City of Heroes Base Builders / Building Cheat Sheet / Guide

##Keys:

Shift = Hold for vertical movement

Ctrl = Hold for horizontal movement

Alt = Hold for spin

Shift + Alt or Ctrl = hold for 360 spin

F1 = Cycle through grid sizes

F2 = Cycle through snap angle degrees

F3 = Enable or Disable room clipping

F5 = Cycle through anchor points (floor, wall, ceiling, surface)

Shift + Tab = Cycle through visible items

Ctrl + Z = Undo

##The Slash commands:

/edit_base [1/0] = Turn base editing on or off. 1 = on, 0 = off

/grid_snap [value] = Set item placement grid to [value] degrees. Default grid = 1

/angle_snap [value] = Set rotation value to [value] degrees. Default snap = 5

/room_clip [1/0] -- 0 = In parent room, 1 = no constraints

/see_everything [1/0] = See the boundary boxes for everything in the base. 1 = on, 0 = off

/stuck - To get back to the base portal

/sg_passcode [word] = Set the base passcode to [word]-<game generatednumer>

/base_default_sky <0-15> - Set the default sky setting to one of 15 preset values:

   0 - Praetoria
   1 - Atlas Park
   2 - Boomtown
   3 - Mercy Island
   4 - Grandville
   5 - Cimerora
   6 - Night Ward
   7 - Shadow Shard
   8 - Storm Palace
   9 - Dense Fog
   10 - Rikti Invasion
   11 - Zombie Apocalypse
   12 - Praetorian Invasion
   13 - Lighted Paths
   14 - Shadowed Paths
   15 - Spaaaaaaaaaace!

##FAQ

**What does it mean to build outside the base?**  It means exactly that.  By pressing F3 you make "Room Clipping Enabled" and with that you can build above up to a height of 900 or a low of -2,000 but you still have to stay close to the lateral edges of the base plot.

**So if I can build outside the plot why would I ever want to build inside?**  The advantage to building inside the plot is you can use the walls and lighting.  Lighting outside will someday be fixed but it is a ways off yet, so until then you'll need to use items from the lighting tab.

**What if I want to build inside and outside?**   You can!  Look for base beacons and teleport points.  Simply place the teleporter of your choice and a beacon (or 9) Then go to the place you'd like the teleporter to take you and place the necessary teleport point.

**What about sounds and music?**  We don't yet have ambient sounds you can place like you do items but there is a catalog of things or you can place your own music.

##Music

New command: /sg_music "filename" will play the given sound file in the supergroup base, using the Music channel. You must have base editing permissions to use this command.

This will play any sound file from inside the piggs or data folders. Everybody who enters the base will hear the music you selected if it is in the pigg files; but if you place your own .ogg files in your data/sound/ogg folder, only you (and those who have a file with the same name in that folder) will hear it.

The music will update in real time if you use the command while inside your base, so you can use this to pseudo-DJ events in your base.

File names that end in _loop will loop forever. This is not something I came up with, that's how the game's always worked. So if you use /sgmusic "levelup7" it will play the level up sound once (when you enter the base) and then be silent, but if you use /sgmusic "Objective_loop" it will play the glowies sound forever (and drive everybody insane looking for it.)

To remove the music, use /sgmusic ""; currently playing music will fade out, not abruptly stop.

#Music

i20_01High_a_Loop: Dramatic music. "01" can become "02" and "03." "a" can become "b" and "c." "High" can become "Low." Many variations.

BankHeist_loop: Fast paced techno

Carnival3_loop: Generic carnival music

Cave2_loop and Cave4_loop: Quiet military-style techno

CDEC_Lobby_Music_Loop: Peaceful chords

Chant1_loop: Ominous chanting

Freakshow1_loop and Freakshow2_loop: Industrial grungy techno

GiantShivanMission_Loop: Dramatic fight music

H_music1_loop_new and H_music1_loop: CoH Main Menu theme

JMission5_loop: Jazzy techno

N_MenuMusic_loop: New main menu theme

NewRave1_loop to NewRave6_loop: Pocket D

P_Music1_loop: Going Rogue main menu theme

SkullsRaveMusic_loop: Heavy techno

SigStoryArc_Combat_Loop: Increasingly dramatic theme

SpeakeasyMusic_loop: Upbeat, light techno

SpookyCaveRoom_loop: Slow, ambient chords

Stats_loop: Generic techno

Studio55_01_Loop: Generic house music

TsooAmb1_loop: Peaceful bells and chords

V_Music1_loop: CoV main menu theme

Yins2_loop: Chinese beat

#Ambiance (Misc.)

