House Placing Timer
@Community Manager / @Kyronix
Is there anyway we can change the house placing timer (either the time or mechanics)?
I re-subbed an account because I am currently completely out of storage so I figured why not resub to get a quick 1k+ storage. I'm on ATL so the housing is at a premium (which is fine) but for me running around trying to find a spot that's bigger than 8x8 I'm running into some major problems because I'll place a house in a spot that looks good but get the message that it won't fit so I either need to try the next size down OR move it 1 tile in any direction.
After just 1 unsuccessful attempt I'm getting this error about attempting to place too many times and now I need to wait a random amount of time. I understand the bullying of the house placement tool with scripters but as a legit person just trying to place the biggest house I can on a scared property shard this is very frustrating.
I'd also be fine with keeping it how it works BUT change our ability to "size up" a potential plot... like create a "house prospect tool" that just gives a Yes / No if a house could be placed in a given spot. It doesn't actually need to place the house, it would just be to see if an X size house could be placed there so we didn't need to keep retrying using a house placement tool.
Is there anyway we can change the house placing timer (either the time or mechanics)?
I re-subbed an account because I am currently completely out of storage so I figured why not resub to get a quick 1k+ storage. I'm on ATL so the housing is at a premium (which is fine) but for me running around trying to find a spot that's bigger than 8x8 I'm running into some major problems because I'll place a house in a spot that looks good but get the message that it won't fit so I either need to try the next size down OR move it 1 tile in any direction.
After just 1 unsuccessful attempt I'm getting this error about attempting to place too many times and now I need to wait a random amount of time. I understand the bullying of the house placement tool with scripters but as a legit person just trying to place the biggest house I can on a scared property shard this is very frustrating.
I'd also be fine with keeping it how it works BUT change our ability to "size up" a potential plot... like create a "house prospect tool" that just gives a Yes / No if a house could be placed in a given spot. It doesn't actually need to place the house, it would just be to see if an X size house could be placed there so we didn't need to keep retrying using a house placement tool.
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I guess it would get covered under that, but I wasn't trying to get anything changed about IDOCs... I wouldn't touch that with a 10ft pole.
Even on a dead server It's a problem.
To optimize the placement of a castle, for example: You want the tree next to the top of your house, more room in front.
Took me ~40 min with 2 accounts, cuz I wanted to eat much room as possible on left and top:
Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.
It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.
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I assume you get the "you cannot place here" or whatever the message is
thats because you are not aligned with the tool
where your pointer is, is not where the tool thinks it is. when you offer the plot down you can be several tiles out, so you either get the "cannot reach message" or you are inadvertantly placing on a rock or obstruction and too far to the right.......
you need to push the game window to the top left of your screen. no black area
then the tool is calibrated
once you have a plot down (even a small tester) its always a good idea to leave it an over an hour before trying to replace or resize.
I am glad they are looking into this timer and mechanics. This was an issue placing 7x7s in NL.