So, can we have roofs now?

[XirmiX]

If you have not discussed this before go to RoG section, Feedback and suggestions and click on "Roof with this DLC". For those who know about that come and read further here. Sinse RoG is now finished I thought may be the roofs can be added here, and no they wouldn't be OP, say:

If you are just gonna camp in one spot, make a nice house with flooring, walls and roof... The thing that'll get in your way will be hound attacks, giants and boredom: you'll soon get bored of being under the same roof and exploration would be needed. And Ain't nobody got time for building roofs all around the map and that's be the stupidest thing ever. Roofs would only protect you from rain, snowstorms and a bit of heat and cold with stone roof which is a far as you'll get. If you want any exploration done during Spring, Summer and Winter you'll need to go outside either way, besides during Summer I can bet most of you actually just ait at their base and try to skip the summer right? I actually do a bit of exploration and resource gathering during summer which gives another reason that roofs wouln't really be OP. They could only be placed on at least one fully repaired wall and one piece of roof would take as much space when placed as one flooring basically. The roofs would become transparent when you go under them. Plus the fact that we live in one world for days and years: who wouldn't want to build a roof if they are already building floorings and walls?! Why not?! And this is NOT about houses, but roofs alone. We can already build houses just without roofs, so DO NOT discuss houses here.

Devs I'd really like to know what you think about the roofs and if they might be in the game at all oficially.

[Silentdarkness1]

A roofed place would be nice for a spawn point. A small respite from spring rainstorms.

[XirmiX]

Yeah but I'd like it as a craftable structure. Sinse it's hard to get tentacle spots Spring will be like hell without the roofs, I suppose. Cuz I mean there is only a chance that deerclops will spawn during Winter who you must then kill to craft the eyebrella which only is suitable for one person so, we need roofs. But if we already have roofs at the beginning don't you think that's be a bit easy?

[Silentdarkness1]

Yeah, with RoG now, a roof is more important than ever before. The recipe should be significantly harder than wooden walls, however.

[PopcornTattoo]

a roofed spawn point is the only thing I can think of if anything

 

tentacle spots are not hard to get at all especially when Together comes out because two people will be able to attack the same one at once and if combat works the way it does now then it will only be able to target one at a time. if not it'll still be taken down twice as fast, and then you can just grind the tentacles until you get enough for raincoats

 

we've survived just fine through all the seasons and weather since the game first came out without roofs, and now that Together is coming out the game will become much easier in some aspects so a roof isn't really needed when up to 4 experienced players work together to get all the supplies they need for the seasons

 

I'm not really opposed to the idea of roofs but I do think it would be pointless to add them since we already have countless items to fight the environment

[XirmiX]

Yeah, with RoG now, a roof is more important than ever before. The recipe should be significantly harder than wooden walls, however.

Why would roof recipe refer to wooden walls at all? I'd say for example a Wooden roof should refer to a wooden flooring, but harder to make, say 2 boards for one piece of Wooden roof, 4 cutstone for Stone roof and how about 4 twigs and 8 grass for Hay roof (which I wouldn't bother making at all myself: bad protection from rain, snow storm and almost nill protection from heat and cold).

Now it kinda seems many people actually seem fine with roofs now. Any ideas for new kinds of roofs or what kind of roof you would use?

Pffft: just had a funny idea of a roof - a roof make out of flower petals XD

[Silentdarkness1]

The problem with rainstorms in RoG on multiple people? Think about it. 4 or 5 people with low/zero sanity due to the neverending rainstorms that Spring bring. Especially since there's a chance of a Spring start.

[XirmiX]

The problem with rainstorms in RoG on multiple people? Think about it. 4 or 5 people with low/zero sanity due to the neverending rainstorms that Spring bring. Especially since there's a chance of a Spring start.

So what are you saying?

[Silentdarkness1]

Exactly what I said earlier. Roofs. Now's the best time of all to add them.

[An Artifact]

I'd like to have roofs too, as long as they are not too easy to make, I don't see any problem with it (well, maybe with the exception of the visual presentation, but I'm sure we can work somethin out for that.)

[Ridley]

I'd like to have roofs too, as long as they are not too easy to make, I don't see any problem with it (well, maybe with the exception of the visual presentation, but I'm sure we can work somethin out for that.)

 

I feel the same way.

