Game Development: Walls and Wine

[JTG]

Also where could I find the beach tiles. I imagined they would be the shoreline for water yet I couldn't find any along water sources.

[Blaze]

Note on building walls:

1. Don't use ridges to block horizontal sides, there'll be an open spot you can't extend to, vertical sides will work.
2. Only the starting cornerpost is expensive, so don't skimp on other cornerposts.
3. When building a gate, place a cornerpost on one end, extend two wall tiles to the other end, build a "cheap" cornerpost, then demolish the 2 walls and replace with a gate.

[jorb]

then demolish the 2 walls and replace with a gate.

Easy for you to say.

[Malicus]

1. Don't use ridges to block horizontal sides, there'll be an open spot you can't extend to, vertical sides will work.
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What, exactly, do you mean by this? Which way is the wall running, and which way is the ridge running? Is this with a wall running N/S and a ridge running E/W, or... what?

[Blaze]

What, exactly, do you mean by this? Which way is the wall running, and which way is the ridge running? Is this with a wall running N/S and a ridge running E/W, or... what?

If the bridge is running parallel E/W of your wall, it can block the spaces directly north/south of it. But if the wall is running perpendicular to the ridge, (Ridge is going N/S and fence is going E/W), then there'll be a small space that someone can squeeze through.

[Malicus]

Your explanation leaves much to be desired. Let me rephrase it. My wall is running north to south. The ridge is running east to west. Is there a problem, and if so, where?

[loftar]

Your explanation leaves much to be desired. Let me rephrase it. My wall is running north to south. The ridge is running east to west. Is there a problem, and if so, where?

Well, Blaze's explanations aside, it would be easy for you to test; just put out the construction sign for the cornerpost, put one piece of material in it and see if you can walk by it.

It should be noted, by the way, that the initial cornerposts don't have to be tiled -- you can place them out-of-tile as always by holding down shift. Since all further building extends from it, everything will still match up. Of course, if you plan to build more than one initial cornerpost to start from, you'll probably want to tile them.

[Malicus]

That's what I'd been trying, and I hadn't noticed any problems, but since Blaze mentioned it, I was a bit worried.

Also, did the server just crash?

[JTG]

yep

[theTrav]

Ouch.

just lost:
1 steel,
1 breast plate,
1 b12 axe,
1 rangers boots,
1 big bear banger
3 silk eggs
some other small stuff.

Oh well, now I've got some targets