ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

Advanced Architecture Mod
XanModding 13 Dec, 2015 @ 7:11pm
Castle Wall Foundation:Suggestion
In the current state of this mod and ark itself it seems that in order to effectively build a structure that isn't horrible looking you have to build on a large area of extremely flat land.

My suggestion is when a foundation snaps to another foundation instead of the foundation not being able to be placed or having a gap under it in the wall foundation case the foundation would automatically extend downward in order to fill the gap.

td:lr The current state of foundation building is an inconvenient and time consuming and can be fixed with foundations that contour to the ground.
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JDaremo Fireheart 13 Dec, 2015 @ 8:08pm 
would be nice if they could snap at half height of the previous block. wold make for some interesting designs.
hogscraper  [developer] 14 Dec, 2015 @ 5:59pm 
While that would be cool, its not possible to contour the meshes that way. I can look into making a half height snap. I'm working on a half height wall that would go well with that idea.
ecoay 14 Dec, 2015 @ 8:26pm 
Originally posted by hogs:
While that would be cool, its not possible to contour the meshes that way. I can look into making a half height snap. I'm working on a half height wall that would go well with that idea.

Yes half heigt snap to do basically what attaching a vanilla ceiling to a vanilla foundation does. except maybe not 2 out cause they are rather big. As long as they are touching a foundation you should be able to go atleast 1 out. Numerous mods use this mechanic in fact all other buildign mods I have tried. I also wholeheartdly beleive that If you can place it you can pick it back up. I will show you why.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=575891343

23 hours into my castle build I get to the dowsloap side of the project and even though i built it on single player and the build fit up there well I must have been a smidge off in laying the first foundation because even though it looks like it has plenty of ground to grab and I have built off less,,, Foundation will not snap there. Now I can destroy all 17 foundations and get enough to start over with 8 or wait till you implement a way for a half foundation to snap. Or if there were a way to pick it up and adjust the starting center tile a smidge so they all fit.
ecoay 15 Dec, 2015 @ 12:40am 
Was thinking about it and what if you did half width foundation but like bridge mechanics have those long pillars thaat come down but make it so has to be within 1-2 foundations from a foundation and can only snap to foundation. Would solve a lot of headaches building on uneven surfaces. Some of the best looking castle spots in the game are uneven!
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