Apartment windows with a (nice) view

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

I had something of the same idea, it would take a lot of work but I think it would be doable given that they already have the current windows bringing in light depending on time of day.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ynamic-windows

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Apologies. I did not see your thread. I am glad others have had the same kind of idea.

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Originally Posted by tinythinker

Which is very cool. Those are awesome. Having the option to see a view of the actual zone where the housing is located -- one that changes with the day and weather cycles to give the illusion of being a "real window" -- would also be very cool.

The latter option as proposed in this thread would be especially nice for people who like the added realism ("oh look it's raining now") as well as those who don't have the time, crating skill, or gil to make the type of DIY views you thoughtfully shared.

In any case, I'm impressed how creative some people can be :cool:

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They've said in the past that we can't have gardening in apartments because they were made with no ties to the weather of the residential areas. If you want a window that shows the actual weather, then you're running into the reason we can't have gardening in apartments. If you just want a window with a view, that could possibly switch day/ night lighting, that might be a more feasible request.

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Originally Posted by tinythinker

Apologies. I did not see your thread. I am glad others have had the same kind of idea.

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I'm just glad other people are coming up with the idea! I want to see it, and you added some good ideas to the concept!

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Originally Posted by MizArai

They've said in the past that we can't have gardening in apartments because they were made with no ties to the weather of the residential areas. If you want a window that shows the actual weather, then you're running into the reason we can't have gardening in apartments. If you just want a window with a view, that could possibly switch day/ night lighting, that might be a more feasible request.

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Losing the weather is fine. It's mostly just getting a sense of changes outdoors along with the view. Day cycle still offers that.

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Originally Posted by MizArai

They've said in the past that we can't have gardening in apartments because they were made with no ties to the weather of the residential areas. If you want a window that shows the actual weather, then you're running into the reason we can't have gardening in apartments. If you just want a window with a view, that could possibly switch day/ night lighting, that might be a more feasible request.

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There's absolutely no reason to not have real gardening available in apartments (like planter boxes) because the weather doesn't affect the apartment. First of all, the weather in game doesn't affect outdoor gardens. You still have to water your plants even if it rained nonstop all day before. Secondly, it doesn't even work like that IRL and you can grow all the individual seeds in pots anyways. SE hasn't said we can't have gardening in apartments. They said we can't have balconies with furniture.

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Originally Posted by not_ya_wify

You know if you just want a view for aesthetic reasons, you can make one.

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Definitely, and you did show excellent examples.

However this obviously doesn't fix the real issue, which is that SE told us we were getting apartments, and what we got was fc rooms without the fc attached. I remember when the apartments were launched a large amount of people were disappointed with the lack of anything resembling a balcony, myself included. So many of us expected to have a little outdoor area. And can we be blamed? We were told we were getting apartments, not merely relabelled fc rooms.

And no I wouldn't care if the scenery of the balcony was instanced so that what you see outside is technically not outside at all. I would only care that it looked nice and allowed the use of outdoor decorations, including a gardening patch.

I'd enjoy a sliding glass door and a balcony.