GenTech1000 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hello people of the Ark forums, I am I need of advice. I am a proud builder in Ark, maybe even an Arkitect! Bad pun? Okay, to business. I am looking to improve my building skills with the tips and tricks YOU provide. (Please note that I know how to use the building system pretty well and that I am looking for any tips. Mods like S+ and Castles and Keeps are some mods I would like to work with. My standard architectural choice are modern and minimalist, however, I would like to delve into other architectural styles. Tips with furnishing using vanilla items would be greatly appreciated. Please provide pictures or video links if possible. ) thank you and happy Arking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrisRas Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 try the eco mods adds a HUGE new book on what you can create Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTech1000 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 17 hours ago, OrisRas said: try the eco mods adds a HUGE new book on what you can create I am familiar with the eco mods and I love the items they implement. I especially like the mounts due to them making a wood house into a hunters cabin. However, I am looking more specifically for BUILDING tricks and how to use DECOR better. Can you give me any of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrisRas Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 watch unitetheclans on youtube he does great building videos in major depth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilrumina Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Have you seen this video? There are some good decorating ideas in it. Mod tip if you want, MRRADTOOLS.INC CONTENT PACK from the sponsored mod program looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannoli Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Youtube is your best friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTech1000 Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Thank you all, i did not know of this YouTuber. I will also look into that building mod pack. And yes, while YouTube may be my friend, i have not been able to find many Ark building YouTubers on my own. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BubbaCrawfish Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Just something else... Prepare to expand... Your initial floorplan will NEVER be your final floor plan. Snap everything together. If you don't you end up with trouble later on. Build in wood/thatch first, then upgrade to stone/metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymas Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I like GGFizz, Aaron Longstaff and occasionally Syntac for YT building videos. I'd say I've learned the most from Fizz in regards to actual techniques which I've ended up implementing in my own builds. My advice for anything with pillars, don't ever place your first set of pillars where you want the final ones to be because direct replacement of pillars is tricky and rarely works correctly. You can accidentally end up demoing a significant part of your build if you're not careful. I always offset mine and lay a whole new set of pillars, then demo the old ones. I also only do this because I hate "pillar nipples", if you don't care about it that much it's not an issue really. S+ is not the miracle fix you might think it is. It does vastly improve the building system, but I find it has frustrations of its own. I usually end up using a mix of S+ and vanilla structures when I can't get the S+ to do something the way I want it to due to the variances in snapping. Luckily you can convert pieces to S+ or vanilla and the demo gun works on vanilla to handle any misplacements or changes in layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTech1000 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 15 hours ago, Cymas said: I like GGFizz, Aaron Longstaff and occasionally Syntac for YT building videos. I'd say I've learned the most from Fizz in regards to actual techniques which I've ended up implementing in my own builds. My advice for anything with pillars, don't ever place your first set of pillars where you want the final ones to be because direct replacement of pillars is tricky and rarely works correctly. You can accidentally end up demoing a significant part of your build if you're not careful. I always offset mine and lay a whole new set of pillars, then demo the old ones. I also only do this because I hate "pillar nipples", if you don't care about it that much it's not an issue really. S+ is not the miracle fix you might think it is. It does vastly improve the building system, but I find it has frustrations of its own. I usually end up using a mix of S+ and vanilla structures when I can't get the S+ to do something the way I want it to due to the variances in snapping. Luckily you can convert pieces to S+ or vanilla and the demo gun works on vanilla to handle any misplacements or changes in layout. Thanks! I have heard of fizz and watched some of his videos, but I will look into each of these YouTubers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTech1000 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 22 hours ago, BubbaCrawfish said: Just something else... Prepare to expand... Your initial floorplan will NEVER be your final floor plan. Snap everything together. If you don't you end up with trouble later on. Build in wood/thatch first, then upgrade to stone/metal. Thanks for the advice, however, I know of this technique. S+ also makes it not as necessary to do, but again, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BubbaCrawfish Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 It's a good thing to know how to build in vanilla though. If a mod fails, then everything in that mod will be at risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novawiz00 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I get most of my ideas from Aaron Longstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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