A query and some ideas of customising buildings

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A query and some ideas of customising buildings

Postby Shadowbreak » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:22 pm

Sorry if this thread should have been in the other boards but I would like to ask the devs of what they have in plan of new buildings after the map reset.

I have searched the forum and though I have encountered mentions of new buildings, I was not able to find much detail on what the devs had in mind. Like such as whether they will be prefabbed by the devs to be used by the players or will they be a choice into the shape of the building within or a little inbetween aka some prefabbed and a generic building of moderate size to be used for any means.

Edit: Sorry if it is not clear enough but I am asking about buildings that are akin to cabins than buildings such as a chicken coop.

Edit 2: After thinking awhile on how a "malleable interior" would work out, I came up with the idea where the player would use something like the land claim interface to set how large the domicile would be. Of course there would be a max size to it but it would give the players a choice on the size ranging from about maybe the size of the bar at brogdar to the size of a cube 3 cabin-wise in length and width. For further customisation of building, the player would mark areas by highlighting the areas with a "brush tool" to create a wall effectively creating rooms inside the building. Customising the interior would of course come with a price though and it would not be allowed unless no one except the owner of the house(maybe a key to the house) was inside the house to make the changes. I am still thinking more about improving this idea but any suggestion to build this up would be great.
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Re: A query and some ideas of customising buildings

Postby theTrav » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:14 am

Everyone would love a complex "construction" mechanic, and looking at the photo album it looks like the dev's did experiment with it a little, however there's problems around determining integrity/stability/validity of designs.

For the moment I'm pretty happy with the amount of space you get in a log cabin + cellar, however a few visually different buildings would be awesome (as would the ability to build majority brick/stone buildings) and hopefully make the villagescape a little less monotonous
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Re: A query and some ideas of customising buildings

Postby Shadowbreak » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:14 pm

I would still prefer a larger indoor space though because if I were to make the building into something where people meet, congregate, trade or socialise, I would rather think a larger land area for the current building to be more adequate. However I do get your point, hopefully the devs will be able to find a compromise that will work with the current system.
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