Revision for “House Ownership – 6. House Decorating (The Basics)” created on April 10, 2023 @ 13:43:42
| Title | House Ownership - 6. House Decorating (The Basics) |
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| Content | The next step in House Ownership is to turn your house into a home, or an inn, or whatever else your imagination dreams up.
<h4>Tools</h4>
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<li>A hatchet <a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hatchet.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-6573 alignnone" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/hatchet.gif" alt="hatchet" width="29" height="21" /></a>, or axe is essential to remove add-ons or trash barrels with. Hitting an add-on with an axe or hatchet returns it to a deed in your backpack. The most common reason to re-deed an add-on is because you put it in the wrong place.</li>
<li><a href="https://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/deco-tool-menu.jpg"><img class="alignleft wp-image-29578 size-full" src="https://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/deco-tool-menu.jpg" alt="" width="149" height="230" /></a>A short trip to the architect in a town carpentry shop will get you a Interior Decorator tool for fractionally over 10.000 gold, you may have noticed it on the menu when you bought your house placement tool. <a href="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/decotool.gif"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6574" src="http://uo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/decotool.gif" alt="decotool" width="30" height="30" /></a> with it you can raise, lower and turn locked-down items, also find the hue number. Simply double click the tool to open its menu.</li>
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<h4>Decorating rules</h4>
<ul>
<li>Everything you place in your home must be secured in some way or it will decay and disappear:
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<li>Deeded items are automatically locked down when you place them with the targeting cursor</li>
<li>Simple decor items should be secured using the phrase 'I wish to lock this down'</li>
<li>Containers should be secured by using the phrase 'I wish to secure this', you will be prompted to select a security setting determining who may access the container's contents.</li>
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<li>You can not lock down blocking objects near stairs or doors</li>
<li>You cannot raise items more than 15 'clicks' above the level on which you are standing or lower them below the floor when using the decorator tool</li>
<li>When placing house add-ons most will expand out from the tile you target, east facing items spreading south from the tile and south facing ones expanding east. However there are some exceptions to that rule. The 'fancy couch (east)' for example expands north from the tile you target.</li>
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When you experience placing house add-ons yourself you will begin to see why the first essential tool listed here is a hatchet.
Use the vendor search to locate furniture unless you have a carpenter to craft your own, or appeal in general chat for a player willing to craft for you. Small boxes and bags can be bought from provisioners.
<h4>Advanced Decorating With Goza Mats and Crafted Floor Tiles</h4>
It is possible to place deeded items above their normal height, if the ceiling height permits it, by placing goza mats or floor tiles and raising them up. Below is an example of how that might be used.
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Goza mats were placed and raised 5 clicks. The small bed was placed on the mats. A second bed was then placed below it. Finally the goza mats were carefully targeted with a hatchet and removed.
If the upper item does not leave a visible edge of the goza mat to target it may be preferable to use stone floor tiles as the object filter does not pick up goza mats, but does pick up floor tiles. Floor tiles are locked and unlocked by double clicking, which can be done on the object handle, allowing them to be removed even if not seen.
More complex decorating projects can be achieved by lowering goza mats to split multi tile add ons as demonstrated in the page 'The Long Bar' linked below.
<strong>A word of caution. Whenever an item is placed on a raised surface you must ensure that all pieces are on the same level if you wish to re-deed the item. If any part is out of alignment the component parts will be deleted and the item lost.</strong> |
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