Add-on for placing furnishings

kind_hero

I am trying to build a structure using Alinor walls (fences). My problem is with aligning the pieces seamlessly.
Unfortunately I have a strong "be perfect" driver, which makes me spend a lot of time micro placing furniture until they are perfectly aligned. I waste a lot of decorating time with this, especially for this project, because in this case, the walls clip and don't look good if not placed properly.
I have a small add-on which allows changing the X,Y,Z, coordinates and the angles on each axis, but what I would like is a feature like in Fallout 4 where you could "snap" pieces together.

Is there such an addon? I want to connect the fences seamlessly without this endless tweaking.

bayushi2005

@kind_hero Essential Housing Tools. Just take it easy. Watch the youtube tutos.

Alienoutlaw

magic carpet also

CaffeinatedMayhem

And deco track.

ACaptiveMind

If we could input or upload object coordinates, or use some kind of hash or something, a dedicated editing program could be used to decorate things much more easily. (Unless the add-ons mentioned are already powerful enough for that; I tried them and found them lacking, but it might have been just me.)

sueblue

EHT has an option window for item coordinates, pitch, roll, and yaw. I forget what it's called though...

bayushi2005

sueblue wrote: »

EHT has an option window for item coordinates, pitch, roll, and yaw. I forget what it's called though...

What @sueblue said - the default key for that is Q.

@ACaptiveMind Don't think EHT is lacking anything, really. It's an extremely powerfull tool for building. And yes, you can fiddle with coordinates: single item and whole/partial build alike.

I have very few screenshots on my laptop, but these are examples of what EHT can build:

Delphinia

@kind_hero , one thing you may find helpful, if you haven't already been there, is watching the tutorials on @R_K 's youtube channel. Very very clear, easy to follow instructions and mind blowing examples of what his addons can do.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUnp3soEiXWH4vXWM5FUEqw

ACaptiveMind

@bayushi2005 That looks great. I was thinking of something without any restrictions (such as having your view centered around a character) - like a level editing program. I'll settle for add-ons for now if I can still make things look that good, though.

bayushi2005

ACaptiveMind wrote: »

@bayushi2005 That looks great. I was thinking of something without any restrictions (such as having your view centered around a character) - like a level editing program. I'll settle for add-ons for now if I can still make things look that good, though.

@ACaptiveMind if you think about free camera mode, I don't think api allows that. It would be heavily abused in pvp. There is Camera Control addon which allows you to add keybinds and easily swap camera modes, but that's all I know of. On the other hand EHT deals with it using two distinct editing modes - relative (default setting, where your char's position is the reference point), or absolute (N,S,W,E). It is quite ok with max zoom out.

LaughingGremlin

I tried EHT, unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with the PS4 controller. When I tried to look at items in the furniture merchant the items where place in different spot so I could not see them.

bayushi2005

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I tried EHT, unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with the PS4 controller. When I tried to look at items in the furniture merchant the items where place in different spot so I could not see them.

When in preview window, there should be 4 teal arrows to adjust the position of the item on the screen.

LaughingGremlin

bayushi2005 wrote: »

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I tried EHT, unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with the PS4 controller. When I tried to look at items in the furniture merchant the items where place in different spot so I could not see them.

When in preview window, there should be 4 teal arrows to adjust the position of the item on the screen.

Thanks, I'll try that.

sueblue

@bayushi2005! Those screenshots!

bayushi2005

sueblue wrote: »

@bayushi2005! Those screenshots!

@sueblue Yeah, I've been cheating here, got them from my forum posts And I like circles... and corpses. Lots of corpses

R_K

I come to the forums... I see this thread... and I think, “Cool, I can—“

...and then I realize that this beyond amazing Community is, well, beyond amazing? And I truly say this more for the genuine care that shows when each of you offer tips, advice, suggestions, examples...

TL;DR:

LaughingGremlin

bayushi2005 wrote: »

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I tried EHT, unfortunately it doesn't play nicely with the PS4 controller. When I tried to look at items in the furniture merchant the items where place in different spot so I could not see them.

When in preview window, there should be 4 teal arrows to adjust the position of the item on the screen.

I looked in preview window and saw the teal arrows and they adjusted the item so I can see it. Thanks for the info! Now I need to look for some good tutorials on EHT.

sueblue

sueblue

@R_K has plenty of no-nonsense tutorials. Some of the best I have seen.

Maybe we can get him to make some new ones with a more recent ui... :nudge:

LaughingGremlin

Thanks, trying to find a tutorial on the painting/mural fx and How to put them walls. So far when I try to put murals on the walls they seems to be in front everything including myself. It looks like its floating.

bayushi2005

AngryGremlin wrote: »

Thanks, trying to find a tutorial on the painting/mural fx and How to put them walls. So far when I try to put murals on the walls they seems to be in front everything including myself. It looks like its floating.

@AngryGremlin Fx only work properly if Sub Sampling Quality is set to High (game's video settings). I think that may be the reason for what you experience.

