Important news from beta concerning bases!
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akarah the hunter,
Posted on: 2011-10-28 15:40 in Base Construction
While this is a move in the right direction, I really hope this is not the only thing they will do for the base building community... it's obvious they know we are here, they have featured base work in the past... Not committing to the happy dance over the devs putting a band aid on a broken leg... just saying 
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Nope.
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Originally Posted by Redlynne
Would anyone object to an obligatory "I told you so" at this point?
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That was actually my FIRST comment when someone told me about it. "I'm makin' a spiral staircase!"|
Originally Posted by Impish Kat
I encourage anyone who has access to beta to go play with the new shiney.
( Snippage ensues ) Spiral staircases, anyone?  . |
-liz
The upgrade has hit the live servers. Oh yes, this rocks! Heh, I am 90% done with my first base ever. It would have been SO much easier, but in a way I'm proud of all the work I did the hard way. lol Still, I am NOT complaining, better late than never. The last few rooms will be MUCH easier now! And I'll switch up some angles and such on the rooms already done, at least.
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Happiness is a blast.
Be sure to heavily fortify your base defenses
Wow! After all these years, I had almost given up on base building improvements. Great job devs! Thanks a ton!
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My first thought was angling pieces into doorways the same way I've done for wall items in the past. Sure enough, the placement boxes work the same way for floor items as they did on wall items.|
Originally Posted by Elizabeth Shirako
That was actually my FIRST comment when someone told me about it. "I'm makin' a spiral staircase!"
-liz |
Prepare for decorated doorways.
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I have noticed my Veteran Reward base items are now available to be placed from the Room Details tab.
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OMG, I think I'm going to be able to die now, they're working on Base Content!
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Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
Today's beta patch notes yield, literally, a revolutionary update.
Base Editor: Free Vertical Placement and Rotation Added the ability for players to move base objects horizontally and rotate them about the vertical axis freely. While placing an object, if the player holds SHIFT, they can move the object vertically. Once placed vertically, if they wish to move the object again and maintain the vertical placement, they can hold the CTRL key. If they do not use the CTRL key, the object will snap to the first encountered ground the cursor is placed over. If the player holds ALT, they can rotate the object about the vertical axis. |
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Maybe, but no more stacking :-p
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Originally Posted by Molehill
/happy dance
wait ... all that base editing is gonna eat into the little time i have to play ... |
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Yeah I noticed I could get some things to stick a ways into walls now. Makes sense that would translate into doorways, too. I hadn't yet discovered angling wall items into there, so I'm glad you mentioned it. Between that and the new tools, how far into a doorway have you manged to place things? Have managed to downright decorate a doorway well into it, or just on the edges? And pics of your results? Would be inspirational, I imagine.
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Originally Posted by Feign
My first thought was angling pieces into doorways the same way I've done for wall items in the past. Sure enough, the placement boxes work the same way for floor items as they did on wall items.
Prepare for decorated doorways. |
Pictures of the Heirs of Talos super group base: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...postcount=1420
Video tour (720p HD with music): http://youtu.be/MyYNCrjCSUU?hd=1
Happiness is a blast.
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Yes, put lots of turrets near the entry. Fun times |
Originally Posted by akarah the hunter
Be sure to heavily fortify your base defenses
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I had been using shoji lamps to bring wall items out, what is the cubicle technique? Which item specifically do you use? I'm on vacation Right now, so I can't actually look at the list.
I can't believe there has (maybe) been an easier way to do this...
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Basically you can use cubicles as "wall" surfaces.|
Originally Posted by Effigy
I had been using shoji lamps to bring wall items out, what is the cubicle technique? Which item specifically do you use? I'm on vacation Right now, so I can't actually look at the list.
I can't believe there has (maybe) been an easier way to do this... |
I use them to mount beacons on telepads.
You place the telepad wherever you need it, then place the cubicle where you need to mount the beacon. Mount the beacon to the cubicle wall and then take away the cubicle.
You wind up with things like this:
You can also mount the beacons and other wall items to things like the glass supergroup dividers too.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
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That is brilliant! Thank you so much, I wish I had known that years ago! I have my TP beacons like that, only I did it the hard way.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Basically you can use cubicles as "wall" surfaces.
I use them to mount beacons on telepads. You place the telepad wherever you need it, then place the cubicle where you need to mount the beacon. Mount the beacon to the cubicle wall and then take away the cubicle. You can also mount the beacons and other wall items to things like the glass supergroup dividers too. |
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Here's a quick vid demonstrating it too.|
Originally Posted by Effigy
That is brilliant! Thank you so much, I wish I had known that years ago! I have my TP beacons like that, only I did it the hard way.
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You're probably going to punch yourself with how easy it is.
Note: For things like telepads where you want the beacons at a specific height (like Tech pads so the beacon doesn't clip with the bases), you can float the cubicle traditionally.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
And I honestly had no idea of any kind that the Devs might be working on doing what it looks like they now are with respect to Z-axis movement control, let alone item rotation around the vertical axis. So it's not like I had insider knowledge or anything about these developments (on the part of the Devs).