Wait... water? Where did that come from? I dont remember there being any water in the base builder.
On a side note... very nice work. I might take up that offer of a tour. That base looks great.
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It's from the limited edition base booster pa.... just kidding.
Actually, you can simulate water by placing a slow field and 'floating' it above the surface that's supposed to be the bottom of the pool. The slow field is a defensive item.
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It's from the limited edition base booster pa.... just kidding.
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I've done a tour and it's great!
I thought the slow fields were bugged. Guess they fixed it. I'll have to go back to my base and re-add the pools. >.>
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Silversword: Any time you are up for a tour, let me know. Just send a tell to me with global: @Sayaki or to the owner of the base, @Taryn
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
It's from the limited edition base booster pa.... just kidding.
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Mintmiki: ty.. the water is fine, just gets an ice sheen with Ultra Mode graphics, and vanishes now without them. you should go ahead and put the pools back
As always, still upgrading it bit by bit. The cabin in the woods got a major overhaul this week. pics another time, when not so tired.
Hi peoples!
Yes, I am showing off again.
I hope you all like this one.
This is the base for It's a London Thing, as completed this past Friday.
Bet I update it again in a few months...
What I have here for you today are a selection of images from the base tour slide show I have in my signature now, along with some explanations of what you are seeing in the respective rooms, or rather, what you are not seeing.
Please remember, all thumbnails are clickable for larger, better views.
Let's start the image tour
The Main Base Layout:
The first image is of the base itself, taken in the editor, the second of the excel spreadsheet I used to determine how I wanted layout to be when I did NOT want to be remaking rooms just yet. You may notice in the bottom left-hand corner, there is a room that is completely blocked off. That is the Energy room.
London Thing has 12 porters each sporting 2 beacons (plus two extra 'dummy beacons' I'll talk about later), 2 oros portals, a tier 2 control device, 4 mystic bookshelves,etc, etc and so forth, and all of that requires a significant chunk of energy. Unfortunately, neither the Ley Tap, nor the turbo generator really mesh well with the base design. So, I opted for internal electrical wiring. By creating a solid wall in the energy room, I narrowed it down to a 3x1 space, where I put in my turbo generator. I then slid the device into the wall, and filled the entire room with solid wall.
Although this leaves a stub of a hallway visible on the map, it keeps the poorly matching energy theme invisible to players, and that was perfectly fine with me
The Main Entrance:
Tried for simple but elegant here. The overhead planters are easy to make and relatively inexpensive for smaller bases.
The Main Hall/Control Room:
The Main Control room is built using the Deathtrap security room. I do this both for it's 3x3 dimensions and as well as for the control space. The Deathtrap is the only security room that allows control devices in it. With the 16 defensive item limit, this makes it invaluable for when I want water effects from slow fields around items such as the statues, mystic libraries, oros portals, etc.
In this case, I opted for a castle gate feel, Floating an Orbits of Control device above the gate and hidden in the stone itself. There are two doors inside the gate that lead to small libraries using the Mystic bookshelves and oros portals. This gives ready access from medical bay and main entrance for people who are teamed with players too young to use the oros portal, that still want to run older arcs with friends.
The Med Bay (and Pub!):
Med Bays, in my opinion, should be simple. You just had your tookass handed to you. You dun want to be fighting your way through a mass of gadgets to get back to the fight. You want to see an insp bin, grab some greens, or blues or wakies or w/e, get to your porters and get back. London thing is made that way.
However, you may also need that liquid courage or a quick pick me up, so down a small flight of stairs, in the basement is a Pub. My SG-mates tell me it is fully stocked with things I have never even heard of. They also like it down there for a computer network spot where they play CoH during their off crime fighting hours.
Overall though, we just had to have a basement Pub. It's a London Thing.
The (in)Famous Christmas Room:
This room was constructed towards the end of November last year for a friend. Some of you may remember it on the boards at the time. I kept it exactly as it was. I like it too much.
It currently includes 3 invention worktables (fireplace), a personal storage vault (accessible on right hand side of fireplace), 6 salvage bins (toy boxes on wall) and 2 enhancement tables (just grab a drink off the dining tables).
For those who may ask, the chandeliers are bottles and desk lamps arranged in a massive circular cone pattern. they are hollow inside to cut down light reflection effects and lag that can be caused by that. The trees are potted plants set into a cone shape and decorated with red bottles and rotating SG symbol holograms.
The Telepad Rooms:
Two rooms made in an imperfect symmetry comprise our Telepad rooms. Around the twin pools of water range 12 telepads going to every currently available blue side/cooperative zone. I have duplicated the pocket D and RWZ telepad (1 per room, either end) for aesthetic values only. These Arcane pads are surrounded by a dense forest with ancient looking ruins amongst the trees.
What some of you may notice is the use of tech beacons for the Arcane pads. No, this is not a hax, much fun as it might be to think it. Placed directly behind each of those tech beacons is a matching arcane beacon. The telepads do NOT function off the tech beacons at all, the tech ones are just easier to see and read from a distance, so I spent the extra 240k prestige to duplicate them all. This adds to the feel of modern class on an arcane base, I think.
There is much more here than meets the eye though...
Telepad Room: Pools:
Inside each pool is a hidden passage leading underneath and behind the scenes of the telepad rooms
Telepad Rooms: Behind the Scenery:
Hidden in the trees is a path invisible from above, lit by shoji style lamps, leading to...
The Cavern:
This cavern is close and cozy, with a comfortable bonfire set for story telling late into the night. This serves as a quiet meeting place for friends to relax in. It leads off on both sides to the two telepad rooms, and serves as a somewhat inconvenient secret passage between them. But It feels right there, as the firepit meeting ground has existed for this SG for years.
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On the left side Telepad room, hidden in the secret path, there is more still, as is evidenced by more lamps leading into the trees themselves!
The Hidden Cabin in the Woods:
(Seen from outside, in the telepad room proper)
Completely hidden behind stone and trees is this cabin, filled to the gills with good books to read, and a fireplace to curl up in front of. Visitors are almost always welcome there, but be warned... This place has already been claimed as the personal property of our SG Leader, so be watch out if you plan on trespassing
Conclusion Time
This is the base for It's a London Thing. I hope you all enjoyed the screen shots and/or the slide show. Any feedback, in game or here is completely welcome. I will try to answer any questions asked as well.
It has been recommended to me by some that I get the Devs in to see it as well. I have decided against that for now, although if they are reading this, I'd love to see what they think. My offer to show this in game is open to all, and feedback from all sources is always welcome.
I give base tours for it, when available for such things, with Global @Sayaki (Character: -Michael).
-Michael: Ill/Storm Troller <><><><><><> Slide-Show Base-Tour: Its a London Thing