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Author Topic: Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates  (Read 714 times)

Kael

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Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates
« on: December 17, 2007, 03:14:00 pm »

First of all, let me draw you a map.

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See that underscore in the middle? That's where I was trying to build my grate. Apparently, when I try to build a grate there, it tells me that it's surrounded by empty space, which doesn't make sense, seeing as how the grates are right there.

[ December 17, 2007: Message edited by: Kael ]

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Re: Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2007, 03:27:00 pm »

Grates just don't count as floors when it comes to supporting things. If there was a floor tile there it would collapse.
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Re: Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2007, 04:10:00 pm »

This is not a bug. Hatches, bridges, grates, and bars do not support floor tiles, or other hatches, grates, and bars. Bridges can support other bridges, but only as long as the bridge is not retracted.
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Re: Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2007, 04:14:00 pm »

Alright, sorry then. I just assumed that a grate could support another grate, because, you know, a grate can be expanded upon.
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Re: Unable to build floor grate surrounded by other grates
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2007, 09:51:00 pm »

Yea that's more of a design oversight.
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