Prison Architect Tutorial: Doors

A listing of all available doors in prison architect, and a visual guide as to how they behave when faced with escaping prisoners.
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Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job­ lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your future prison on their yellow bus.
As your workmen lay the last brick you don’t have a moment to let them rest as they need to get started on the first proper cell block so you can make room for the next prisoner intake. Once they’ve all got a place to lay their weary heads the fun can really start. You’ll need a canteen, infirmary and a guard room, oh, and don’t forget to plumb in a toilet, or things will get messy, but what about a workout area? Or solitary confinement cells? Or an execution chamber?
Inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress and Theme Hospital and with over 1 million players having spent time inside, Prison Architect is the world’s best lock-­em-­up.
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Intro/Outro Music: Blusey Vibes, by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions

[@HowardKarpfendale]

Thats how you do a tutorial on KZbin. No 2 Hour gameplay.

[@Deverz]

Side note: Any door servos in areas classified as outside must be manually powered. The cables need to be attached to the cog looking part of the servo. Any inside are powered in the same way a light would be

[@archastro]

Aha! I wondered why that was the case. Thanks dev!

[@Bunny-fd8zl]

Fencing around your prison perimeter should also add an extra layer of protection from escape attempts too, particularly perimeter fences.

[@killman369547]

One thing i like to do with remote doors is wire a timer to the cell door controls so all the cells in a block open and close according to the daily regime. It eliminates a lot of the strain on the door control operators. Straggler prisoners can be an issue but it can be solved by setting the timer to leave the doors open an extra hour. You can wire as many cells to a door control as you want this way without overwhelming the operator.

[@nuttykiya]

This was so useful. Thanks for getting straight to the point and not making a 20 minute + video

[@ilikechips9671]

Would love a tutorial on profit :]

[@archastro]

That's a great idea! I'll add it to the list :)

[@jakeq3530]

Trees. Lots of trees.

[@catfishandbass8680]

More prisoners = more profit. Higher security level prisoners = more profit.

[@michaelr2604]

If you are willing to get creative with your entry way road barriars can also be used as a riot stopper one button and boom 8 meters thick of on demand solitary door for your air lock.

[@diggidong470]

Nice start to what will hopefully be a series of short tutorials!

[@nathanlamberth7631]

In my current play-through, I had an escapee. Now I pair my road gates with an armed guard each.

[@Dr.Jack_Bright1904]

A word you can let solitary doors open automaticly with a door servo and door timer just set them on the open times and lock up times.

[@jeffextreme5498]

Very informative and helpful. I didn't realize the standard doors could be used as cell doors. And I've placed remote doors at the main entrance of my primary prison, but your layout will solve the problem of both doors being open at the same time. Thanks

[@mrepic667]

This man made a 9 minute video about video game doors. Respect.

[@Plague_Doc22]

Wait what...you can have showers in a cell...does that make shower area obsolete?

[@SaintGuillotine]

Yes

[@jeffextreme5498]

Yep. And it's far better.

[@killman369547]

Yep. It's easier to just work a shower head into your cell design than it is to redo the entire cell block because you forgot to work in a shower room. Plus it also helps satisfy the Privacy need.

[@jonathancoloma8559]

yes fellow Doctor

[@cookiecakeeater6340]

Not if you want to punish bad prisoners

[@betz965]

wait wait wait wait, prisoners can drive the trucks through the gates!???? That's revolutionary intelligence!

[@archastro]

Wait until it happens to you. It's terrifying! I wish I'd recorded it, but sadly it's only happened in offline playthroughs.

[@ricksgaming7298]

that last bit i had no idea

[@josheli3749]

Need one explaining using logic gates (which i havent experienced with) and pressure pads and we have keycard doors now. They can be connected to servos and are quicker to open and close. Not sure how tough they are though.

[@SadCoffeeBear]

Thank you. New to the game, you helped me realize that I did so many things wrong with the doors 👍

[@archastro]

haha don't worry, when I first started playing I was a complete scrub. still am, to be honest.

[@dustypizza3395]

@@archastro no negativity you are good

[@nickelgaming786]

Honestly this was a really helpful video.

[@frigginsepone446]

2:25 If a cell block is connected to any area that's staff only, access only, or outside by just a staff door, prisoners will not only use it as escape route, they'll be motivated to try to escape! And it doesn't matter how many heavy doors are still between them and freedom after breaking that staff door, as long as it leads outside the area they are meant to be in (as with deployment) they'll try to escape again and again. Have fun...

[@likeablekiwi6265]

lol I can put any shortcut doors I want in my prison considering that its an island bound prison so they have no choice but to go through the road if they dont want to swim and climb three of my perimeter walls while being sniped plus my main entrance is also just whole bunch of road gates... wish I could use road barriers outside of the road Xd

[@Doctoriuseful]

Very well done mate.

