Landing Zone Question

The landing zone is centered based on the length and width of your town. All you need to do is buy a single strip of land in all four directions that starts at one of the first four sections of free land and extends out to the current boundaries of the map. Your landing zone will remain fixed until new land is added to the map and you chose to buy into it.

No, recently I buied a lot of new land and the center didn't move. Maybe only buildings count for the center

catimpson wrote:
No, recently I buied a lot of new land and the center didn't move. Maybe only buildings count for the center

That can happen. The center only moves when you buy land in a new row or column. The game board is a grid. Once you have acquired a square of land in each row and column the center does not move unless they add more land, so please more land. Water does count.

I used to want to do the same thing OP, but the last couple of events changed the landing area based on where you placed a certain building. And now I have all the land and I don't have room to give to a nice landing area anyway. But if it is important to you just buy all the land in a strip across to the right side and then to the bottom right corner of the grid. Then your landing area will default to the center and won't change (until the next event anyway!).

I highly enjoyed having the lodge be center during the event. Be nice if we have the option either by use of a certain decoration that can constantly beloved of course (like an only limited 1 per town flag or something). Or can check which building we would like the center to be or at least where the camera pops up at. I know quite a few that would put it at their farms.

KillaSqirl wrote:
The landing zone is centered based on the length and width of your town. All you need to do is buy a single strip of land in all four directions that starts at one of the first four sections of free land and extends out to the current boundaries of the map. Your landing zone will remain fixed until new land is added to the map and you chose to buy into it.

you cannot buy land in all four directions, because of the mountains, and the fact that the water is limited.. but yes, if you buy a full strip of land it moves in a predictable way... the problem is that the landing zone will move from the original center towards the bottom right of the screen, every time you expand your SF... and if you plan a friendly landing zone, you could be forced in rebuilding your city ;-)

KrisV wrote:
I highly enjoyed having the lodge be center during the event. Be nice if we have the option either by use of a certain decoration ...

I've said several times that a unique (means one per town) "directory map" decoration would be perfect. Why? Because it wouldn't look out of place in a shopping center or a forest/campground, or near the town hall or even near a school. And as long as it isn't too large, it could be hidden behind a home or other building, essentially making that building the landing zone.


Something akin to this (but probably shorter, for hidey potential)

The LZ is the midpoint of your width and depth of purchased land only. The land grid available is currently 14x14. So the center is approximately at 7x7 on the grid . you don't have to own land to each edge to identify this point, but it does make it easier.

But once i had my center, i put my jebediiah statue on it and started building my town square even though the LZ hadn't quite hit it yet. It eventually did.

If you want to find the center early, you can count the repeating pattern in the mountains and on the beach sand, starting from the left corner where they meet. It's tricky, but it can be done.

neuroheart wrote:

KrisV wrote:
I highly enjoyed having the lodge be center during the event. Be nice if we have the option either by use of a certain decoration ...

I've said several times that a unique (means one per town) "directory map" decoration would be perfect. Why? Because it wouldn't look out of place in a shopping center or a forest/campground, or near the town hall or even near a school. And as long as it isn't too large, it could be hidden behind a home or other building, essentially making that building the landing zone.


Something akin to this (but probably shorter, for hidey potential)

I like that idea, it'd be great if EA made us something like that :)

neuroheart wrote:

KrisV wrote:
I highly enjoyed having the lodge be center during the event. Be nice if we have the option either by use of a certain decoration ...

I've said several times that a unique (means one per town) "directory map" decoration would be perfect. Why? Because it wouldn't look out of place in a shopping center or a forest/campground, or near the town hall or even near a school. And as long as it isn't too large, it could be hidden behind a home or other building, essentially making that building the landing zone.


Something akin to this (but probably shorter, for hidey potential)

+1 :D