Anyone know how dormer windows work?
I have watched a few tutorials but they all involve a full gable and a giant 2 story roof to make dormer windows. My question is if there is any way to get the window to work with the top floor of my ...
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@Nore I can’t get on the game atm, but I do have an example in my last build and a few others if you wanna reference that. Or I’ll take some screenie in the morning, almost 3am here. xD;;
Edit: Gmorning, back with screenies!
https://imgur.com/HtppMhZ.png
So you build a room with no walls up top where you want the ceiling to be solid first. Basically you're using a floor to simulate a ceiling. It's good practice to do so even if you aren't using dormers really, as mentioned the bottom of a roof isn't solid.
https://imgur.com/g10reOq.png
Then of course you gotta remove the actual ceiling to the room below.
https://imgur.com/hVj8Xxy.png
Voila! The red lines indicate the divider roof btw.
And these two pics are just to show what I mean by the roof is hollow and can look rather bugged out without a divider. It's fine if you don't have a window and can't actually look in, but the moment you do...
https://imgur.com/x9mIv7U.png
https://imgur.com/Q7iR0fp.png
Edit: Gmorning, back with screenies!
https://imgur.com/HtppMhZ.png
So you build a room with no walls up top where you want the ceiling to be solid first. Basically you're using a floor to simulate a ceiling. It's good practice to do so even if you aren't using dormers really, as mentioned the bottom of a roof isn't solid.
https://imgur.com/g10reOq.png
Then of course you gotta remove the actual ceiling to the room below.
https://imgur.com/hVj8Xxy.png
Voila! The red lines indicate the divider roof btw.
And these two pics are just to show what I mean by the roof is hollow and can look rather bugged out without a divider. It's fine if you don't have a window and can't actually look in, but the moment you do...
https://imgur.com/x9mIv7U.png
https://imgur.com/Q7iR0fp.png
