Greetings,
I was working on Fairhaven. It was a project I started several years ago that was going to be a city in the sky. LazyJ posted a lot of great ideas for the area, and I reread them recently and got a few more of my own to throw into the mix. However he mentioned one thing in his post that inspired me lately.
LazyJ wrote:
Skyscrapers and other structures built from the *bottom* of skylands. This would only be possible for players with the fly priv (or if a flyer setup a scaffolding framework for the non-flyer builder to start from). Make the bottoms of the skylands the constructed areas and the tops of the skylands all nature looking.
I began to think about this and decided to test out the statement that only players with the fly priv could do this without scaffolding being setup for them. And enter, this build. Not only was this built without fly, but was also built without spill or twist privs either. Built down from an island in the sky.
I decided to build a simple two bedroom house, from the top down, hanging from a newly constructed sky island. Note that while I did use fly to build the island, I simply built this as a base from which to start the home build and to make the building less obtrusive from the surface. The home build itself did not use twist, spill, or fly. Strictly speaking, any new player to the server should be able to do this so long as there is a free island from which to start.
Every home needs a kitchen, and this one is no exception. Through the double doors one can also see the dining room.
Modern meets rustic in this spacious restroom. It gives the feel of a historical build that's been renovated. Maybe in a way this build will become historical. Has anyone else on the server ever built from the bottom of an island using just the base privs all players get?
A bedroom that's perfect for a daughter. You may wish to change the color scheme for a son of course, or to have more neutral colors generally. On the other hand, look at that fantastic view of the sky. It's all around you at 30,000 nodes above sea level.
A well lit office provides just the space you need to work from home or to have a nice gaming center when you're off working hours.
The master bedroom, complete with painting for ambience.
No home is complete without a recreation room. People can lounge in one of several chairs or have a friendly game of darts.
All fine and dandy. But now I have a question to put to you. How did I do this? I mean, I know how I did it. But I want you to speculate on it. Truth be told, I can only think of the one way to do this. But I also don't want to overlook anything. And if I did, I hope someone posts a possible solution here.
I plan to reveal the answer in a later post. If you guess right, you will get to find out just by staying tuned right here.