[Discussion] Town Showcase and Visibility

Alright guys, its been a quiet few weeks!

However we have not abandoned the project, just been working on it between everything else going on.
I am pleased to announce we are on testing and demo stages for both the Town Warp GUI as well as the Town Pads. However before I proceed with launching I wanted to check in with you guys.

Its a little lengthy, but it basically goes over everything we have now, the ideas and certain decisions that are now. You are welcome to leave thoughts and questions!

Town Warps GUI:
We currently are only uploading the config on MainSouth for quality/function testing, however Video has made a video (haha) on the GUI to show you guys all how it works.

Spoiler: Spoiler, BIG SECRET OOOOOOOH

Don't mind all your towns being "unspecified" right now. We will be doing a service for existing town warps to design their GUI slot once we are ready to launch this.
This video is more or less so you guys can get a visual on how the sorting works.

-Sorting/Classing of towns will be added to the warp application
-Fields for creating your own description will be added to the warp application. The exact logistics are still being worked out.
-Owners is going by official owner, more for consistency sake. Its a bit much to ask for town sales/listed owners to be tracked. - You are welcome to indicate any other owners in your custom description.
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Town Pad Towers:
There is now a demonstration/mock setup in place for all of you to view.
You can visit the town pad towers via /warp towns
At /warp towns you will see a display board with warp signs, these signs will take you to the different sorted floors of town pads. You will also see they are color-coded to aid navigation.
The floor I have set up as a full "mock" of how I'm looking to set this up is /warp plottowns1

/warp towns (yes its bare, it will be decorated soon)

Spoiler

Town Pad Floor example:

Spoiler

-Each floor is color coded to aid navigation
-Each floor will have a warp point, access via sign or command - the warp spot will greet you like above with the floor type and number.
Example: /warp plottowns1, /warp farmtowns1
-The easiest navigation will be warps, but there will also be means to move up and down the floors via lift signs and across the towers via bridges in-between them.
There are 4 floor types to choose from:

• Plot Towns
• Farm Towns
• Shop Towns
• Scenic Builds

-The idea is when you apply for a pad you pick which one you will be sorted into.

Town Pads:
-Pad size is 11w x 11d x 12h (includes lowered floor)
-Each pad will be equipped with a pillar made of your block of choice (likely will have a list of disallowed blocks) in the very center of the pad (consistent and uncomplicated).
-We will allow the use of most cosmetic flags on the pads.
-The pillar will be equipped with 4 warp signs (one on each side of the pillar)
-The warp signs will be at eye-level.
-Each pad will have signs indicated the floor #, the pad # and the townname, each corner of the pad will have these signs to aid navigation.
-These, like portals/warps are permanent purchases unless you apply to have it removed.
Town Pad Notation Example(I used plots as an example, the staff plot-town will not be getting a town pad):

Spoiler

The idea for navigation is to be able to say "/warp plottowns1, Pad #2", but realistically you can just tell them the warp too. These towers are to provide a physical representation of your town to be explored.
Town Pads will be their OWN application, as they are a rather different thing to the town warps gui.


ANYWAY, watch the video, visit the build, take a look and leave your thoughts. If we're good here I can begin the serious logistics of finalizing everything and building the apps for launch.

Thoughts?

 

We have now launched the new town features!

https://ecocitycraft.com/forum/thre...n-warp-gui-and-town-pads.218409/#post-1139370

I am now calling this project complete.