Guide to construction: Difference between revisions

If you want to do a job, like [[Station Engineer]], you need to know how to build and deconstruct stuff.

Before you can begin any construction or deconstruction you need to gather a few useful tools.

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== Materials ==

=== Metal ===

*[[Grenade|Grenade Casing]] (1 metal)

*Iron Door (20 metal)

Things you can do with it in your hand:

Use <font color='gray'>'''rods'''</font> on <font color='blue'>'''glass'''</font>

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=== Plasteel (Reinforced Metal) ===

Smelt a combination of iron ore and plasma ore at the [[Mining#The_Ores|Mining]] furnace.

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=== Rods ===

Use <font color='gray'>'''metal'''</font> and click "2x metal rods" (makes two sets of rods)

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=== Floor Tiles ===

   Use <font color='gray'>'''metal'''</font> and click "4x floor tiles" (makes 4 floor tiles)

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=== Planks ===

Grow [[Guide_to_hydroponics#Plants|Tower Caps]] and cut them up with a hatchet, or deconstruct already existing wooden tables in the [[Vacant Office]].

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== Constructions ==

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This is the basic "nice" floor, this floor should be considered used in all public areas, hence why there's none of these in maintenance tunnels.

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This is a carpeted floor, used to make your office look fancy.

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=== Walls ===

==== Normal Wall ====

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This is the standard type of wall found around the station, they are easy to construct and remove but are not as strong as reinforced walls. They also come in a hidden door variety. They're useful for:

* Keeping people out.

* Keeping people from going places.

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# Stand where you want the wall.

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#'''Weld''' off the plating.

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==== Reinforced Wall ====

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This is the reinforced type of wall found in secure areas of station, they are reasonably simple to construct, but are very time consuming to remove. They also can be made as a hidden door. They're useful for:

* Keeping people in and out of high security areas.

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# Stand where you want the reinforced wall.

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# Wirecutters.

# Screwdriver.

# Wrench.

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==== Normal/Reinforced Hidden Door ====

{{anchor|Hidden Door}}{{anchor|Hidden Wall}}{{anchor|Reinforced Hidden Door}}{{anchor|Reinforced Hidden Wall}}

Also known as "Fake Walls" or "Hidden Walls". With a little imagination, hidden doors can be used in many marvelous tactics, varying from ambushes to passages into your very own secret hideaway room.

* Click to open.

* Otherwise, same as a regular wall.

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|[[File:False_Wall.gif]] '''Hidden Door''' <br>[[File:False_Wall_r.gif]] '''Reinforced Hidden Door'''

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# Stand where you want the door.

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# Screwdriver.

# Welder.

# Wrench.

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=== Normal/Reinforced Windows ===

{{anchor|Windows}}{{anchor|Window}}{{anchor|Reinforced Windows}}{{anchor|Reinforced Window}}

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* Full: A see-through wall. Usually only used if you don't have enough for 2-4 one-directionals or the metal for a wall.

* One Direction: Stops movement only from the way it faces.

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# Click the <font color="blue">'''glass/reinforced glass'''</font> in hand.

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# Screwdriver to unscrew the window from the floor.

# ''If normal glass:'' Wrench to deconstruct the window.

Hitting the pane repeatedly with a weapon will smash it into a glass shard or, if reinforced glass, a glass shard and a metal rod.

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[[APC|Info about Area Power Controllers can be found here.]]

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# Use the <font color='gray'>'''metal'''</font> and make an APC frame.

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# Swipe Card to unlock APC. Alternatively, if the APC is broken (tilted and cracked cover), try using a fire extinguisher to smash off the cover, allowing access to the battery.

# Remove power cell by hand.

# Wrenching the frame, that is now detached from the wall, deconstructs it to two metal sheets.

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====  Air Alarm ====

[[APC|Info about Air Alarms can be found here.]]

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# Use the metal and make an Air Alarm frame.

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# Open cover with screwdriver.

# Cut all the wires using wirecutters.

# Remove the frame from the wall using the wrench.

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==== Fire Alarm ====

[[Fire Alarm|Info about Fire Alarms can be found here.]]

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# Use the metal and make an Fire Alarm frame.

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# Open cover with screwdriver.

# Cut all the wires using wirecutters.

# Remove the frame from the wall using the wrench.

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=== Other ===

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Grilles are usually used in combination with directional windows. They allow gases and energy rounds to pass through them, but stop other objects. They can also be electrified for high security areas by building them on top of a live power wire.

* Securing an area with electrified grilles.

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# Stand where you would like the grille to be placed.

