1) When going into sandbox mode, use the z key to show the 'idealized' blueprint. This is not the one which you lay down. Yours will be laid down upon it through later steps. But you *will* be using this one regularly, to determine where to place walls/windows/doors/etc.

2) to set a 'use blueprint' (the one that your blocks, etc. use: go into the store menu, to the tab listed as 'sandbox'. This tab has multiple sub-tabs, but the one for laying most of the use blueprints is the constructors one. Additionally, windows and doors are listed under their own tab, and they also have a blueprints version.

3) When setting things up, after you've got your foundation laid, it is best practice to put the blueprints up for the walls, but *before constructing those walls*, go ahead and place blueprints for all doors and windows. This will help to seal things properly when built.

4) Be careful with your measurements, because if you have to destroy something once made, it costs to replace it, you don't get 'returned materials' from demolishing something you've already put bricks or the like in. This is especially true with roofs, which is where I'm currently working to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

5) At the end, once the main parts of the blueprint are completed, you will find additional things such as paint/tile styles on the sandbox tab, and they are essentially sprayed into place. Similar options are for putting back grass and adding paving.


At this point, I've gotten most of it tested out, but will update it as I come to figure out what i have done incorrectly on the roof portions. Otherwise, leave me questions, and I'll try to answer them as best I can.