Buildings

Alpha-1 Aela (human) housing concepts by Michael Bacon.^[2]

Buildings within Ashes of Creation offer goods and services as well as player housing, either within nodes or on freeholds.^[3]

Edificios de nodo are either default buildings that come with the node, or they are constructed buildings that are initiated by the mayor and built by players.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Freehold buildings that are placed on freehold plots function as homesteads, artisan and businesses buildings.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[3]^[14]

Edificios de nodo

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Estilo y diseño de los nodos

Racial architecture of the same Aldea (fase 3) node on different servers. Dünir Dwarven influence (top). Kaelar Human influence (bottom). Alpha-1 No NDA captura de pantalla.

The layout and architecture within a Node’s development area are determined by influential race. For example, a stage 3 Node with the majority of player contribution being Py'rai would have a Py'rai village with Py'rai architecture. Most NPCs would be Py'rai elves, and offer questlines within the Py'rai narrative.^[15] – Margaret Krohn

Each player’s contributed experience is flagged with their character race and other identifiers. When a Node advances, the race with the highest experience contribution determines the Node’s style and culture. This style and culture change can happen at every Node Stage. For example, if a Node advances to Level 2 - Encampment Stage and 51% of all experience was earned by Ren’Kai players, the Node will be a Level 2 Ren’Kai Node. If that same Node advances to a Level 3 - Village Stage Node, but the Py'Rai contributed 62% of all the experience earned, then the Node will be a Level 3 Py'Rai Node.^[16] – Margaret Krohn

El diseño de un nodo y su estilo es determinado por varios factores:^[17]

La localización y el entorno (bioma) del nodo.^[18]^[19]^[17]
Nodes will adjust the local topography to fit the aesthetic and mechanical requirements of the node.^[18] – Steven Sharif
- Los nodos ajustarán la topografía local para adaptarse a los requisitos estéticos y mecánicos del nodo.^[20]

Currently the way that the platform system is set up, is it's capable of adjusting the topography of the node's footprint, regardless of the surrounding terrain. So the reason for that is we want to have flexibility in the presentation of the node's layout and how it is essentially both from an aesthetic standpoint as well as a mechanical standpoint with node sieges- how it's constructed and that construction should have the ability to take on a variance of different types of topography. So it shouldn't be dependent on the surrounding area. Now that's not to say that the surrounding area isn't going to have some influence over. So for example... we're experimenting a little bit with the platform tech and putting up a node up against the side of a mountain or on the edge of a cliff or something that has a beautiful vista. Those are things that we're going to test out obviously as we continue to work on the node tool and how that platform system works, but the idea is to have the node independent of the surrounding terrain.^[20] – Steven Sharif

El tipo de nodo.^[17]

Some parts are determined by the area it's in. Some parts are determined by the type it is. Some parts are determined by the race it is; and then the rest of it is determined by the mayor.^[17] – Jeffrey Bard

La raza que contribuya con el porcentaje más alto al avance del nodo modificará la apariencia racial de sus edificios, NPCs y objetos.^[21]^[19]^[16]^[17]^[22]^[23]
- Las razas relacionadas entre ellas no combinan sus influencias culturales. Por ejemplo, los Py'Rai y los Empyrean cuentan como culturas diferentes. Su raza madre, los Pyrian, ya no existen.^[24]
- Este cambio de estilo y cultura ocurre en cada etapa del nodo.^[16]
- Esto aplica para todos los nodos, incluso los nodos de castillo.^[25]

All nodes whether they're associated with a castle or associated with normal node structure has cultural influences that replicate over to the buildings that are produced and the NPCs that are present.^[25] – Steven Sharif

El resto es determinado por el alcalde del nodo.^[17]
- Debería ser posible completar varios proyectos de construcción en un nodo durante el mes en el que el alcalde ostenta su cargo.^[26]

Q: How long would you say it will take players on average to fill slash build up a node completely from wilderness to metropolis?

