why cant i place doors inside building doorways?

[Ninja]

there are buildings with there doors removed. i can make doors, but i cant place the in the doorways. where is the logic behind that? (before you say it i know i can place the doors in the doorways i make)

[Mastima]

Half assed settlement implementation is the culprit. Mods or patches will hopefully fix it in the future, but for now we're boned.

[Blackwolfe]

Probably because there is nothing there to snap to. And doors need something to snap to in order to be placed I think.. which pretty much sucks. I wanted to put in new doors in Sanctuary but nope..

The settlements system is nice I guess but it lacks.. ALOT.

[Xander Tyrann]

i think buildings just don't have snap points. you need a snap point for a door. nothing more than that really.

[Arachnade]

Originally posted by Blackwolfe:

Probably because there is nothing there to snap to. And doors need something to snap to in order to be placed I think.. which pretty much sucks. I wanted to put in new doors in Sanctuary but nope..

The settlements system is nice I guess but it lacks.. ALOT.

+1

[Arachnade]

With the difficulty it takes to keep settlements at 100% id almost preffer spending caps on a premade 100% settlements and have an achievement for all to be at that instead.

[Ninja]

i cant even glitch them in a doorway. yet i can make a whole house place inside a tree

[Schmootzi]

You can use the console to fix that.

Hold the door in the position that you want it in.
Open console and click the door.
Use the following four commands:
getpos x
getpos y
getpos z
getangle z

Then place the door anywhere and enter these commands, replacing <#> with the positions displayed from the last 4 commands:

setpos x <#>
setpos y <#>
setpos z <#>
setangle z <#>

Finally, if the door looks fuzzy/is vibrating, just pick it back up and hit tab.

[Yhwach]

Without console, there's a metal doorway that you could use Inside of your walls.

[Ninja]

Originally posted by SchmootzitheClod:

You can use the console to fix that.

Hold the door in the position that you want it in.
Open console and click the door.
Use the following four commands:
getpos x
getpos y
getpos z
getangle z

Then place the door anywhere and enter these commands, replacing <#> with the positions displayed from the last 4 commands:

setpos x <#>
setpos y <#>
setpos z <#>
setangle z <#>

Finally, if the door looks fuzzy/is vibrating, just pick it back up and hit tab.

im on console, so, ironically i cant use console commands.

Originally posted by Scarecrow:

Without console, there's a metal doorway that you could use Inside of your walls.

oh cool, ill try that

[RasterOps]

Originally posted by SchmootzitheClod:

You can use the console to fix that.
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These vids are very helpful but SchmootzitheClod's console method is probably superior.

I used the video method to place a door in a ruined home where there was no doorway. I similarly placed walls on either side of the door. The door opens and closes normally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGxg4yjby1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Nz05iOvFU