What is a good Ceiling/Roof for Leyawiin Castle?

SilverBride

I am building my first ever from the ground up structure in Doomchar Plateau. It is a castle using the Leyawiin huge platform for the floors and the Leyawiin walls. My problem is finding a good stone ceiling/roof that matches the color of the rest.

I considered flipping the huge platform upside down but it's so thick and I don't want it sticking up that high. I tried the castle walls flipped on their side but they aren't long enough and left gaps between them. I could just overlap another wall to fill the gap but that is using several more items, and I'd rather use a piece that fits better.

Any ideas?

Araneae6537

I hope people will post suggestion and I hope that you will also post what you create! I’m bookmarking this post as I am frequently stumped by ceilings / roofs as well. I’m very glad for the new Deadlands style pieces, but those will not help with buildings in very different style… But speaking of different styles, might the Markarth Floor, Large Square perhaps supplemented by Large Rectangle pieces work? They are not too thick and I think could complement the Leyawiin pieces especially if you used some Markarth pieces elsewhere in your build.

Ashryn

Sure wish that they would come out with good roof pieces to craft! I find them hard to craft well too!

SilverBride

I haven't tried the Markarth Floor but I will. Thanks for the idea!

Jaimeh

I'm not sure what kind of a shape you want to make, but you could use something like two of the leyawiin stairs mirrored on the sides to create a triangular roof, or the leyawiin curved walls for making arches, or the leyawiin walls and tourettes to make a flat roof enclosed by tourettes.

SilverBride

Jaimeh wrote: »

I'm not sure what kind of a shape you want to make, but you could use something like two of the leyawiin stairs mirrored on the sides to create a triangular roof, or the leyawiin curved walls for making arches, or the leyawiin walls and tourettes to make a flat roof enclosed by tourettes.

I just want a flat thin roof. I do have turrets at the 4 corners now.

Jaimeh

SilverBride wrote: »

Jaimeh wrote: »

I'm not sure what kind of a shape you want to make, but you could use something like two of the leyawiin stairs mirrored on the sides to create a triangular roof, or the leyawiin curved walls for making arches, or the leyawiin walls and tourettes to make a flat roof enclosed by tourettes.

I just want a flat thin roof. I do have tourettes at the 4 corners now.

The leyawiin castle wall would be the best in terms of material matching and thiness. But if the shape doesnt fit well, you could try any of the other platforms and floors: markarth, elsweyr (both stone and wooden), alinor, but the finish will be different, also, the solitude floor turned upside down, on its wooden side, might be a good one to try as well.

SilverBride

I'll take a look at those. Thanks.

Jaimeh

SilverBride wrote: »

I'll take a look at those. Thanks.

No problem--if you're on pc and have the pts, might be worth trying options there so that you don't spend a bunch of materials making stuff that might not work out.

SilverBride

The biggest problem is finding a ceiling the same dimensions as the floor. Otherwise the ceiling is either short causing me to have to overlap pieces which doesn't always look good, or the ceiling is much larger, necessitating overlapping again and hanging over the sides.

I don't understand why they made flooring and a few castle walls but no ceiling. The floor is just way too thick to look good as a ceiling. If I drop it down to make it look shorter from the outside it looks cramped inside.

We need a real ceiling for these castles.

Jaclynn

Try Solitude floor, has a wood texture on the bottom which makes a nice ceiling, and it's not too thick.

SilverBride

I appreciate all the suggestions but nothing I have tried has worked so far. They are either too short so I have to overlap them which causes flickering, or they are too wide so they hang way over the sides. The only one that is the right size is the leyawiin castle floor that is very thick.

We need roof/ceiling options specifically for the castle.

StabbityDoom

SilverBride wrote: »

I appreciate all the suggestions but nothing I have tried has worked so far. They are either too short so I have to overlap them which causes flickering, or they are too wide so they hang way over the sides. The only one that is the right size is the leyawiin castle floor that is very thick.

We need roof/ceiling options specifically for the castle.

They will only flicker if they are sharing exact pixels. Move one up or Down an unnoticeable smidge and there won’t be flickers.

SilverBride

StabbityDoom wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I appreciate all the suggestions but nothing I have tried has worked so far. They are either too short so I have to overlap them which causes flickering, or they are too wide so they hang way over the sides. The only one that is the right size is the leyawiin castle floor that is very thick.

We need roof/ceiling options specifically for the castle.

They will only flicker if they are sharing exact pixels. Move one up or Down an unnoticeable smidge and there won’t be flickers.

I haven't had any luck with that.

StabbityDoom

this is the best leyawiin rooftop i've found, using solitude pieces.

There's also lean-tos, brass pieces from clockwork, etc.

if you used EHT to make the roof, simply select the flickering item and hit up or down arrows on the selector at the lowest distance setting and it'll literally move it a pixel and fix your problem.

Horny_Poney

What worked great for me is “Solitude Shed, Wood Lean-To”, but it may not be the best fit for the Leyawiin style.

katanagirl1

SilverBride wrote: »

StabbityDoom wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

I appreciate all the suggestions but nothing I have tried has worked so far. They are either too short so I have to overlap them which causes flickering, or they are too wide so they hang way over the sides. The only one that is the right size is the leyawiin castle floor that is very thick.

We need roof/ceiling options specifically for the castle.

They will only flicker if they are sharing exact pixels. Move one up or Down an unnoticeable smidge and there won’t be flickers.

I haven't had any luck with that.

Sometimes it takes some tinkering to get this to work for me, I haven’t done roofs but other items overlap in the same way. Changing the angle slightly (maybe in one or more dimensions) or increasing or decreasing the overlap slightly can help. I’m on console so I’m thankful for the new and improved precision editor, it would have been impossible to do before that.

SilverBride

StabbityDoom wrote: »

if you used EHT to make the roof, simply select the flickering item and hit up or down arrows on the selector at the lowest distance setting and it'll literally move it a pixel and fix your problem.

I put a temporary wooden roof up using the wooden Elsweyr wall until I find something permanent. I followed your advice and did get it to stop flickering.