Note to everyone: the four thousand sandstone blocks hanging in midair and the disappearance of the top three floors of the old Town Hall are not really dramatic grief. For those who haven't been on this week, @gstoner3 is in the midst of building a full-service rail network in midair running to every Lancaster-area town that has expressed interest (and designed to expand easily to any town that wants it in the future). Feel free to test out various rail lines if you have a minecart, but please don't mess with the architect's work. Thanks!
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As of 15Jan15...
Phase I: rails and cart launchers to all 'Caster towns Complete
Phase II: rail supports and lights to all 'Caster towns Complete
Phase III: Station rooms / buildings with interior decorating and cart "rental" 15%
Phase IIIb: Add tour line around all of Arcadia 0%
Phase IV: Expand system to local towns 0%
Lancaster, Westcaster, Eastcaster, Aberdeen, Southcaster, and Lillydale are all now linked and useable(ish) if you have perms and your own cart, you can use it. -
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@jmichael214 I may be inactive tonight and most likely tomorrow, also.
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Hello, everyone. Recently, I've come up with an idea that I like. I was building myself a condo/apartment building in my own creative world and it came to me that perhaps I could make one in Lancaster in which I could sell/rent out rooms to people. Firstly, I was wondering if it was legal to do this (build a large building and sell the rooms to people) considering I'm just a Resident, and it's not my town. Secondly, I figured I'd like to have it in a busy area, like central Lancaster, but I realize that a) there aren't any plots available in any busy areas, and b) even of there was, it most likely wouldn't be the right size.
Furthermore, it would be pretty hard to build this thing anyway, since I don't have access to /fly and it would be a pretty tall building. So, I'm just considering scrapping the idea altogether, which is kind of disappointing. Any thoughts, opinions, or solutions? -
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Well, there's no rule against it, but it's not the most practical idea from a business perspective. First reason being -- you can sell rooms, but only I can give a player perms, and I don't do that for renters. Players who have a financial investment in a town are much less likely to grief. Second reason --there are an awful lot of towns out there giving away plots to new players for free. And even those that charge, like I do, rarely charge a new player more than $1000 for ownership, one-time payment. So ... while the idea has merit in isolation, in reality on ECC it generally runs smack into the no-demand end of the law of supply and demand. I have yet to meet any player who has made the "rental home" business model work on any sustained basis. If someone reading this has and wants to correct me, then feel free... but those are my thoughts.
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I could instead sell the rooms as if they were property and not rental housing. Also, I could only allow Residents+ to buy from me. That way, they would have to pay full up front and buy their room from me after having proven that they are dedicated to the town by becoming a Resident first. Still, unfortunately, none of this solves the problem that @jmichael214 is the only one able to give perms to people (which I didn't even think of before), alongside the fact that I probably wouldn't be able to find a suitable location in the first place.
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None of you evict me please lol (even though i dont think you would?) , my computer went in to get fixed and i wont have it till about 2/18- which is like an ENTIRE month :(
I might be able to sneak onto Char's computer like i am now, but no promises. So I might be inactive for a few weeks.
Just so you all know why i suddenly disappeared :p
I know it wont be much of a problem for sami or mike, but i dont know about Iz? Hopefully its not a problem for him, either.
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And I would like to congratulate the new co-Mayor of Westcaster, @Slayer_boy_2000. Welcome to the team, Slayer!
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ALL LANCASTER "USE FLAGS" WILL BE SWITCHED TO "INTERACT FLAGS."
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, READ THIS!
Up until now, first Southcaster and later all Lancaster towns were under what is called a "use flag set to deny." This prevented non-residents from harming mobs and interacting with chests inside each town, and as we all know, the 1.8 update broke it somehow in a way that led to rampant horse-murdering and mayhem.
Anyway -- it appears that the administration has updated the server's flags, and now the original purpose for which I switched all the use flags to "deny" will be performed by a new "interact" flag. This will continue the purpose for which we already had the use flag, and will additionally start protecting horses again. Bear in mind, this means that you will not be able to use leads on or ride any horse you find outside of a town you have perms to.
I could keep typing about what this means, or you could read Jakey's post here: http://www.ecocitycraft.com/forum/threads/town-flag-change.116412/-
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So now I have a question: Which flag would allow non-members to place a cart? If the answer is "none of the above", I will have to figure out a new station design to automatically load a cart...
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Well, that might be a question for an admin. The use flag and interact flag now do two very different things. If an interact doesn't prevent interaction with doors and levers, which it doesn't... then which category is a minecart in?
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So, we have a couple of new additions to the leadership team. Everyone please give a warm Lancaster welcome to @Slayer_boy_2000, who will be co-Mayor of Westcaster, and @0TheRedHerring0, who will be co-Mayor of Aberdeen. I'm sure they'll both make great additions to Team Lancaster!
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AFAIK minecarts are not handled by a flag, but the region permission itself.
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Apparently I will have to redesign the rail system with "to" and "from" lines and a cart reloading system.
some experimenting to do this evening, I guess *rolls eyes*
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