FYI: Cadwell's Astounding Portal

Tenthirty2

Posting this to be informative so potential buyers can plan accordingly.
While its a cute idea and neat addition to a home, it's also huge?? WHY?
Why did they not just make Cadwell a houseguest?
As it is now, the ginormous dias he comes glued to takes up entirely too much floor space.

Pic below taken at the AAG and shows the clipping and collision which is also bizarre.
I'd thought I could as least sink it into the floor a bit to lessen the footprint but noooope, you can sink it a tiny bit (as in the pic below) but not enough to even take in down in size.

But yet it lets you sink it halfway into a wall and allow some other structures to clip into the middle and still functions...

Clipping into a wall it will let you go to the depth of the two pronged arches that Cadwell stands between. So I suppose if your floorplan has a place where you can back it into a wall or something it wont be as bad. But still, he should have been just a standing houseguest, skip the obnoxious platform, UGH

DenverRalphy

I haven't yet pulled the trigger on this yet. I just don't know that the cost is in the range I'd consider worth it. Speaking for myself personally, not speaking for others. I'm still mulling it over.

However, one thing I do find in favor of it, is that I think the fact that he's NOT a houseguest is a good thing. If I do pull the trigger, I'd not want it taking up a Special Collectibles slot. I'm fine with it being a special furnishing instead.

tsaescishoeshiner

This came out before houseguests--I think it was like exploring the concept of houseguests.

Necrotech_Master

DenverRalphy wrote: »

I haven't yet pulled the trigger on this yet. I just don't know that the cost is in the range I'd consider worth it. Speaking for myself personally, not speaking for others. I'm still mulling it over.

However, one thing I do find in favor of it, is that I think the fact that he's NOT a houseguest is a good thing. If I do pull the trigger, I'd not want it taking up a Special Collectibles slot. I'm fine with it being a special furnishing instead.

ive gotten it, it is under special furnishings which is kind of OK due to more slots, but to be honest i dont feel like it was necessarily worth the price

99% of the time its literally just going to the portal dais part just sitting there doing nothing, you can interact with it to get cadwell (or sometimes his "mount" honor) to spawn for about 5-10 seconds at a time (theres a few different animations of it)

i kind of wish the furnishing when "activated" would just summon cadwell, and then "deactivated" would be as it is, instead of basically acting like a memento giving you a 5-10 sec little animation

Tenthirty2

tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »

This came out before houseguests--I think it was like exploring the concept of houseguests.

Ah ok TY, was not aware.
That would make sense then why it's designed this way. I didn't recall seeing it before so thought it was a new item.

DenverRalphy

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

DenverRalphy wrote: »

I haven't yet pulled the trigger on this yet. I just don't know that the cost is in the range I'd consider worth it. Speaking for myself personally, not speaking for others. I'm still mulling it over.

However, one thing I do find in favor of it, is that I think the fact that he's NOT a houseguest is a good thing. If I do pull the trigger, I'd not want it taking up a Special Collectibles slot. I'm fine with it being a special furnishing instead.

i kind of wish the furnishing when "activated" would just summon cadwell, and then "deactivated" would be as it is, instead of basically acting like a memento giving you a 5-10 sec little animation

Yeah, that's pretty much why a few moments ago I decided against it after someone who had it let me view it in their home. Not worth the crowns, and not worth the gold via a crown seller (I'd rather spend that same coin on this week's Lux vendor when the greenhouse returns).