A: It's one thing to get a node to a certain level: it's another thing to develop the node; and I can't really give you an on-average expectation, because there's a lot of variables at play. There's how many citizens does the node have attracted to it; what's the type of traffic that the node is attracting to it based on things like its tax rates, or the specialization that it chose to spec into, based on the building types it's chosen to build. All of those things are variables that can affect the quote-unquote "average build-out time" of a particular node. So it's difficult to give you an average when there's so many variables along those lines. But the idea is that if there is a particular project that players are interested in in developing based on the node stage, that they would have the ability to complete several of those projects as within a single term of a mayor; and a term of a mayor is one month.^[26] – Steven Sharif

Influencia racial

Alpha-1 Aldea node layout.^[27]

We have essentially sets that exist across all races; and each race that dons those armor sets is going to have their own racial influence on the presentation of those particular sets. So that's something that's unique in how each of the races get diversified. Additionally, the more that one particular race contributes to a node's development, it's going to manifest in that particular node's architectural influences. You're going to see the architectures of those races become manifest within the nodes as well: That's another way that we diversify each race and we present each race's culture in the game as through those architectures, through those props that exist, through the tailoring of the armor sets that the NPC might wear, to the different factions that exist. Factions will have their own affiliation with different races as well. Each race will also have some different nomenclature when it comes to the lore, or comes to locations in the world. They're going to have their own language influences as well: The way they speak is something that's going to be distinct between races; when you have dialogue trees with particular NPCs. So all of those things really go into setting an immersive world where the cultures have their own identity.^[28] – Steven Sharif

La influencia cultural se manifiesta diferentes formas, desde la estética de los nodos y el equipo hasta en el lenguaje de los PNJ y el lore.^[28]^[29]^[16]

La apariencia del equipo de ciertos sets de armaduras viene influenciada por la raza del jugador.^[28]
El diseño y estilo del nodo está influenciado por la raza que más contribuye ha ese nodo.^[28]
- Los beneficios puede que apliquen a los ciudadanos de la cultura dominante, pero también aplica a las mecánicas del nodo, lo que podrá ser beneficioso también a los miembros de otras razas.^[29]
- Hay una mecánica de desgaste, que afecta a la experiencia y a la influencia para evitar que una sola raza domine el mundo entero.^[30]
Los PNJs reaccionarán de forma diferente dependiendo de la raza del personaje.^[31]
- Los idiomas serán diferentes según la raza del PNJ y en el lore.^[28]

There is an attrition and that attrition on experience and influence is heightened based on the performance of the race in the world. So if all these nodes are Orc nodes then their attrition rate is very high to compete with the cultural establishment of new nodes because they have more influence in the world and a popular opinion is against them in their outlying regions that they do not have influence in.^[30] – Steven Sharif

Edificios de nodo edificables

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Alpha-1 mayoral node building user interface.^[32]

Alpha-1 node building construction early preview.^[33]

El gobierno del nodo decide la ubicación y los tipos de edificios de nodo que serán edificador en cada sector del nodo.^[8]^[9]^[10]

These are buildings that the mayor has agency over determining whether or not they should be a constructed project. Constructible buildings can be selected at open plots that are gained as the node advances. If they elect to begin construction of one of these types of buildings- one of which is the marketplace- it'll grant certain trade benefits as well as some stalls that the citizens may participate in.^[34] – Steven Sharif

Los gobernantes deciden como especializar su nodo. Una vez determinadas elecciones han sido tomadas no se podrá cambiar a otras opciones.^[8]

Los edificios del nodo disponen de un "arbol tecnológico" basado en la etapa del nodo. Cada etapa ofrece mejores servicios al nodo, pero se debe cumplis con los requisitos previos para la construcción del edificio.^[35]
Diferentes gobernantes pueden cambiar los edificios dentro de un nodo.^[8]

And there could be regime change... If somebody doesn't like the fact that a market was built and they want to re-elect a new government next cycle, they can do so... and that market could be destroyed and a new building take its place.^[8]

Cuando el tipo de edificios haya sido escogido, la comunidad tiene que traer rrecursos al nodo (empleando caravanas) ay unirse para construirlos (mediante misiones y similares).^[8]

Los materiales aportados para la construcción de un edificio del nodo se pierden si el alcalde desechar el proyecto.^[36]
El número de edificios, así como la localización de los mismos dentro de un nodo están predefinidos.^[9]

Edificios de nodo únicos

Alpha-1 Edificios de nodo.^[37]

Cada tipo de nodo tiene asociado un edificio único que puede ser "activado" en la fase de aldea dentro del avance del nodo. Este edificio único juega un rol principal dentro del progreso de la civilización en el servidor.^[38]

Ayuntamiento

Winstead Aldea (fase 3) node town hall in Alpha-2.^[39]

We want the City Hall to be the place where big decisions are made for each Node. It should be where the “ruling class” comes together and decides what to do (these decisions can quickly make them the “old ruling class” too).^[40]

Town hall (also called City hall) is a default service building that comes pre-built with nodes.^[41]^[4]^[5]^[40]

Players can interact with the node board to get a list of its citizens.^[42] Clicking on a citizen will reveal information about their guild, society, religion, and property ownership.^[42]

Parte de la siguiente información no ha sido confirmada recientemente por los desarrolladores y es posible que no esté en la hoja de ruta de desarrollo actual.

