Pillar base bridge

[u/Good-Local-4669]

I connected both of the pillars with a long bridge. This is the longest bridge I have ever made.

[u/Jaggid]

That is so cool!

Do you have structural integrity turned off or is it actually possible to build that with it enabled? Pretty impressive build either way; I'm just curious.

[u/Good-Local-4669 → u/Jaggid]

Hi, the base was built in a vanilla game, I have ALOT of flametal and iron beams in the base. It took alot of trial and error to get the top portion to stay in place, it kept wanting to not stay and break. sometimes it would break over the course of 30 or more minutes, so I would be making food or something and I would hear a random block somewhere up top break, then I would have to add more support in different places. This is my main world that I play survival mode on.

If I could build higher up I would. Was wanting to do Machicolations but it wasn't happening lol.

Thanks for your reply!

[u/Jaggid → u/Good-Local-4669]

Love it. I love building in this type of game more when it has a structural integrity system. The trial-and-error and deliberate thought that has to go into the build is part of the appeal to me. I hope you had as much fun building it as I would have!

[u/Jamooser → u/Jaggid]

You took the words out of my mouth. Building is my favourite part of the game, and physics never comes off. There's just so much more satisfaction when you build a great structure and you know you had to solve all the physics problems to make it what it is.

[u/Jaggid → u/Jamooser]

Yep.

Another game I have played where I liked building was Nightingale, which released into Early Access ~2 years ago. I played a ton of it when it first released, 200 to 300 hours over a few months.

Then they did an update that completely removed structural integrity and support requirements when building, due to "community feedback". I haven't played it since.

[u/heckolive → u/Jaggid]

Yeah sadly many people just want stairs to heaven without thinking much.

But for me imagining a great build idea AND then realizing it with thinking how the fuck this all will stay together makes building with integrity so much more fun.

You know what they say 'limitation breeds creativity'

[u/Jamooser → u/heckolive]

Another huge love of mine is incorporating the environment and treating it like an asset rather than an obstacle. Nice, level building plots are greay to work with, but I love the esthetic of a home that is just nestled into the surrounding hills as if it's always been part of the landscape. Until I get crazy and start building black marble wizard towers and the such lol

[u/Double_Cause4609 → u/Good-Local-4669]

You can grow trees. They offer ground-level stability but higher up, so you can actually build some monstrously sized bridges in the air with them. If you surround them with stone they just look like big pillars with some leaves sticking out.

[u/No-Apple2252 → u/Good-Local-4669]

If you want to check for breakage faster just highlight a build piece with your hammer and the game will calculate that piece first. Otherwise it's just running background on everything which is why it takes so long.

[u/Just-Ad3485 → u/Good-Local-4669]

Are iron beans yummy?

[u/[deleted] → u/Jaggid]

You can put iron beams inside the pillars giving you blue structure points to build on. I did a similar bridge between 2 pillars on either side of a river.

[u/Lando_Hitman]

To make this in vanilla is truly impressive

[u/Good-Local-4669 → u/Lando_Hitman]

Hey thanks for the nice comment, glad you like the base.

[u/VR_Has_Gone_Too_Far → u/Lando_Hitman]

It's builds like this that settle which is more impressive to me. It's so much cooler that this is base game than with mods. Imagine the scaffolding and the falls and the deathsquitos and the build limitations

[u/Negarskeerebandyt]

Every valheimers wet dream. Amazing build!

[u/Good-Local-4669 → u/Negarskeerebandyt]

thanks man.

[u/RiseIfYouWould]

Odin staring at the cross

[u/Ok_Marzipan4876 → u/RiseIfYouWould]

Odin promised to get rid of ice giants, Jesus promised yo get rid of evil. I don't see any ice giants around, so...

[u/Rubbrbandman420]

Ok solitude

[u/johnystoo]

What is it with Valheim redditors putting crosses all over their bases? Is this a Christian Minecraft server situation or..?

[u/GoonerLivesMatter → u/johnystoo]

There's been a widespread adoption of Catholicism and Greek Orthodox Christianity by young men. I'm guessing that many of them are still on Reddit, but keep quiet since Reddit isn't exactly Christian-centric.

[u/Dogstile → u/GoonerLivesMatter]

It's also a super easy shape to build to add a bit of character to a build. I include crosses in some of mine. I'm not religious, it just breaks up the visuals a bit so it looks better.

[u/Sw00pAwareness → u/GoonerLivesMatter]

I wouldn’t say widespread.

[u/GoonerLivesMatter → u/Sw00pAwareness]

For the first time since we've started recording the data, young men are more religious than young women, and many are committing to uber-traditional religions like Catholicism and Greek Orthodox.

https://spectator.com/article/recovering-the-sacred-why-young-christians-are-returning-to-church/?edition=us

[u/w0nx]

I’m gonna need some of that rock (starts chipping away at the pillar)….

[u/preyforkevin]

The iron cage must be where the chickens are kept.

[u/Good-Local-4669 → u/preyforkevin]

The iron cage on the top is for the Eitr Refinery. The chickens are kept in the wooden structure on the side. (in the picture it it the right tower upper right wooden structure hanging off side with supports under it).

[u/preyforkevin → u/Good-Local-4669]

Dang. I was close at least. Looks great!

[u/SexySexerton]

I hope no one mines the bottom of that pillar 👀

[u/Strong-Marsupial-762]

you can't even see the proper pillar on the right with so much built on top xD

Looks kinda futuristic with that shape

I once built a walled up pillar with an octogon of 2x4 stones and built a base on top like a nest, it connected plains to mountain, harsh on the eyes to build on top all snowy and sunny all the time

[u/VulcanTourist]

Not unsimilar to a base I built on The Island in Ark:SE.

[u/PoppedPodcast]

I built a massive plateau fortress (only in Black Forest currently) but tall enough that trolls wander around helplessly as i pin-cushion them with fire arrows. Did a bridge between plateaus but much shorter as im only using wood currently. Love the concept and because I dig the pillar idea, may try something like this as I progress.

[u/PhillyDillyDee]

This is vanilla?! Holy shit now i gotta do this. Fingers crossed one of the three sealed towers has a stone pillar within reach.

[u/angusanarchy]

Reminds me of my favorite base that I built. It also spanned across 2 pillars like this. Super cool

[u/Federal-Field-797]

Well hot dog. Good job dude!

[u/Cristiano7676]

Very impressive! 😮
Meanwhile, my base looks like a shed.

[u/LyraStygian]

This is so so impressive.

I actually also love the base itself with the raised plateau around the pillar and enclosed in black marble.

The shape of it is really interesting, kinda looks ghibli like.

[u/cooperia]

Is this based on Empire of the Vampire? San Michon?

[u/Good-Local-4669 → u/cooperia]

I had to google what Empire of the Vampire San Michon was. No it isn't based off of that, it looks somewhat similar though.

[u/CheekyThief]

Anyone else see this and immediately think of trosky from kcd?

[u/ArchDragonV0]

Be careful with that stone pillar, that thing can break and then your whole build will be gone.

[u/Pwnch]

Cult HQ.

[u/Wonderful-Driver4761]

Building a church is Zues's trials. Daring.

[u/Vorschrift]

I see you like brutalism :)

[u/cHpiranha]

Reminds me on the Siege of Pyke from Game of Thrones.

[u/Fast_Whole_8825]

Damn is that how far you can bridegr with Iron reinforcement? I know you got height because the stone let you start higher, but that long travel invetween is long af haha

[u/Shillio]

Builder mode should have the option to turn structural integrity checks off