Shutters do not place properly

[Berzerker Jay]

They used to work great. One of the recent updates seems to have changed this. I've noticed it with a previous character from a couple months ago, I believe, and now I just built and rebuilt two faulty shutters. It appears to be an aesthetic issue, I hope, but basically the shutter is not connecting properly with its adjacent pieces.

I have a suspicion this may be based on connecting a shutter to a corner section, but I don't have enough time left before winter with this character to build a bigger house to test if this is the case right now.

Anyway, love the game and just wanted to make sure this is reported.

[Berzerker Jay]

Well why have I never had the issue before, given that I never build the ceiling before the walls, and given that the code makes doing so a little complicated?

I've got 300 hours of playing time on this one install. It's not my first cabin in the woods.

[Berzerker Jay]

If this is as intended....

[Berzerker Jay]

It's always simply gone in line with my other walls before. I have never laid flooring and ceiling first. Up until recently it has never been a problem, but I am now no longer building shutters. If this is how it's intended to work, and I've had to rebuild the shutter twice plus a replacement wall, plus an adjoining wall that got partially demolished in the frustration, then it is really poorly designed.

I don't want to argue this. Yes, it appears to be a bug. If it's not a bug then it is a design flaw. If someone is going to tell me this is the way it must be, then I'd rather hear that from someone who makes such decisions, and then I'll make my decision about how playing without shutters impacts my enjoyment of the game. This argument is silly.

[Berzerker Jay]

Thank you for your opinion. No I am not following your advice because I do not agree with it. Cheers.

[Privateer]

Originally posted by Berzerker Jay:

If someone is going to tell me this is the way it must be, then I'd rather hear that from someone who makes such decisions,

Have a nice day

[Erkka of Enormous Elk]

What actually is your problem, Berzerker Jay?

While you are constructing your building, some of the shutter tiles might get wrongly displayed - but the game will automatically correct that later on, once you get the floor and ceiling built.

Do you mean that you are not happy with the shutter tiles being visually wrong, and this bothers you so badly that you'd rather not build shutters at all?

Or do you mean that you don't agree with Privateer that the shutter tiles are eventually going to get their visual appearance automatically corrected once you've built the floor and ceiling after the walls?

[Berzerker Jay]

So far I haven't seen it correct. Last time I built my entire cabin, but this time when it started happening I just dismantled and rebuilt without after another failed attempt. What Privateer is saying isn't matching with my experience, but if that is the code I can try again on my next building. To do so I'll likely have to make it through Winter first or else begin a new character, I think, though.

[Erkka of Enormous Elk]

Dismantling and rebuilding won't help the shutter tiles to get correctly displayed. What helps is completing the rest of the cabin. So, while the cabin is still partially completed, one just needs to ignore some of the shutter tiles being incorrectly displayed, and just calmy work towards completing all the walls, floors and ceiling. Eventually the shutters tiles will automatically align themselves once the game has enough data to figure out which way the shutter tiles should be displayed. That is how it is coded to work.

[Berzerker Jay]

Hmm...well, I'll give it a try, but I have to admit that's a really clunky way to code it. From a player's perspective who doesn't know the secret code, it just looks bugged. I wouldn't have dismantled and rebuilt so many times between this game and the previous one if that were obvious in any way.

[Berzerker Jay]

Maybe have an intermediary bit of logic to the code where it will 'guess' that the shutter should connect to the adjacent wall? If it's next to a corner, obviously it extends in that direction from the corner, and it's next to a regular wall instead of a corner, obviously it continues the same path as the wall.

But when it starts wrapping around a corner, it just looks bugged. It's a rough expectation to put on a player that they should continue playing with the expectation that it will fix without any indication that this will happen.

[Berzerker Jay]

Like, the only reason I now know this is how it's coded is because I reported the issue as a bug....

[Erkka of Enormous Elk]

We apologize for the inconvenience

[Berzerker Jay]

Sorry, just thought the feedback could help. This has been a little more awkward than I expected from the start.

[A.Town.B.Rock]

Hi just wanted to report I had the same issue. When placing a shutter in an east-west wall it at first displays correct alignment while building then upon completion it is placed wrong in a north-south direction. Bizarrely the opposite happens when placing the shutter in a north south wall it displays wrong while building then is right upon completion. Demolished and rebuilt twice to no avail. Will continue building my 4x5 cabin and see if finishing all walls doors floors etc causes it to figure out correct alignment like you say bezerker. Cheers

[Privateer]

Originally posted by ViolenceJack:

Hi just wanted to report I had the same issue. When placing a shutter in an east-west wall it at first displays correct alignment while building then upon completion it is placed wrong in a north-south direction. Bizarrely the opposite happens when placing the shutter in a north south wall it displays wrong while building then is right upon completion. Demolished and rebuilt twice to no avail. Will continue building my 4x5 cabin and see if finishing all walls doors floors etc causes it to figure out correct alignment like you say bezerker. Cheers

Place floor/ceiling to properly orient shutter wall.