NPCs won't stop moving in.

[Sable]

I have built my own house, but whenever I build a house for an NPC, another moves in to my house. Even if I cancel the NPC having that place become theirs, it continues, and it again prompts that the NPC has made that area their home. Can anyone tell me how to get them out, and make them stop moving in? In the room there is a bed, dresser, and a bookcase.

[JellyPuff]

If you want to prevent them from moving in, make holes in the background walls as "windows", which will render the housing "not suitable" for NPCs.

If you don't want to do that, you can manage in which house which NPC lives, by bringing the inventory up and clicking on the little house-icon on the far right side of the screen, right above the equipment slots.
You probably used that to check, if a housing is valid, but if you click on a NPC-head and then click on an empty valid housing, he/she moves there.

[Mickmane]

Build them their own house and assign them.

Btw, in your own house, for a spawn point, you only need a bed. No flat surface or light required, nor a solid block to stand on at night; it can be all platforms around. That way, NPC won't see it as housing and won't move in.

In case that got lost in the above: If you make the floor all platform, there won't be a spot to stand on at night, and it's not NPC housing. With that, you can put all the decoration/furniture in that you like.

[Mickmane]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

If you want to prevent them from moving in, make holes in the background walls as "windows", which will render the housing "not suitable" for NPCs.

Some windows are allowed for NPC. I have my Guide living in a draughty straw attic (as revenge) with deliberate holes. Check housing wiki for details.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Housing

[¿wame]

I don't get why so many people hate the Guide. XD


Is it because we need to nerf Greninja?

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Mickmane:

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

If you want to prevent them from moving in, make holes in the background walls as "windows", which will render the housing "not suitable" for NPCs.

Some windows are allowed for NPC. I have my Guide living in a draughty straw attic (as revenge) with deliberate holes. Check housing wiki for details.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Housing

I didn't knew, holes in walls can be up to 16 tiles big.
I thought the addition of glass walls removed that.

[Mickmane]

Originally posted by Boshy:

I don't get why so many people hate the Guide. XD


Is it because we need to nerf Greninja?

Who?

Guide opened the door to let zombies in when I was new and just built my house and was hiding inside.

[Mickmane]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by Mickmane:

Some windows are allowed for NPC. I have my Guide living in a draughty straw attic (as revenge) with deliberate holes. Check housing wiki for details.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Housing

I didn't knew, holes in walls can be up to 16 tiles big.
I thought the addition of glass walls removed that.

I'm not sure the 16 tiles big is not a bit confused, but several 2x2 windows should work fine. Certainly a few random holes.

[Darth Cannabis]

I ussually eventually just throw one of the female npcs into my house as my gf.

Its nice to come home and find a blonde in a nurses uniform in your bedroom.

[Sable]

Originally posted by Darth Cannabis:

I ussually eventually just throw one of the female npcs into my house as my gf.

Its nice to come home and find a blonde in a nurses uniform in your bedroom.

Lol, I might make an extra part of my house and put the nurse there.
Also, quick question, can I place dungeon walls in my house, then it be counted as invalid housing?

[Mickmane]

Originally posted by Gr3ysc413:

Also, quick question, can I place dungeon walls in my house, then it be counted as invalid housing?

Some player-placed Dungeon Walls (I found out the hard way) don't count as housing. Don't remember which though.
Here's how I found that out:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=228850524

Comparing wiki to the screenshot, Blue Brick Wall is suitable, Blue Slab Wall is not. You'd have to test with the others.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Dungeon_wall

I think it's a bug, so it may be fixed one day. Or has been in the meantime, who knows? It's worth trying if you have the Wall, though.

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Gr3ysc413:

Originally posted by Darth Cannabis:

I ussually eventually just throw one of the female npcs into my house as my gf.

Its nice to come home and find a blonde in a nurses uniform in your bedroom.

Lol, I might make an extra part of my house and put the nurse there.
Also, quick question, can I place dungeon walls in my house, then it be counted as invalid housing?

According to the wiki, linked by Mickmane, you can build a valid house with dungeon brick walls, but not with dungeon slab walls.

[Mickmane]

Originally posted by Jellypuff:

Originally posted by Gr3ysc413:

Lol, I might make an extra part of my house and put the nurse there.
Also, quick question, can I place dungeon walls in my house, then it be counted as invalid housing?

According to the wiki, linked by Mickmane, you can build a valid house with dungeon brick walls, but not with dungeon slab walls.

Oh, I guess they edited it in the meantime to mention that. Hah. I just looked at the images to find out the names.

[Sable]

I got the situation under control. I removed light sources and replaced them with windows and diamond gemspark blocks.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071236343/screenshots/

[JellyPuff]

Originally posted by Gr3ysc413:

I got the situation under control. I removed light sources and replaced them with windows and diamond gemspark blocks.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071236343/screenshots/

Well, that#s one way to handle it.
Another one would be lava and active stone blocks wired to a pressure plate for NPC's "well done", but whatever works, man.

[ФиНик]

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