I've always wanted to be able to do this. Using Pillars on the edges to accent a building piece or to create a veranda would be awesome, but the default location sucks for that. Thank you so much for showing us these tricks!
I tried this on a whim and did it. Came across your video today and wondered if we did it same. Sort of. Once the pillar is on the corner, you can attach floor tiles to it and place pillars on its center, which is now at the corner of the floor below it. Also, using the skinny Argossean pillars, you can place a wall between two corner pillars for some interesting builds. You can then replace that pillar with a different type of your choice. Building walls between pillars is finicky, but the skinny Argossean pillar seems to work best.
There are indeed a few different ways to achieve these placements, interesting to hear how you did it. We haven't really played around with walls between pillars yet, going to have to try that!
I had no idea Dr. Floss played Conan Exiles!!! (ST:Discovery series). Thank you for this most excellent guide! I prefer not to rely on mods to do this sort of thing, since if they're not updated regularly you invariably have huge problems.
Lol, you mean Dr. Phlox on Enterprise? (Confused, can't really see the comparison 😆). And glad to hear you find the guide helpful! We shared a few other building tips in our video "6 Building Tips for Creative Base Designs (No Mods)" if of interest, always good to have some non-mod options indeed!
@@Pixelcave lol, yes, i botched the spelling. Your voice and speaking mannerism reminded me of that character-in a good way-hope I didn't offend, love your style and content.
Could you do one of these for decorating room for the different temples? Also I love how you all don't use mods in this. Really helps the consel players
First step, build a skyscraper and attach staircases sideways and upside down to attach pillars. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. It's a shame Funcom doesn't make building placement easier so you can get really creative without having to jump through hoops to do so.
being chased by 5 blue glowing electro skeletons 4 bone men and a giant lich thing through desert toget back to my main camp i think to myself... "OOOHHHH!! thats how you build pillars that look like pillars instead ov 'BIG UGLLY THINGS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OV THE CORNER AND YOU CANT DO ANYTHING WITH!?!?!?!'"
Thanks! Regarding your question, if you use the double-offset trick we used for the corner pillars (by using 2 normal foundations next to half a hexagon), it works to place a pillar exactly in the centre. Difficult to explain without images... I hope that makes sense?
wish they would take valheim building tips on pillers and ability to meld blocks and such together whele building , conan is giveing me fits , im interested but very frusting (
Oh yes, it can be frustrating at times, but it's still (at least in our opinion) one of the best games with building mechanics out there. If you're on PC, mods can of course make all the difference, e.g. those that allow for building overlap, etc.
The one at the edge of the pool? That's one of the fountains that comes with the Architects of Argos DLC. You can see all items included in that pack in our overview: th-cam.com/video/ov0HpUNUgF0/w-d-xo.html
I would say no. We'd recommend to use any such building tips more as decorative additions and rely on other parts of the structure for stability. You are kind of tricking the system by building pillars like that and you never know when something might go wrong, or when Funcom is tweaking how things work.
We just tried it on PC and the pillars still snap to the top of the stairs as before. Unfortunately, we can't try it on PS4 - might be a console specific issue. Seeing there are quite a few bugs post launch, maybe that's one of them.
Still works on xbox. Not exactly the same, but it still works. You have to have a floor or ceiling for the pillar to snap to as well. And it snaps to the top of the stairs, but the stairs have to be beneath the pillar and floor. It's...buggy and weird
@Joshua McDowell, thanks, i was a dumby lol. The pillars were snapping, they were just invisible 🤣 now my problem is, as i remove the ceiling pieces and stairs, 50% of the time the corner pillars are also removed. Is there any order in which i should be removing the spare pieces? Btw, I'm referring specifically to placing pillars on the corners of wedge foundations
Up until the argossean dlc pillars were awful. They looked too skinny and out of place. The bigger pillars look natural and flow architecturally, whereas the others looked like pencils after a three
Thanks. I guess you are referring to us showing available pillar option - we simply thought it could be useful when looking at designs. We did however add timestamps so you can skip right to the part that interests you. We usually try to keep our videos on point where possible.
I've always wanted to be able to do this. Using Pillars on the edges to accent a building piece or to create a veranda would be awesome, but the default location sucks for that. Thank you so much for showing us these tricks!
Thank you! Glad to hear the tips are helpful, hopefully you get to realize a few more elaborate building ideas with them!
I tried this on a whim and did it. Came across your video today and wondered if we did it same.
Sort of.
Once the pillar is on the corner, you can attach floor tiles to it and place pillars on its center, which is now at the corner of the floor below it.
Also, using the skinny Argossean pillars, you can place a wall between two corner pillars for some interesting builds.
You can then replace that pillar with a different type of your choice.
Building walls between pillars is finicky, but the skinny Argossean pillar seems to work best.
There are indeed a few different ways to achieve these placements, interesting to hear how you did it. We haven't really played around with walls between pillars yet, going to have to try that!
Thanks for the help!
Viewer If you are looking for the corner it is at 4:28 into the video
This makes it so much simplier, i cant believe i was doing it differently before, it would take so long to get it right, thank you very much!
Hehe, thanks! Great to hear we helped making your life easier!
