Metal Billboard

Metal Billboard
A large metal billboard for landmark navigation or relaying messages.
Structure
Type	Building
Health	6,000
Item
Weight	8.0
Item ID	243
Spawn Command cheat giveitemnum 243 1 0 0 or cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Metal/PrimalItemStructure_MetalSign_Large.PrimalItemStructure_MetalSign_Large'" 1 0 0
Crafting
Required level	Level 46
Engram Points	15 EP
Crafting XP	32 XP
Prerequisites	Wooden Billboard Metal Sign
Crafted in	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle  Tek Replicator
Required Stations	Mortar And Pestle
Ingredients
Resources breakdown [Expand] 35 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot 10 × Cementing Paste 40 × Chitin or Keratin 80 × Stone Total Base Ingredients 40 × Chitin or Keratin 80 × Stone 35 × Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot

Overview

The Metal Billboard lets players display a short message to other players. It is notably bigger than a Metal Sign. Edit the text as many times as needed with the use key (e, , ). To add a second line of text, use <br/>.

Construction

The Metal Billboard does not require a foundation for placement, and as such does not interfere with the spawning of natural resources. It does not snap to other structures. It is possible to carefully place two or more billboards side by side to use as larger display area. If noclipping is set in the server config, and they are carefully placed against a wall, the legs will be hidden inside the wall, just leaving the face of the billboard exposed.

Notes

• The Metal Billboard is treated as a metal structure and can only be damaged by explosives, the Tek Rifle, Tek Saddles, a Titanosaur, Arthropluera, Corrupted Creatures, Enraged Creatures, Titans, Bosses, or the DodoRex.

Painting and Color Regions

In addition to its preset paint regions, you can doodle on the Metal Billboard by "attacking" it with a Paintbrush, which will open the "Apply Paint" Menu. Then, click and drag your cursor over the 3D model (like a paintbrush) to draw anything you want. See Painting for more information on doodling.

For more information on Paint Regions and how to use them, please view the Dye, Paintbrush, or Spray Painter pages.

Region 1: Background	Region 2: Top and Bottom Frame	Region 3: Screws
Region 4 is not used for this Object.	Region 5: Support Post	Region 6: Sign Text

Region 1Region 2Region 3Region 5

Loading and Saving Custom Images

To load Ark PNT files into a Metal Billboard, the file name must be suffixed with _Sign_Large_Metal_C.. The resolution is 256x256, and the aspect ratio in-game is 2.5:1. A mask defining the outer ridged border areas is available here: Metal Billboard doodling mask.

Gallery

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  Two billboards, side by side.