Architect Archive

Some enchancement ideas for the Architecture. Some are my own, but several are taken from these boards:

• Empty Lots/Beautification Deeds
  These would allow you to use lots(or portions of lots) to keep space unbuildable by others.


• Landscaping
  The ability to add bushes, plants, flowerbeds, grass, statues, etc to the land surrounding your house and possibly to the Empty lots described above


• Item Decay
  Most items in SWG decay over time from use. This provides crafters with a renewable source of income. Architects should be given the same consideration with both furniture and structures.


• Crafter Marks
  Most items in SWG display the name of the person who crafted it. This is a source of pride which should not be denied to architects as it currently is.


• Make Quality mean something
  Quality of materials in structures currently has no meaning. This denies the hard-working and dedicated architects the ability to rise up above the rest. Please tie maintenance costs and energy requirements to the quality of resources used. This will also provide a renewable source of income as people look to upgrade their current structures.


• Combat Structures
  Allow Architects to create structures to be used in the GCW.


• Home Healing Affect
  People should be able to Heal and reduce Battle Fatique while they rest in their home. The rate could be affected by the quality of the home. Perhaps a way could be created to tie this to the Entertainer profession where they would provide you with relaxation discs or something.


• For the Vehicles & Mounts
  Add the ability to build stables and garages for vehicles and mounts.


• Deed Rotary Option to view the structure
  There is no way for people to see what the structure will look like before they actually place it. Examine should show the house, harvester or factory that will result from using the deed.


• Increase items allowed in a crafter's house.
  The 75 item per lot/250 max items limit is too low for crafters. Please allow crafters to increase this number in some way. Perhaps make it only work on their declared personal residence.


• Involve Architects in Redeeding
  Players can currently redeed without the aid of an architect. It doesn't seem like it would be unreasonable for them to have to get assistance from an architect in some way, such as a Moving Deed, which would be required for the redeed to take place.


• Add colors
  We need color selections for houses and furniture! Please!


• Lighting
  Currently only torches give off light. Please fix other lights so that they give off light as well. Especially nice would be a radial dial on lights which would allow you to turn them on/off.


• Maintenance
  Add a way for Architects to be involved in on-going maintenance in a house. Repair blocks or deeds have been suggested.


• Remote Harvester Management
  Add the ability to manage harvesters remotely. Perhaps a new 'optional' component could be added to harvester construction that would allow this to be done. Also, it would be a nice feature to require droids to deliver energy to your harvesters.


• Redeed Limit
  If Architects are not involved in redeeding of objects in some way(as described above), then perhaps a limit on how many times a structure can be redeeded would accomplish the same goal. This limit could vary based on the quality of the materials used(see above).


• New furniture
  Roulette Wheel, Craps table, Blackjack table, Industrial Objects such as Crates and Tanks, Leather couches like in the Naboo startports, rugs, portraits, more plants, desks, bars, fireplaces,


• Raise/Lower ability
  Please add a command to raise and lower objects in a house so that we don't have to use stairs to raise objects.


• Shop Structures
  Please add a way to differentiate shops from homes.

I probably missed several ideas. Please add to the list.

Mantyss Xin'Shou of Gorath

All good stuff.

I'd also like to see windows. The kind you can see through. Allow the architect to place them anywhere you want in a house and allow different styles.

Also, the ability to provide "skins" for houses would be great. Especially the generics.

All good ideas. Wallpaper and carpeting might be nice to help make homes more unique. An idea for Art is that the Devs add cameras(make by artisans) for taking ingame screenshots. Then these screenshots can be framed by architects and used as a picture. The screenshot would be added in like the live sample in those new creature habitats. This would be a cool source of renewable income. People would always be wanting to add new pictures of them and thier friends. Now if only the devs read this board. Maybe our Corespondant can submit this list.

When moving objects in a house, it would be cool to have a little dialog pop up with two sliders. One for forward/back and another for left/right. You could slide the sliders back and forth and watch the object move around until you've gotten it just right.

Make that 3 sliders.. I forgot Up/Down.

Allowing to place objects on balconies or on front porches...not picking i know but hey its a wish list

I don't think we're going to see an up/down command at all. Ever wonder why you can't jump? or go underwater while swimming? They didn't program in a Z axis. Z-axis=up and down. guess we'll just have to buy medium houses if we want stuff off the floor.

• New slash commands to make our jobs easier: /addpower for harvesters and factories, /operate to open the /operate dialog, /openhopper to open a hopper, /removeschematic, /useschematic