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Support beams are a Manufactured item in TFCraft. The are used support the ceilings of mines to prevent cave-in's, though they can also be used for decoration.

Crafting

Both logs must be the same type, but any log in TFCraft can be used. Different types of wood will result in different types of beams, but this difference is purely cosmetic as they are work equally the same. Beams of different types of woods can attach to one another.

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Log (Chestnut)

Usage

Support beams are used to prevent cave-ins. To be able to do this you need to have a horizontal section of support beam in place, having a single pillar of support beams will not prevent a cave in, or hold up any blocks.

There are a few rules when placing support beams:

  • Support beams must be built vertically at least three blocks high in order to build any horizontal beams.
  • Support beams can only be placed horizontally between two vertical beams that are up to 5 blocks apart.
  • Support beams can be placed vertically to any height.
  • Support beams will place the first 3 blocks all on their own, and any additional beams must be placed one at a time. To override the first 3 behavior, hold (Default:⇧ Shift) while placing.

A single horizontally placed support beam will hold up and prevent cave-ins in a 9x9 area centered on the beam's z-level, the z-level above it, and the z-level below it. If there's ceilings around that are higher or lower than that, mining in that area can still cause a cave-in from those ceiling blocks. Cave-in's that fall on the support beam block will break that block, and all other connecting horizontally placed support beams and continue to fall to the ground. Additional broken support beams may then cause other cave-in's to occur. Unsupported blocks that are mined can also propagate cave-in's back to supported areas. Mine safely!

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