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Do y u want a day/night toggle for player housing?
MornaBaine
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In a livestream one of the devs used a command to make it daytime in order to better show some other new thing. Several watchers asked if this was something we could have in player housing so that we could choose whether or not it was night or day. The response was that it would be a pretty easy thing to do. Which makes sense since the command already exists on the dev side of things. And it also makes sense since player homes exist in their own instances and therefore do not affect the game world. This was months ago and yet still this "simple" feature has not been added. Maybe they just don't realize how many people would really like to have this. So here's your chance to show them the numbers.
I am speaking here of a simple day or night option. Obviously there are other times of day that look different, like morning and dusk. In comments please feel free to lay out exactly what your dream control on time would be. As for me, I'd just be thrilled with keeping it simple and having the option of either afternoon or midnight/brightest time of day/darkest time of night.
I also realize it's tempting to ask for weather control but that's a whole 'nother animal since weather, unlike time of day, is client side. I'm sure it COULD be done but it would have to be an entirely separate project... and probably deserves its own poll.
I am speaking here of a simple day or night option. Obviously there are other times of day that look different, like morning and dusk. In comments please feel free to lay out exactly what your dream control on time would be. As for me, I'd just be thrilled with keeping it simple and having the option of either afternoon or midnight/brightest time of day/darkest time of night.
I also realize it's tempting to ask for weather control but that's a whole 'nother animal since weather, unlike time of day, is client side. I'm sure it COULD be done but it would have to be an entirely separate project... and probably deserves its own poll.
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Do y u want a day/night toggle for player housing? 71 votes
YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!
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63 votes
No. It's fine not having this option.
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✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!If this would be an easy thing to implement and not break a myriad of other things, then it would certainly be useful. As Murphy's Law would have it, every time I want to take a screenshot in my house, or feel like decorating, it happens to be night time, so a feature like this would definitely come in handy
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MajesticHaruki✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!I mean even devs when they were showcasing the Alinor Cresthouse and the Aldmeri Grotto during a pre Summerset live stream, they used the command to toggle day on. If they need this feature, why players wouldn't need it?PC/EU @MajThorax Sorcerer and Housing Decorator prodigy
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✭✭I can see an argument for that capability when in editor mode, so you can properly assess lighting. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense in the live game to have some areas at a different time of day. Maybe the compromise is a preview mode that ends when you leave?1 -
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✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!MornaBaine wrote: »In a livestream one of the devs used a command to make it daytime in order to better show some other new thing. Several watchers asked if this was something we could have in player housing so that we could choose whether or not it was night or day. The response was that it would be a pretty easy thing to do. Which makes sense since the command already exists on the dev side of things. And it also makes sense since player homes exist in their own instances and therefore do not affect the game world. This was months ago and yet still this "simple" feature has not been added. Maybe they just don't realize how many people would really like to have this. So here's your chance to show them the numbers.
I am speaking here of a simple day or night option. Obviously there are other times of day that look different, like morning and dusk. In comments please feel free to lay out exactly what your dream control on time would be. As for me, I'd just be thrilled with keeping it simple and having the option of either afternoon or midnight/brightest time of day/darkest time of night.
I also realize it's tempting to ask for weather control but that's a whole 'nother animal since weather, unlike time of day, is client side. I'm sure it COULD be done but it would have to be an entirely separate project... and probably deserves its own poll.
Some housing projects implement various lighting schemes and are much more impressive in the dark. For a few, the lighting is so key that the difference is like... well... night and day.... Some builds require daylight to fully bring out their splendor. for example, I have seen some very interesting uses of reflection in housing projects.
When I am constructing a building, full daylight can obscure borders. I used to just turn the gamma setting in the UI all the way down. This doesn't help as much anymore because, for example, the ballroom floor pieces are incredibly reflective.2 -
TonyRockaroni✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!Honestly? It WOULD be a nice feature. But if there was going to be any sort of system in place that changes the environment outside of your home, I'd rather have something that adjusts the weather outside. I would love the ability to toggle between sun, light rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, etc.2 -
MornaBaine✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!TonyRockaroni wrote: »Honestly? It WOULD be a nice feature. But if there was going to be any sort of system in place that changes the environment outside of your home, I'd rather have something that adjusts the weather outside. I would love the ability to toggle between sun, light rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, etc.
