building breaks down

[wesbot]

Somebody else has the problem with buildings breaking down when you are building on a high level? even a pole just breaks when i want to place it somewhere. it doesnt matter how much support i build but it just breaks down. what am i doing wrong?

[Ebyl]

Are you connecting pieces to those that have turned red? The colors indicate how "stable" they are, so if you're trying to add on to a piece that is red, it'll collapse.

[I-Chi]

Look at a building component, e.g. a piece of thatched roof. Count the minimum number of other pieces connecting it to the ground. The higher this number, the more unstable that component is. Longer pieces, like core wood poles, help reduce this number.

[TheQuixote]

Another thing that can greatly extend you build stability is when you attach wood to stone the first wood attachment gets treated as it's grounded. So you can build stone up to a certain point then have a fresh start with a wood structure on top.

I struggled early trying to figure things out because I was trying to increase stability with materials, cross beams, trusses and typical real world designs. In turns out the simplicity of the system is confusing because it's not intuitive.

[Aku]

The game mechanics use a very consistent structural foundation model Make sure your floor is blue, meaning it touches the ground. If you have a raised foundation (I do this a lot because it's faster for me to knock out a foundation quickly on lumpy ground than trying to level the ground perfect), lay stone under the floor where your vertical support beams go. When you put up walls,reinforce them by putting core wood posts from the ground to the roof between each wall panel. If you are making a big structure with a huge roof, you can use interior core wood posts to support it, as well as cross beams, etc.

[Kalvix]

Originally posted by TheQuixote:

Another thing that can greatly extend you build stability is when you attach wood to stone the first wood attachment gets treated as it's grounded. So you can build stone up to a certain point then have a fresh start with a wood structure on top.

I struggled early trying to figure things out because I was trying to increase stability with materials, cross beams, trusses and typical real world designs. In turns out the simplicity of the system is confusing because it's not intuitive.

True, though you can still use beams to improve support as well, though mainly for the roof.

[wesbot]

thanks for all these reactions. ill keep it in mind for the next time when i get to build. Thanks again!!!

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tnx

[FaPaThY]

Check out wood iron poles/beams, if you have them unlocked. They help alot with building high.

There are also some tricks that might not be obvious, like using indestructible in-game objects, like those giant rocks in the plains, or big trees in the Swamps/Mistlands/etc., and building up/around/on top of them, since they count as foundation.

[Kalvix]

The main basic tip honestly though is just having pillars going from the ground right through your base to hold it up, and scaffolding out the area you want to build first so you then know the frame of what you want is going to be ok, as from there you can add in extra pillars to support the floor and roof a lot more easily.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by wesbot:

Somebody else has the problem with buildings breaking down when you are building on a high level? even a pole just breaks when i want to place it somewhere. it doesnt matter how much support i build but it just breaks down. what am i doing wrong?

Hey, wesbot! Thanks for writing a normal post about the building system instead of a tirade of ridiculous complaints and insults about the system. Thank you for realizing you were probably making a mistake and simply asking what to do to correct it. Thanks to the rest of you for proving that if someone asks for help in a civil manner that they'll get advice and assistance.

There are thousands of other players who could learn from this thread.

[wesbot]

Originally posted by Macdallan:

Originally posted by wesbot:

Somebody else has the problem with buildings breaking down when you are building on a high level? even a pole just breaks when i want to place it somewhere. it doesnt matter how much support i build but it just breaks down. what am i doing wrong?

Hey, wesbot! Thanks for writing a normal post about the building system instead of a tirade of ridiculous complaints and insults about the system. Thank you for realizing you were probably making a mistake and simply asking what to do to correct it. Thanks to the rest of you for proving that if someone asks for help in a civil manner that they'll get advice and assistance.

There are thousands of other players who could learn from this thread.

Thanks alot for this message. I must admit that i was frustrated because i put alot of work in the building, but i also must admit that i did not check how the structural integrity was in the game. And the game is still in early access so these things can happen. Actually i am really impressed how good this game is for early access. Thanks again for this nice comment :) i will check all the other comments another day when i play Valheim again!

[Maelstrom]

Structures breaking from the top are a good indication that your building is exceeding the carrying capacity of its load-bearing components. The failing component doesn't break, the component on the top does. The basic wood beams can only be stacked about 4ish high before they can't hold anymore, but you can use core wood beams and poles pretty early on and they can hold up a two story structure and the roof no problem.

It's VERY IMPORTANT that your building frame connect all the way to the ground. Putting a fancy pole on a wood floor won't do you much good.

I just finished this giant tower for my windmills, you can see how it has a wood-iron frame that goes all the way down into the ground and the bridge uses core wood beams on the bottom for support for the row of stone floor pieces that run down the center of the bridge.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684443
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684578
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684822

[wesbot]

Originally posted by Maelstrom:

Structures breaking from the top are a good indication that your building is exceeding the carrying capacity of its load-bearing components. The failing component doesn't break, the component on the top does. The basic wood beams can only be stacked about 4ish high before they can't hold anymore, but you can use core wood beams and poles pretty early on and they can hold up a two story structure and the roof no problem.

It's VERY IMPORTANT that your building frame connect all the way to the ground. Putting a fancy pole on a wood floor won't do you much good.

I just finished this giant tower for my windmills, you can see how it has a wood-iron frame that goes all the way down into the ground and the bridge uses core wood beams on the bottom for support for the row of stone floor pieces that run down the center of the bridge.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684443
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684578
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2461684822

Thanks for this clear explanation, ill keep it in mind. The only thing is that i have a really nice interior now with my building and i actually don't want to replace any poles haha. The reason i don't want to replace it is because the log poles can't be places oblique.