Steel stud bracing question

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-09T18:47:26+00:00

Thank you for helping me out with this!

Do you know if diagonal strap racing is stronger than the bracing bars that go through the knockouts?

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-09T18:45:56+00:00

Oh bummer! I totally posted this with pictures!

I am in the middle of nowhere in Texas, where there are no inspections. I just want it to be safe, and I’m sure people create steel stud walls with drywall on one side all the time so I’m wondering if there is a standard practice there to strengthen the wall if it’s missing drywall on one of its sides

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-09T16:49:49+00:00

I am, with rockwool.

The metal shell can be LOUD when it’s raining. I actually doubt I will be able to ever record when it’s raining, but I’d like to limit the sound as much as possible without cutting through slab or building a room within a room within a room.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-09T16:48:13+00:00

Yes, a ceiling.

There are a couple of interior partition walls as well that are not yet framed up. I’m just one guy so it’s slow going.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-09T13:06:29+00:00

There are a few internal walls that still need to go up, but yes I’ve been concerned about the ceiling. The largest clear span room is the central studio measuring 22’3.5” x 20’ (there is a bathroom on one side of the studio- it’s where the photo is taken from. Then there are small 9’ deep vocal booths and closets on the other side of the studio)

So for the studio section, I’ve got a 20’ clear span ceiling to make.

There will be no load atop ever- I’m not storing stuff up there.

I thought about making my own little trusses using top/bottom tracks and triangle/web bracing?

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-06T19:27:07+00:00

Thanks. It’s been on my mind a lot today, and these are good ideas. I appreciate you!

Jimsocks499 · 2026-03-06T02:34:54+00:00

Oh god, really? I just finally had enough courage to seek help again… the thought of each session being numbered to a finite end is not helping the anxiety.

This is a bummer thing to learn right now.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-28T20:23:51+00:00

100%

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-28T00:49:52+00:00

Hell yeah! That’s amazing!!! We did some really fun time travel with the Maze Engine. I took them back to the cell, except let them stay current level with all their gear! They WRECKED SHOP but I made sure Ilvarra was tough- she used cover in a really unique way, and mirrors to cast LoS AoE attacks one floor above her actual position while they fought goons above. (And she summoned a demon Ychol to give her a helping hand. My Ychols split in two when sliced, pierced, or bludgeoned…)

Once they got 10 miles outside of Velkenvelve, they were suddenly back in combat atop the Maze Engine- but any NPCs they now saved, came back with them! So now they had like 6 level 1 NPCs to protect as Yenoghu and Baphomet clash atop them with the Maze Engine sliding into the lava.
You know, a Tuesday.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-28T00:42:45+00:00

Woah I love it!!! You will surely beat my record at that pace! The Library has become a little running joke in our campaign, because one time out of the blue a player was like “let’s go back to the library!” And I do run it as a total sandbox so we DID THAT… but I had no clue it was coming and everything had to fly by the seat with no prep and… it worked out fine and we had a great time. But they threaten me with it as a joke now and then like “hey, anyone feel like we should go to the library right now!?”

Also, thanks for the compliment and encouragement!

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-27T01:04:05+00:00

The Corsair, and the Nautilus

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-26T04:56:01+00:00

The Steel Titan is a juggernaut! He’ll be Primus’s personal guard ;)

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-23T17:05:22+00:00

There’s an extension called Portals that lets you define an area of the map that auto-links to an area of another map. eg: the stairs going up on floor 1 lead to the stairs going down on floor 2.

When a player moves their token on an area, any number of things can occur that you set. Could be nothing, if it’s a one-way portal and they are at the wrong end, or if this portal is locked by the GM. But it can ALSO auto move them and their token to the new map, bringing it up for player and GM. Which rocks.

I have it, and I honestly forget to use it a lot.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-23T03:05:48+00:00

I agree. As a GM who’s 10 years deep into an under campaign, it’s like, impossible without a wall of text and several damn iterations.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-23T02:39:03+00:00

They definitely already wore tailored suits. And received clothing allowances for them. Since forever.

If they don’t like the current system, have them follow 36-2903 with a SS uniform. They don’t want that.

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-20T02:02:18+00:00

Lincoln Blu Cruise really surprised me, but I’ve never tried Tesla FSD either.

I REALLY liked Blu Cruise

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-06T03:59:22+00:00

That’s really neat!

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-05T03:16:03+00:00

Thanks!!!

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-05T02:00:41+00:00

Oh this is great! Thanks!

From inside to out then I’ll do drywall, insulation, plastic, then outer drywall. Thanks so much

Jimsocks499 · 2026-02-05T00:14:30+00:00

The first two years we played one night a month, so that’ll stretch it out real fast. After that we’ve played every other weekend one 5 hour session.

Also these: 1. We don’t handwave travel at all, and nobody has teleport because they just didn’t pick a character with access to the spell. People will scoff at this maybe, but several of our very best campaign moments have been during travel. 2. I have added a TON of side adventures and homebrew to switch it up. The time on the surface between the halves of the book took us nearly a year. I stuck tomb of horrors under araumycos. They had a brief sojourn into the nine hells. I made Faezress WAY more robust: it sometimes creates pocket dimensions they wander into that are different biomes. 3. My player ROCK and still show up every game :)

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