01/30/2015 Multi-Story Building Technical Issues

[Xsyon]

The Test Server is open the public with changes to the construction system ready for testing.

This thread is for reporting any technical problems encountered with these upcoming changes.

Here is a list of changes:

Placement and Movement
- Architecture system revised to allow for proper multi-story construction.
- Revised construction move panel allows for vertical movement.
- Construction move panel allows for turning snap to ground and floors on or off.
- Distance moved per click adjustable between 0.1 and 1.0 meters.
- Speed of construction ghost movement while holding down arrow buttons increased.
- Initial placement distance can be adjusted through the construction panel.
- Walls align with their center to floor edges for more flexible construction.
- Posts can be centered on the corners of Floor parts.
- Initial placement location can be adjusted by distance from player.
- Buildings and construction ghosts can be accessed from 16 meters away.

Terraforming
- Terraforming near building parts adjusted.
- Construction ghosts no longer block terraforming.
- Completed parts allow for nearby terraforming but prevent dirt touching the structure to be removed or lowered.
- Safety check prevents players from terraforming if they are not standing on ground.

Constraints
- Buildings can be placed partially sunken into the ground.
- Slope requirement for initial placement removed.
- Vertical limit for building based on skill level (currently 40 meters off ground at 100 skill).
- Buildings require proper support underneath them to be finalized.
- Dismantling blocked when causing invalid situations (floating building parts).
- Ramps and platforms can be built inside of Trusses.

Building Support Requirements
-Rooms (Individual buildings) support nothing
-Floors: support Rooms, Floors, Posts, Ramps, Platforms
-Walls: support Walls, Posts
-Roofs: support nothing, must be placed on the ground or a floor.
-Trusses: support Floors, Walls, Roofs, Trusses, Posts, Ramps, Platforms
-Posts: support Floors, Walls, Roofs, Trusses, Posts, Ramps, Platforms
-Ramps: support nothing
-Platforms: support Floors, Walls, Roofs, Trusses, Posts, Ramps, Platforms

Floors require a central support or all corner support.
Ramps and platforms require a central support and two corners or four corner support.
Posts require direct central support
All other parts require all corner support

Views
- Players see construction ghost outlines only for buildings belonging to their own tribe.
- Site ropes for construction projects in invalid positions show only for tribe members.
- Scaffold frames added as building part outlines while buildings are under construction.
- Construction ghost outlines placed in invalid locations render in red.
- Construction ghost outlines in valid locations that require building parts beneath to be completed first render in yellow.
- Construction ghost outlines ready to be finalized render in white / grey.

New Parts
- Construction Truss and Base Post parts added to support floors and multiple levels.
- Base Posts can be used to support a Roof or Truss to create interior spaces of any height.
- Cantilever Trusses added to allow for overhangs and spans such as balconies and bridges.\
- 8x8 Trusses added to allow for larger interior spaces without columns.

For testing only:
- All new parts auto-learned at 5 architecture skill.

Next Up
- Construction Movement panel improved
- Vertical limits may be increased up to 60 meters (15 stories).