LaughingGremlin

bayushi2005 wrote: »

AngryGremlin wrote: »

Thanks, trying to find a tutorial on the painting/mural fx and How to put them walls. So far when I try to put murals on the walls they seems to be in front everything including myself. It looks like its floating.

@AngryGremlin Fx only work properly if Sub Sampling Quality is set to High (game's video settings). I think that may be the reason for what you experience.

I set Sub Sampling to high and I still get the same problem. I'm probably doing something else wrong. I am new to this so there is a lot of ground to cover. Maybe I have to adjust the grid or something else. I'll look at some more tutorials and get back to it.

bayushi2005

@AngryGremlin Drop us a screenie maybe?

P.S. Adjusting the grid is always a good idea, by default the fx and builds' initial position is grid orientation dependent.

LaughingGremlin

bayushi2005 wrote: »

@AngryGremlin Drop us a screenie maybe?

P.S. Adjusting the grid is always a good idea, by default the fx and builds' initial position is grid orientation dependent.

When I get a chance to go back on the game, I'll take a screen shot of the problem, but I'll most likely start a new thread; I hijacked this thread long enough.

LaughingGremlin

I got it to work. I had to uninstall EHT, then reinstall it. Changing Sub Sampling to High after EHT is already installed, did not fix the problem. So I uninstalled EHT including all save variables. Then with Sub Sampling set to High, I re-installed EHT. Now it's working like a charm.

bayushi2005

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I got it to work. I had to uninstall EHT, then reinstall it. Changing Sub Sampling to High after EHT is already installed, did not fix the problem. So I uninstalled EHT including all save variables. Then with Sub Sampling set to High, I re-installed EHT. Now it's working like a charm.

Enjoy! EHT is one hell of an addon!

LaughingGremlin

bayushi2005 wrote: »

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I got it to work. I had to uninstall EHT, then reinstall it. Changing Sub Sampling to High after EHT is already installed, did not fix the problem. So I uninstalled EHT including all save variables. Then with Sub Sampling set to High, I re-installed EHT. Now it's working like a charm.

Enjoy! EHT is one hell of an addon!

I spoke to soon. I ran it today and the FX was floating above everything. This time there was no fixing it. Perhaps my old laptop's graphics card isn't up to snuff. I'm using a 2013 MacBook pro with Geforce 750M gpu. I'm using bootcamp to run the game in Windows but the Graphic GPU which was never a power house is getting old in the tooth(more like rotten in the tooth). I need to upgrade my computer but I can't afford it. So for now I'll decorate my home the old fashion way.

bayushi2005

AngryGremlin wrote: »

bayushi2005 wrote: »

AngryGremlin wrote: »

I got it to work. I had to uninstall EHT, then reinstall it. Changing Sub Sampling to High after EHT is already installed, did not fix the problem. So I uninstalled EHT including all save variables. Then with Sub Sampling set to High, I re-installed EHT. Now it's working like a charm.

Enjoy! EHT is one hell of an addon!

I spoke to soon. I ran it today and the FX was floating above everything. This time there was no fixing it. Perhaps my old laptop's graphics card isn't up to snuff. I'm using a 2013 MacBook pro with Geforce 750M gpu. I'm using bootcamp to run the game in Windows but the Graphic GPU which was never a power house is getting old in the tooth(more like rotten in the tooth). I need to upgrade my computer but I can't afford it. So for now I'll decorate my home the old fashion way.

Mac! I know there are some issues with Macs (more on EHT site on esoui). Wished I could help more, but I don't speak Apple well
You still can use EHT for placing and builds even if FX don't work.

LaughingGremlin

With bootcamp I am running Windows (no Mac OS). It’s the low end graphics card that’s probably the issue. I really need to upgrade.

swankery

bayushi2005 wrote: »

sueblue wrote: »

EHT has an option window for item coordinates, pitch, roll, and yaw. I forget what it's called though...

What @sueblue said - the default key for that is Q.

@ACaptiveMind Don't think EHT is lacking anything, really. It's an extremely powerfull tool for building. And yes, you can fiddle with coordinates: single item and whole/partial build alike.

I have very few screenshots on my laptop, but these are examples of what EHT can build:

Drool... That golden wall and floor is dead sexy @bayushi2005 ! Yeah baby! EHT!

bayushi2005

swankery wrote: »

bayushi2005 wrote: »

sueblue wrote: »

EHT has an option window for item coordinates, pitch, roll, and yaw. I forget what it's called though...

What @sueblue said - the default key for that is Q.

@ACaptiveMind Don't think EHT is lacking anything, really. It's an extremely powerfull tool for building. And yes, you can fiddle with coordinates: single item and whole/partial build alike.

I have very few screenshots on my laptop, but these are examples of what EHT can build:

Drool... That golden wall and floor is dead sexy @bayushi2005 ! Yeah baby! EHT!

Lol @swankery . Thank you! Feel invited if you're to visit EU. I left the door open Golden walls like that not possible without EHT, of course.