I, too, would LOVE weather control. Ironically though I don't think it could work because unlike time of day, weather is client side rather than server side. So while you COULD control the weather YOU see... everyone else will still see DIFFERENT weather, just as they do in the regular game world. This was a TERRIBLE and lazy design choice but I doubt they are inclined to change it.PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!1 -
Delphinia✭✭✭✭✭As long as I still had the option to allow the natural transitions to occur, I would be on board to have a way to set the clock. I do enjoy having both day and night and the variety in the colors and lighting that take place.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!For some reason its dark every time I try to decorate my garden.
So I would like a toggle.
Atmospheric/ground texture/skybox settings would be an awesome addition, too. For example, Coldharbour estate provides a lot of space but its dimly lit and its skybox clashes with pretty much everything.Dro-m'Athra Destroyer | Divayth Fyr's Coadjutor | Voice of Reason
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✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!As long as I still had the option to allow the natural transitions to occur, I would be on board to have a way to set the clock. I do enjoy having both day and night and the variety in the colors and lighting that take place.
I'd love it if you could just set the clock at any point you wanted and let it run IN ADDITION to being able to freeze time. Mostly because night is just far too short in this game.PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!1 -
NovaMarx✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!Anything that can further customise our homes has a big YES from me. And day/night and weather are incredible tools for customising the atmosphere of your home
(But I would also just really love for them to FINALLY make weather server side in general!! For roleplayers it is incredible infuriating and borderline immersion breaking when one player makes an IC remark about the sunshine and another makes an IC comment about the rain. It is absolutely the most annoying thing roleplay-wise IMO, and from a programming stand point it should be a relative easy fix.)"Feet are for walking. Hands are for hitting. Or shaking. Or waving. Sometimes for clapping."
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✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!MornaBaine wrote: »TonyRockaroni wrote: »Honestly? It WOULD be a nice feature. But if there was going to be any sort of system in place that changes the environment outside of your home, I'd rather have something that adjusts the weather outside. I would love the ability to toggle between sun, light rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, etc.
I, too, would LOVE weather control. Ironically though I don't think it could work because unlike time of day, weather is client side rather than server side. So while you COULD control the weather YOU see... everyone else will still see DIFFERENT weather, just as they do in the regular game world. This was a TERRIBLE and lazy design choice but I doubt they are inclined to change it.
Even still, weather controll for yourself in your own home would be nice, for screenshots and showcases and whatnot.
There are some homes that are improved by a storm or lightning, while others are best shown off in pleasant sunshine etc.
Even if it only works on my side, it's still better than nothing.
Changing music and being able to choose between the various base game and DLC soundtracks would also be awesome.1 -
Grimm13✭✭✭✭✭
✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!I have asked for this about a year ago, I still think it's a good idea and want. A simple, set to perm day, set to perm night or allow normal cycle being the default.Edited by Grimm13 on July 25, 2018 9:46AM2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭YES. Please let us choose if it is daytime or nighttime in our player homes!Carbonised wrote: »MornaBaine wrote: »TonyRockaroni wrote: »Honestly? It WOULD be a nice feature. But if there was going to be any sort of system in place that changes the environment outside of your home, I'd rather have something that adjusts the weather outside. I would love the ability to toggle between sun, light rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, etc.
I, too, would LOVE weather control. Ironically though I don't think it could work because unlike time of day, weather is client side rather than server side. So while you COULD control the weather YOU see... everyone else will still see DIFFERENT weather, just as they do in the regular game world. This was a TERRIBLE and lazy design choice but I doubt they are inclined to change it.
Even still, weather controll for yourself in your own home would be nice, for screenshots and showcases and whatnot.
There are some homes that are improved by a storm or lightning, while others are best shown off in pleasant sunshine etc.
Even if it only works on my side, it's still better than nothing.
Changing music and being able to choose between the various base game and DLC soundtracks would also be awesome.
Yeah now that you mention that I can totally see the application. Good call! Now I want it too! LOLPAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!0