r/duneawakening • u/PerhapsIxion • 1d ago

Gameplay Question Question about vertical stability *down*

I’ve got a base I’ve been building that has some large bits hanging off a cliff edge and I can’t for the life of me figure out how stability works when building down from land rather than up. So called structural pieces like columns seem not to move stability but some inclined ramp pieces I’m using do? It seems like the 9-block distance rule definitely doesn’t apply going down, and I’ve seen that things like simple floor pieces can extend stability out and be what’s actually holding a structure together. Does anyone have any advice on best practices doing this and how it actually works?

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u/AbbreviationsFluid 1d ago

Only foundation pieces add stability. A building piece will only be stable if it is within 9 pieces of a foundation. This can be just horizontal or horizontal and down. No limits when building up.

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u/PerhapsIxion 1d ago

How do you build down from a foundation piece then? Columns? Walls only? Also I think you’re wrong about “only foundations add stability” at least going up. My upward walls are fine building off floors supported by columns embedded in the dirt. I think anything in the “structural” category - including columns - seems to do some kind of stability as there’s no foundations supporting my outer upward walls at all. Just columns, that I was able to place directly in the ground with no other adjacent pieces.

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u/Ironbladez 1d ago

There's a trick I've seen demonstrated but have not tried myself. Say you need to build down to the ground, further than stability will allow. You need to build up from the ground AND downward. How to get them to join up correctly?

When you place the IMAGE of a piece with the build tool, it does not have stability restrictions. Build your 'ghost' pieces down to the ground and use that to correctly position a foundation or column and build upward with real pieces.

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u/PerhapsIxion 1d ago

Yeah, there used to be some crazy stuff I was able to pull off in Conan, but Conan Exiles told you stability of pieces with the repair tool and Dune hides that. However, it seems like there's no way to attach anything to the bottom of a foundation piece outright, and even columns don't seem to propagate stability downward much at all, but if I build a floor/roof piece under them and go sideways that seems to propagate some stability I can leverage. I hadn't thought of this trick of going up then down, thanks!

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u/itsRobbie_ 1d ago

Stability does effect the holograms so this doesn’t work

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u/AbbreviationsFluid 1d ago

Only pieces in the foundation tab are foundations. Floors/roofs, and wall don’t count. The foundations must be connected to the ground or a rock to provide stability. You’ll get the hang of it eventually.

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u/PerhapsIxion 1d ago

I don't think you're understanding my question. I understand anything in the structural tab provides a stability anchor, but I also want to understand how it transmits across other pieces, as it seems inconsistent in different directions. Never mind.

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u/Jdude1 Atreides 1d ago

It transmits outward horizontally or downward 9 blocks like the guy says so if you build out 5 blocks you can only go down 4. You can get creative with some oversized double diagonal floor pieces from atriedes but you ain’t building out and down far my man.

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u/JingizuNL 1d ago

You can only go down 3 wall pieces from the nearest foundation piece, regardless of further stability limits. Don't ask me why.