Alcaldes and node governments use city hall to visualize and control activities within their node. These capabilities will also be available via mobile/web interface.^[43]

Status of the node's economy.^[43]
Status of upcoming elections.^[43]
Status of trade agreements.^[43]
Status of caravans.^[43]

Freehold buildings

Freehold building types.^[44]^[12]

After you build your house, you can build other buildings on your Freehold. Each building needs the blueprint to start the process. If you have a cosmetic skin you want to use on a building, this is used after placing the blueprint. Once this has been placed, the building will be shown in a non-functional, construction state. Players will need to provide the required materials needed to complete the building construction, for each building on their Freehold. No Freehold has room for every possible option, so players will need to choose how to develop their Freehold by choosing to build specific artisan buildings, business buildings, and creating room for livestock and crops.^[11]

Freehold buildings that can be placed on a freehold plot serve three main purposes.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[3]^[14]

Freehold buildings require blueprints and materials to construct.^[11]^[46]

Sheds are present on empty freehold plots to provide storage for materials needed to construct freehold buildings.^[47]
Some freehold buildings have multiple tiers, with different footprint sizes.^[12]^[48]
Upgrading a tier will not change the size of the building in terms of footprint, but may increase in height.^[48]
Basements in freehold buildings are to be decided.^[49]

Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.^[11]^[50]^[51]^[52]^[53]

Buildings that require permits will have additional upkeep costs.^[11]

Freehold building architecture is based on the blueprint for the building.^[12]^[54]

Freehold skins are applied to blueprints matching the type of building: housing, artisanship, and business.^[11]^[12]^[55]^[56]^[54]^[57]
- The vast majority of cosmetic freehold skins are used for the homestead.^[13]
The freehold building blueprints must be obtained in-game first before the cosmetic can be applied.^[54]^[57]^[56]
Players are not locked to the racial appearance of a freehold building blueprint.^[58]

The way we look at it is the freehold is your space so we want you to be able to make it look the way you want it to.^[54] – Jeffrey Bard

Freehold building placement

Alpha-2 freehold concept.^[59]^[12]

On the left we have some farmable animals- some livestock here in pens; and then we have in the middle there's a bunch of crop rows of farmable crops the players can have; and then there's a couple different examples of different freehold buildings you could have on your freehold: one of which is the house on the right and then some other freehold buildings as well, like it looks like there's a mill in the back there as well.^[59] – Kory Rice

Freehold buildings and other items/props can be placed on freehold plots (by the land owner).^[13]^[60]^[61]^[3]^[14]

The homestead is the first building that must be constructed on a freehold.^[12]^[13]^[13]

Freehold building permits to allow for a specific number and type of buildings to be placed on the freehold plot must be acquired from the node where the freehold deed was obtained.^[11]^[50]^[51]^[52]^[62]^[53]
- Freehold taxes are calculated based on the number of permits issued for buildings on a freehold.^[11]^[51]^[52]^[53]

Currently freeholds have a combined maximum total of six artisan and business buildings that can be placed in addition to a homestead.^[11]^[63]
- The number and type of buildings that can be placed on the freehold and the way these buildings get placed are subject to change based on testing and iteration during Alpha-2.^[63]^[13]

On a Freehold you can have your house, and up to six additional buildings. The additional buildings can be artisan and/or business buildings. Larger buildings may take up more room, reducing the total number of buildings that can be built on a single Freehold.^[11]

Space that is not used for freehold buildings can be utilized for other purposes, such as livestock and crop placements.^[62]

Players can manipulate the orientation of freehold buildings and items being placed on their freehold plot.^[64]

There may be a grid-based system that freehold owners can use to place items/props and buildings on their freehold plot.^[60]

Targeting dummies are planned as placeable props with functional mechanics.^[65]

Players are not able to adjust the terrain of their freeholds. Sloped terrain will result in stilts beneath placeable structures (to keep them level).^[66]

Naming buildings

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Escenarios destructibles

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Escenarios destructibles in Alpha-1 castle sieges.^[67]

En Ashes of Creation, los escenarios destructibles son un elemento central de la interacción de los jugadores con el mundo.^[35]^[68]

We want destruction to be a very core element of how players make their way through the world.^[68] – Steven Sharif

Habrá formas de reparar estructuras destructibles (como muros y puertas) también de reparar (o volver a fabricar) armas de asedio dañadas durante los asedios.^[69]