[Cosmetics] Customiseable house interior

[NightMind]

A lot of players would like to customize the inside of the house. We can do it to some extent with paintings ("wallpaper") and paving the floor inside. However, for best customization option (and easiest time to convert house to and from a "look"), I think an item that allows to make house modifications is needed.

For example, once you have metal you can craft e.g. a Tinkerer's toolbox, allowing you to swap walls, staircase, and flooring materials for a token material cost (some fraction of floor area for walls and floor, 3 per staircase, or 1/3 of that price for metal trim).

If you want to split it by tier, you can have Carpenters Toolbox (crafter with soft metal bar, can only use wood varmat for internal looks), Mason's toolbox (hard metal crafting, wood and stone), and Expert toolbox (steel crafting, allows wood, stone, metal interiors, perhaps even gems/glass/bone). And that still allows you to re-pave parts of the home in other material if you really need it.
You could also require additional items to modify the look and feel of the material. Wood blocks give outer wood texture. Wood planks - inner wood. You can spend some wood polish for a smoother less textured look. Adding a touch of cave slime modifies stone from round boulders to a more brick-like squared cobblestones. Wax makes metal "shiny". etc. all options you can experiment with in a much more contained environment of "inside".

Other topics suggested different paving options, which would be extremely welcome on the inside, and new look for brickwall, which perhaps we can allow to customize with same Mason's toolbox used for internal work. Variable material here would be appreciated so much, matching your now-stone brickwall to your well to your stone mansion.

Think of it like a Sketchbook page applied to swap a material but where you couldn't before.

[serVar161]

I like the personalization ideas.
How will these tools work? How will they differ from existing wood, stone, and metal paving?

[Elorian]

Really like this idea and would be a welcome addition to Haven.

I'd see it working exactly as the original poster has said. The difference between the existing would be the need for the correct tools / materials and it could offer some new interior styles to the standard wood, offering some entry level ones to start with but then eventually more in further updates.

I guess a system similar to that in "Ultima Online" ,"V-Rising" or similar games but with it tailored to keeping within the style of HnH.

[NightMind]

How will these tools work?

Pick the toolbox and right-click on exposed interior floor, wall, or staircase to come and open "renovations" menu. From this menu, you can choose the style to apply (similar to a crafting menu) and complete the renovation.
Alternatively, instead of the building sign like normal the graphic changes to a draped-over "under renovation" graphic and that allows you to come back with additional materials to finish the construction

How will they differ from existing wood, stone, and metal paving?

Graphics wise we can keep stone and metal paving textures. There is no wood paving sans wood chips. Wood will need new textures (or a combination of wood texture and some mask over it). Functionality-wise, it replaces "base" material of the interior space. It is cheaper, changes all at once, and can be used to affect walls.

[serVar161]

I see. It would be easier for me if the terraforming feature was used, without creating three new tools, but creating tools is a small price to pay for the ability to change the interior.