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UO real estate is my specialty, and I want everyone to know that one of the most common scams I see is sellers who advertise their plots as something bigger than they actually are, and then claim they didn't know because the guy THEY bought it from lied to them. This is may be true in some cases but usually the seller is simply scamming you. He wants more money than his plot is worth, and if he can convince you the plot is bigger than it is, he might get it. But having said that, this scam would never work if people knew how to measure plots, so I have put together this helpful guide in the hopes it will keep the housing market more legit:
HERE IS THE WAY YOU MEASURE A CUSTOM PLOT:
#1. Stand directly under the sign. If the sign is right above your head, you are at the SW corner of the plot.
Now, go one tile South, and this will put you in the "Open Tile" that surrounds the plot, so nothing will get in your way as you measure. Count this tile as #1
#2. Make sure pathfinding is off. It will mess you up every time. Now, simply click east down the South face and move your guy one tile at a time along the stairs. Remember you are starting at #1, so your first click would be 2, then 3, then 4 etc. Stop counting when you get to the end of the stairs
Congratulations, you have now successfully measured the plot's first dimension, in the above example it's a 10x8, so it was 10 tiles from the sign to the end of the stairs.
#3: Now, go one more tile East, this will put you in the free tile that runs up the East side of the plot. Go TWO tile North (please remember, the stairs do NOT count as a tile on the plot! Again, THE STAIRS DO NOT COUNT.
You are now at Tile #1 and are ready to measure the second dimension of the plot:
Measuring this side, I find it handy to simply hit the PGUP button which will move you one tile North for every time you press the button. Hit the button, measure 2,3,4,5,6,7 and in the above example which is a 10x8, there will be an 8th tile when you come to the NE corner of the plot.
Verify that you are at the end of the plot by going one more tile North and then try to go West. If you can't go West, you weren't at the end of the plot yet and you need to count another tile in the 2nd dimension. This also helps if there's blockage from neighboring houses and you can't really properly see the NE corner. If you can go west around the back corner of the house, there's no need to measure the North or the West...you are done! The plot is a 10x8 in the above example. Practice this technique with smaller plots until you've got it mastered, and then you won't ever again get sold a 15x16 in place of a 16x18 where the guy just friended you to the house and said "See? Check the sign, it's 2437!" Max storage houses have the same storage, so it's easy to fool people who don't know how to measure. Hopefully this will be helpful in eliminating these shenannigans. Peace. -Elric
HERE IS THE WAY YOU MEASURE A CUSTOM PLOT:
#1. Stand directly under the sign. If the sign is right above your head, you are at the SW corner of the plot.
Now, go one tile South, and this will put you in the "Open Tile" that surrounds the plot, so nothing will get in your way as you measure. Count this tile as #1
#2. Make sure pathfinding is off. It will mess you up every time. Now, simply click east down the South face and move your guy one tile at a time along the stairs. Remember you are starting at #1, so your first click would be 2, then 3, then 4 etc. Stop counting when you get to the end of the stairs
Congratulations, you have now successfully measured the plot's first dimension, in the above example it's a 10x8, so it was 10 tiles from the sign to the end of the stairs.
#3: Now, go one more tile East, this will put you in the free tile that runs up the East side of the plot. Go TWO tile North (please remember, the stairs do NOT count as a tile on the plot! Again, THE STAIRS DO NOT COUNT.
You are now at Tile #1 and are ready to measure the second dimension of the plot:
Measuring this side, I find it handy to simply hit the PGUP button which will move you one tile North for every time you press the button. Hit the button, measure 2,3,4,5,6,7 and in the above example which is a 10x8, there will be an 8th tile when you come to the NE corner of the plot.
Verify that you are at the end of the plot by going one more tile North and then try to go West. If you can't go West, you weren't at the end of the plot yet and you need to count another tile in the 2nd dimension. This also helps if there's blockage from neighboring houses and you can't really properly see the NE corner. If you can go west around the back corner of the house, there's no need to measure the North or the West...you are done! The plot is a 10x8 in the above example. Practice this technique with smaller plots until you've got it mastered, and then you won't ever again get sold a 15x16 in place of a 16x18 where the guy just friended you to the house and said "See? Check the sign, it's 2437!" Max storage houses have the same storage, so it's easy to fool people who don't know how to measure. Hopefully this will be helpful in eliminating these shenannigans. Peace. -ElricAttachments
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