Gates open the wrong way?

[captain403]

Just a minor quibble, but it seems the gatehouse in the village fortification opens the wrong way. It is braced on one side, but opens toward the other. Assuming you have the bracing inward (as you generally would in a gate like this), that means the gate opens outward, which, from a defensive point of view has several major flaws.

See screenshot here, the bracing is facing the inside, the gate opens outside.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3430827718

[Doc_Hotpants]

A gate opening outward is safer than opening inward (as the latter allows for more force to be used from the outside). But even apart from that, just turn the gate around before placing it? Use the ALT key or the arrows around the gate before/after placing it.

Edit: I've already been corrected on this and now understand the finer details of gate warfare strategy :)

[ash]

Originally posted by Doc_Hotpants:

A gate opening outward is safer than opening inward (as the latter allows for more force to be used from the outside). But even apart from that, just turn the gate around before placing it? Use the ALT key or the arrows around the gate before/after placing it.

Not much force needed if you can just destroy the edges or the hinges.

[captain403]

Originally posted by Doc_Hotpants:

just turn the gate around before placing it?

Then the bracing is on the wrong side.

Originally posted by ash:

Not much force needed if you can just destroy the edges or the hinges.

Exactly.

[Doc_Hotpants]

Originally posted by captain403:

Originally posted by Doc_Hotpants:

just turn the gate around before placing it?

Then the bracing is on the wrong side.

Originally posted by ash:

Not much force needed if you can just destroy the edges or the hinges.

Exactly.

I stand corrected, thanks. I'm clearly not a gate expert.

However, the gates can still be turned around whichever way you want them to before committing to building them :)

[Slye_Fox]

Originally posted by Doc_Hotpants:

A gate opening outward is safer than opening inward

Except it's not, as to close the gate you would need to go OUTSIDE your defences, into the open where you could easily be fired upon.
With the gate opening inwards, you are behind cover while pushing it closed.

[Phytoseiulus Persimilis]

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

With the gate opening inwards, you are behind cover while pushing it closed.

But this gate can't even be closed. You can even remove it completely and it will have no effect.

[Bored Peon]

Ok, think of it this way.....back then they forced doors open with battering rams and to reinforce a door they had a beam go across it to strengthen it.

If the doors open on the outside then the beam becomes useless and the ram becomes unnecessary.

I would have thought someone would have nitpicked this for wooden fence gates first since they affect which side of the fence the posts are on.

[Slye_Fox]

Originally posted by Phytoseiulus Persimilis:

Originally posted by Slye_Fox:

With the gate opening inwards, you are behind cover while pushing it closed.

But this gate can't even be closed. You can even remove it completely and it will have no effect.

I was talking about real life, not in-game.

[Ishimuro]

well its not my place to judge how you fortify your doors to your home and maybe you need to cover that stuff at your current location, but for ingame "beauty" concerns i would say, make a suggestion to have both options or to be able to mirror buildings (i rly would like to be able to mirror stuff, not only rotate)