[@wokke_143]

Perfect video

[@Notllamalord]

Love it, thanks!

[@HighDutchman]

That prison break at 2:17 was funny

[@nagranoth_]

It's really annoying that the game doesn't show any of this information...

[@ShinFahima]

This is a beautiful informative video.

[@crazycanadian7944]

My guards always leave the door control system and everybody gets stuck, Is there anyway to fix that?

[@GanzuGinisu]

HELP!! I HAVE NOT IDEA WHY MY REMOTE CONTROL DOORS CAN ONLY BE OPERATED BY THE COOKS AND NOT THE GUARDS!! HELP

[@ISeeChase2]

Thanks man! I'll keep this in mind later on

[@misterfrench894]

great video, thank you

[@TheMcdonalds123]

Thanks

[@Sparten-recon]

Love it

[@MrSaosin182]

thanks like this tuts

[@poison72jd39]

The solitary Doors is god for cell

[@lintytuff]

How did you use "Prison-Wide Escape Attempt" to simulate an escape? Is it a mod, or a mode I don't know about.

[@archastro]

That's a mod called total chaos. It's great for testing prison designs, plus it has a mode called "shankpocolypse"

[@lintytuff]

@@archastro I gotta try that

[@EzDreamzy]

ty

[@darauwalaimran786]

Great info

[@gbadlon]

A tutorial ? HMMMMmmm :D Keep up the good job man.

[@ooSicknesSoo]

Good tutorial, thx

[@archastro]

You're welcome. I hope it helps!

[@evathegrand]

I can't find any doors in the inventory system anymore? Where the hell did they go

[@jaamaan123]

Nice one ;)

[@archastro]

Thanks 😁

[@SaintGuillotine]

Wait. Putting a door servo on a door. Won't it open to anyone who goes up to it. So one the road gate they won't have to break it. It will open for them. I just built a little wall thing __ | __ Kinda like that and stationed a guard there

[@jeffextreme5498]

The door won't be opened for prisoners who aren't allowed past it. Outside is tricky because you can't mark it staff only. But you could create a small area after the road gate. The prisoners should never reach that first road gate though.

[@electrictoazt0915]

Should my main doors be solitary doors?

[@archastro]

It's definitely a legit strategy - they can take much more of a beating than double doors. You can also go with remote doors... But if the control panel isn't manned, your guards can get trapped outside.

[@Britishproductions124]

How did,you make a escape attempt Did you get a mod or did you hack

[@archastro]

That's Total Chaos: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526455056 but I hear it's a bit buggy these days.

[@diggidong470]

So if i understand it correct, the pathfinding of escaping prisoners choose the way of the least hitpoints to freedom and not the shortest route to freedom?

[@archastro]

I think you're probably right there, but it's definitely something I can research. Perhaps that'll be my next tutorial video :)

[@diggidong470]

@@archastro that would be awesome!

[@sovietboi9038]

What’s the mod where you can give inmates guns and stuff?

[@archastro]

It's called Total Chaos :) steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=526455056

[@Irnbru_addict]

When are we going to get a cities. Skylines playthrough.

[@archastro]

Judging by the episode of Prison Architect I recorded this morning, not too long. Things are starting to get dicey :O

[@Deronimus]

What ver is your pa?

[@jake_bellvile]

will the road barrier come to XBOX? same as female prisons.

[@Sworrr]

What is that mod that you start the violence and riot with?

[@archastro]

It's called "Total Chaos" and its awesome. For example, you can equip all prisoners with a knife, equip all guards with rifles, then kick off a riot and then watch the chaos ensue. a+

[@Sworrr]

Thanks

[@rustykalim7590]

My (all) prison doors is just remote doors

[@archastro]

I've run in to problems with all remote doors in the past. Sometimes guards will leave the door controls to go help out with a riot, and they can't get through the remote doors because they're no longer manning the door controls.

[@rustykalim7590]

Hmm, thats the problem if you have more prisoners instead of guards, but it will make large situations.

[@aalund135]

How remove Door?

[@aalund135]

nvm i know now

[@archastro]

Glad you found it!

[@vexi6228]

What mods do you use

[@archastro]

At the time I only had the one - enabling x4 speed

[@d0g3br34d]

I I _______ LOL

[@AZ-ss2fj]

Sadly on mobile you dont have roll calls and... escape attempts..

[@muffin1758]

There's escape attempts

[@JoeyFreeney]

The wasteful slime histochemically radiate because herring typically shave sans a curly fedelini. yummy, callous shoulder

[@Notllamalord]

What

[@archastro]

I dunno, but I'm into it