Shop Houses are separate houses

[StressFrakture]

I just wanted to let people know. The way the shop phrases it makes it sound (at least, to me) like a skin or texture. But it's not -- it's a separate, stand-alone house. You can put it in any Biome.

I'll edit to include some screenshots.

How the in game Shop looked this week:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993278605

Hit the V keyboard key, after buying, and you will see a House category.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993281822

Here is the House sitting in the House category under your V key window.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993281947

Here is the Sweets House on the land. Forest of Valor, in this instance.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993282275

Oh and here is the house interior. You cannot expand rooms or add floors.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993355606

The red dot to buy the WALL - E bundle (which I bought last week!) was not there once the Shop opened Wednesday (see: first image, here.) The red dot or light returned after I purchased something in the shop this week. I hope they will fix this bug.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2993351778

[Ryuchan]

So you _can't_ put it as a skin for your existing house, then? (Wasn't the part where you can place additional house skins in various biomes something that came with the update? But it still links to the same, original, interior? Haven't tried it myself so I don't know.)
That is pretty important to know. Wonder if that's something that will go for all future "house skins" they sell?

[StressFrakture]

Originally posted by Ryuchan:

So you _can't_ put it as a skin for your existing house, then? (Wasn't the part where you can place additional house skins in various biomes something that came with the update? But it still links to the same, original, interior? Haven't tried it myself so I don't know.)
That is pretty important to know. Wonder if that's something that will go for all future "house skins" they sell?

I agree. It's very confusing.

I don't know how it went before the update. Maybe then it was only skins for changing the exterior of the main house? Those, I didn't want. Too costly for a skin and I liked my cottage looking house.

I'm guessing before the update it would replace the main house, if we could not yet place an avatar house in another Biome.

I'd buy various skins too for avatar or NPC houses, if they cost in the low 3 digits.

[StressFrakture]

Oh and to directly answer: No I didn't see an option to replace the avatar house skin. The house was in the Houses tab in Wardrobe.

Edit: I was still half-afraid buying a house would automatically replace my avatar house even if I saw the house in the House tab. But the original was unchanged. Makes sense because I have multiple floors and doors in the original and the new one has only one. One floor, four rooms.

Edit again: It might be good to have the option to use it as just a skin, also.

[CatraGirl]

Originally posted by Ryuchan:

So you _can't_ put it as a skin for your existing house, then?

You can. Go into build mode while outside, click on your house and press middle mouse button for "replace", then choose a new skin.

[kitsuneblue]

Originally posted by StressFrakture:

Oh and to directly answer: No I didn't see an option to replace the avatar house skin. The house was in the Houses tab in Wardrobe.

Edit: I was still half-afraid buying a house would automatically replace my avatar house even if I saw the house in the House tab. But the original was unchanged. Makes sense because I have multiple floors and doors in the original and the new one has only one. One floor, four rooms.

Edit again: It might be good to have the option to use it as just a skin, also.

yes you can. click your house and as long as it is fully upgraded you can replace the skin, however you can't use one you have placed so you would need to put that house away to replace your old house skin with it.

[kitsuneblue]

https://youtu.be/e0n8c3AGqGc

[Priscilla]

When i replace my house for another from the house tab, my energy bar won't fill up.

When i put the original house back, my energy bar is filling up again.

Any advise to solve this problem.

[StressFrakture]

I just use the extra houses elsewhere on the land. They seem to work then. @Priscilla