need convencing to buy: Mournoth keep height limit purchase question

Aliyavana · February 2017

Hello, I am considering purchasing mournoth keep but I need to make sure that what I plan to build will be able to be created. anyone have screenshot of where the invisible wall stops you at mournith keep? I plan to build high if possible

runagate · February 2017

Did you just ask for a screenshot of something invisible?

In seriousness, though, it's probably not as high as you think. Humblemud's invisible ceiling is actually lower than the roof and you cannot get up into the weird little onion dome "attic". Even in Serenity Falls where you can get pretty high it won't let you stand on the roof - there's an invisible wall around that.

Having played in Grand Topal Hideaway I find this foolish, but that's how it is in most places right now.

I know you're on console and can't check yourself.

Hamfast · February 2017

I purchased that home, how high are you planning to build?

I will try to check for you.

Aliyavana · February 2017

runagate wrote: »

Did you just ask for a screenshot of something invisible?

In seriousness, though, it's probably not as high as you think. Humblemud's invisible ceiling is actually lower than the roof and you cannot get up into the weird little onion dome "attic". Even in Serenity Falls where you can get pretty high it won't let you stand on the roof - there's an invisible wall around that.

Having played in Grand Topal Hideaway I find this foolish, but that's how it is in most places right now.

I know you're on console and can't check yourself.

Oh no I'm on pc, but if I cant build to high I wont get the house which is why I'm asking

Hamfast wrote: »

I purchased that home, how high are you planning to build?

I will try to check for you.

up to about the mountain behind the top of the house's peak

Hamfast · February 2017

Hamfast wrote: »

I purchased that home, how high are you planning to build?

I will try to check for you.

up to about the mountain behind the top of the house's peak
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I have already gone up that high to see if I could get to the top of the cliff, and while the top of the cliff is not available, it is possible to walk up ramps to that point.

Hamfast · February 2017

And no, you can't walk on the roof, but you can put a platform over it and walk on that

Aliyavana · February 2017

so I can build up to the mountain peak then? good thank you

GrafDresche · February 2017

You might check it out on pts, if you want to be sure.

Danikat · February 2017

If I remember correctly you can get up to the point where your characters feet are level with the cliff wall at the back of the property (the lower ridge immediately behind the house, not the mountain in the distance), or the top of the roof.

You cannot stand on the roof of the house or in the little tower (which is more of a chimney) but you can build a platform up there. You also cannot get onto the cliff behind the house, the invisible wall blocks it.

In front it's about level with the top of the tree that's outside the instance. I built a ramp across to the little cliff on the west side of the courtyard, then 'stairs' up as high as I could go and a plank walkway across the front of the instance and I could see over the tree. Again there's no way to get further out because the invisible wall blocks it.

MLGProPlayer · February 2017

Someone made a video during PTS where they created a tower with a trap door for people to fall through (it was front page on the subreddit). The platform that player built was considerably higher than the roof of the house. I can't find the video right now, but if someone else can, please post it.

Danikat · February 2017

Ok I went back in to the PTS and took some screenshots. Short answer: you can stand on the point at the top of the roof but cannot go any higher. At the point where I'm standing in the screenshots I can't jump because my character hits the invisible ceiling.

AlMcFly · February 2017

If it's anything like Forsaken Stronghold, you cannot build much higher than the highest point of the roof.

Danikat · February 2017

AlMcFly wrote: »

If it's anything like Forsaken Stronghold, you cannot build much higher than the highest point of the roof.

That was the case with all the houses I tested. The invisible ceiling at the top of the instance was slightly higher than the tallest existing structure. For Mournoth Keep it's the roof of the house, for Twin Arches it's the top of the dome, for Hundings it's the top of the lighthouse and so on. Basically they made the map exactly as big as it needs to be to hold what's already there.

Interestingly you can put objects outside that boundary, even though you can't get there. I put several giant trees on the roof of Twin Arches and I was able to put a huge statue on the roof of Mournoth Keep even though it would go through the invisible ceiling.