12.1.0 housing PTR notes

[Phane-19059 (Phane)]

@Linxy

Neighborhoods and player houses will become available in next week’s build.

• BLUEPRINTS
  • Blueprints let players save their housing creations to swap between or share them with other players!
  • Blueprint codes can be shared cross-region (excluding China) with other players for them to import as well.
  • Blueprints operate on the entire house (both inside and out), the interior only, the exterior only, or a single room.
  • When importing, a list of all required rooms and decor will be shown, including the budget needed, what’s missing, and so on so players know what’s about to happen or what they need.
  • Importing will also try to do the “right” thing for dyed items (using correctly dyed items, potentially dyeing items, but NOT replacing already dyed items, etc).
  • Players can have up to 50 “save slots” for their different layouts, as well as 10 additional ones for “auto-saves”.
    • Auto-saves are automatically created when importing a Blueprint so players can easily revert.
  • Players now have an additional house permission called “Export” that defaults to no one. Other players visiting a house where they pass this permission can choose to import into their own save slots.
  • Blueprint codes can be linked in chat and inspected there as well.
  • Blueprints can be reported.
  • A Reset button has also been added that will reset the whole house or just the interior or exterior if someone wants to start over from scratch.
• PETS
  • Pet Beds allow players to show off their pets both in and outside their house.
  • Players can place up to 10 beds inside and up to 5 beds outside. Once a bed is placed, players can select a pet to make its home there.
  • Indoor pets can be set to either Stationary or Roaming while pets placed outdoors are only Stationary for the time being.
  • A small number of pets are unavailable to be placed for a variety of reasons.
• ENDEAVORS
  • There are 4 new Endeavors:
    • Knock-off Amani (this is the featured Endeavor with the release of Curse of Ula’tek)
      • Griftah and his travelling troupe of traders would like to visit the neighborhood to trade their “traditional Amani goods”. It’s fairly obvious that these are not original Amani items, however the neighborhood residents are interested nonetheless.
    • Every Bakar Has Its Day
      • Residents of the neighborhood love their pets, but they could use some help training them. The centaurs of the Ohn’ahran Plains have very strong bonds with their bakar and they may be willing to pass on some training tips.
    • Candle Culture
      • Strange wax deposits have started to appear in the neighborhood. Who better to find a use than the Kobolds of the Ringing Deeps? Seek their counsel on illumination.
    • Vacation Season
      • The Tortollans are a worldly folk. So worldly, in fact, that they need no introduction to your neighborhood–they’ve been vacationing here long before you put down your roots! Share in their recreational wisdom.
  • Players may notice new things in their Neighborhood based on the Endeavors that have been completed, both old and new.
• DYE UPDATES
  • Dye crafting has been streamlined, considerably freeing up bag space taken up by dyes.
  • New dye colors have been added, including those that replicate the darker appearances from before 12.0.5.
  • More information can be found in the I Bet You’re Dyeing to Hear About This thread.
• HOUSES
  • Houses can now reach level 12, unlocking increased limits, large exteriors, and more.
  • Players can now move the entry room anywhere in the house, including other floors! Finally, basement dreams can be realized!
• UI
  • Two new categories have been added for decor:
    • Vines and Hanging Plants
    • Pet Beds
• Removed an extra pop-up when deleting a room with no Decor in it.

10 chars, ya.

[Meirit-3053712 (Meirit)]

This is good. Very good.

[Phane-19059 (Phane)]

Only 3 increased house levels though, so that 5975 decor budget and 134 room budget may actually be the new cap.

[DoomCookies-17842 (DoomCookies)]

I am okay with three house levels because I can not make a whole new house layout, do to the import export save function.

[DeadlyKitten-3373858 (DeadlyKitten)]

“Players can place up to 10 beds inside and up to 5 beds outside.”

What? Nooooo. Tell me this is just at the start, please.

[Kori-2917475 (Kori)]

Happy to hear that we can make a basement, but where are the weapons and armor? Mounts?

Do I, as a DK, really have to wait until The Last Titan for the other DK class hall assets?

[Espinosa-14066 (Espinosa)]

That´s still a lot of pets, but I wonder which pets we are not allowed to show. Probably again a “snowflake” move, to not offend anyone.

Blueprints is a nice feature though, hopefully someone designs a tiny house and I can rework it.

[DeadlyKitten-3373858 (DeadlyKitten)]

I have over 1000 pets. Some of those are copies yes, but still.

[Lore-3257305 (Lore)]

Large housing exteriors is nice… but where are more racial options? Perfect patch to do at least do Troll. If we’re doing one for each then Dwarf or Draenei for Alliance.

Could also drop the silly faction exclusive since nothing else is for housing.

[Lore-3257305 (Lore)]

@Ellarane-mankrik

“Players can place up to 10 beds inside and up to 5 beds outside.”

Could we use this same method for beds intended for players? Assign them to alts and let them path around our houses too.

That’s a freebie, Blizz. Next one will cost you a year sub.

[DeadlyKitten-3373858 (DeadlyKitten)]

You mean 10 per alt or allow beds for 10 alts? Sorry I’m confused

[Lore-3257305 (Lore)]

Just beds for alts in general.

[DeadlyKitten-3373858 (DeadlyKitten)]

Oh gotcha. Yeah, my alts will sleep in pet beds I think

[Scaresome-3135354 (Scaresome)]

@Testoraeu-aggramar

Probably again a “snowflake” move, to not offend anyone.

OR …. Egbert, Bonestorm, the one that casts rainbows, Nuts who stuns you, the Pepe Le Pew one, Pierre the cook stove.

[Scaresome-3135354 (Scaresome)]

If I were to guess, the blueprint stuff was planned a year ago and planned to drop on our first major patch after the players had learned how to decorate. It is well-timed, I think.

As to the Pet Beds – who makes them? If it is us with leatherworking, I’m a-gonna make bank.

[Cozzene-1003625 (Cozzene)]

Really blueprints is all i care about here. Disappointed that there’s no news on very basic and highly requested items and customisations, but this is the first release of notes.

[Kalademona-88788 (Kalademona)]

@Linxy

More information can be found in the I Bet You’re Dyeing to Hear About This thread.

I just read through this and it is an amazing improvement. Just the thought of having to store a ton of dyes has kept me from engaging with the dye system so my dyeing has been limited to the ones I pick up while looting treasures out in the world. Storing just 9 colors that can be used to make all of the dyes at the time I want to use them is way more manageable!

[Killjoy-3198551 (Killjoy)]

The four new Endeavors look very underwhelming, at least in terms of the deco items that will be for sale.

[Kalademona-88788 (Kalademona)]

I’m kind of excited about most of the Amani items and some of the Tortollan items. I read that one of the Kobold candles is actually dyable. The Centaurs have some nice carpets.

[Mitternacht-2445376 (Mitternacht)]

Don’t worry, they’ve datamined more cash shop exteriors coming soon!

Ya know, before we get any of the promised in-game ones. (I’m so tired.)