World of Warcraft Patch 12.1: Curse of Ula’tek is live, bringing a new zone, new activities and one of the largest Housing updates since Midnight launched.
It has also brought a small collection of bugs.
And Housing appears to have volunteered for most of them.
Blizzard has published its official Patch 12.1 known-issues list, and while nothing currently looks like an expansion-ending disaster, decorators may want to be slightly careful before rebuilding half their house on launch day.
Entry Rooms Currently Refuse to Move
One of Patch 12.1's more useful Housing additions is the ability to relocate your home's entry room.
At least, that is the idea.
Blizzard says entry rooms currently cannot be moved to another location inside the house.
That is particularly unfortunate because movable entry rooms were supposed to open up considerably more freedom when designing layouts, including the possibility of creating basements and less conventional floor plans.
So if you spent the last week planning an architectural masterpiece where visitors enter through a tiny underground wine cellar, perhaps leave the demolition hammer in the bag for another evening.
Blueprints Can Import Your Exterior the Wrong Way Around
Blueprints are another major feature introduced with Patch 12.1.
We recently looked at how Housing Blueprints let players save, import and share complete layouts, making elaborate builds considerably easier to preserve and move around.
There is currently one important catch.
Importing an exterior Blueprint from a different plot can result in the exterior having an undesirable orientation.
In other words, your carefully designed front entrance may suddenly develop strong opinions about which direction is actually “front.”
Some Decor Is Having Dye Problems
Patch 12.1 also expands and streamlines the Housing dye system, but a couple of specific objects are refusing to cooperate.
Blizzard lists the
Spiral Wooden Stairs as currently unable to accept dye, while dye does not properly affect the
Razorwind Roofer's Shingle.
There is also an issue with the Stormwind Kitchen where textures from connected rooms can clip through adjoining walls.
And the Plans: Ren'dorei Anvil currently cannot be refunded.
None of these are catastrophic.
They are, however, exactly the kind of problems that can consume 45 minutes while you repeatedly move the same staircase and quietly accuse yourself of doing something wrong.
Razorwind Shores Has Discovered Anti-Gravity
The best bug on Blizzard's list belongs to Razorwind Shores.
According to the known issues, locals visiting player neighborhoods there may occasionally
spawn in midair.
Housing finally has flying neighbors.
Whether this is a bug or simply the beginning of Azeroth's most aggressive homeowners association remains unclear.
Probably Don’t Rebuild Everything Tonight
The good news is that Blizzard already knows about these problems.
The official list is precisely that: known issues the developers are working on, not a collection of mysterious bugs players have to discover and diagnose themselves.
And considering the sheer amount Patch 12.1 changes about Housing, the current list could certainly be worse.
Blueprints work.
The new decor is here.
Housing progression continues.
Your neighbor may just be floating six feet above the pavement while your staircase refuses to turn blue.
Patch day, then.
Welcome home.
Source: Blizzard Entertainment
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