About building a house

[pinkfluffypanda]

Hello I recently bought the game not too long ago on steam and I have to say, I'm really enjoying it, I have also learned how to build a house but something is really bugging me. The options for back doesn't work, I can't select the log and send it to the back can someone help me?

[Lordchibs]

I haven't actually got this far myself cause I'm having trouble with a bug in the game, But from what I understand your having trouble with putting walls in your house? I read somewhere you need the advanced workbench, hope that helps.

[pinkfluffypanda]

I have all the materials but it still won't work

[odddino]

I'm having the same issue.
When you enter the free-build mode a menu appears that lets you pick wether to put an item in the fore,mid or back-ground but when I'm playing the game on any other mode the option doesn't appear for me.
The grid will appear and I can place construction materials on the same layer as the character, but i can't seem to build anything in the background meaning I'm stuck with just the frame of a house and no ability to fill it in.

I'm trying out keys to see if anything will cause the materials to jump between layers or bring up the menu but so far I'm having no luck.

Does anybody know if this is an error that will be patched or if I'm simply missing something to bring the options up on screen?

[Verath]

Their is 2 different construction benches the first you can make only lets you build on the mid ground that the character is on then their is another Construction bench that lets you change were you build. Check the recipes page for both types the second one will be further into the recipe book and require Iron Ingots.

[pinkfluffypanda]

Still doesn't work

[Rathlord]

It appears that you aren't using a Construction Table from everything you've said. In freebuild you don't need one- in the other two game modes you must craft a construction bench (as seen on the recipe page) and then right click it to open build mode.

[atlaua]

I have had the layers work fine for me. What I did, was have my planks etc. in my inventory (not the smaller backpack one, the 'build' one, for get its name), and then drag them from there after selecting the layer. So I would select back layer, and drag planks out of my inventory, and they would be in the back. The way I then change them if I want to, is select back layer, drag them back into my inventory, select the new layer and then drag them back out. Hope that helps. Also people are correct in saying that you need the advanced construction bench to work with anything more than the middle layer.