Agony1_loop and Agony2_loop: Crazy noises made by crazy people

Bar2_loop: Crowded bar

BarAmb2_loop: Quiet bar

Boat1_loop to Boat4_loop: Boat engine and rushing water, with horns in the distance

Blackwand2_loop: Pulsing energy

Cadence_loop: Distant marching steps and drum beats

Cellblock_loop and Cellblock2_loop: Sirens and ringing bells

ChurchBells_loop: Church bells

ColiseumCrowd_Ambience_1_loop to ColiseumCrowd_Ambience_4_loop: Shouting audience

crwodamb2_loop: Crowd

CrystalSteamPit_loop: Pulsing energy

Donut_loop: Restaurant

factory3_loop and factory4_loop: Quiet, metal thumping

factoryrattle_loop: Rattling machines

FastFood_loop: Crowded restaurant

FirstWard_ShadowyComets_Loop: Distorted pulse with high pitch streaks

FirstWard_ShadowyOrb1_Loop: High pitch whining hum

Flotilla_EngineRoom_Clack_Loop: Clacking noise

Flotilla_EngineRoom_Water_Loop: Echoing, hollow ship interior

Flotilla_MachinePulse1_Loop and Flotilla_MachinePulse2_Loop: Distant machines pulsing

Flotilla_ShipCreaks1_Loop: Creaking metal

hospital5_loop: Hospital room

gamblingamb1_loop: Crowd and jingling coins

generaldestruction_loop: Chaos

giantpump_loop: Rhythmic, distant, hollow thumping metal

KingsRowSirens_Loop: Distant sirens

klaxon2_loop: Klaxon

Mariachi_loop: Mariachi band

Midnight_Club_Library_02_Loop: Hushed whispers and rustling

MonkeyFight1_loop: Monkey fight

MusicStore_Loop: Terrible violin

nemesisbubble_loop: Soft bubbling with tinny hum

NemesisHalberd_loop: Quiet burning

outbreak4_loop: Riot with sirens

Pinball1_loop: Pinball

Prison1_loop: Prison riot, high-pitched siren

PoolAmb1_loop: Pool hall

PropPA_loop: Low, droning voice over a PA

Propaganda1_loop: Deep, booming voice over PA

PRadio1_loop: Quiet, police radio chatter

radiocom1_loop: Tinny, distorted, alien-like voice

RecluseVO3_loop: Recluse's Grandville speech

Resistance_Ghouls_Battle1L_Loop: Warfare

Ruladak1_loop: Low, pulsing hum

RularuuMonumentBuild_loop: Distorted dimensional energy hum

RuneVox_loop Airy, mystic hum

Sentinal3_loop: Distorted, echoing, strange noises

Siren1_loop: High-pitched siren

sonor2_loop: Sonar

Spooky2_loop: Creepy background noise

tele1_loop Telephone

VoxStatic_loop: Distorted voice

WoodenGears2_loop: Wooden gears moving

#Ambiance (Nature)

Apparitions_LieutenantAura_Loop: Distorted wind

Apparitions_MinionAura_Loop: Low, distorted wind

ActiveMold_loop: Low, rattling, bubbling sounds

Bats_Scattered_Loop: Chattering bats

birds_loop Birds chirping

BoneClub_loop: Hollow hum

calmwater_loop Calm pond

Cave_Pool_01_Loop to Cave_Pool_04_Loop: Echoing pool of water

Cave_River_ActiveA_01_Loop to Cave_River_ActiveC_01_Loop: Rushing river

Cave_River_Alcove_01_Loop to Cave_River_Alcove_03_Loop: Calm, moving water

Cave_River_CalmA_01_Loop to Cave_River_CalmC_01_Loop: Moving water

Cave_Trickle_01_Loop and Cave_Trickle_03_Loop: Echoing, dripping water

Cave_Wind_02_Loop and Cave_Wind_04_Loop and Cave_Wind_05_Loop Calm wind

ChantryThunder_loop and ChantryThunder2_loop Storm system

CloudOfIce_Loop: Quiet, icy wind

CragsWind_Loop: Quiet wind

creatures_loop Various animal sounds

CricketsBirds_loop: Crickets, birds, and owls

DestroyedOurorobos_Wind_Loop Soft wind and thunder

EdenAmb1_loop: Wild birds

FirstWard_InvertedShadowyPaths_Loop: Park, birds, pulsing hum

FirstWard_Vortex1_Loop: Plusing, low grumbles that shift into higher pitched winds

