Silly Question: Does the arrow on the wooden gate point in or out?

[Capo Rip]

I'm either dumb or dyslexic and can't tell. In other words when building the gate an arrow is displayed. Is it meant to point into your base or out of it?does the arrow

[Kangama]

I'd say it needs to point out and away from the down as the doors close in the opposite direction of the arrow and it would be easy to break in if you had to just push them inwards. In terms of usability in-game, I don't think it makes a difference?

[Capo Rip]

That's fair, though the doors to houses open in. I'm going with that.

[RDR]

Originally posted by Capo Rip:

I'm either dumb or dyslexic and can't tell. In other words when building the gate an arrow is displayed. Is it meant to point into your base or out of it?does the arrow

Doors open outwards for gates.

[Ghostlight]

The arrow should point INTO your base. Counter-intuitive I know as the gates now open inward which would make them weaker in the real world. However when you sound the alarm for raiders the defenders will always gather on the side of the gate that the arrow was pointing at.

Assuming you want your defenders inside the village during the raid, the arrow should point in. [Maybe you don't, and you'd want your defenders gathered outside the gate, ready to engage asap, I never thought about it before]

[Aieonae]

So far had been building them with doors facing inwards, in one part the door to my home and rooms face inwards as to avoid hitting folks you cannot whilst opening the gate.

But it should not matter much as both works for me as I never closes my gate.

[Varick]

Gate doors open inward because - hinges are then on the inside, easier to push close than pull close and those closing are protected, gate doors are barred not locked so you need the bar inside. While it may not matter in a game, I think opening inward is more realistic. just my thought.

[martiño]

From the game point of view doesnt matter

[TsPok]

Gates are made to protect village and to resist breaking out. It is much easy to break a door from outside if it opens inside. Just push harder or to take a run and you may break door hinge or door bar as they are weak links. If doors opens outside you have to pull it or break the door itself.

Doors in the houses are openning inside to make sure you'll not stuck at home after snowfall or enemy prop the door to fire you in your house.


Closer to game.
Arrows in all other buildings are directing outside. Why gates has to be an exception?

[Aieonae]

Funny, that this can be a point of contention,

Up front thanks for dev mentioned of no effect.

[Aieonae]

You can hinge a door in many ways they still offers protection no matter how its hinge.

Modern army camp gates swivel both ways

So does ancient gatehouses gates as longer as they are in the premise, of whichever is not a danger and or an obstruction of traffic or to its user, they do normally have 2 or more sets though.

As long as, it can close its a good defendable door, no matter if it open inside or outside(structure plays no part).

Worth noting:
The arrow does consume a square making it less a chance to get invalid isolated placements in walled regions.

[Asharru]

For me it just depends on where you want your defenders to stand when getting assaulted, i prefer having the arrows inwards as all the defenders gather there. so when raiders brake through the gate they face the full might of a spear barrage :)

[Mk Z]

i build gates arrow outwards and people gather behind the gates too, so i think it doesnt determine where people gather

[Ghostlight]

My people definately gathered OUTSIDE the gate/village when I had the arrow pointing outwards.

[aramis1250]

Originally posted by ;1835685838081977750:

My people definitely gathered OUTSIDE the gate/village when I had the arrow pointing outwards.

I know this thread is kind of old, but (on 1.2.0) I have two gates that the villagers always gather outside of (to their detriment), and all of the others they will gather inside. I don't think that they should gather outside, that's how they get slaughtered … but for those two gates, they always want to.

[Nakia]

Originally posted by Frau Spock:

I'd say it needs to point out and away from the down as the doors close in the opposite direction of the arrow and it would be easy to break in if you had to just push them inwards. In terms of usability in-game, I don't think it makes a difference?

I agree with this post.