My Singularity Expedition Base

AvianAnxiety, 11 months ago

Very nice! I'm always jealous of the bases people manage to put together. I build bases like a 6 year old making a dirt house in Minecraft (no offense to 6 year olds).

jeff_rose, 11 months ago

LOL. We all have to start somewhere. Honestly some people turn off snap placement and make some crazy works of art. That's not me. My builds tend to be practical and fairly straightforward. I've just learned to deal with the quirkiness of the construction system, and keep expanding through trial and error.

AvianAnxiety, 11 months ago

How do you get away from the need farm = build farm trap? Or maybe I’m alone in falling into that pit…

Like If I decide to try and make some money from stasis devices I end up with a bunch of domes full of plants, a shack with a trade terminal and a portal, and it just looks a mess. Is it worth the time do you think to start a save in creative mode and just practice building?

Sorry for all the questions, I love the base building aspect, unfortunately I seem to always run into hallways not quite lining up or wires running every which way and killing the ambiance. Is it really just practice do you think? All the tutorials out there seem to be from folks who got degrees in architecture, I swear!

jeff_rose, 11 months ago

You build bases for different reasons. If you're building some kind of farm (mineral, stasis device, nanite, etc.), then your focus is less about how it looks and more about making the best farm. After all you only get 3000 parts maximum if you want the base to be uploadable. A shack with a trade terminal and a portal is perfectly fine in that case.

I've actually never played in creative mode but it would be a good way to figure out a couple of quirks in building. The parts under Large Structures are pretty much interchangeable. They work the same ratios and can be put together in different configurations without many issues. The Timber, Stone, and Alloy Structures work on a different ratio than the Large Structures. While it's easy to hang one off the other, if you want something cohesive, there are only certain combinations that result in valid connections and line up.