Show off your Gardens

trav2609rwb17_ESO

All of this looks stunning

Can see a few things happening on live
* Tours of houses and gardens happening - this is usually even added to player driven events - maybe eso can have a competition to reward some of those who go above and beyond what is expected - even if just recognition
* Some people being asked very nicely if they in the market to design gardens :>
* And people having to list where they got what for those who basically well look at these stunned and say "How"

Definitely hat off to all those who are able to design these master pieces and do hope that they have a way to save a setting so if make a mistake in designing ,eg pick up all , you can go back to last save

ixie

There's an ESO Live on Friday, they're looking for things to show off during the show

https://twitter.com/TESOnline/status/824338620442091521/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Danikat

Here mine, Mournoth Keep. It's a bit different because I tried to make it appropriate to the map, which is a temperate zone and I wanted to keep some of the open space so it's not as lush as many other people's. You'll also have to forgive the graphics, my card died so I'm having to run the game on medium to stop it crashing.

Myrrah

Sotha_Sil wrote: »

Great stuff guys!

This is what I made in the Ebonheart chateau.

All of these posts are beautiful but this is so unusual i had to comment since i actually said "wooooow" out loud

Danikat

^ Agreed. I love the use of light in that garden!

altemriel

wow, this is really awesome!!

willlienellson

Why is the only official Zos comments in threads that are basically advertising for "look at this pretty thing I made"?

Meanwhile, most of the threads with real feedback get no response whatsoever.

Danikat

willlienellson wrote: »

Why is the only official Zos comments in threads that are basically advertising for "look at this pretty thing I made"?

Meanwhile, most of the threads with real feedback get no response whatsoever.

Part of the reason might be that it's much easier for them to respond to a topic like this. Complimenting peoples pictures has no wider implications. Therefore one staff member can do it right away without consulting anyone.

Whereas even acknowledging that we're right that something needs to be changed, or isn't good the way it's currently working can be seen as making a commitment to change it, and it's rare that one person is able to make that decision without consulting the other people who were involved in the design process. The kind of feedback players usually want - a statement about what will be changed, how it will be changed (or what the new version will be) and when those changes will happen would need a lot of discussion and planning, and at least some of the work to be done to make sure it's actually possible and works as intended.

By the time they're in a position to say "this is what we're going to do" the topic will probably have died off. It's also not the best place to make those kind of announcements, they should go into the patch notes so everyone who wants to know can find it without having to dig through a dozen virtually identically forum topics.

And in that sense we do see responses to feedback. For example a lot of people said the description for Hammerdeck End was completely inaccurate and misleading. ZOS never acknowledged that in the topics but in the next set of patch notes we found out the name and description had been changed to be more accurate.

And I'm not just talking about ZOS here, the same is true of any game studio with more than about 3 employees, or pretty much any other business.

willlienellson

It was a rhetorical question. lol

FooWasHere

Danikat wrote: »

Here mine, Mournoth Keep. It's a bit different because I tried to make it appropriate to the map, which is a temperate zone and I wanted to keep some of the open space so it's not as lush as many other people's. You'll also have to forgive the graphics, my card died so I'm having to run the game on medium to stop it crashing.
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Looks great! I found it very appropriate to the zone and the yard's layout itself. And one doesn't really expect an Orsimer manor to have a formal garden either.

-Foo

menedhyn

Best thread I have seen in ages. I didn't go for PTS this time around, so thanks to everyone for sharing these images. I have some ideas forming for Humblemud when I get it!

FooWasHere

menedhyn wrote: »

Best thread I have seen in ages. I didn't go for PTS this time around, so thanks to everyone for sharing these images. I have some ideas forming for Humblemud when I get it!

Humblemud will make an excellent garden, and the item count will be well enough too, as the hut is much smaller than the yard. Looking forward to seeing it.

Danikat

menedhyn wrote: »

Best thread I have seen in ages. I didn't go for PTS this time around, so thanks to everyone for sharing these images. I have some ideas forming for Humblemud when I get it!

You're ahead of me then. I can't decide what I'm going to do with Humblemud except build a stable/terrace beside the house using planks.

It's definitely got a lot of potential, but I can't decide what I want to do with it.

FooWasHere

I re-visited my Narsis garden and decided to make the last corner I had saved utilitarian. It was either that or with some kind of altar for worship. Sadly there's no Dunmer style well, but the simple Redguard one worked OK. A flower pot being cared for on the working bench.

Sylvis

Toraf wrote: »

I started a dunmer and nord garden theme, in Quondam Indorilia and Old Mistveil Manor. (Both are not finish, just wanted to test and see what I can do)

That Dunmer themed garden is amazing! I may have to reconsider getting one of the Dunmer homes now.

menedhyn

FooWasHere wrote: »

Humblemud will make an excellent garden, and the item count will be well enough too, as the hut is much smaller than the yard. Looking forward to seeing it.

Cool. That's really good to know

Danikat wrote: »

I can't decide what I'm going to do with Humblemud except build a stable/terrace beside the house using planks.

I had an idea for a kind of simple, humble yet very cosy abode, but messy and not particularly ordered inside with shelves and books and whatnot. The outside area was to be a quiet, secluded 'garden' in the loosest sense of the word. It has to be informal like the interior, with a few totems to reflect the spiritual nature of the character. Kind of like a much more organic, less structured Barbara Hepworth sculpture garden. Whether it works out like that remains to be seen. 'Tis a fine line between informal and a complete mess!

