Green, yellow, orange and red colors when building ceilings, roofs, etc.

[heusmich]

Hi @all,

I have a question regarding building in Conan Exiles.
I started building a larger base and now I wanted to close the ground-floor with ceilings. But I noticed that when I set the first ceiling on the wall, the color of the building hologram is green. In the next row when I´m two ceilings away from the wall, the color changes to yellow. And in the third and fourth row it is orange and red. In the fifth row I can´t place ceilings anymore. The same is for the root, I can´t close the roof because I can´t place roof parts anymore.
So my question is, is there a possibility to finish the ceilings and the roofs? I tried to place some pillars as a bracing but this didn´t help. Or I made something wrong, also possible.
Can anybody help me in this case?

Best regards
heusmich

[Solomon Hawk]

The color changes relating to the position represent the amount of stability it has for the position you want to place it.
Placing roof pieces (or ceiling tiles) have a basic range limit depending on how much stability the main supporting structure has.
Usual limit in a straight line from an anchor point, without support from underneath it is about 4 pieces. You won't be able to place a 5th piece unless you can support it from underneath via pillars.
One possible way to get around that (if you have a cross section = to 5 square is to build from both sides and meet in the middle. It will not be as stable, but it will hold unless one of your anchor walls are destroyed.
Anything greater than 5 pieces across will require additional support.

[Multigun]

What Solomon Hawk said. Hold tab (with nothing actively equipped in the hot bar) when near a building to see stability number. Or use a repair hammer

[Lerch Addams]

Solomon Hawk sir, just got an award for a well written, helpful post.

Well done.