The placeable walls and auction safes are making the game unplayable in some areas...
After complaining to fellow EC players, I feel that enough of us are having this issue to warrant posting about it.
Back when the placable walls and auction safes were added, I believe I remember hearing that they would not be visible from the outside of the house. That choice was made to prevent what I am about to show you. People have figured out a way to bypass this by using the bamboo floor tiles, and the result is so much lag the game has become unplayable in some areas. I have a decent computer, one which can easily handle anything Ultima Online throws at it... but this? This is getting really bad.
The longer I play, the worse the lag and black screens become until I inevitably crash. The video here shows what I am talking about. Anytime I stop moving in the video, its a complete lag lockup. Can something be done about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADenk2T6Tbo
Back when the placable walls and auction safes were added, I believe I remember hearing that they would not be visible from the outside of the house. That choice was made to prevent what I am about to show you. People have figured out a way to bypass this by using the bamboo floor tiles, and the result is so much lag the game has become unplayable in some areas. I have a decent computer, one which can easily handle anything Ultima Online throws at it... but this? This is getting really bad.
The longer I play, the worse the lag and black screens become until I inevitably crash. The video here shows what I am talking about. Anytime I stop moving in the video, its a complete lag lockup. Can something be done about this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADenk2T6Tbo
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? -Dr. Seuss
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Hope this includes the mannequins too?
My computer is definitely not old and my connection speed is 105 MB/s.
Running around some of these monstrosities or through Luna has become ridiculous.
This about sums up uo players.
Seems the squeaky wheels win again. Not saying that some displays are not grotesque, but most are tasteful and respectful. People have been living with it for quite a while, and I highly doubt anyone quits over it when a simple page to a GM can resolve displays that interfere with other player homes. Yet it is likely players will quit if their hard designed deco cannot be appreciated.
However if the UO Team is set on fixing this. I would like to know that either safes will still be made visible like vendors are AND/OR searchable like vendors are. If they can't be seen, they are worthless to most people who own them.
I appreciate your time and thoughtful consideration addressing this issue. Cheers!
”the exploit I was knowingly abusing with bamboo tiles to disrupt gameplay for fellow users was fixed, before bamboo tiles came along I adhered to normal housing rules and it wasn’t a problem, but now I’m no longer special”
Didn't need to be changed. I don't think it was intended to be changed. I'm happy it may get fixed.
They are using EC in the OP. I can run 3 accounts around Luna and have no issues in CC.
Left is before going in, right is after....and I know stairs can be awkward...and maybe now that I've shown this Bleak will fix this too lol....but I'll just move stuff to the front steps like we've always done. No you won't be able to display a house full of stuff.....just put the most important stuff on the steps.
This game stays online because most accounts are paid monthly for deco and houses. You make those people quit and there will be no devs left to make your Fel shard.
Fix the problem in Enhanced client. There is not lag in CC.
It does harm my play style because if I want to shop in Luna...especially on Atlantic, I can't due to the number of very..in my opinion...unsightly homes that make me so laggy I don't bother shopping....so people are losing out on my gold because of it. No I don't like using vendor search that often, it's my play style.