Housing 102 - Protecting Your Valuables

Class: Housing 102
Class Name: Protecting Your Valuables
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Welcome to the Renaissance College of Ultima Online, in this post we will cover the basics of house security in public and private houses .

On Renaissance we have a pretty strong deviation from what most players will associate with the Renaissance era house mechanics. Rather than utilize the known era mechanics we choose to implement to pre trammel house mechanics. Since the changes to housing we tied clearly with trammel and OSI's need to deal with overloaded servers in 2000 we felt without these problems houses would have never been changed.

This will affect our players in a variety of methods

• There is no item decay in houses on Renaissance.
• Secure containers require 1 lock down
• Secure containers can hold 125 items totaling 400 stones.
• Security can be applied to secure containers, allowing for specific access to that container.
• Locked down containers require 1 lock down.
• Locked down containers can hold 125 items and unlimited weight.
• Houses have limited secures and lockdowns in line with pre trammel mechanics.
• Items can be locked down on the steps of all houses in line with Renaissance Mechanics.
• Monsters and Players can freely enter your house.
• You may ban or eject players and monsters from your house.
• Houses can be traded securely between players.

So with these changes it is important you understand how to keep your house secure. As shown in this picture a common method is to create a table wall including a trash barrel to limit access to your house.



An example of a table wall in a patio



This will allow you to enter the house, lock the door and detect hidden before passing your table wall.

To see examples of table walls in all of the house types available in Renaissance you can check out our housing section in the compendium. Renaissance Compendium - House Information

Another method that you can use is to combine a table wall with an exit ramp to allow for easy access to the secure zone in your house. This can be accomplished by replacing a table in the table wall with a footstool placed on 2 fish steaks. Place another footstool next to this one as shown and you now have a 1 way ramp over your table wall.



To utilize this method there is a UO macro you should create.

• "I wish to place a trash barrel"

Should you wish to use a more sophisticated method you can automate the trash barrel chopping, replacement and detect hidden using a macro like this.

Code:

// - - House Entry Macro by Chris - -
// Double click an axe (to use to break the trash barrel)
Assistant.Macros.DoubleClickAction|1076523548|3913
Assistant.Macros.WaitForTargetAction|30
// Target the trash barrel, this can be converted to by type if you wish
Assistant.Macros.AbsoluteTargetAction|0|0|1076524185|5405|1167|5|3703
// Give yourself 2 seconds to walk into the spot where the trash barrel was
Assistant.Macros.PauseAction|00:00:02
// Replace the trash barrel
Assistant.Macros.SpeechAction|0|38|3|ENU|4|32|40|19|224|I wish to place a trash barrel
// Detect hidden for good measure
Assistant.Macros.UseSkillAction|14
Assistant.Macros.WaitForTargetAction|30
// Target the floor in your house
Assistant.Macros.AbsoluteTargetAction|1|0|0|5402|1169|5|1322

Trash Barrel Entry Macro

Using this method you should be able to enter and exit your house safely

Some additional things to keep in mind.

• Regardless of if your house is private or public you should always lock down breakable items.
• A non friended player who logs out in a house, will find themselves outside the house when they log in.
• Never gate travel from behind your security wall. This is just an invitation for a player to sneak into your house.

Additional Housing Guides
Housing 101 - Entrance Security - Tips and Tricks
Housing 102 - Protecting Your Valuables
Housing 103 - Intro to House Ownership & Commands
Housing 104 - The Renaissance Land Rush System