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Hoser's "Better" Watchtower
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15 Nov, 2022 @ 6:22pm
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Hoser's "Better" Watchtower

Description
This mod aims to free up floor space in the watchtower by shrinking the width of the stairs and removing the protruding entrance on the first floor.
I also moved the support beams so they are actually placed beneath each floor because it bothered me that they were placed randomly. The other most noticeable change is a slight tweak to the appearance of the stairs providing a hopefully more believable look. There are lots of other things that are improved in my opinion but they are pretty subtle. I pretty much remade the entire watchtower interior although I'm not sure how obvious it is. A version without the gun ramps on the roof is also constructable for even more total floor space.

The Better Watchtower is unlocked via researching Large Building Shells along with the Vanilla Watchtower.
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Tenoz 12 Feb, 2023 @ 5:21pm 
I really like the idea of this mod and have had it for a while but of the probably 20-30 watch towers I've built since installing it probably one 1 was the one from this mod. The reasoning is that it doesn't allow placement close to other buildings such as walls for example and has many more restrictions when it comes to placing on uneven terrain. I realize that the vanilla watchtower has these same restrictions but adding a slopeless patch for this would go a long way to making it truly better imo.
N-cromancer 9 Jan, 2023 @ 2:55pm 
have any of these issues been fixed, is the mod still being updated?
Gevurah 8 Jan, 2023 @ 2:59am 
I am having the same problem as Zombiewhaffle. Crafting benches can't be placed on 2F-3F because they "Must be placed inside a building." The roof and 1F do not have this issue.
Zombiewaffle 2 Jan, 2023 @ 2:18pm 
For some reason, this tower won't let me place any interior items on the 2nd or 3rd floor. Any item that can be placed outside works fine but beds and the like just don't work and will give the generic: Item must be placed inside, even tho the roof works fine. Any ideas?
Space_Lettuce_OG 24 Dec, 2022 @ 6:50am 
@Nin I would try placing it somewhere where it doesn't crash, then using the dev tool to move the building where you want ti, then recalculating the navmesh and colliders(I think that's the 2 things I'd always do. I haven't played in a couple years, but few people know Kenshi as well as I do).

That will probably work, might not, but it's worth a shot.

Anyways, I like this idea, it makes using towers more viable.
Nin 15 Dec, 2022 @ 4:33pm 
it's just this mod's tower, any other building or structure is fine and the vanilla watchtower works too. I just found out that is just one specific spot (and for some reason it coincided where I wanted to put the tower) where it makes the game crash.

I'm trying to build it on top of the hill that is north to the rebel base on the border zone. The vanilla tower works fine there but this tower immediately crashes when I hit confirm. However it works when I place it anywhere else. Could it be the weird pathing around hills? (cause I'm trying to orientate in a specific way, and it just happens that the entrance ends up facing the edge of the hill)
Hoser  [author] 9 Dec, 2022 @ 10:41pm 
Hey Nin, I went in to game just now to see if it would crash for me and it does not. Does the game crash when placing other buildings or just this building? Does the Vanilla Watchtower place fine?
It should be pretty much impossible for this mod to conflict with anything so I don't think that's the issue.
Nin 9 Dec, 2022 @ 10:07pm 
whenever I place it and confirm, the game crashes. I can't think of a mod that could be conflicting with it. Any ideas?
Hoser  [author] 20 Nov, 2022 @ 5:27pm 
should be fine yes
PKPenguin 20 Nov, 2022 @ 5:07pm 
Can this be added mid-save?