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I simply wouldn't do it. Why?
My main house lot on Atlantic I've seen as larger on other shards. But when I try to place on the same spot on shards that don't have a house there, I can't do better than smaller. The rules changed...several times.
Thus you could end up with less. And with no recourse.
So I have to ask, is your lot below max storage capacity? If so and, if you're like most current UO players, you have multiple accounts, why not get a second house on your home shard and play it safe?
My main house lot on Atlantic I've seen as larger on other shards. But when I try to place on the same spot on shards that don't have a house there, I can't do better than smaller. The rules changed...several times.
Thus you could end up with less. And with no recourse.
So I have to ask, is your lot below max storage capacity? If so and, if you're like most current UO players, you have multiple accounts, why not get a second house on your home shard and play it safe?
it works. i've done it several times.
word of caution: resize during 'off times' -- meaning when there aren't many players online. be especially careful in felucca. you don't want to be killed repeatedly while trying to re-place your house. (i saw this happen at an idoc when the house owner was trying to transfer their decaying house to another account.)
make sure your house is 'properly placed'. if it's 'improperly placed' you may run into problems.
it's always a good idea to test placement on Test Center if you can.
word of caution: resize during 'off times' -- meaning when there aren't many players online. be especially careful in felucca. you don't want to be killed repeatedly while trying to re-place your house. (i saw this happen at an idoc when the house owner was trying to transfer their decaying house to another account.)
make sure your house is 'properly placed'. if it's 'improperly placed' you may run into problems.
it's always a good idea to test placement on Test Center if you can.
IMHO the devs dropped the ball on this when they implemented it. There are so many things that can go wrong.
This would have been a much better way to do house resizing:
1) Add an option on the customization gump: "Resize foundation"
2) when selected everything except the foundation goes invisible.
3) you select one wall at a time.
3) once you have a wall selected, you get an option to move it in or out. When moving it out it checks standard house placement rules for obstructions etc.
4) once you are happy with the new foundation size you select "commit" and the server does one last check for obstructions.
5) If everything is OK then the server does one more check for anything in your house that is no longer over a valid foundation tile and moves it into your moving crate.
Simple and safe. @Kyronix @Mesanna
Really? I'm the opposite. I've found that the EC it's nearly impossible to tell if there is a hill or valley in the way of your placement... the CC shows the ground elevation better (this is the ONE and ONLY thing the CC is better at IMO)... But the most important thing about both the clients is that you have to have your play window in the upper left hand corner of your screen to place things like houses or boats as if you don't have it there... the targetting is WAY off. I never knew this and for years have always played with my screen in the lower left corner of the screen. Always wondered why when I tried to place a boat it would wind up 5 or 6 tiles away from where I clicked to place it. And had wondered for ages why I could never place a house. When I found out about that I wondered how many missed housing opportunities I'd had that I might have placed a small house but couldn't because I'd moved my screen.
warning , I know some people had problems when placing a plot then trying to resize without waiting for server up. it doesn't happen all the time but I know its has happened in the past serval times. may have been fixed too. I thought someone stated to wait for server up, next day. good to have friend with open house placement incase it wont let u replace it if needed.