Tekka

very nice mike. the water bottle dispenser machine is great. simple(not sure this is the word i want, but it's close), but perfect

Oz, how many auxilary connections can you make to your control item, and how many have you placed? Out of curiousity....would the pillar be one too many, and placed last? That may be a reason, and i didn't think of it in your other thread.

very nice! may i suggest using banners (all white with one of the 'invisible emblems') as sails for your ship?

I love the changes to base editing. *blush*

wait, you're going to add cells over the guard station, so that inmates can pretend they're pooping on the guards' heads?

please tell me i'm not the only one who'd think of that...

> < i'm squishing your head.

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pop!

(overactive imagination + bored at work. my apologies)

Turbo, those look incredible. very artistic!

Maribelle, i love it. Thanks for the giggles!

Thought of more things i would lurve to see:
<ul type="square">[*] More columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, specifically.[*] Double Doors[*] Entry hatches that open/close, like in tech bases and certain oranbega missions.[*] Mirrors. (Scrying Paintings are nice, but only work in control rooms.) Standing, Hanging. Plate glass mirrors of varying sizes like you see in commercial bathrooms. Even if the reflection is super-blurry.[*] I mentioned flowers several times in my last wish-list. i can has pretty flowers, prease? vases, planters, rosebushes, TULIPS /sighs dreamily. [*] flowering trees, mebbe? dogwood, apple, cherry, pear (that should cover the colour spectrum of flowering trees) palm trees! nearly forgot! there's some outside the vip lounge in pocket D.[*] how about the "unloved" plants in some door missions? the leaf-less trees, brown and wilted plants, etc. while we're on that thread--those missions have a unique office tileset. very warm and golden. i wants.[*] unlit floor torches and tech torches. sometimes the wick burns low, or bulb blows, and you haven't gotten around to replacing it yet, but still want to show it in your base.[*] ooh, hey, while we're talking about lighting: how about that iconic bare lightbulb hanging from a cord on the ceiling? ((this ))[*] bedside / end table lamps with shades. Something like this. or, heaven forbid, this. [*] stone lions: sitting, standing, reclining. mebbe lil sphinxes? Sphinx Avenue, Temple of Luxor, Egypt Pick a lion. any lion. [*] elevator wall details. even if they don't open like the do in missions.[*] laptop computers. opened /closed. computers with LCD screens. for serious, who uses CRTs anymore (unless you're at work like me, and the boss won't spring for a computer or monitor newer than 2002 x_x)[*] camera monitoring systems. they have them outside of buildings in CoV, and inside of door missions too. be a cool wall/ceiling detail. /nudge-wink-say-no-more. [*]would need a big honkin' wall of snow-fuzz display monitors to complement it. or a single row of 4 together that are stackable to fill a wall. awesomesauce. Big Brother is Watching you! Arachnos sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad (not good!), so be bad, for badness' sake. ((/groan))[*] apartment-style mailbox slots or PO Box details.[*] flavour signs found in game. Dangerous, Keep Out, Employees Only, Reactor, etc[*] ceiling, floor and wall direction indicators. left, right, straight arrows.[*] the ability to decorate in doorways. that no-man's land looks even more abysmal now that we can crowd the rest of the rooms so prettily. At least wall details and ceiling / wall lights, please. i can understand nothing on floors or blocking pathing for doorways.[/list]
i'm done for a few days. i promise. /keeps fingers crossed behind back.

Jygg... change your emblem to one that doesn't show, and place one of the item you're trying to have an emblem-less thinger on somewhere in the base. it has to be the same banner / glass, but it will change every one like it in the base that's already placed to an emblemless one.

wow, that is one massive fireplace, Darkstar. N I C E. Well done on the stairs, too. Be sure to update us once you finish that room

HAHAHA, Monty Python = WIN.

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/crosses fingers, toes and eyes.

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Bad idea...I /crossed fingers, toes and eyes too..ended up in the pvp forum. Gonna stick with just crossing fingers and toes next time.

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At least with my eyes crossed, i won't see the gankfest coming.
/slowly uncrosses eyes, looks for a sticky, and ponders annoying the Mods with more PMs.

/wiggles

thanks, Az. Really had to cut myself short there, i probably could have carried on for two more pages.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Hope everyone's safe and warm and loved this season. (I'm usually such a Bumhug this time of year. I guess being back in CoX during the holidays instead of That Other MMO really does wonders for a gal's mood.)