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* Use '''Wirecutters''' to neatly cut the grille, or

* ...Use a '''Screwdriver''' to unfasten and drag it away, or

* ...'''Kick/smash''' it down.

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{{anchor|Window-door}}{{anchor|Windoor}}

Like a door, but more minimalistic.

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# Click the <font color="blue">'''reinforced glass'''</font> pane.

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==== Airlock (Door) ====

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|[[File:Airlock.gif]] '''Airlock'''

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# [[File:Metal.png|Metal]] Use the metal and make an Airlock Assembly.

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Cannot be done to an [[Syndicate_Items#Cryptographic_Sequencer|emagged]] airlock! RCD deconstruction must be used for that. It is possible to build a new airlock over the emagged one.

# '''Screwdriver''' the door.

# '''Weld''' it to deconstruct to metal plates.

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==== Security Camera ====

* Proximity Sensor for motion alarm.

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|[[File:Security_Camera.gif]] '''Security Camera'''

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# Place the camera assembly on the tile where'd you like the camera to be.

# Wrench it into position.

# Weld it to the wall.

# Add wire.

# Screwdriver the camera to complete it.

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# [[File:Screwdriver_tool.png|Screwdriver]] '''Screwdriver''' the camera to open the back panel.

# [[File:Wirecutters.png|Wirecutters]] Use your '''Wirecutter''' to cut all the wires (cutting the alarm wire is optional).

# [[File:Crowbar.png|Crowbar]] '''Crowbar''' the camera assembly to remove any upgrades.

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To ensure no one trespasses an area, can also be set to different modes. '''NEEDS INFO ABOUT DIFFERENT MODES AND SUCH

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# Build a turret frame from <font color='gray'>'''metal'''</font>.

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==== AI Core ====

The AI's house.

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# Wrench into place.

# Screwdriver.

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==== Recharge Station ====

Usually returns all or most components used in construction. Some components may become broken.

=== Furniture ===

==== Chairs ====

{{anchor|Chair}}{{anchor|Stool}}{{anchor|Comfy Chair}}{{anchor|Office Chair}}

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# Stand where you want the chair.

# Pick up some metal.

# Click the metal in hand.

# Select chair from menu.

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==== Tables/Reinforced Table ====

{{anchor|Table}}{{anchor|Tables}}{{anchor|Reinforced Table}}{{anchor|Wooden Table}}

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# Activate it in hand.

# Select table parts from menu.

# Stand on the tile where you want the table.

# Activate the table parts in hand.

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==== Lockers ====

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Besides being [[welding Tool|welded]] shut, some lockers can be, well, locked. Several levels of access exist, such as security-, captain-, and private-level access. These can be opened with the proper level [[identification card]], [[Syndicate_Items#Cryptographic Sequencer|emag]] item, or a few good laser blasts.

Coffins count as lockers.

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  |description = Get your mind out of the gutter, they're for sleeping! Most station's beds come with a bedsheet, and new beds without sheets can be made with metal.

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==== [[File:Bookcase.png]] Bookcase ====

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   Unsecure the frame with a '''Wrench'''.

   Break apart the frame with a '''Crowbar'''.

== Power Wires ==

Wires will always face inwards to you, sort of like this:

This image was made by standing in the center tile with a wire coil in hand and clicking on all 8 surrounding tiles.

In situations where you can't place a wire like this you have an alternative way. Just stand on a tile, face the direction you want it to go (ctrl+arrow key) and click the tile you're standing on.

This image was made by standing on the tile, pressing ctrl + left arrow key and then clicking the tile. The cable coil was in my active hand.

Let's say you have a situation that you need to fix:

The easiest method of wiring is knot-wiring. Also known as unsmooth or non-smooth wiring.

Fixing this is simple:

You just position yourself properly and click the tile to lay down wire. Make sure you click on the plating (floor) and not the already laid wire. This is because:

This might look about the same as in the previous image, however it's not. In the previous image your ending result had three pieces of wire, one going from the east to the center, one going from the north to the center and one going from the west to the center. In this situation you have two pieces of wire. One going east to west and one going north to center. The two wires don't meet in the center, because the horizontal wire is going east-west without it having a point (or knot) in the center.

To fix this situation with smooth wire you'll have to follow the steps:

In this method you first lay one cable to go from one of the directions to the center (image 1). You then position yourself in another direction and click on the already laid wire piece (and not the floor!). This will make the already placed piece and the new piece combine into one smooth piece of wire (image 2). You then place another piece to go from the last remaining direction to the center (image 3) and click it from the last direction to make a 2nd smooth piece of wire (image 4).