Essential Housing Tools FX - fake walls & or roof/ceilings?

daemondamian

TLDR: replace actual walls/ceilings with FX or just to decorate them?

I'm building a structure from scratch as well as learning how to use EHT.

So far I've used multiple solitude ornate platforms for floors. exterior walls and the ceiling, positioning them to use either the wood or tile side.

I started doing interior walls and didn't like having the 'tiled' floor joining with the 'tiled' wall so I went look for wood textures or planks in EHT.

I found 'Pilaster carved torch' which is great aside from struggling to get to match the color or be in balance with other wood I'm using (the wood side of the platforms and Alinor and vampiric furniture).

Then I realised I could use the Pilaster alone as a wall *but* there is no collision detection - you can just walk through the FX 'walls'.


So for people who use EHT and the FX in creating custom structures - to what extent do you use them?

Just to decorate actual walls made from in game furnishings or as a complete replacement?

What about ceilings and rooves?

StabbityDoom

Some people skin with them and some people add walls. Reskin is more popular because then someone without EHT can still see a wall.

floor reskin


Added "Wall"

daemondamian

StabbityDoom wrote: »

Some people skin with them and some people add walls. Reskin is more popular because then someone without EHT can still see a wall.

Thanks for your reply and the great pics

I've only ever used 1 EHT FX before in another home - water in a basin - as I had no idea how to really use the tools properly at that time but also was concerned about visitors without EHT not being able to see them.

The reskin idea does seem better and I will put in walls but I just wish there were better furnishing options for walls.

The solitude platforms are great for big walls especially as I'm making the structure in the Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery with the lower slot limitation, but I wish there was something of a similar size or length but only the thickness of the Elsweyr rough wood walls.

StabbityDoom

Here you go, I did a video on among other things, reskinning walls etc:

https://youtu.be/ze3IHnC0MJg

daemondamian

StabbityDoom wrote: »

Here you go, I did a video on among other things, reskinning walls etc:

https://youtu.be/ze3IHnC0MJg

Thanks, I've watched several of your videos which were very helpful