How do you build big ramps?

[Iriath Zhul]

I'm trying to build a wooden down from my cliffside; I've seen people do it and am looking at pictures but don't get how it's done.

I've started from a foundation at the top, but my wooden ramps run out of foundation support. That's fine, except I'm not allowed to attach ANYTHING to them, certainly not wooden pillars. And if you build a pillar up from the ground so it intersects the ramp, it still doesn't work.

So how do you do it?

[Ryko Nailo]

You can build pillars from ceilings DOWN towards the ground for support, it does intersect the ceiling a bit, some people know how to build around that (I think its just placing a ceiling ontop of the intersecting bit but I am not certain).

Or honestly might just be worth it to wait for elevators

[Iriath Zhul]

I tried the ceiling thing but you can't attach ceilings to ramps, apparently...not at the bottom of them, anyhow.

[walkman2189]

They dont have to be touching each other. Just under your ramp must be foundation or pillar with ceiling on it

[Iriath Zhul]

Originally posted by walk.man2189:

They dont have to be touching each other. Just under your ramp must be foundation or pillar with ceiling on it

Okay, I'll try the pillar w/ ceiling. Just a pillar didn't do it, can confirm.

[elijahwan]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=474432779

speaking from experiance...its a ♥♥♥♥♥. you will have to keep going from teh ground up and then the top down---and even then sometimes stuff just doesn't want to match up. this was the best i could do at the time.

now...i am waiting for elevators, lol

[Iriath Zhul]

Originally posted by walk.man2189:

They dont have to be touching each other. Just under your ramp must be foundation or pillar with ceiling on it

Yeah, that doesn't work. Just tried it; ceiling under ramp by about 1 foot. No dice.

[Iriath Zhul]

Okay, anyway, thanks for the advice. I guess I'll just make a bunch of separate "ramps" and try to keep them aligned. It's a pretty huge project so I wanted to make sure I wasn't chasing an impossibility first.

[LastChime]

Maybe try a sloped ceiling? Might be worse though idk I have trouble getting them to count as actual ceilings nvm support.

[Iriath Zhul]

Well, I figured out an easy way to do it, although it's derpy as all get out and looks preposterous. Good thing the devs plan on adding an elevator, although I'd also appreciate proper ramp support.

1) Build a foundation at the base of where you want the top of the ramp to be, or maybe just off the cliff edge (you can fill in any gaps with platforms later).
2) Build pillars up to the top where the ramp should start it, and cap it with a ceiling/roof.
3) Back at the initial foundation, attach a ceiling to the lowest pillar you can, then just build that out across the ground in the direction you want the ramp to go. You can use single pillars to keep it tethered so this thing can extend as far as you like.
4) Now you can build the ramp to any length you want from up top; the chain of ceilings/pillars below will count as the foundation.

[Bob]

There is no clean way to do it. Simply put; this game's building system is infuriating and extremely limiting. Has to be a jagged slope downward with ceilings, and there is no way around that painful fact.

Here is to hoping we get a building overhaul sometime in the near future. Easily one of the worst features of the game right now if you ask me.

[sw204me]

Tried to build a ramp system today, how I found this discussion and yeah, the building in the game is insanely limiting, frustrating, and buggy. Pillars go halfway through each other, through panels, stuff doesn't match up or snap correctly, let's hope the building gets a nice hard look before the game is released.

[Jimmy NoShoes]

Ramps are a bit annoying, and having to build ceilings and pillars constantly just to continue the building slope down can get tedius. It wouldn't be so bad if they made 'Ramp Pillars' perhaps... pillars designed specifically for ramps so you could create a smooth slope downwards with no oddities and ugliness.

Anyway, here is how i've done my down the cliff by red obelisk.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=521423503

[Iriath Zhul]

Originally posted by walk.man2189:

They dont have to be touching each other. Just under your ramp must be foundation or pillar with ceiling on it

This is actually correct, but the pillar w/ ceiling must be attached to the ramp at some point, even if it's very far away (this defies physics, so you know you're on teh right track).
R = ramp P = pillar C = ceiling A = air

R
PR
PAR
PAAR
PAAAR
CCCCC
PAPAP

You can make the ramp as long as you want using this method; it just looks funny because you end up with a huge open space between the beginning pillar and where the ramp meets the ground.

*edit* argh it deleted my spaces