[Bug] Room Dimensions

[ForbiddenOne]

So I found a problem, when you create a new room which has a requirement of minimum size 5x5, for instance, if you create a 9x4 or even 12x4 (which has an area way bigger than 5x5) it will fail and say it does not meet the minimum requirements for that room.

[xander]

The minimum requirement is not about area, but about actual dimensions. If the requirement is for the room to be 5x5, then both dimensions must be at least 5 squares. Hence 9x4 fails, as it is not at least 5 squares wide.

xander

EDIT: I be a ninja!

[blipadouzi]

This is not a bug but a mathematical Code-18 error.

4 is less than 5... your rooms are not large enough in one direction.

using your examples... 9x4 and 12x4 do not meet the requirements of 5x5.
However 9x5 and 12x5 do.

[LordBowler]

You can definitely make rooms that aren't "5x5" with some creative trickery though.

I made a 100x4 holding cell, and to make it "5x5" I wound up punching 5 holes in the wall and making 5, one-square, alcoves in the holding cell. Need met.

Same with my one laundry. 4x7 with a 3x1 and a 2x1 extension in two different dimensions and voila.

Basically I have no idea how or why it decides a room is the dimensions it needs to be. But I've learned some ways to game it out of necessity.