FirstWard_WaterLapsBuilding01_Loop and FirstWard_WaterLapsBuilding02_Loop: Shoreline

FirstWard_Wind_Hi_Loop: Loud wind

FogWind_loop: Still, empty wind

Giantoctopus_loop: Low grumbling with water

gloop_loop Gloop loop

Grasshoppers_Loop: Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers-Crickets_Loop: Grasshoppers and crickets

gulls1_loop: Seagulls

HamidonSeed_Idle_Loop: Distorted insect noises

HamidonSeed_Malignant_Continuing_Loop: Bubbling liquid

Hamidon_Room_Loop: Slow pulsing hums

KingsAmb1_loop: Empty wind

LavaBG_loop: Lava

LiquidTank_Loop: Bubbling liquid

Midnight_Club_01_Loop: Empty cave

Mushroomportal_loop: Soft, windy hum with whispers

N_Rain_Loop: Rain

RobotRoom2_loop: Rumbling lava

room1_loop: Empty air

room2_loop: Deeper empty air

rularuustorm_loop: Wind, thunder, and electricity

SeedOfHamidon_Breathing_Loop: Whale sounds

SeedofHamidon_LowHealth_Loop: Echoing bubbles

Stringa_loop: Ocean, seagulls and distant sounds of boats

StormHit_loop: Crackling electricity with low, rumbling winds

ThePit_loop: Quiet cave hum

Thermite_loop: Low hum

thorneyes_loop: Grinding hum

Tumbleweed_Wind_Loop: High pitched wind with tumbleweeds billowing

WaterfallClose_01_Loop to WatervallClose_03_Loop: Waterfall

WaterWaves_02Stereo_Loop: Waves on the shoreline

WavesGulls_loop: Sea and seagulls

windleaves2_loop: Wind blowing leaves

Wind_Wintry_Loop: Fierce, chilling wind

Windtunnel_loop: Wind


#Ambiance (Tech)

5thColumnPortal_loop: Loud, obnoxious portal

ArachElev2_loop: Low Pulse

ArachnosStatic_loop: Distorted, erratic static

beepIBM_loop: Crazy erratic beeping

ControlRoom2_loop: Beeping Sci-fi terminals

IDF_BattleOrbI_Idle_Loop to IDF_BattleOrbIII_Idle_Loop: Vibrating hum

Data2_loop: Rattling tech

DataConsole1b_loop: Soft, erratic beeping

electricalring_loop: Hum with electricity

EmpowermentMachine_loop: Rushing air

EmpowermentMachinePulse1_Loop: Slow engine

EmpowermentMachinePulse2_Loop: Slower Engine

EmpowermentMachineSqueak_Loop: High-pitched squeaking/grinding engine

EmpowermentMachineSteam_Loop: Obnoxious, grinding steam sound

Gen1_loop: Light generator hum

GroundingRayIdle_Loop: Pulsing, high-tech energy

HD_loop: High-pitched, squeaking fan

hipower_loop: Fans and generic humming machines

Laser1_loop: Tinny, high-pitched hum

nemesis2_loop: Idle engine

NemesisDrill_loop and NemesisDrill2_loop: Loud engines

OroborosPortal_loop: Pulsing portal

particle_loop: Humming tech

particlehit_loop: Distorted humming tech

PhalanxAmb4_loop: Beeping, Sci-fi computers

pillboxforcefield_loop: Low forcefield

Portal2_loop and Portal2b_loop: Pulsing portal

portal4_loop: Low, tinny forcefield

powermaul_loop: Pulsing electricity

RiktiDataRm2_loop: Erratic, distorted hum

robotbeep1_loop and robotbeep2_loop: Erratic beeping

Sapper2_loop: Crackling electricity

Turbine2_loop: Low, rotating generator

vortex1_loop: Distorted portal

vortex3_loop: Pulsing, distorted portal


#Music+Ambiance


BoomMix_loop: Techno boombox sounds, with radio static and voiceover

Chalet_loop: Accordion music with chattering crowd

Jukebox2_loop: An assortment of slightly muffled, old songs. Cassette put into a machine before each one

loungemusic1_loop: Lounge music, primarily trumpet, with people speaking and plates clattering in the background

Oroboros_loop: Some birds chirping over a calm piano song. Hints of wind and water flowing in the background.

Swiss_loop: Ski chalet ambiance

Tiki4b_loop: Tribal drum beats, with applause every few minutes