Low Hanging Fruit for Base Luv!

Things that should take minimal effort & resources to do.


* A "no symbol" option for SG emblems. After all, for a while there, some symbols were simply not being rendered/read. It may have been a "bug", but could easily be turned into a feature.

* change beaker rack back to original artwork. Or, alternatively, re-introduce the empty beaker racks as new artwork... whichever is easiest.

* Raise the salvage limit on racks to 100, the same capacity as other storage items. (and don't EVEN give me the "market argument", it's a fallacy. If you're really THAT worried about it, do it right before a DblXp weekend.).

*(done!) Set storage racks/tables/bins to store/sort alphabetically, the same as personal storage.

* Fix the behaviour of the Vault Storage to work like Salvage Racks & Personal storage (ie. clicking, drag-n-drop, etc). This may mean looking at how the Vault works in the game overall.

* textures on the undersides of the large floor tile and small SG tiles so they are not invisible from underneath. Use the base ceiling and floor skins instead of the white pattern on the floor tile so we can have several options of tiles to choose from (this would greatly reduce the number of items needed for "second floors", thereby also the rendering load).

* Large wall items, in a similar fashion as floor options suggested above... y'know, to make skinny walls within a room, instead of again using a gazillion desks.

* A "no trim" option for wall styles.

* (alternative addition) text labeling for arcane tp beacons (see examples here)

* (done!) speaking of beacons, fix the bug that is displaying the "destroyed" artwork as default for Grandville & Pocket D. The artwork for these already exists! They are in the files! They are simply not being read correctly.

* "looking around the game, there are objects like pinball machines, the crates and stuff in the back room at WW, or the stuff in Mr. Yin's store that can and should be recycled for base placement whenever possible." Here is a longstanding list of in-game items that folks have wanted to see since "forever"...

* Add some device/contact/??? so we can pay rent *from* the base without having to go to AP or PO... Better yet - an "autopay rent" option of some sort.

* Let players invite/promote/demote their own alts - tie it to base permissions if you like.

* If possible, bringing in the functionality that already exists in say RWZ (trainer, ICON rep, Hero Corps/Fateweaver, etc.) via new items/artwork.

* port over some of the costume chest emblems over to SG emblems...

* How 'bout maybe getting the trees and plants from the planters without the pots or planters.

* That thin, tech computer without the huge platform attached


.... What else am I forgetting?...

Remember.... EASY... Low-hanging fruit...


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Do something about slow fields!!!

(They would not bother me so bad but plants do not show up under them and other stuff does!)

After having "Monkey Steals the Peach" explained to me, I cannot think of anything else when "low hanging fruit" comes up.

:P



-np

Beating a dead horse, I know, but I'd like to at least see existing in-game items added to the base editor. It doesn't have to be over the top elaborate. But looking around the game, there are objects like pinball machines, the crates and stuff in the back room at WW, or the stuff in Mr. Yin's store that can and should be recycled for base placement whenever possible.

That's by no means a comprehensive list of items by the way. Just what came off the top of my head.

Let me guess that bringing in the functionality that already exists in say RWZ (trainer, ICON rep, Hero Corps/Fateweaver, etc.) would be fairly easily doable (assuming that what's in zones can be easily transferred into bases... I'm not a programmer though so I'm not sure).

Three for me:

1> Fix the behaviour of the Vault Storage to work like Salvage Racks (ie. clicking, drag-n-drop, etc).

2> Add some device/contact/??? so I can pay rent *from* the base without having to go to AP or PO...
Better yet - give me an "autopay rent" option of some sort.
Even Better Still - Drop rent altogether - it's a token fee as it is which is nothing but simply inconvenient / irritating / valueless.

3> Let players invite/promote/demote their own alts - tie it to base permissions if you like.


Thanks,
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Well, bases are instanced maps just like missions. That's why you can't log out in a base and be in the base when you log back in.

At any rate, it likely requires more work to give us new functional items that can be placed in bases than simply giving us visual objects that have no new function. The thread is looking for basic stuff that should be easy for them to give us with little or no development time. I'd think that rules out adding NPCs or objects that act as access to WW, Icon, etc for the purposes of this thread.

I tried. Can't get too much lower fruit than art already done and functional programming already done... unless it's fruit already rotting on the ground and you've pretty much covered that smelly subject . Everything else is going to require at least some effort.

1. Add a bottom skin to the white floor tile so we can use it as a raised floor instead of hundreds of desks.

2. Use the base ceiling and floor skins instead of the white pattern on the floor tile so we can have several options of tiles to choose from.