Architect Archive

So, how far out of town to you have to get to start building? I purposely picked this nice mountain village for my starting town. I thought it would be a nice place to live. First you can't build in town. Ok, tough zoning laws. So I head out of town. I get the message, "you are leaving xxx." Still can't build. Go further. Still no luck. Ok, I am in a forest. Maybe the trees are protected. Go further. Find a flat piece of land with nothing but grass. Still "you can't build here." So where do you have to go to build?"

ps. Not building houses yet, just trying to plant a wind collector

youve got the right idea. what i do is type " /who <your character name> "

if it says grasslands, swamps... something like that other than the town name, you should be fine. make sure you find a good flat piece of land. otherwise when it lets you build you still wont be able to because its not flat enough or its a spawn territory...

If you do build a house scout around for quite a while at your proposed site. I didn't scout long enough and right after I placed a medium house in beta a Tusken Captain spawn showed up. I only made it to my house once after that. A lowly architect is no match for 3 tusken captains.

bah, i do the /who name and it says "my name the Zabrak on Corellia" and that is it, and it still wont let me build my structure. this is getting old, ive swam across rivers, crossed mountians etc and still arent far enough to build a simple mineral farm... bah bah bah

You cannot build if there are nearby mobs/lairs/npcs. Make sure the area is cleared of these before you try using your deed. The 'Cannot build in your current state' is just lag from running. Stand still for 3 seconds and you should be able to build fine. The building distance from a town is ~1k.

Same problem.. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO BUILD? it should tell you....

But see I'm getting the message "You can't place structure in your current state" What is that?

i get that message too sometimes. but if i set and rest a bit then stand up it seems to go away.

another variation to keep an eye out for is something like, "Building is obstructed." it will say this even though nothing is in the way. odd odd odd...... welp just another bug They'll fix it. If it's any consolation: if you cannot fix the bug by relogging, and sitting/standing, or whatever, chances are no one else can build, either. Sooo... it's not like anyone is going to beat you to the land. Just wait a bit. I heard they areholding back a lot of land for the player-city thing, but that was early beta.