Doorbell

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Zirikana
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Doorbell

Post by Zirikana »

I remember seeing a thread about something like a doorbell. Search is coming up empty, so call this a second-order bump.

The idea is to build some kind of object outside your village palisade that could be interacted with by anyone, and would display an announcement to all people standing within the village claim, so that random travelers who just want to make a minor trade, or say hello, or open up their caravan, can find out if anyone is home.

Details would have to be figured out in order to make this work properly... How to display a message to a select group of hearthlings based on location? How to allow to strangers interaction with an object that is still on the village claim? Maybe it's not as difficult as I think, but still, it would be fun to have :)
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Re: Doorbell

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+1
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Re: Doorbell

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+1 for naming doorbells

Gonna name mine Humphrey
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+1 I love :) but whats happend if the vill have more then one gate ?
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Re: Doorbell

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Maybe have each "doorbell" display a specific, customizable message to the village?
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Re: Doorbell

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I like it, why not just play a sound to everyone within the village claim whenever someone rings the bell, the bell would of course need a cooldown to prevent spamming.
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Re: Doorbell

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Ring the doorbell and run.

Fun.
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Re: Doorbell

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materials:1 rope, 3 metal bars (any kind) ... i dont know what else

mabye a bell pull would work nicely?
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Re: Doorbell

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wickerman_156 wrote:Why not just play a sound to everyone within the village claim whenever someone rings the bell?
Then us who plays without sound wouldn't be able to hear it..
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Re: Doorbell

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SacreDoom wrote:
wickerman_156 wrote:Why not just play a sound to everyone within the village claim whenever someone rings the bell?
Then us who plays without sound wouldn't be able to hear it..
lol my thoughts exactly
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