Private servers are pretty popular! Not sure if that's what you're looking for exactly. But it's pretty amazing how welcoming they can be if you're new to the game or server! Our official forums have a section for server advertisements if you see something you fancy.
Can a Community Manager clarify the rule on the squareness of the build? Is the squareness referring only to the maximum 4x4 footprint? Meaning that the building can be any shape as long as it fits within that 4x4 footprint?
Or are we actually limited to only 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 square buildings?
The former opens up a lot of potential building designs. The latter seems kind of boring.
As long as it's no bigger than 4x4 and more than 16 foundation pieces you're fine. :)
Indeed, it’s a mod so not allowed. Basically, if players on PS4/Xbox don’t have access to it, don’t use it on PC. Sorry! That’s a really neat idea though and something I’d LOVE to see outside of the contest. Sounds cool!
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@Born2bAlive Hm that’s an excellent point. Yeah I’m fine with that as long as it still all follows the rules.
@drukuku If you do, I can’t count it towards the Tiny Home contest building you submit. The entry you submit can only use up to the 16 pieces in the square formation. :C
Eh, I would just count that as decoration. It’s not foundation and it’s not really a ceiling. Just don’t go nuts and build a ton or anything. Honestly, I’m not going to be SUPER strict about all this. Just make it a cute tiny home with the rules described and all else is good. 
Regarding entries, one entry per person. So one email with one home per person. You can send as many screenshots as you want in your email!
I don’t think we’re doing multiple entries this time. Maybe in the future though!
Nudity is allowed. 
Yup! Anything that’s defined as a “foundation piece” can be used as your 16 foundation pieces.
By fitting in a square, do you mean the foundation has to be within a 4x4 grid, but it can be any shape within that grid? (like, is a circle base allowed so long as it fits in a 4x4)
Exactly.
And your example can totally work. You got it!
I think we're all agreed on our opinion of these issues. I don't really know why these bugs remain in the game for as long as they do. Servers have been trashed by exploiters duping gods and bombs and everything else as it is. You'd think it would be a top priority fix, but some of this stuff has been known for ages, especially the duping.
It is a priority but even though the issues seem to be the same, the underlying problem is not. Players find new ways to exploit and we keep fixing and improving those issues. It's an ongoing battle between us and players finding new ways to exploit the game.
Maybe if you share the exploits with us here we can all spam them about it ya know
Yeah..no.
No, we haven't abandoned anything and contrary to popular believes spamming the same posts over and over won't enable us to fix something faster and is also against our rules. Just because we know an issue exists doesn't mean we immediately know what causes it or what underlying code allows for something we wouldn't want to be possible.
It's not like we don't want to fix these but they are also not as easy to address as you might think they are. We ARE aware and we are working on those. However, again, spamming it over and over won't help getting this fixed faster. I understand you are angry and frustrated about this issue.
Exactly! I totally get what you mean now. Thanks againf or the questions!
No worries at all! I appreciate the questions. It helps me a lot too with things I didn’t think about.
Anything above the 16 foundation pieces (like ceiling pieces) are limited to 8 pieces. This includes any loft or balcony. Inside and outside.
Not decorations or anything but building pieces. So for example, you used 6 ceiling pieces inside for a nice loft, you have 2 left you could use for the outside for a balcony or something of the sorts.
This is a rule besides your actual ceiling pieces for a roof/cover of your home.
So, your roof/cover + 8 pieces for any flooring/lofts.
I hope people know what I mean 
Oh dang, thanks for all the questions everyone! I can definitely tell you’ve got some wild ideas already. And I definitely knew there would be some clarification on some things I would need to write. And thanks to that, I’m altering the rules a bit.
Okay let’s see…
Remember that it can only be as tall as 2 wall pieces
I would keep it to submitting 1 base. I can totally see how you all would have multiple ideas for different bases but gimme your best!
As carlmitch mentioned, yes one submission per person/email
Hmmm…I would allow less than 16 foundation pieces, sure. But they still have to be positioned in a square. If that makes sense? You can’t add more than 4 pieces to a row/column, but you can remove. For example, if you removed a middle piece and an edge piece:
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Correct, the foundation pieces must be built this way as a base. Building outwards is fine! As long as it’s still one floor. Don’t see a reason to have ceiling pieces restricted. I like the way you’re thinking!
This is next level and truly ming blowing. So amazingly well done! 😍🤗
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