Making concrete buildings

[GameplayerX]

So, I build up a 4 sided building. OK. Then I simply want to put on the ceiling panels, but NO, they will not match the dimensions of the walls. So I rotate them around and they still will not match the wall widths on one side. The overhang on one side looks to be about the width of one of the small slim columes (sp?) but I fooled around trying to use those in the corners to no avail. It is like the panel rotates but the length and width does not change accordingly. Has anyone else had this issue? I could use some good hints on how to take the ceiling panels and use them to completely cover the walled in area. I am using the same wall type so all wall widths should be the same I would assume.

Also, is there any good ways to get electricity lines into houses? At the moment I only end up with wires hanging down in everyones face.

TX

[JimmyLurks]

You'll need to pay attention to how the walls snap to each other and the floors. They can snap in a few ways even tho it might appear to snap the same. Try to replace the walls without having them resnap to the uneven side.

For electricity, you could try to use the ceiling power conduits and put one on either side of a door to get a line inside?

[TheNimbian]

I like concrete because you can make alot more kinds of buildings then with the wood or metal however the snap system is finiky as hell.

if you want your roof tiles to sit in flush then you need to off set the walls off the base so they hang over the side. use the One by One Concrete Piller to fill in the Corners and fill in the roof.
if it sits on a concrete pad (wood or actual concrete top) you can also sheath the building with the wall tiles to get the seamless look. if it helps

Walls
the Piller is 1x1
the Short wall is 1x4
the Long wall (and the rest of the walls) are 1x8

Floor and Celing
the Small tiles are 4x4
the Large tiles are 8x8

There is a floor tile that will act as both roof and floor like the wooden one.
the rest is just math. :)

[SIlverblade-T-E]

I posted yesterday some tips on all this :)

note to get power into a building, either use the concrete wall with windows, so you can pass lines through it
or
put the wooden roof on top that has a notch cut out
that will let you put a power line through the roof, I use small woooden connector on roof, then that connects to a wall connector inside just below roof

[SIlverblade-T-E]

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[karmavirus]

The easiest way to get the concrete walls to snap into place in the right dimensions is to use a floor tile to set the first corner. When you connect the concrete walls to it, note that there will be one tiny little square in the corner between them that it missing. You can fill that part in with the tiny square post concrete wall. Concrete walls and posts can also snap to different spots on the side without having to make a perfect corner, instead you can make T sections which is fun when making room seperations. Sadly, the roofs are all standard floor square sized, so you have to space it perfectly for a proper room. Now what you can also to is make a temporary stairway upwards to lay down floor tiles in lieu of roofs, and there are wooden options of floor tiles (small wooden floor) that are 1/4 the size of normal floors. That can allow you to make rooms a little more dynamic.

I am finding concrete to be the most versatile to build with, but it can also be frustrating. One thing is that the walls can sink into the dirt ground if you aren't snapping it to a floor tile. That can be annoying, but also useful when making long walls around your settlement on uneven terrain. Also you can easily put down a wall segment and snap another wall segment ON TOP of it, allowing you to make taller walls! This particularly useful for me making secure buildings filled with shops, as the top tier stores have signage that's too tall for standard wood and steel constructions.