GM House Upkeep & Decay Procedure
We have had several incidents involving upkeep and GM actions including the recent stronghold debacle, that have led us to revise our current procedures surrounding upkeep and player house decay:
Any building that has naturally fallen due to upkeep will not be restored.
The only situation where a building will be restored is when a bug is involved, and the house owner had previously paid their upkeep but due to a bug their upkeep becomes empty causing their house to start decaying.
Upkeep Decay Information
When your building is at 0 upkeep, it will naturally decay over 24 hours. The Game Masters can confirm this via their internal tools and logs, and will not restore buildings when players forget or neglect to pay the upkeep.
It is the building owner’s responsibility to pay their upkeep and ensure their building does not decay. All buildings have a maximum payable upkeep of 60 days, but with NPC contractors this maximum time can decrease, so remember to keep an eye on your remaining days after adding any NPCs to your house.
We have also talked recently internally about extending the 24 hour decay window to be longer in the future. The upkeep and decay mechanic is essential to our sandbox MMO so the lands of Nave are not just populated by derelict buildings not being used by players who have either walked away from the game temporarily or permanently.
Abusing the Game Masters or the Petition System
We would like to take this opportunity to remind players that using the petition system to gain unfair advantage or to lie to the Game Masters will result in infractions against your account. Star Vault does not tolerate this and we have and will take action in these cases.
We appreciate the patience the player base has had with us trying to resolve this issue.
We have had several incidents involving upkeep and GM actions including the recent stronghold debacle, that have led us to revise our current procedures surrounding upkeep and player house decay:
Any building that has naturally fallen due to upkeep will not be restored.
The only situation where a building will be restored is when a bug is involved, and the house owner had previously paid their upkeep but due to a bug their upkeep becomes empty causing their house to start decaying.
Upkeep Decay Information
When your building is at 0 upkeep, it will naturally decay over 24 hours. The Game Masters can confirm this via their internal tools and logs, and will not restore buildings when players forget or neglect to pay the upkeep.
It is the building owner’s responsibility to pay their upkeep and ensure their building does not decay. All buildings have a maximum payable upkeep of 60 days, but with NPC contractors this maximum time can decrease, so remember to keep an eye on your remaining days after adding any NPCs to your house.
We have also talked recently internally about extending the 24 hour decay window to be longer in the future. The upkeep and decay mechanic is essential to our sandbox MMO so the lands of Nave are not just populated by derelict buildings not being used by players who have either walked away from the game temporarily or permanently.
Abusing the Game Masters or the Petition System
We would like to take this opportunity to remind players that using the petition system to gain unfair advantage or to lie to the Game Masters will result in infractions against your account. Star Vault does not tolerate this and we have and will take action in these cases.
We appreciate the patience the player base has had with us trying to resolve this issue.
