This was a really cool house. I didn't think I would like it because of how far away from things it seemed or how high it was, but after taking a quick walk through it, I really liked it. I think the best rooms were the dining room (at least that's what that one looked like to me), the enchanting room, and the bedroom was worth the walk to the top. It might be a little busy or crammed with stuff for some people, but something about it was just right to me.
Oh, and if any of you who haven't tried this are people who like mannequins... you can't turn a corner without running into a bunch of them (ok, so I'm sure there are mods with more than this one has, but it felt like they were everywhere - a nice touch in my opinion).
I'm having a bit of trouble getting the two mannequins on the stairs in the residential area to activate. I'm not sure if it's my utterly horrid luck with mannequins or if there's actually a problem.
Anyone else have this issue?
Great player house, Soul. I might give Wizard's Grotto a spin as a secondary home, seeing as how they're on opposite sides of the map.
So I took a tour of the house and I really like it.
However, there are some issues I found while I was there which is breaking the deal for me at the moment. The first one would be the grass clipping between highland hall and the House itself. I'm not sure if you have to delete the grass or disable it.
Also there are some cool displays and artifacts with abilities around the house? but I don't know what they do. I think you should include some context messages that pop up when you activate these things for the first time. I don't know what the soul gem font, the daedric pedastal of dark knowledge do, or the elder scroll display. Also the elder scroll display wasn't working for some reason, if it's supposed to hold an elder scroll.
The library seemed a bit crowded, even though it was my favorite part of the house. I think it needs to be bigger, much bigger.
The number one thing I'm looking for in a home is the ability to display Hermaus Moras Black Books, whether it's on a bookshelf or on a pedastal. You have some great potential for a fantastic library, but having a place to put black books and such is essential for a mage character/scholoar in my opinion and would be great to have in this house in particular, given it's magical abilities. Also, a pinned notes bulletin would be cool to have. And I think you could get away with using more wooden constructs in the library to make it feel more grand. But that is just something personal.
The alchemy station looks great to me. Having an ingredient macro that takes all my ingredients option would be nice.
Everything else in the house is fantastic. Now here's some comments about the line between personal taste and what everybody else likes. I didn't like the daedric shield over the bed in the master bedroom. It was the first thing I saw when I walked into the room and I thought, "why is this here? Is it activatable? Can I take it?" It was very distracting. To generalize, I would say look out for anything like that in your house mod. Those are the kind of things that can make or break comfort feelings. I also think teleportation shouldn't be out of the question, but I'd leave that up to you.
I also think it would be cool to have a roof top with some sorcery aspect to it, like weather changing, a dragon keep or an extra special enchanting table or, a staff creation table, something of poingant importance at the top. Or something to kill time, a mini game or extra flare, place to hang out. And if you REALLY wanted to go the extra mile and get some serious attention from the community, include a bath on one of the lower levels. People love that crap. Of course, all the of things I've said in this paragraph are inconsequential to me personally, as I would still play your mod regardless if you included these features in particular.
Oh, and a Vault, for all my treasure to keep for myself, so I can feel rich rich rich rich rich.
ALSO, if you're interested in having some help, I could help make your mod page and pictures section look much more...fabulous? I dabble in the graphic arts and display changes and I think your mod would get SO MUCH more attention if you spice up the Description with some tabs and pictures reflecting your mod and some interesting aspects of it that make it stand out. Let me know if you would like help with that and if you have any ideas. I also have my own mods (not to self plug, i'll just give general description of them.) of an alchemy mod and a mod that modifies the mace of molag bal, so I've worked on presentation too.
I have a great interest in a mod like this. I'm currently "shopping" for a mage home and I have to say I really like rooms like the third image you have up there.
Now, I was looking for a complete house mod, but I suppose those great house mods are hard to find without having their updates first, and with advice and support of the community.
So I will try this house mod in the hopes it will be improved upon.
There's a saturation of house mods lately and I am more into houses like this at the moment because I am playing a mage character. But they are hard to find.
I'll come back and say something once I've toured the house.
A couple of ideas. Maybe remove some of the load doors so it takes less time to get around. Or, maybe have a fast travel landing on top of the tower after it is discovered.
Also, if it had some more beds and at least two kids beds you might want to have TMPhoenix add it to the multiple adoption mod. All the homes on that list get a lot more attention and endorsements.