Great stuff :) I've previously used mods to achieve the same result, but wasn't aware there is a 'proper' way to do it - that could be very useful.
I had no idea Dr. Floss played Conan Exiles!!! (ST:Discovery series). Thank you for this most excellent guide! I prefer not to rely on mods to do this sort of thing, since if they're not updated regularly you invariably have huge problems.
Lol, you mean Dr. Phlox on Enterprise? (Confused, can't really see the comparison 😆). And glad to hear you find the guide helpful! We shared a few other building tips in our video "6 Building Tips for Creative Base Designs (No Mods)" if of interest, always good to have some non-mod options indeed!
@@Pixelcave lol, yes, i botched the spelling. Your voice and speaking mannerism reminded me of that character-in a good way-hope I didn't offend, love your style and content.
@seekswisdom7252 Haha, no problem at all! As long as you enjoy our content we are happy! Thanks! 🖖
Realy tricky ! Thank you !
OMFG! In the words of Karl Jobst: "You Absolute Legend!"
I love doing this now that I know how! Though I'm left wondering if there is a way to get pillars on the corners of wedge pieces?
Could you do one of these for decorating room for the different temples? Also I love how you all don't use mods in this. Really helps the consel players
Thank you! We'll keep temples in mind for one of our future deco videos, this might be an interesting idea!
Thank you ! This was very helpful.
Great video. Thanks
First step, build a skyscraper and attach staircases sideways and upside down to attach pillars. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
It's a shame Funcom doesn't make building placement easier so you can get really creative without having to jump through hoops to do so.
Thank you!
being chased by 5 blue glowing electro skeletons 4 bone men and a giant lich thing through desert toget back to my main camp i think to myself...
"OOOHHHH!! thats how you build pillars that look like pillars instead ov 'BIG UGLLY THINGS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OV THE CORNER AND YOU CANT DO ANYTHING WITH!?!?!?!'"
thx 4 the video! 👋😊
You can build wonderfully in Conan Exiles, especially if you know the right methods. :)
have you done it with the wedge foundations yet? I figured out how yesterday...
The game really doesn't like it when I do this, but it works, so I'm happy :3
Hehe, that's good to hear! Any particular building project you're working on?
Looks like a good defense for raids if your on a pvp server
Great video, well explained. thx. Do you know if it is possible to place a pillar in the middle of a hexagon? I always come out a bit sideways.
Thanks! Regarding your question, if you use the double-offset trick we used for the corner pillars (by using 2 normal foundations next to half a hexagon), it works to place a pillar exactly in the centre. Difficult to explain without images... I hope that makes sense?
@@Pixelcave yes, makes sense, thank you. I hoped for a way where i dont have to dismantle the floor. But it will work. :)
wonderful tick but still a trick is there any possibility they make it easier for us?
I would love a late 1800s Victorian dlc even though it may not be in the style of the game
Woah a voice!
wish they would take valheim building tips on pillers and ability to meld blocks and such together whele building , conan is giveing me fits , im interested but very frusting (
Oh yes, it can be frustrating at times, but it's still (at least in our opinion) one of the best games with building mechanics out there. If you're on PC, mods can of course make all the difference, e.g. those that allow for building overlap, etc.
3:53 what's the fountain? Is it DLC?
The one at the edge of the pool? That's one of the fountains that comes with the Architects of Argos DLC. You can see all items included in that pack in our overview: th-cam.com/video/ov0HpUNUgF0/w-d-xo.html
Does this give more stability?
I would say no. We'd recommend to use any such building tips more as decorative additions and rely on other parts of the structure for stability. You are kind of tricking the system by building pillars like that and you never know when something might go wrong, or when Funcom is tweaking how things work.
We need a building quality of life update
yes please!!!!
Just tried this after update 3.0 on ps4. Doesn't seem to work anymore. The pillars will no longer snap to the stairs.
We just tried it on PC and the pillars still snap to the top of the stairs as before. Unfortunately, we can't try it on PS4 - might be a console specific issue. Seeing there are quite a few bugs post launch, maybe that's one of them.
Still works on xbox. Not exactly the same, but it still works. You have to have a floor or ceiling for the pillar to snap to as well. And it snaps to the top of the stairs, but the stairs have to be beneath the pillar and floor. It's...buggy and weird
Nevermind, still works fine on xbox, I was just doing it wrong. Also, you can use offset ceiling pieces to continue your pillar pattern in a line.
@Joshua McDowell, thanks, i was a dumby lol. The pillars were snapping, they were just invisible 🤣 now my problem is, as i remove the ceiling pieces and stairs, 50% of the time the corner pillars are also removed. Is there any order in which i should be removing the spare pieces? Btw, I'm referring specifically to placing pillars on the corners of wedge foundations
@@crabblue could be an issue of how much ground contact the corner pillars have. I haven't tried doing corner pillars on wedges yet.
My brain doesn't allow for the 2nd trick
Up until the argossean dlc pillars were awful. They looked too skinny and out of place. The bigger pillars look natural and flow architecturally, whereas the others looked like pencils after a three
You sure padded this video but thanks.
Thanks. I guess you are referring to us showing available pillar option - we simply thought it could be useful when looking at designs. We did however add timestamps so you can skip right to the part that interests you. We usually try to keep our videos on point where possible.