Roll cover question

[[Taurus]Ateros]

Why i cant put like wall behind the cover ? i place cover inside then i want to have wall outside on top of it and it just blocks it and cant build it why ?

[Duke Leto]

I actually second this question. ATM, the roll cover can only put at frame behind it. Since the roll cover is obviously for "aesthetic" purposes to cover up electronics - it kinda defeats the point if you cannot make the other side of the cover into a nice wall.

If you can fit a frame behind the cover - it would seem you could fit a wall as well. Seems like a bug - but I guess it's probably minor as it is mostly aesthetic issue.

[MATY4578]

Ive always asked the same question. But the only thing I cant tell, I could be wrong, but in the 400 hours or so in game the roll cover acts as a wall when placed. But still does not explain why you cant cap the back side of the cover with a wall, I try to keep them to isolated areas or "server rooms" in my bases to avoid other build issues.

[bond069wr]

I might be wrong but I believe it has to do with the collision box in the game, every part has a collision box, obviously you can't see that box, only the development team when they are making the parts of the game can see it in the models. Can it be fixed, in short....yes, there are often ways to work around a given problem, sometimes the fix is easy and other times not so easy as it may cause other issues, however that doesn't mean it's impossible. will they fix it? who knows.

Therefore, if a roll cage door is placed on a exterior wall when opened it would allow atmosphere to pass through, thus the requirement is needed for a block frame to be placed behind the roll cage, again this is just a theory I have, I might be wrong about that, only the Dev's could explain the reason as to why we are not allowed to place a roll cage on a wall rather than a block frame.

[Sharidan]

If I recall correctly, the roll cover is technically derived from doors. While passage through the roll cover is not possible, the wall placement manager might still believe that it's a door thus preventing placement of walls. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say the frame placement has some sort of exception added to allow frame placement on the "behind" side of the roll cover.

It would definitely be a nice thing to have the option to place walls on the back side of the roll cover - perhaps a report on the bug tracker might eventually add this "nice to have" option.

[Duke Leto]

Originally posted by Sharidan:

If I recall correctly, the roll cover is technically derived from doors. While passage through the roll cover is not possible, the wall placement manager might still believe that it's a door thus preventing placement of walls. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say the frame placement has some sort of exception added to allow frame placement on the "behind" side of the roll cover.

It would definitely be a nice thing to have the option to place walls on the back side of the roll cover - perhaps a report on the bug tracker might eventually add this "nice to have" option.

Actually I tested this with the other doors in a door kit -- AND every door allows placement of a FRAME on one side of the door. This means that you can actually put a frame inside of a manual airlock if you want. The "powered" doors allow placement of frames on the NON cable side.

I wonder if this exception for ALL doors is because of the "composite roll cover" -- maybe they should just move the roll cover to a "wall kit" instead of a "door kit." After all, doors visually take "both" wall spots and putting a frame on one side almost defeats the purpose - it also creates visual artifacts.

Secondly, the roll cover is more of a wall than a door - it blocks movement/airflow - and is just a nice wall to cover electronics. My vote would be for the "wall kit" with the other "composite" walls, and make it so you can back it with another wall.

[What Trigger]

bump to have this added to a fix list?