Definetly would live there, but I hope that you don't mind if I point some things that you could improve in that home. edit: So I would like to start asking you to change some of the clipping problems with doors and some other features that I'll show you: http://i.imgur.com/CUT1D5o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TsoCFXO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tOwHgTg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1no81au.jpg ( http://i.imgur.com/Q6Zx8fx.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/WVppTSg.jpg show that the shelf is way too high) http://i.imgur.com/8lI4WKI.jpg (those crystals coming out of nowhere are weird) http://i.imgur.com/VjHlHEy.jpg (the chain coming out of nowhere is also weird) http://i.imgur.com/IXUq1o3.jpg ( do you think you can use only one light of that candelabrum?) http://i.imgur.com/yVMES4R.jpg (wood crossing stone, and would you mind movind the lower cupboard to the other side? of course if you think it looks better) http://i.imgur.com/DQsdY6V.jpg (scrolls through the stones, is it possible to do something about it?) Not all is lost I also have some things that I really want to compliment: http://i.imgur.com/eKN391u.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7D1UW0Q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8GqLavi.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ohW15E2.jpg Great ideas I really liked the way you arrenged those. I also have some doubts, were those supposed to happen? http://i.imgur.com/OJq7gha.jpg purple pages and http://i.imgur.com/QtGrVPS.jpg purple skeleton for the armor. Oh and also that place with the purple book I could put my dragon elder scroll I would like to ask as well if those daedric shrines (sorry I forgot the name that you've chosen) are supposed to work, because I think only Azura's, Clavicu's, Boethiah's and Savior's are working and that central thing doesn't give any buffs neither.
Thanks for taking the time to post those screenshots. A lot of the clipping issues you mentioned were compromises I made between space/aesthetic and realism which wouldn't be easily changed. Some of it is just personal taste too, but I definitely agree about the vault doors. I just haven't found a particularly good alternative that preserves the feel while avoiding clipping. The purple book and armor stand has to do with missing/conflicting textures which I cant say for certain whether that's on my end or possibly just a conflict with another mod.
I'll have to look into the daedra shrines as well, I can't say why they aren't working for you at the moment. The middle shrine is actually for the oghma infinium, but I was thinking of implementing a buff to the player based on whether or not the book was placed.
So, I'm trying to run the mod, but for some reason it crashes as soon as I enter the building. I have my load order here so if there was a known incompatibility someone could check if there is anything that messes it up. http://pastebin.com/c97pSK1h
I have your other mods, The Wizards Grotto, and the one called Icebound Overlook. I love them all. With all 3 of them activated, there is very little "resolution" problems, but I use a medium resolution. I do have one question about the tower though. How do you activate the daedric statues?? Especially the one in the middle?? Probably a silly question, but I would still like to know, especially the one in the middle.
Also, could you please place some plantable pots on the terrace for growing plants?? I love the tower but there is no place to plant anything for ingredients.
The statues should just work like any normal activator, if they're not than I'll have to do something on my end to resolve it. Currently the garden is a WIP. Ill probably have a basic version of it in the next update
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Oh, and if any of you who haven't tried this are people who like mannequins... you can't turn a corner without running into a bunch of them (ok, so I'm sure there are mods with more than this one has, but it felt like they were everywhere - a nice touch in my opinion).
Well done!
Anyone else have this issue?
Great player house, Soul. I might give Wizard's Grotto a spin as a secondary home, seeing as how they're on opposite sides of the map.
However, there are some issues I found while I was there which is breaking the deal for me at the moment.
The first one would be the grass clipping between highland hall and the House itself. I'm not sure if you have to delete the grass or disable it.
Also there are some cool displays and artifacts with abilities around the house? but I don't know what they do.
I think you should include some context messages that pop up when you activate these things for the first time. I don't know what the soul gem font, the daedric pedastal of dark knowledge do, or the elder scroll display. Also the elder scroll display wasn't working for some reason, if it's supposed to hold an elder scroll.
The library seemed a bit crowded, even though it was my favorite part of the house. I think it needs to be bigger, much bigger.
The number one thing I'm looking for in a home is the ability to display Hermaus Moras Black Books, whether it's on a bookshelf or on a pedastal.
You have some great potential for a fantastic library, but having a place to put black books and such is essential for a mage character/scholoar in my opinion and would be great to have in this house in particular, given it's magical abilities.
