Can't spawn/place custom structure

Development Modding ARK: Survival Evolved
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Okay, so I’ve created an additional structure, i’ve done the whole 9 yards; engram list, sounds, static meshes etc etc
It’s all good, but as soon as I try to place my new structure it simply never shows the green/red spawn indicator to say where I can and can’t place it.

Simply put, I can’t actually place it anywhere because I am not given the option to.
Anyone have a quick explanation for what I’ve missed?

Thanks!

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Did you also add it to “Additional Structures to Place” in PrimalGameData?

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I will double check but I’m sure I have.
I’ll edit this post with more info.

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And also, have you referenced PrimalItemStructure and the physical structure to eachother? Something like “Structure to build” and “Consumes primal item”, respectively.

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Okay, I’ve fixed the placement issue, but now I can’t do three things which I somehow managed before but can’t anymore.

  1. Remove inventory use when I hover over the structure. (I based it off of a standing torch, so it still has the inventory where you put fuel in)
  2. Change the “Light fire” usage description to something else
  3. Change the name of the structure when it is placed.

Pretty annoying since I ahd all of that working when a beautiful crash happened as expected.

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  1. Physical structure -> Component tab at the top right. The inventory is right there. You can delete it and add another, or add nothing
  2. In the same file, you can disable “Can Toggle Activation” to remove it, or also in this file, you can edit “Activate Container String” and “Deactivate Container String”
  3. Should be “Descriptive Name,” same file
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Thank you Huston850, you’ve been a great second pair of eyes! :smiley: