War Front

I too want to say a huge THANK YOU to MP and the PERC members for doing this for us, and all the hard work that went into it. All the members of the Baser Community that I have spoken with really appreciate the time and effort you guys put into hosting things like this for us.

I also want to take this chance to tell some of the people in the contest that we don't normally talk to, to please join the BaseBuildersInc. (period included in the name) chat channel in game. We want to get to know you!

Many of us Base Builders, from those just starting out to old time vets, chat there nightly, and swap tips, tours, and the occasional silly story or joke. It is a great place to arrange tours of other Baser's works for inspiration, or to find someone wanting to visit your latest creation.

The channel members are also very helpful and informative, so if you ever have any questions on how to do something, or just want an idea or two for your next room, it is a great place to go.

Several of us in the channel are planning to arrange tours of each other's contest bases, once the contest is over of course, so please, anyone in the contest, or anyone reading this that isn't but would like to take a tour or just chat base stuff, please join the channel and say "Hello!"

Everyone is invited and welcome!

It is an open channel that doesn't require an invite to join. Just search for BaseBuildersInc. under ths Channel Search menu option, and join our Baser Community.

Hope to see you all there!




-War Base-

I sort of suspected it was YOU, but couldn't be 100% sure, so I figured I would still try to help a fellow Baser and just pass on the same suggestions I gave you directly to "another pirate" out there, just in case it wasn't...



I was starting to wondering if there were a "wave" of pirate ships being built these days.

-War Base-
(see what I did there?)

I'm far from new to SG ownership. I have bought, owned, and inherited such gems as "Mike's Avengurs" (yes, spelled just like that), "Doods Dat Do Bad Stuffs", "Buddy Bumpers", "Legions of Somethings", and "Base 453-27 - Northeast". I know more about bad base names than most players do, firsthand, trust me...

Names tend to only be a factor for SGs you intend to try to grow and recruit people to. I suspect that "Buddy Bumpers" died from lack of recruits, despite the millions in inf burned into prest by the first owner to get the base built.

I'm just looking for a toybox with some prest to experiment with some base design ideas. The name isn't that important to me, as for functional purposes, the SG isn't going to be active or recruited to.

@War Base

I'm looking to buy a SG or VG on the Virtue server. I want to build a solo decorative base there, so ideally I am looking for a totally inactive group with a bunch of prest stored up, preferrably an inherited or abandoned group with no members.

Red would be better, but either side would do.

So if you have an old, unused SG, or know of someone with a group to sell on Virtue, please let me know.

Reply here, send me a tell in-game, or look for me on the BaseBuildersInc. chat channel.

I would rather buy an established group with some prest already there and give a player the inf, rather than burn it back into nothing by buying prest, though I will simply do that if I can't find one for sale.

@War Base

The way I make cannons is to stack a series of the larger wall light (off)s back to face to form a long black tube as a barrel. Add some of the fluory tube lamps for the croosbeams at the base for the wheels, and use large rested wall vents as wheels. Add a few other decorations, usually parts from the lighting section, and a few crystal balls beside it for ammo.

It isn't ideal, as the tube ends up being very big, almost human cannonball sized, but it is the best design I have come up with so far...

-War Base-

If you haven't found anyone yet, I suggest you join the BaseBuildersInc. (period included) chat channel and send out a few requests for some base work needed there. Some of the best builders in the game hang out in that channel, and we do work for hire constantly. I get about half of the jobs I do from requests that pop up there...

War Base

I'm looking to buy a SG or VG on the Virtue server. I'm strictly interested in base building as solo base, so I am looking for a totally inactive group with a bunch of prest stored up, preferrably an inherited or abandoned group with no members.

So if you have an old, unused SG, and want to make a few mill to a few bill selling it off, please let me know. Reply here or send me a tell ingame to @War Base.

I would suggest that you join the BaseBuildersInc. (period included) chat channel and ask in the channel any time you are on. It is an open channel that anyone can join without needing an invite.

Many of the Basers that are active in the channel do basework-for-hire jobs. I think 6 of my last 8 jobs were from people that contacted me live on the channel. I'd offer to help you, but I am booked solid until mid-January at least...

Reposting this message to keep it sticky will help too, but I think most people get faster results hanging out where the Basers hang out live. It is a lot easier to get tours that way too.

-War Base-

I had a great idea for the NPCs!

(Sorry if this has already been suggested...)

Rather than make them anything "specific" (Doctor, Bartender, Maid), just make them link to a custom critter creator like AE has. So we could even make NPC versions of SG members if we wanted, that hung around the base full time.

Perhaps a simple script could be added to attach an emote to them, such as Dance, or RandomWalkAroundRoom, or RandomWalkAroundBase...

Just a thought...

-War Base-

Oh no!

Sorry, I didn't realize that I was supposed to be a surprise...

EVERYONE, PRETEND YOU DIDN'T SEE ME!

*hides*

-War Base-

I know I already talked to you directly about this MP, I'm just posting this so that my sometimes defective remembery has something that you can point to help me recall the details of my commitment.





I'm willing to be put up for base editing services.


To be specific: "I will create from scratch a single new room of any size, or, I'll edit an exisiting room in a base. I'll make anything, or follow any theme the buyer wishes, in any style, in any base, on any server."


Can't be any more open to options than that...



My services being offered are specifically for the editing of a base with existing SG resources, and does not involve me earning prest, crafting items, or unlocking beacons or badges for the group.


I am also willing to be put up for this service two times.


Editing times and dates will need to be worked out with the buyers, though I will try my hardest to get them both done as close to the date of the auction as possible, and before the new year, unless the buyer wants the work done at some specific, later date or time.


I probably won't be around for the event, so please send me a message with the names and contact details of the players that buy me.


If anyone is considering bidding on my services but wants to see examples of my work beforehand, look for me on the "BaseBuilderInc." chat channel and I will arrange a tour. I am on there pretty much nightly, with very few exceptions.



-War Base-

What I would love to see most isn't really a decorative item, but I would simply love to be able to buy prest at will. I know they would make a fortune off me with that alone. Maybe offer 100K prest for 20 or 40 points, 2 mil prest for 500 points. Sure to be a popular, often repeat purchase item. From me at least...




An idea I have discussed a few times with some other base designers, and elsewhere in threads, is the idea of offering us personal "lairs", most likely bought with points. The way my idea of a "lair" would work is that it would be like a pre-made, one room base. There could be several themes, like "Hidden Cave", "Space Base", "Mad Doctor's Lab", "Dorm Room", "Space Station", "Fallout Shelter", "Penthouse Suite", "Nightclub", "Local Bar", "Artist's Loft", "Secret Agent Safehouse" etc. Perhaps they could offer a new lair type monthly. One of the lair types should be something like a "Public Storage Unit" which would be a room that could hold 10-20 storage bins and a crafting table, but no TP pads or rezzers. Likely to be the number one choice for soloists...


The lair could be a single 6x6 to maybe 10x10 room (various shapes, sizes and features for various costs of course) that would come pre-decorated with several unique items, and could include special versions of some of the key "functional" features of SG bases (depending on the special lair type) such as recipe storage bins, TP pads that accept more than 2 beacons, etc.


Someone brand new to editing or with zero interest in it could simply use the lair as is, no editing required, right out of the box, but as they earned personal lair prest, they could add more decorative items, storage or TP pads, and so on (if the lair type allowed it), or if they wanted to edit, they could re-arrange or erase items in their lair or change wall and floor colors, many of the things we can do with the normal editor, but with only the options that have been unlocked. If you only had the Cave lair, you could not line it with outer space windows, unless you bought the Space Station lair as well.




The lair concept could be used in many positive functional ways. It could be used as a way for non-VIPs to "unlock" bases, in a limited way (a lair would always just be a single room base, they could add items to it, but never add rooms - unlocking a lair would allow you to join a SG, but not start one or edit a base). It could be used to help promote SGs and teaming... make it so that a personal lair can only be accessed via a seperate portal found in the entrance room of a SG, so anyone who wanted a personal lair would have to join a SG first to access it (and Sg members could easily visit each other's lairs from inside a base - if the player set permissions to allow SG members to visit lair). As you play in SG mode, for every point of prest you earn for the SG, you'd earn an equal amount of "Lair Prest" for you to use in your lair. Thus players would have a personal motivation to play in SG mode. Win/win.




Also, as a VIP perk, perhaps give all VIPs one free lair of their choice.


For those that already have access to making bases, if they buy a lair pack, then that lair room and all the items that come in it become unlocked for them to use in the editor in any room. In the decorative rooms section of the editor, they could now have the named lair rooms available to be added to any normal base. The lair rooms could have unique stat or aspects that could combine features or placement of items found in other room types - for example, The Lab might allow both TP pads and medical rezzers in it, a Space Base might allow both power and control items in the same room, and so on. SGs might be encouraged to buy specific lairs just to gain the new room types.


Perhaps a unique NPC could be included with each room as an extra incentive for people to buy them. Buy the cave lair, get the butler. The nurse from the lab, dancers from a club, bartender from the bar, etc.

NPCs could also be bought seperately in packs, sort of like costumes or emotes are. As could the unique items from the lair rooms, like rock wall sections from the cave lair, windows that show "outer space" from the Space Base or Space Station lair, fancy water fountains from the Penthouse Suite, and so on.




Introducing lairs would help SGs gain membership and prest earners, as they could be made to only be accesed via a SG, and it would give all those players that want a simple personal base or apartment a means to do that without having to build a whole SG base.


And as the lair bases would be static single rooms, maybe no more than 8x8 or 10x10 in size, perhaps with an item limit of only about 10K (this would include items stored in bins), the drain on server resources should be a lot less per lair than a normal base is, though what you gain in that regard might be lost against the volume of them made...


Anyway, just shooting out some ideas on how I'd like to see it done...





-War Base-

These are all great ideas....



I know I would buy a "fountain pack" (water stuff), a "recreation games pack" (pool tables, arcade game cabinets, airhockey table), or a "Casino pack" (slots, card tables, craps, roulette...).



However, I think the simplest and easiest "base" based thing they could sell is prest. I know they would make a fortune off me with that alone.


Maybe offer 100K prest for 20 or 40 points, 2 mil prest for 500 points. Sure to be a popular, often repeat purchase item.



Another idea I had that I have discussed a few times with some other base designers is the idea of offering personal "lairs" for points.


The way a "lair" would work is that it would be like a pre-made, one room base. There could be several themes, like "Hidden Cave", "Space Base", "Mad Doctor's Lab", "Dorm Room", "Space Station", "Fallout Shelter", "Penthouse Suite", "Nightclub", "Local Bar", etc. The lair would be a 6x6 or 8x8 room (or various shapes maybe) that would come pre-decorated with several decorative items, and could include some of the key "functional" features of SG bases (depending on the special lair type) such as salvage storage, TP pads, medical rezzer, etc. The lair would be set up with some unique decorative items not normally found in the editor. Someone brand new to editing or with zero interest in it could simply use the lair as is, no editing required, ready for use right out of the box, but as they earned personal lair prest, they could add more decorative items, storage or TP pads, and so on, or if they wanted to edit, they could re-arrange or erase items in their lair or change wall and floor colors, and such...



The lair concept could be used in many ways. It could be used as a way for non-VIPs to "unlock" bases in a limited way (a lair would always be a single room base, they could add items to it, but never add rooms - unlocking a lair would allow you to join a SG, but not make one). It could be used to promote SGs... make it so that a personal lair can only be accessed via a portal found in the entrance room of a SG, so anyone who wanted a personal lair would have to join a SG first to access it, thus promoting SGs in the process. As you play in SG mode, for every point of prest you earn for the SG, you earn an equal amount of "Lair Prest" for your own use in your lair.



