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new to this base construction thing

Impish Kat

By Impish Kat,
Posted on: 2011-03-14 02:32 in Base Construction

 

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I have my own shiny new SG, loaded with my Virtue alts and those of two friends.

I already see it will be some time before I have the resources to build what I would like.

What is the differences between the two types of plots? Other then cost that is.

If I wanted to do a park like area with a few buildings in it could I? Could I just make it one giant room? Put grass and trees all over the place and some of the required equipment in the middle? (Magic themed of course) Kind of a temple in the park/garden theme to the base?

Or am I required to use rooms and make them all interlock in some silly pattern like I have seen in the few bases I have visited?

Thanks

 

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Welcome to bases Zep As for the big single room I have to say that unfortunately no you cannot have just one big room. the way the base editor works is it separates rooms into a few designations. I believe there is a tutorial somewhere on base building, I don't know if its currently up to date tho.

 

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Welcome to the world of base editing, Zep!

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What is the differences between the two types of plots? Other then cost that is.
Secure base plots cost more, but allow you to use multiple power and control generators. I believe they also allow your base to hold more Items of Power, but that feature isn't currently implemented and thus has no real bearing on anyone at this time.

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If I wanted to do a park like area with a few buildings in it could I? Could I just make it one giant room? Put grass and trees all over the place and some of the required equipment in the middle?
You absolutely can do this, but you have to be clever about it. Rooms in a base are forced to have at least one doorway between them, but by using items and wall/floor textures you can give the impression of smaller buildings in an outdoor area. I've done this myself a number of times, and there are some incredible examples of it floating around this very section of the forum.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! Have fun in the editor.

 

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Thanks,

How big of a room can I make? Do the rooms have to use one tiny little door? Can I have multiple large doors, maybe on all four sides sorta turning the room into columns?

It's gona be some time before I have the prestige saved up and fiddling might cost me money so to speak.

 

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How big of a room can I make?
Depends on how much prestige you have. The largest room is the 8x8 Great Room, and is for decorative use only (no power/control/storage/defense items). According to Mad's spreadsheet (check out all the tabs), it costs 150k prestige.
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Do the rooms have to use one tiny little door? Can I have multiple large doors, maybe on all four sides sorta turning the room into columns?
You can have doorways on all sides, but not next to each other. They need to have a "wall" between them.
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It's gona be some time before I have the prestige saved up and fiddling might cost me money so to speak.
Fiddling won't cost you much, since you can "sell"/delete items and the prestige will be refunded in full. The only time you will lose is when you start getting into crafted items. Deleting crafted items will lose you the cost of salvage used and crafting fees (I believe the "placement fee" is refunded).


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