Building not classed as "indoors"

[[FIRM]EagLeTaLoN]

For some reason only 8 of the 100 foundations in my large structure are being seen as "indoors" ( the house icon on the right side of the screen) Can anyone tell me why this is or what i need to do to my structure to fix it? Without the "house" the dino can still be killed from the outside, but with the House the dino takes no damage. Thanks

[Tekamo]

I would also like to know this as my new base does not seem to count as a house..

[Daxamar]

You need ceilings for it to count as a shelter.

[Iron Lion]

I hae the same problem, rain comes throug and ♥♥♥♥ too right?. Seems to happend if you build on the floor above mostly happens when you use ramps as a sloped roof. Most of my house counts as outside even though im in the 1st out of 3 stories so thats like 3 ceelings and the the sloped roof between me and the sky and it still counts as outside.

[[FIRM]EagLeTaLoN]

here is a screenshot of my castle. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=501492102 Yes rain comes in half of it. and only the 2nd floor is counted.

[Iron Lion]

Yeah for me this is one of the most piss anoying imersion breaking things in the game atm. I know it sounds stupid but rain in my house all the damn time make me feel like merlin in a guest room. I hope they fix it soon.

[Calisthra]

Yes, I'm ressurecting an ancient thread but it seems to have gotten relevant to me lately.

I've build a rather large structure, outside dimensions of 15x10x12. I can stand in some places and the shelter icon will eventually come on, others it may be on for a while then off. I've gone to great lengths to assure the snap points are where they need to be for enclosure. Can't say how many times I've has to rip sections out to be sure the walls were attaching to the right points.

Is this still a problem with larger complex structures? not that it really matters for this one in the southern half of the map but when I build up in the snow biome it may be a problem.

[MIYUKI]

Originally posted by FIRM twitch.tv/EagLeTaLoN713:

For some reason only 8 of the 100 foundations in my large structure are being seen as "indoors" ( the house icon on the right side of the screen) Can anyone tell me why this is or what i need to do to my structure to fix it? Without the "house" the dino can still be killed from the outside, but with the House the dino takes no damage. Thanks

i believe any house higher than 5? or perhaps 6 walls high will not receive the "House" buff

[EvilTrev]

I always have this problem when I have a gate as an entry point into my main base structure. I think it has something to do with the way the walls don't snap properly to the top of the gate frame.

Whenever I build a structure with just doorways as entry points it doesn't seem to happen.

[MortVent]

also seems to happen when the area is 2 or more walls high

[Creotor]

Originally posted by MortVent:

also seems to happen when the area is 2 or more walls high

Haven't had a house two walls high in over 8 months, but had a 6 high base which for the most part did show as indoors. My current 12 high base doesn't shows as indoors anywhere. Not sure what the cutoff is, but it's probably 8-10.

[willemstowi]

to have the house icon you must stay inside 4 walls high and 7 foundations wide.

[Mike Rubik]

You need a wall in line with yourself within 6 (or maybe 5) tiles in each of the 4 main directions, and a roof tile above the tile you are standing on. I think the roof height is 4 walls.. but 6 walls is too high I think.. It;s been a while

So you can have a 13x13 (11x11?) cross shape with a single wall at the end of each arm and one ceiling above the middle of the cross and it's a "house" if you stand on the middle tile. It looks like wide open space but it works.
Easy enough to test it out as you build... can always add a single tile safety layer in between anyway.

"Without the "house" the dino can still be killed from the outside, but with the House the dino takes no damage."
I didnt know this! Awesome...

For a decent sized base to take advantage of the house it sounds like a series of garages with a central corridor and the entrances to the rooms staggered might be is best. then the walls from the opposite side of the corridor count.