'd like to make a pillar-supported platform on top of an underwater cave, for navigation and logistics, but it seems that doing so would prevent the cave resources from respawning, because the base of the pillar would become spawn-blocking as soon as I built something on the top. Correct?

Any other structures that block spawning?

[Seve]

Im not sure if the cave resources will be blocked. At least oil does respawn unless u build directly on top of it (even foundations dont block it).

[iDash]

Pillars with ceilings shouldnt block spawns,
it kinda defeats the purpose of putting something on pillars!~

Anyway,
Foundations on a high cliff, or like U did ceiling high on pillars shouldnt wipe the spawns of stuff way below it either, hopefully they fix the height issue too!

Fence foundations shouldnt block stuff 30 feet away either,
10 feet at most,

Its bs

We need less stuff blocking stuff from spawning
its like a desert
where my base is

[VA gamer]

According to some tests run by some players on official servers, adding anything to a pillar blocks spawns in similar fashion to foundation.

[Armpiercer]

A ceiling on as pillar acts exactly like a foundation, becasue that is how it is being used. A foundation has a specific circumference around it that will prevent regrowth and prevent dino spawns. Pillars with ceilings will do the same. Just plain pillars do not prevent regrowth or dino spawns.

As for the elevation, I am not sure. I would have to believe that the circumference would act in all directions, so if the ceiling is high enough, it "theoretically" should not affect spawns.

[margalus]

Originally posted by iDash:

Pillars with ceilings shouldnt block spawns,
it kinda defeats the purpose of putting something on pillars!~

It doesn't defeat the purpose at all. If ceilings on pillars did not block spawns, my bridges across rivers would be destroyed....