I was about to post a long explanation of a number of buildings I could not get to build, but then I came to this thread and noticed that there’s still a ton of trouble with building in general. I guess I will wait for more development on the building system, but suffice to say so far I’ve had very few buildings actually wind-up building for me to date. =/ Especially anything involving a building with one or more walls attached to it. So many buildings I design, even very simple ones with plenty of space outside around them, either don’t even start getting built or the hearthlings build parts of it (like floor and one wall) and never continue - I’ve ensured abundant materials nearby and all windows/doors already crafted, still nothing.
I’ve also tried pausing construction and editing then restarting construction with SOME amount of success (i.e. they proceeded to build one more wall of the structure before giving up again) but it always winds-up in a dead jam at some point. And I can never delete/remove these aborted projects, they are permanently stuck in my games. I will try to get a save or two demonstrating some issues posted here, but I honestly have formed a habit of saving my game right before a build and reverting back when/if it fails. =/
That is as far as they got, then they refused it seemed to finish. It might be due to a hole in the floor that is covered in the pic, but that hole is a result of having trouble with the editor. Was suppose to become part of the build, but the 2x2x2 wood piece refused to become part of it, and also I could not for some reason delete any piece of it with the eraser tool. So that is the reason for the 2x2 hole that is under the floor.
Another thing is that this building is raised 1 block off the ground, so that might be it, but they got this far didn’t they? Side note when I initially set to build it all that showed up was the overhang and building floating in the area and they were happy to be building that, even if there was more to the structure than than. The ghost image didn’t show the rest that I build, so effectively the rest of the bits disappeared; which were the slab pieces that vanished.
Insta build works as well the template saving. So that was good that the template system functioned properly otherwise I would not be able to put forth the file; and yes the icon for it is along with the template this time. Loving that part of the system finally that yall got that in.
That is the template and icon preview. Don’t know why they exactly didn’t finish, but have my guesses. Which relate to above mentioned areas. Scaffolding is the most awkward thing in this one, as they are obviously putting many in places they would not be able to get to afterwards, as well excessive, as seen in the first pic.
Hope this helps for future building tuning.
Special note: This Was in A16 (The one before 2951)
Ok I redesigned the above with not much trouble in the actual building editor process this time. It happens to be a somewhat smaller building than the one above. A16 2960
The first pic just shows the odd ladder placement during the process, while the second pic shows how far they did get before they stopped building completely. Also the second pic is a second attempt at building and they did get 1 block further. I placed the template down to see if it was just initial construction causing problems or the building itself. I think you can guess where my conclusion ended up being.
Note:
–Overhang roof to cover porch.
–Beams that connect the top of wall to outside porch wall
–Foundation up 3 blocks, the 3rd being where the floor is.
–Only Floor where the actual building is, hence the missing segment in pic.
–Odd ladder placement. Both sides of porch wall having ladders.
–Only main building is not slabs.
I am thinking it might have to be similar to why the blacksmith one I posted here didn’t build. Where the floor is both with the floor tool and slab. As in portion of floor is slab only, while the rest (main building) was slab first and floor laid afterwards.
So on end it is mainly the actual building didn’t build with slabs attached. Only most of the slab construction was built.
I don’t think you will need the save file, but here it is just in case. Teoloria00.zip (7.0 MB)
Summary:
Hearthlings get stuck in an infinite loop whilst building check save Steps to reproduce:
unsure, maybe build a lot of buildings
Expected Results:
the hearthlings to just build the building Actual Results:
they spend all there time walking up one ladder then down, up a second ladder then down and then repeat. Notes:
Attachments: 1463242964119.zip (6.0 MB) Version Number and Mods in use:
2972 no mods System Information:
This topic has been archived - no changes of any kind (including edits) are allowed. This topic has been in place for over 10 months, and many templates included now build!
Alpha 17 will be focusing on building again, so if you find templates that do not complete, require manual ladder placement, or have scaffolding that isn’t removed, please post them in the new topic:
thanks