Lantern Post

Lantern Post
Vital statistics
Size (obj)Structure footprint in tile units.<br><br><i>Rounded-up from source.<br>Source: 0.196 x 0.196</i>	0.2 x 0.2
Skill(s) RequiredSpecific needed skills that enable a given object or item.	Carpentry
Discovery Req.This(<i>discoveryreq</i>) is only for items that need to be discovered in addition to items listed in "Object(s) Required"/<i>(<i>objectsreq</i>).</i><small><br><b><i>(Temporary active on all pages, but leave empty if "None".</i></b><small>	(None or Unknown)
Object(s) Required	Block of Wood x5
Can be Lifted	No
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Related Pages:

• Rectangular Parchment Lantern
• Spherical Parchment Lantern

Placement

• The general, easy distance, between lantern posts that can be connected by a rope is 7 tiles.
• The maximum distance (object center to center) is 7.5 tiles (with placegrid 10). This is when the default-round range-display crosses the other lantern post center.
• For placing lantern posts really close near walls & fences placegrid 10 also works best here. Tech: 1/size(0.196)=5(.102~) (Here the N.102 rest value shows there is very little wasted space used in those cases.)
• As long as the lantern-line is empty, it can be removed with a Right mouse click on the lantern-line. The rope is returned to your inventory.
• To remove a non empty lantern-line, use Right mouse&Shift on the lantern line. The rope and lanterns are returned to your inventory + lit lanterns are extinguished.
• Destroying lantern posts:
  • If a slave lantern post is destroyed the connected lantern-lines(ropes) and lanterns are kept/stored in the control post.
  • If a control lantern post is destroyed it drops the lantern-lines(ropes) and lanterns it controlled to the ground.

Decorating

• To connect two lantern posts with a rope. Click the rope on one of the poles(ping), then move near the second post in a good position and then click the rope on the second pole. Note that the initial clicked pole, when connection a rope, also becomes the control post for that rope/line for all further actions. (ie: you need direct access to the control-pole to interact with a given pole-line.)
  • When using a setup where multiple lines are using the same control post. It make sense to use two different post colors. One for control posts, and an other for slave-only poles.
• Hanging up lanterns is done by just clicking them on the line. Any lanterns on the rope will be moved further down the line.
  • Clicking the rope/line to add a lantern can be arkward at times. Already placed lanterns can also be used/clicked in this case.
  • The number of lanterns that can be placed on a lantern-line depends on the distance between to poles. (Formula unclear. Default placed poles with a 7 tiles distance can contain 6 lanterns. A 7.5 long lantern-line can contain 7 lanterns.)
• Lanterns on the line can be individually removed with a Right mouse click on them.
• To completely remove the line/rope and all the lantarn's at ones, use Right mouse&Shift on the lantern line. The rope and lanterns are returned to your inventory.

Lighting

• Lighting the lanterns can be done by:

1. Holding a lit fire source, like a torch, and clicking on the hanging lantern to light it.
2. Take/hold the lantern and clicking it on some fire source, like a fire or Candelabrum. And than hanging it on the lantern line. (dropping lit lanterns in some inventory extinguishes them.)

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