Also, a pinned notes bulletin would be cool to have. And I think you could get away with using more wooden constructs in the library to make it feel more grand. But that is just something personal.
The alchemy station looks great to me. Having an ingredient macro that takes all my ingredients option would be nice.
Everything else in the house is fantastic. Now here's some comments about the line between personal taste and what everybody else likes.
I didn't like the daedric shield over the bed in the master bedroom. It was the first thing I saw when I walked into the room and I thought, "why is this here? Is it activatable? Can I take it?" It was very distracting.
To generalize, I would say look out for anything like that in your house mod. Those are the kind of things that can make or break comfort feelings.
I also think teleportation shouldn't be out of the question, but I'd leave that up to you.
I also think it would be cool to have a roof top with some sorcery aspect to it, like weather changing, a dragon keep or an extra special enchanting table or, a staff creation table, something of poingant importance at the top. Or something to kill time, a mini game or extra flare, place to hang out.
And if you REALLY wanted to go the extra mile and get some serious attention from the community, include a bath on one of the lower levels. People love that crap. Of course, all the of things I've said in this paragraph are inconsequential to me personally, as I would still play your mod regardless if you included these features in particular.
Oh, and a Vault, for all my treasure to keep for myself, so I can feel rich rich rich rich rich.
ALSO, if you're interested in having some help, I could help make your mod page and pictures section look much more...fabulous?
I dabble in the graphic arts and display changes and I think your mod would get SO MUCH more attention if you spice up the Description with some tabs and pictures reflecting your mod and some interesting aspects of it that make it stand out.
Let me know if you would like help with that and if you have any ideas. I also have my own mods (not to self plug, i'll just give general description of them.) of an alchemy mod and a mod that modifies the mace of molag bal, so I've worked on presentation too.
Now, I was looking for a complete house mod, but I suppose those great house mods are hard to find without having their updates first, and with advice and support of the community.
So I will try this house mod in the hopes it will be improved upon.
There's a saturation of house mods lately and I am more into houses like this at the moment because I am playing a mage character. But they are hard to find.
I'll come back and say something once I've toured the house.
A couple of ideas. Maybe remove some of the load doors so it takes less time to get around. Or, maybe have a fast travel landing on top of the tower after it is discovered.
Also, if it had some more beds and at least two kids beds you might want to have TMPhoenix add it to the multiple adoption mod. All the homes on that list get a lot more attention and endorsements.
edit: So I would like to start asking you to change some of the clipping problems with doors and some other features that I'll show you: http://i.imgur.com/CUT1D5o.jpg http://i.imgur.com/TsoCFXO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tOwHgTg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/1no81au.jpg ( http://i.imgur.com/Q6Zx8fx.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/WVppTSg.jpg show that the shelf is way too high) http://i.imgur.com/8lI4WKI.jpg (those crystals coming out of nowhere are weird) http://i.imgur.com/VjHlHEy.jpg (the chain coming out of nowhere is also weird) http://i.imgur.com/IXUq1o3.jpg ( do you think you can use only one light of that candelabrum?) http://i.imgur.com/yVMES4R.jpg (wood crossing stone, and would you mind movind the lower cupboard to the other side? of course if you think it looks better) http://i.imgur.com/DQsdY6V.jpg (scrolls through the stones, is it possible to do something about it?)
Not all is lost I also have some things that I really want to compliment: http://i.imgur.com/eKN391u.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7D1UW0Q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8GqLavi.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ohW15E2.jpg Great ideas I really liked the way you arrenged those.
I also have some doubts, were those supposed to happen? http://i.imgur.com/OJq7gha.jpg purple pages and http://i.imgur.com/QtGrVPS.jpg purple skeleton for the armor. Oh and also that place with the purple book I could put my dragon elder scroll
I would like to ask as well if those daedric shrines (sorry I forgot the name that you've chosen) are supposed to work, because I think only Azura's, Clavicu's, Boethiah's and Savior's are working and that central thing doesn't give any buffs neither.
I'll have to look into the daedra shrines as well, I can't say why they aren't working for you at the moment. The middle shrine is actually for the oghma infinium, but I was thinking of implementing a buff to the player based on whether or not the book was placed.
http://pastebin.com/c97pSK1h
Also, could you please place some plantable pots on the terrace for growing plants?? I love the tower but there is no place to plant anything for ingredients.