Placing a House - OH MY GOD!

[Eärendil]

Dear friends!

I placed and customized 100 + houses in this game and I always come back to one issue: House Placement is a mess. Sometimes I feel it´s nothing but random, if you can place the way you want - or not.

An example: There is a lovely little island that Looks like a horseshoe in Tokuno. Two houses can be build around a little bay. You all know the spot, southwest of the map. The former building on that spot looked this way:



First try I placed a 8x9. Then I looked at other shards and found that people placed up 9 x 10 in the middle of the Island. I resized but couldnt get higher than 8x10. How did they do that?

Then I resized again and i wasnt able to even re-build the 8x10 - now the tool only allowed me to place an 8x8.

And even worse: You get this annoying "You have attempted too many times"-message, which should NEVER appear when resizing because it is ridiculous.

So, in a nutshell: I am a bit experienced, but you guys are far more experienced than me. HELP ME! Is there ANY tick or tool you use to measure the maximum space and to finally use that space? Is EC better or CC for placing? I use EC for castles because of the zoom option. But is there anything one can to do make it more convenient and reliable???

I tried 3 times now: Placed, Resized, Waited, Placed, Resized, Waited...

And by the way: What is the maximum size on that Island? Any experiences?

 

[Captn Norrington]

Sometimes after a patch certain areas in the game change, and no longer allow house placement. I'm not sure what causes it but the ground underneath the house physically changes for no apparent reason, like a new rock shows up that can't be placed over. Since the house is already placed it isn't a big deal, but if the house is dropped it then cannot be replaced in the same spot due to the new rock that showed up out of nowhere.

It's possible a patch changed that island and added a rock, hill, twig etc. that is preventing your house placement.

 

[Eärendil]

Seems it was a CC / EC-issue. I tried about 20 times, no chance in CC. In EC: One click and I got it as 9x10... Strange.

Now, however, system tells me, I cannot transfer the house because a herald is standing there. The herald is a leftover from an IDOC, he is not even standing within the house. He was there before the placement. Now I got a 9x10 but I cannot transfer it.

Boy, this software needs some update, really! What can I do to get rid of this herald? Call a GM?

 

[Captn Norrington]

What can I do to get rid of this herald? Call a GM?

Have to call a GM, they are the only ones who can remove those things once they get stuck.

 

[Eärendil]

Yea. Thanks. They die that several times for me but never tried to remove a herald ;-)

 

[Eärendil]

I love GM Rivers!

 

[Scribbles]

Seems it was a CC / EC-issue. I tried about 20 times, no chance in CC. In EC: One click and I got it as 9x10... Strange.

Now, however, system tells me, I cannot transfer the house because a herald is standing there. The herald is a leftover from an IDOC, he is not even standing within the house. He was there before the placement. Now I got a 9x10 but I cannot transfer it.

Boy, this software needs some update, really! What can I do to get rid of this herald? Call a GM?

In CC it is very important to make sure your actual game play window is in the top left corner. Housing gets very glitch if you put it any where else on the UO screen.

 

[MalagAste]

In CC it is very important to make sure your actual game play window is in the top left corner. Housing gets very glitch if you put it any where else on the UO screen.

It's actually the same way in either client....

 

[Kirthag]

I've come to realize house placement in the CC is near impossible. I only use the EC to place houses and check hues, then bounce back to the CC for my normal game play.

 

[Kayhynn]

Really? I placed both of my castles in the classic client...and my keeps...never had a problem with it.

 

[Kirthag]

I've only had issues over the past two years. prior to that, all was well. after some patch, placing _any_ building in the CC is near impossible for me.

gives me a reason to log into the mind-numbing EC. yeah, it still gives me headaches.