Place-able consumables within FC houses

Hi all,

I was wanting to put in a recommendation for a small but significant change to the way place-able consumables work in an FC house

basically, my FC leader uses consumables (potted plants and meals) for decoration, but unknown FC members eat them. I was wondering if it would be possible to implement a system that restricts the interactivity of these items to certain roles within the FC, like with private houses you don't own, as it would allow for decoration to be more long-lived.

Idk, what do you guys think about adding this system

(also pls respond squenix, i love ur game)

It's something many players have asked for but we don't know if it's feasible for SE to separate out each type of interactive housing item in the FC permissions list. Restricting the ability to use the food items might also prevent members from using the summoning bell and vendors if they need to make it an "all or nothing" type permission.

I just make more consumables. I actually love it when FC members get together at the house and use it like it is their house. I wouldn't expect them not to eat the food and drink the drink in reality, after all.

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Originally Posted by Elladie

I just make more consumables. I actually love it when FC members get together at the house and use it like it is their house. I wouldn't expect them not to eat the food and drink the drink in reality, after all.

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Some food, like holiday food, isn't easy to replace.

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Originally Posted by DarkEiraStar

Some food, like holiday food, isn't easy to replace.

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But - if we use the Valentines dishes as an example - you wouldn't leave that out very long past Valentines Day surely? And there will be new Valentines dishes next year. Why would you buy it and then not let folks eat it, especially when it looks so delicious?

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Originally Posted by Elladie

But - if we use the Valentines dishes as an example - you wouldn't leave that out very long past Valentines Day surely? And there will be new Valentines dishes next year. Why would you buy it and then not let folks eat it, especially when it looks so delicious?

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They buy it because they want to use it for year round decoration, not random consumption during a brief event. Is that genuinely so difficult to understand?

The game is already filled with hundreds of different meal items if the player is looking for something "delicious" to consume. What the game doesn't have and needs are food housing items that can't be consumed so players can decorate without worrying that their decorating effort will be destroyed.

As for using some of the seasonal food items after an event ends, of course I would. The Valentione Cake Pairing is a elegant decoration that would be appropriate for any housing setting intended to represent a fine dining experience. Some of the others are likewise appropriate for use outside of their associated season.

I just won't use it in a FC house people will consume it without caring about the fact it can't be replaced anymore.

I do hope that making food decorations have some kind of "decor only" toggle is an option in the future as well. I have some older seasonal food that was put out without issue for years but lately someone has started to take bites out of it and I can no longer risk having it on display. There are some food items I have no issue replacing, but seasonal food items have become more common and I would love to display them, but now feel worried that I cannot.

I would very much like to have some of the interactive items put behind the housing menu. New players or some troll players invited to an fc for example have access to strip out wallpaper from blank partitions, empty out the fish tanks, remove flowers from vases and eat all the food. My FC has had it happen, right after the leader had splurged on an expensive fish for the tank. Having interactive walls outside the housing menu can be a pain even if it's just the homeowner that can interact with them.