ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Advanced Architecture Mod
Cyrcle 20 Nov, 2015 @ 6:20pm
A Few Suggestions (and Feedback) from a Builder
First off, let me just say, great mod so far. Keep up the great work! As a builder, I really enjoy the different structure mods that are available and this one in particular I really enjoy. I just downloaded the mod today and have been playing around with it. I noticed a few things that could use some adjusting, in my opinion. Be aware, long post below.

I noticed some inconsistencies with the snapping, sometimes it became very frustrating, especially the battlements and 1/4 stairs. A few examples would be walls snapping outside (see image[i.imgur.com]) and battlements not wanting to snap correctly (see image[i.imgur.com]). Also, I don't really like how the corner battlements don't use up a whole corner (see image[i.imgur.com]).Note: To fix walls not snapping correctly, place walls before placing ceilings.

I was looking into how to do a grand stairway entrance (see image[i.imgur.com]) and the only way I found out how was to place a foundation with a wall and then attach the stairs to the wall. Works perfect. The only issue is the top part of the wall is not able to be walked on (see image[i.imgur.com]; could this be fixed?). Also, when doing this the fortress steps overlap one another (see image[i.imgur.com]).

Another thing I was interested in doing was building a bridge from one section of the castle to another. This isn't even possible from what I tested because nothing can be properly snapped to the other end of the bridge at the top or bottom sections of it. I found a work around however. This requires you to place foundations under the bridge, but I quickly found out the bridge does not match up with the foundation size (see image[i.imgur.com]). Luckily, you can in fact line it up correctly but the bridge can only be a specific length (see image[i.imgur.com]). It works, but it's kind of sketchy.

Finally, I really love the rounded pieces. They need a bit of work still. I really wish there was an interior cutout for the stairs so I didn't have to have a large missing section of my floor(see image[i.imgur.com]). Also, the battlements do not line up properly (see image[i.imgur.com]). The normal rounded pieces do not align correctly and the cutout piece is, for some reason, raised higher than the others (see image[i.imgur.com]). I would also really like it if it were possible to use whole top part of the castle and still have battlements, but not have it look so ghetto (see image[i.imgur.com]).

Here are my suggestions for the mod:
* Work on the snapping issues. They can get pretty frustrating some times.
* Fix it so you can walk on the top part of walls or make it so stairs will snap to the top part foundations and ceilings properly (please?).
* Instead of having floor pieces with different textures, just allow us to cycle through them. Also, stone textured rounded ceilings please.
* Adjust the corner battlements to be of proper size. Fix the alignment of the rounded battlements.
* Change battlements to be a "wall piece" with no interior walk way. Add an interior walkway (corner, straight and rounded). This way, people can use the ceiling pieces and have a full floor instead of just a walkway around the battlements. Add a rounded ceiling with cutout for this as well.
* Fix the bridges to allow snapping on both sides. Maybe just copy the part to the one side of the pillar to make it larger, so it will bridge-pillar-bridge The piece would look similar to this: ¯¯¯|¯¯¯ . Another option could be to adjust it's size so it lines up with foundations properly.
* Find some way to add stairs and bridges that can snap to the rounded foundations/walls.

Keep doing what you're doing! The mod is great and can only get better. Now off I go to construct my castle!

Edit: I also noticed you cannot rotate the curved stairs. ;(
Edit 2: Straight battlements stick out further than curved battlements. (see image[i.imgur.com])
Edit 3: WORK IN PROGRESS
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Last edited by Cyrcle; 20 Nov, 2015 @ 11:40pm