Upgrading: Solid Wood - Rotation?

[Kay@Play]

This is probably a stupid question and perhaps it's been already asked.
When upgrading to solid wood, I noticed the grains or the lines don't seem to go in the direction I want. Is there a way to fix this without destroying the foundation completely?

Also, it's a shame the triangle pieces don't have multiple options for the grain direction because there is no way around that one.

[IsLaxing]

To change the grain of the wood use R to rotate it.

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

"Z" will change the direction of the board lines.
it says it when you go to place the item to build.

[Kay@Play]

Originally posted by IsLaxing:

To change the grain of the wood use R to rotate it.

It only works if you're building brand new. It doesn't if you're upgrading unless you've rotated the original flooring into the position you wanted.

I did some testing in creative mode and that seems to be the case. Thanks for trying to help tho!

[IsLaxing]

If your replacing your original raft floor tiles choose the hammer, bottom option the far right option to replace it to full wood, then use the R key to choose wood grain direction.

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

Wait you can upgrade without destroy and build a new one?

I must have burnt through one Amazon Forest already.....

[Sigh-Phi-Guy]

Originally posted by ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

Wait you can upgrade without destroy and build a new one?

I must have burnt through one Amazon Forest already.....

you can, but if you upgrade a wall with boxes on it, they will all pop off and spill their contents everywhere!

[Kay@Play]

Originally posted by IsLaxing:

If your replacing your original raft floor tiles choose the hammer, bottom option the far right option to replace it to full wood, then use the R key to choose wood grain direction.

I tried your suggestion but it didn't work. Unless the original wood tile or foundation is rotated in the desired position, it doesn't work. Thank you anyway for trying to help!

[Kay@Play]

Originally posted by ❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃:

Wait you can upgrade without destroy and build a new one?

I must have burnt through one Amazon Forest already.....

If it makes you feel any better, it took me awhile to figure that out too. After that lesson, I ended up popping into creative to see what else I didn't know, lol

[sly~<3]

Came here from Google trying to figure out how to upgrade floors without ripping them out. Leaving still not knowing.

[Kay@Play]

Originally posted by sly~<3:

Came here from Google trying to figure out how to upgrade floors without ripping them out. Leaving still not knowing.

sly - use your hammer to upgrade the flooring. Go to the very bottom option in the hammer 'menu'. It's in the repair category - you have 3 options for upgrading.

The only thing is that if you want the planks to go in a particular direction, you're out of luck. You cannot change that unless you're building it fresh. When I build my raft in the first stages, I will often upgrade a few squares so I know which direction to build in.

[Kay@Play]

Originally posted by Sigh-Phi-Guy:

"Z" will change the direction of the board lines.
it says it when you go to place the item to build.

The "Z" thing - I wish I had paid better attention. That finally worked for me. I don't know if it wasn't working for me before or what but I did this recently and now I don't have funky pieces. So much appreciated!

[Agnati]

Originally posted by Kay@Play:

Originally posted by Sigh-Phi-Guy:

"Z" will change the direction of the board lines.
it says it when you go to place the item to build.

The "Z" thing - I wish I had paid better attention. That finally worked for me. I don't know if it wasn't working for me before or what but I did this recently and now I don't have funky pieces. So much appreciated!

Took me a little bit to figure out what the "Z" thing actually was. For anyone else wondering, when you're actually placing something like a triangular tile, tapping Z will mirror the pieces wood grain, then you can rotate it to be at the desired angle.