Bonking my head

[AngryRedHerring]

Old school base fiend just now over the loss of my old lairs, and starting a new one.  Loving the new tools, objects and freedoms.

I'm rebuilding my You-Only-Live-Twice volcano lair.  Only now, of course, it's a VERY TALL volcano.

However, once I quit out of the base editor, I hit an invisible ceiling inside my volcano.  I have checked out other bases with open sky, and have been able to fly quite high in their open areas.  What have I overlooked in various FAQs?  I'd read that to transition from "base" to "outside base" required teleporters, but I haven't even run into that--  I just fly high to the max in those bases.

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance!

[Sovera]

 

[AngryRedHerring]

I actually have that open in another tab.  Mind being a bit more specific?  I honestly would not have asked if I hadn't spent time already trying to figure it out on my own.

[Flashtoo]

Evn with Open Sky selected, there is an invisible barrier at the ceiling when not in edit mode. There's no way to remove this barrier, but you CAN get around it using teleport points.

[AngryRedHerring]

Okay, that helps a lot.  I think I've been fooled by bases I've toured that were built very low, so had much more headroom than I had in mine.  Moving things into the basement now. Thanks!

 

[Dacy]

Likely the bases you toured were built entirely above or below the base. 😊

 

-Dacy 

[AngryRedHerring]

That's what I'm thinking.  I couldn't find a specific reference in faqs to the in-base "ceiling", or at least as far as it figured in here.  I'd thought the only way to navigate between the planes-- above, base level, and below-- was via teleporters, but now it seems that "outside the base" does not heed these planes(?)  So the only actual room I need is the entrance, and everything outside that room is a free for all? All that's really needed is a floor of some sort to stand on?

The only other thing I'm wondering about now is I read that I can "build above up to a height of 900 or a low of -2,000"-- but what do those numbers mean?  What is the measurement of a fully open, high ceiling to low floor base room on that same scale, for reference?

Off to float floor tiles to FIND MY LIMITS

[Sovera]

On 2/29/2020 at 9:07 PM, AngryRedHerring said:

I actually have that open in another tab.  Mind being a bit more specific?  I honestly would not have asked if I hadn't spent time already trying to figure it out on my own.

Actually that one is sparse on the details. I ought to have re-checked before linking. This is the one you want and the one I consult since it has all the details:

 

 

So what you do is follow this, set a a teleport inside. If you have set the ceiling as 'open sky' you can fly outside in editor mode. Place the other point outside.

Edited March 2, 2020 by Sovera

[AngryRedHerring]

Nice!!!  Thanks!