 

I clicked the like button, though it told I couldn't. 

[Silentdarkness1]

Visually, it could be a cut-through effect, like with cave walls.

[Hudxesonael]

I don't see the super urge to have a roof. I guess we could have one since there is a mechanic that allows for transparencies (added when Caves came out) so the perspective is not an issue. Would they give absolute protection from rain? What about protection from overheating and cold? Btw - would a 'roofed' house use a normal fireplace or maybe we should have a chimney introduced? That's a lot of CO₂ in one place after all - the smoke needs to escape somewhere.

 

More protection means there should be some downsides to having a house like that. What would those disadvantages be?

[Ridley]

Visually, it could be a cut-through effect, like with cave walls.

 

Cave walls didn't go over well though.

 

The entire roof should be flammable so lightening rod is as important as ever.

[Silentdarkness1]

Well, of course. If you don't have the gold for a lightning rod, you don't make a base in the first place, since all your structures are flammable now!

[mrtwoface]

I think a wooden roof should be a bit harder to make then just with two boards; an umbrella is a lot harder then that but sounds less effective. It should require some sort of item that is semi-difficult to obtain; Slurtle slime to make the rain reflect off, maybe? 

[Ridley]

I think a wooden roof should be a bit harder to make then just with two boards; an umbrella is a lot harder then that but sounds less effective. It should require some sort of item that is semi-difficult to obtain; Slurtle slime to make the rain reflect off, maybe? 

 

Sounds good.

[oCrapaCreeper]

Visually, it could be a cut-through effect, like with cave walls.

That cut through affect caused some huge performance issues, which led to the cave walls being removed altogether. 

[Silentdarkness1]

Well, obviously, a version of that effect which isn't as performance heavy is needed...

[XirmiX]

I think a wooden roof should be a bit harder to make then just with two boards; an umbrella is a lot harder then that but sounds less effective. It should require some sort of item that is semi-difficult to obtain; Slurtle slime to make the rain reflect off, maybe?

Okay, I agree, might be a bit too easy to make, but... You do realize you'd need walls to place a roof, which costs twigs, grass/grass, logs/rocks to make, plus to make roof you need the two boards which require 8 logs and that's just for one piece of roof: to make a whole house I don't even wanna think how many resoirces it'll require to make all that. Plus the fact that we need to worry about all the other stuff: still doesn't sound hard enough?

[mrtwoface]

Okay, I agree, might be a bit too easy to make, but... You do realize you'd need walls to place a roof, which costs twigs, grass/grass, logs/rocks to make, plus to make roof you need the two boards which require 8 logs and that's just for one piece of roof: to make a whole house I don't even wanna think how many resoirces it'll require to make all that. Plus the fact that we need to worry about all the other stuff: still doesn't sound hard enough?

It sounds pretty balanced to craft if you put it that way, especially since you still need the umbrella and other rain items if you want to move much. Would putting a roof above crops make them grow slower since there is less sunlight and rainwater? If so, it might be incentive to make your crops in a different place then your main base. 

[XirmiX]

It sounds pretty balanced to craft if you put it that way, especially since you still need the umbrella and other rain items if you want to move much. Would putting a roof above crops make them grow slower since there is less sunlight and rainwater? If so, it might be incentive to make your crops in a different place then your main base.

Emm no? You can make a house and make a garden next to it to grow the crops: base done!

But yeah, putting a roof on plants would make them grow much slower but would protect them from withering during summer, thought.

[mrtwoface]

Emm no? You can make a house and make a garden next to it to grow the crops: base done!

But yeah, putting a roof on plants would make them grow much slower but would protect them from withering during summer, thought.

What exactly do you mean by "make a house"? I'm not sure I'm getting the right picture in my mind.

 

The anti-withering is a good idea. That way you can put roofs over your crops during summer and then knock them down if you want the other three seasons. 

[XirmiX]

What exactly do you mean by "make a house"? I'm not sure I'm getting the right picture in my mind.

 

The anti-withering is a good idea. That way you can put roofs over your crops during summer and then knock them down if you want the other three seasons.

Good point, but kinda waste of resources... I'd just not build any roofs on the plants and everything. Now roofs + walls = house but I don't want to discuss this much further sinse this is about roofs and not houses.

[Brianman27]

I dont see why we need roofs in the multiplayer mode..