Dear Santa Dev.
I've been a mostly good girl this year, and even kicked the habit of That Other MMO and am back to CoX for good. If it wouldn't be too much trouble, there are a few items on my list that i'd like added to base editor selection, and i know several others of the building community have already asked for them. My list includes:
<ul type="square">[*]New wall and floor textures for a more nature-based room (mebbe an ivy or hedge wall for low/med/high walls, and sky or forest view for med/high walls only)[*]water effects without using slow fields (don't get me wrong, it works great, but you can only use so many in certain rooms, and it limits creativity)[*]the ability to select NO ceiling/floor trim, instead of shoving something against the wall/ceiling at regular intervals and hoping no one notices.[*]individual glasses, bottles, dinnerware, vases with and without flowers[*]everything Propelled by a gravity controller/dominator [*]Kitchen items: stove, fridge, microwave, hood, dishwasher, and even a hanging pots-and-pans rack if you're feeling extra generous (though i probably haven't been good enough this year for that. I'll try harder next, i promise!)[*]windows looking out onto lots of scenes. someone else said it better'n me, but forests, deserts, mountains, space stations, underwater, moonscape, planetscapes, etc.[*]there's one very handy floor tile. Can we get more? Would you please look into doing similar place-able wall tiles? Kitchen/bath/wood planks etc.[*] how about a ceiling option that actually looks like sky? The tech options are close and people have done amazing things with them, but could you imagine what else we could accomplish?[*]Furniture. preferably colourable in SG/VG colours. Beds, specifically, but also more couch / chair / table options sized to actually fit an average (6') super-person, or better yet, 3 sizes of furniture (small would fit someone 4', med 6', large 8')?[*]World Peace[*]flowers in planters of various sizes.[*](more) decorative lighting. braziers like the arcane resurrection item, chandaliers, pendant lights, rope lights. ceiling fans[*]thin wall segments for partitioning rooms. in 4' and 8' lengths, and in 4' and 8' heights, please. (4x4, 4x8, 8x4 and 8x8) or simplify and just do 4x4 and 8x8. Base Editors are a patient lot, and we'll worth with what you bring us.[*]I'd request Z-axis controls for easier floating / stacking, but in quiet rumination, i think that would actually annoy me a lil more than just using our magic everything we have now...[*] the ability to position something on a 45*angle.[*] teevees, radios, alarm clocks. ooooooh, a big ginormous wall clock that displays server time. grandfather, grandmother, cuckoo clocks.[*]single books, notepads, etc, similar to the small stack of books and the stack of papers.[*]hunting trophies: deer, elephant, buffalo, lion, kudu, stuffed foxes, ermine, bears. Not somethin' i'd be inclined to use much though some of them could be used in nature bases as "wild-life"[*] decorative handrails, balustrades, banisters, in wood, wrought iron, and stainless steel.[*] wall art. impressionist works like Paul Cornoyer's "The Plaza After Rain" (my fave painting!), photographs in black and white or colour, of famous international landmarks, abstract or cubist art, weird colour splotch/splashes(or smeared versions of supergroup emblems. that'd be kinda neat...)[*]an end to my rambing...[/list]
Wait, what? Wow, lookit the time. I better get this mailed off before Christmas.
/seals letter with a kiss.

/crosses fingers, toes and eyes.

Snow_Globe's list:

Borked Emblems

There ya go, Bizzaro

Once again courtesy of Snow-Globe:

Borked Emblems

Mebbe we can get this stickied. It's one of the most-asked questions lately

Ah,, thanks Zapp. I'd seen the gargoyle before in base editor. I just didn't wanna go randomly creating arcane defensive items without knowing what the end result would look like.

Hey, which defensive item is the dragon? (My primary base is tech so i haven't played around much with the arcane, though my villain base is decidedly arcane, and while i haven't redesigned any of the rooms except for one, that's somethin that might look good in the Temple.)

Wow Cap'n Sammy, lookit all that stacking. Must be big plans in the works!

booster seats? man, are we lookin' at the same furniture? most of them, poor Tekka (6'2") can't fit her butt into cos the arms are too close together. she ends up butt-hovering above the cushion, and rather uncomfortably

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Building blocks of varying sizes so we don't have to keep using counters and desks to create second levels.

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And shapes!

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Wall tiles similar to the floor tile? Cos that would be awesome. That would really let us make one room into smaller rooms/apartments/etc without changing the over-all theme!

Broken Guide:

General Guides:

Bodyguard Mode for N00bs, Haidou (UK)

Sadness.

Brain is futzin' right now, but someone made a 3-story apartment w/garage and car, and the Car was just flippin' brilliant.

Car in Garage and Car Repair.

Workin' my search-fu, so i can give credit where credit is due. Rhyme not intended, but leaving it in there anyway. /shame


Edit: Search-fu completed: The mad car genius and giggle-inducing inspiration is ExChampionPlayer. Thanks ExCP. That car makes me grin.