[Request] Having our alt characters in our Homes with the new NPC pathing feature

Vaoh · July 2020

In light of the new Housing character pathing feature, would it be possible to allow us to use our own characters (whom we are not currently logged on to) as NPCs? Or to allow us to create our own NPC via the character editor?

Definitely excited to finally have a home with NPCs moving around everywhere

have been waiting for a feature like this to be added to Housing for a long time!

adam_rawb16_ESO · July 2020

That would be amazing, especially being able to create our own NPCs. Doubt we could though, would be a bit complicated choosing their outfits maybe? But I'd love to be able to make my own housecarl.

TheImperfect · July 2020

Housecarls and npcs would be great. I'd like to assign my characters to different houses and when logged on (with a different character) see the assigned character in their home.

One_ofMany · July 2020

That would be epic

idk · July 2020

I am not speaking against the idea, just bringing up two points that could hinder the idea.,

The first point is that the idea would be an additional load on resources since the game now has to track what characters (or decorations) will actually appear on the home. AFAIK all furnishings are static in they will always appear in the home. Even the pathing does not change this by any measure.

The second point is players have asked for this before but have also suggested we should be able to access the inventory in said characters were not logged into but were placed into the home as furnishings when we are not logged into them. If Zos were interested in the idea proposed by the OP this point might give them pause knowing that players will think Zos was to lazy to make it work well.

Anyhow, for those that decorate the house it would be a good idea and I would say yes as long as it does not impact server performance.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · July 2020

Sounds too complicated and resource demanding.

Syldras · July 2020

idk wrote: »

The second point is players have asked for this before but have also suggested we should be able to access the inventory in said characters were not logged into but were placed into the home as furnishings when we are not logged into them.

While I think that might be too complicated - it shouldn't be that hard to just copy the char's physical appearance and make that "copy" walk around inside the house a bit?

LadySilvie · July 2020

This would be super cool! I really wish you could mark individual primary houses per character but this is another cool way to specify this house belongs to xyz and not a random community of characters only bound by the fact I play them haha.

Even if they could just be "cloned" and silent at a point in time and you had to choose when to update their model, it would still be a fun feature.

Nestor · July 2020

Idea sounds great. Technical Challenges would kill it. First would be keeping up with the changes we make to our characters as any character based NPC would have to be a snapshot. Then, figuring out a way to create a database that could both store all the combos and not result in minutes of load screens. Then having to render all the individual pieces of gear and cosmetics. Which is one reason why we have Player Visitor limits.

Better would be to have a limited number of outfits we could dress our NPCs with. Outfits are typically one Database Entry. And, also, being one object are easier to render and shadow.

TradoTheOne · July 2020

+ this idea, please make this happen!

newtinmpls · July 2020

I want to be able to give and obtain not only "visitor" permissions but "pathing guest" permissions (and also I want "me" to disapear if I go to a friend's house where "I" am "pathing").

ghastley · July 2020

My characters each have their own home, where I park them when I log out. I'd like my other characters to find them asleep on the bed if they visit. No interaction needed, no pathing required.