The Housing Situation

[Renik]

When we talk about graphic resources, we are talking about memory, a resource is stored data, severs are not supposed to render anything as they are not playing the game.

A server is in charge of processing and storing data, and hosting connections, they don't have to render graphics, a server can run out of memory, a server can experience problems due to massive data to process, or too many connections to host.

A neighborhood is like any other instance on the game, they have a small fixed amount of data, think of it like a giant instanced house in which you can't place furniture, so it takes less memory storage.

So based on this, tell me why neighborhoods are impeding the addition of more land.

[Taliph]

A neighborhood is like any other instance on the game, they have a small fixed amount of data, think of it like a giant instanced house in which you can't place furniture, so it takes less memory storage.

Outdoor furnishings would make this bit untrue... Every other instance in the game cannot be manipulated like wards. Hence graphic resources (clients are a part of this system too)

[Bishop81]

When we talk about graphic resources, we are talking about memory, a resource is stored data, severs are not supposed to render anything as they are not playing the game.

A server is in charge of processing and storing data, and hosting connections, they don't have to render graphics, a server can run out of memory, a server can experience problems due to massive data to process, or too many connections to host.

A neighborhood is like any other instance on the game, they have a small fixed amount of data, think of it like a giant instanced house in which you can't place furniture, so it takes less memory storage.

So based on this, tell me why neighborhoods are impeding the addition of more land.

Because SE doesn't want the player's frame-rate to fall to single digits when they look in the "wrong" direction.

This limitation has nothing to do with the server. It a matter of ward design for the sake of a good player experience client side - i.e. it's a client limitation.

The existence of more houses doesn't seem to be a problem, displaying the neighborhood with said houses is though - i.e. the neighborhood is holding the houses back; so long as they stick with the neighborhood system, the number of houses they can provide will be greatly constrained.