Custom Boat System

[TempusWolfswift]

So hybrid has a custom house building system, and I've seen the poker boat, so why not a custom boat building system? Now I know what your thinking, that it would be lame because all the oceans would be piled over with boats. Wrong! The rules would be set to allow only one boat or house per account, either you own a boat or you own a house, not both. You would buy a Boat placement tool from the shipwright, find an appropriate place in the water to place a boat, then choose the size. Here is a layout of what I've come up with so far.

Main Rules:
Only one Boat allowed per account (Boat would take the place of house)
Marking a rune on your boat is allowed and recalling or gating would take you strait to it.
Decay time would be same as house decay, and Boats would IDOC
The only Idoc rule difference would be: As soon as the boat hit IDOC it would be boardable and all items would be stealable (by thief?) untill the collapse hour.
Security options would be private and public

Boat Types: Classic Boat, or Custom Boat
Custom Boat Sizes: Small 7x5, medium 9x7, large 11x9
Stories and Storage:
Small- One deck and one 500 max storage hold (similar to classic boat layout)
Medium- One deck, one hold (below deck) and one 800 max storage
Large- One deck, one cabin (on deck), one hold (below deck) and 1200 max storage

What you would be able to customize on your boat:
Tiles on your deck and hold
Hull shape and style (the hull would be the "walls" of the boat)
Masts
Sail
Cabin (for large boats only)

Decorating your Boat:
I would think all house decorations could be used, except wall decor could only be used in the hull or cabin.

I believe this would encourage the use of the least used area in UO, the ocean!!
Also could you imagine Boat Idocs??? Crazy, Mad, Insane fun!!

[Dwarf Fury]

Only one thing, I think the custom boat sizes mabey should be a little bigger, but thats it!
I think it would be an awesome addition to hybrid!!

[Elhona, Queen of Battle]

Wow, this idea is pretty unique! I havent been playing Hybrid very long, but i have seen some of the custom work the staff has done and there pretty good! I would think custom boats would be no problem at all for em! I say Yes and Yes to a custom boat system!!

[Suriv]

So what you're saying is you want, essentially, houses to be placable in the water. Do these floating houses move? My guess would have to be no, because if everyone's got an 11x9 moving house, that's a lot of lockdowns to worry about, not to mention server lines might cause some issues.

Regardless; An 11x9 object floating around in the sea is not a good idea. Those donation islands are acceptable, because there aren't many, but soon the seas will be impossible to navigate because a bunch of floating houses are blocking everything.

Customizable boats that are unique to your character, but still function as any other boat, would be pretty neat. Particularly because people might actually care if someone has the gall to try to take it from them.

I vote no on unnavigatable seas.

[Dwarf Fury]

Originally Posted by Suriv

So what you're saying is you want, essentially, houses to be placable in the water. I vote no on unnavigatable seas.

You must not have read the post very well, the rule is only one house or one boat, not both... So either people give up their house or have a boat, one or the other, which means there will not be a million boats in the water. Also there is alot more ocean than land. And the plot dimensions and ect. doesnt mean a big square boat, lol every place-able thing is based off tile length and width, im sure thats what he meant by the sizes. Im sure Mark could figure a way to make the boat move without the lockdowns being a problem, it cant be that difficult. The custom boat idea is a good one, but if it proves to difficult, just use the art for the classic boats but allow players to tweak them to their satisfaction. (change styles, tile types, mast and sail types, ect.), Suriv should have voted yes, because in a way, he supports a type of custom boat system.

Originally Posted by Suriv

Customizable boats that are unique to your character, but still function as any other boat, would be pretty neat. Particularly because people might actually care if someone has the gall to try to take it from them.

[Red Viking]

I sort of agree with Suriv, ONLY on the part about boats that can be customized but work like classic boats. I RP a viking character and LOVE THIS IDEA!! I say, just use coding for classic boats but allow players to change certain things about the boats, and make em look wicked cool! Like add art to the sail and change the head thingy at the front of the boat, cool stuff like that.

I vote Yes!!

[HiddenRooter]

Personally I think this idea has its merits but the rules are retarded. So your telling me you basically want to kill any lil bit of cash one might make from the fishing skill? What about people that already have 3 accounts and 3 houses like me? On top of that I use a fisher man to get a decent chunk of my income and Regs, and you absolutely MUST have a boat for fishing to be worth the time you wasted building it up.

So I say No to this. Its good in Theory but then again so is communism...take your fishing killing Communist ideas somewhere else...fucking commie. Buy a house if you want a customized building.

[vermillion2083]

Originally Posted by HiddenRooter

Its good in Theory but then again so is communism...take your fishing killing Communist ideas somewhere else...fucking commie.

Get a little side tracked?

just use coding for classic boats but allow players to change certain things about the boats, and make em look wicked cool! Like add art to the sail and change the head thingy at the front of the boat

This isn't possible without modifying and patching the Art.mul files, which I don't see the UOGamers team doing any time soon, especially not for something as pointless as this.

[Dwarf Fury]

Wow you guys have no fucking imagination... And how does communism tie in with wanting to customize you own boat? What a bunch of ignorant asses... Hybrid really has the cream of the crop...

[UOGSales]

An interesting idea... difficult to implement

Maybe colored boats for RPers might be more realistic as far as the programming required.

A secureable container (or securing the hold) might be a good idea as well.

EDIT: I like the idea of utilizing the ocean more.. im sure the minds on this shard could come up with a decent way to do so.