Hellsrelic

So many great gardens! After a few hours or so working with the housing system, I tried my hand at making a one.

Quondam Indorilia:

willlienellson

tribbsb16_ESO wrote: »

https://twitter.com/TESOnline/status/824338620442091521/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Cool pic.....(item cap....rest of house unfurnished)

Phaius

danno8 wrote: »

I sense sweetfx at work here. The shading and overall colors look richer than the normal palette.

Looks fabulous!

I have that installed for Skyrim, but not here. I just drop the gamma down almost to the lowest end of the slider (which means building at night means bringing it quite a ways up so I can see).

Phaius

Skorol007 wrote: »

this is really beautiful!!!

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Phaius

FooWasHere wrote: »

The new Prairie Flowers were very nice. I chose to place them in pots as I imagine the desert sand would be a bit harsh.
I added a well in the corner as I imagine the garden would require a lot of water.

-Foo

As someone whose real life garden is entirely sand, as long as you've got some irrigation you can have something pretty green. I often let the established parts go without water for months at a time (though plants look better with some irrigation every two weeks). Where I live, it's a mediterranean climate so we normally go without water for stretches of up to 9 months at a time. Bangkorai is desert of course, but I feel like the residents really would irrigate some of their gardens. Irrigated gardens there I think would approach the look of the wild areas of mediterranean climate zones:



At the same time, if you really irrigate a garden in a desert, you can trick people into thinking you're not in a desert. This garden's in Bahrain:

FooWasHere

(deleted, the editor keeps eating my comment.)

FooWasHere

Phaius wrote: »

FooWasHere wrote: »

The new Prairie Flowers were very nice. I chose to place them in pots as I imagine the desert sand would be a bit harsh.
I added a well in the corner as I imagine the garden would require a lot of water.

-Foo

As someone whose real life garden is entirely sand, as long as you've got some irrigation you can have something pretty green. I often let the established parts go without water for months at a time (though plants look better with some irrigation every two weeks). Where I live, it's a mediterranean climate so we normally go without water for stretches of up to 9 months at a time. Bangkorai is desert of course, but I feel like the residents really would irrigate some of their gardens. Irrigated gardens there I think would approach the look of the wild areas of mediterranean climate zones:

At the same time, if you really irrigate a garden in a desert, you can trick people into thinking you're not in a desert. This garden's in Bahrain:

(3rd attempt at a reply, damned browser/forum editor...)

Oh yes, with enough water it can become a Garden of Eden. I was hoping that someone with a real desert garden could come up with good inspiration.

The problem I have in my head is that I can't make the garden appear irrigated. There's only the small corner near the terrace that has a green tint to it, the rest is flying sand. I lacked the tools, or the imagination, to make the garden into the lush Bahrainian one, or into the arid but flowering Mediterranean one. There's no green drape to deploy to cover the sand, even for a small patch.

That was the cause of my pessimism about it, I just didn't feel I could make it appear realistic. If I had a richly irrigated flower patch, the sand below and around it would be covered in green as well. I could plant the flowers very very densely I guess but that derails the looks a bit due to clipping, and also take a lot of items. Hence, the Prairie Flowers went into the pot!

But inspiration is most welcome, this house is very attractive if the garden can be made to work.

-Foo

Integral1900

Good grief, this thing is going to devour my spare time

ixie

Strident Springs, I've changed a few things since I took these but basically the same

I've found it difficult to stay within the cap, hopefully they'll raise it at some point



click spoiler for more

FooWasHere

tribbsb16_ESO wrote: »

Strident Springs, I've changed a few things since I took these but basically the same

I've found it difficult to stay within the cap, hopefully they'll raise it at some point

Awesome! And that overview shot is simply fab!

Hellsrelic

tribbsb16_ESO wrote: »

Strident Springs, I've changed a few things since I took these but basically the same

I've found it difficult to stay within the cap, hopefully they'll raise it at some point



click spoiler for more

Yeah reaching cap was severely easy, even on a small front yard, I can't imagine some of the bigger ones. They should honestly just have separate caps for outdoors and indoors, I know the cap is probably there for performance issues but I feel like those performance issues lead more to console side of things.

Tianlein

This is the Domus Phrasticus in Craglorn. From 400 objects I have used the most for trees and plants but I have decorated interior as well:) It took me around 4 hours to decorate and craft furniture:) The time for searching the Merchants for trees and plants in different cities is not included.
If you want to see how it looked like here is my before and after video. Additionally I have created a Time Lapse Video which shows the complete decorating process.

AetherSatori

Tianlein wrote: »

This is the Domus Phrasticus in Craglorn. From 400 objects I have used the most for trees and plants but I have decorated interior as well:) It took me around 4 hours to decorate and craft furniture:) The time for searching the Merchants for trees and plants in different cities is not included.
If you want to see how it looked like here is my before and after video. Additionally I have created a Time Lapse Video which shows the complete decorating process.

Thank you for sharing! This is one that I'm considering, although my first is going to be Autumn's Gate to see how I get on with something small first. I like to see what people are doing with the small and medium gardens. Garden is the most important part of housing to me, so I'm glad this thread exists.

Icy

Sleet Creek is definitely my favourite house. Everyone needs a water feature!

https://youtu.be/ZXDVPzQxpCk