Also, as a VIP perk, perhaps give all VIPs one free lair of their choice.

For those that already have access to making bases, if they buy a lair pack, than that lair room and all the items that come in it become unlocked for them to use in the editor. In the decorative rooms section of the editor, they could now have 6x6 or 8x8 lair rooms available to be added to any normal base. The lair rooms could have unique stats - for example, a Lab might allow TP pads and medical rezzers in it, A Space Base room might allow both power and control items in the same room, and so on. The unique items from those rooms would be unlocked in the editor to be added to any room.



Perhaps a unique NPC could be included with each room as an extra incentive for people to buy them. Buy the cave, get the butler. The nurse from the lab, dancers from a club, bartender from the bar, etc. As suggested already, the NPCs could also be bought seperately, sort of like costumes or emotes are. As would the unique items from the lair rooms - rock wall sections from the cave lair, windows that show "outer space" from the Space Base or Space Station lair, a fancy water fountain from the Penthouse Suite, and so on.



Introducing lairs would help SGs gain membership and prest earners, as they could only be accesed via a SG, and it would give all those players that want a simple personal base a chance to do that without having to build a whole SG base. Which just gave me another idea.. make one of the lair types "Public Storage Unit" which would be a room that could hold 10-20 storage bins and a crafting table, but no TP pads or rezzers. Likely to be the number one choice for soloists.



Probably a few kinks to work out with the idea, but I would love some suggestions on how to make it better. If we can polish it up enough, perhaps the devs might give it some serious consideration. I know they had planned on offering us a personal apartment option at one point, this would be something along those lines that could make them a lot of additional money...



I know I would likely buy all the lair packs, just to to have everything unlocked. Though, as it was my idea, I think the least they could do is throw me a total set of everything for free...








-War Base-

This issue seems to have been addressed without much mention or hoopla...

If you unlock the vet items, those items will now appear for you in the base editor at the end of the Room Details tab, allowing you to drop as many as you want, just like any other editor item, as long as you have the prest for it.

Problem solved.

Thanx devs!

-War Base-

What some have suggested to the devs is that they scrap the "zero" SG logo and replace it with a "null" graphic that would produce blank banners and glass. Any SG that needed a "zero" as there logo could just use the letter "O".

From a programming standpoint, it should be far easier for them to blank out the code on an existing graphic than it is to expand the number of current logos and add a new one. The easier the fix is, the more likely it is to happen. Hopefully this could be in the works for us now.

-War Base-

There are many, many, bases out there with apartments and dorms and schools...

Easiest way to see some, is to join a chat channel like "BaseBuildersInc." and ask for a tour.

Most of the Basers there would be happy to show you their work.

-War Base-

I know I for one am quite happy about the new base toys!

Of course we'd all like to see more stuff, new items, "bottoms" put on certain base objects, but as I have said before, they will do what they can for us, when they can. It is a slow process, but we will get there eventually. All good things to those that wait.

Thank you devs! I really mean that.

Sure we have waited a long time, and sure,we all want a lot more base luv, but let's just take it one step at a time. What we just got is a MAJOR hand in editing that opens up countless new design possibilities.

Rome wasn't built in a day. But with the new editor tools, the build time would be cut at least in half...





-War Base-
All your base are belong to ME!

Just a quick message for all the Basers with entries in the contest, as well as for any observers that want to see some of the entries...

If you haven't joined the "BaseBuildersInc." chat channel in the game, can you please do so, as this is were many of us "hang out" nightly to arrange tours of each other's bases.

Anytime you are on, please post a shout-out in the channel if you are offering a tour, requesting one, or are wanting to join a tour group in progress.

Also, if anyone knows of any other channels popular with Basers where tours are often arranged, please let us know the names of those channels here. Many of us hope this contest can help bring the Baser community closer together to share tips, ideas, and tours.

Thanx.


-War Base-