Item Placement Hint - No mod needed

[megalithica]

Hi everybody. I just wanted to tell those frustrated decorative type players another way you can keep an item placed in your desired spots. Simply drop the item in the EXACT spot you want it and if it lands upright you never have to worry that it will be buggered up. When u drop it, try to drop it according to its visible height so that it lands softly and in its upright position. For example, a goblet is about half as tall as a short fat candlestick is, so, above the space top you want to drop the goblet, estimate its height by eye and drop it, (the distance between the top of the goblet and the landing area's surface is the height). Being a goblet its not a very high height, and the candlestick would be like two of the goblets in height, so you raise your cursor higher when you do the candlestick than you did when you placed your goblet and so on for each item. If you got a good approximation of the height it should drop lightly and settle upright, (if the item rocks and does not stay straight up and down just drop a small pearl or ring or any other small item near the leaning item and it will rock it again making it straighten out), you will see what i mean when you try this. The smoother the item lands on the desired surface the less likely it will rock and fall over, so judging the object's height is the key. I noticed that the item stays EXACTLY how and where it was dropped, and I know that when you drop items randomly around insides and outsides all over Skyrim, the item is always exactly where and how you dropped it, so noticing that, I started to drop my items on the exact surfaces I wanted (tabletops desktops floors shelves etc), and found they stay most of the time as long as they landed reasonably lightly. This process can be a bit of a rear end pain though in the sense that certain objects are way harder to land upright. To check your object's placement leave the building and go back in, or if you are outside, go into a building and back out, that saves you from quicksaving/loading altogether. And finally just a warning: if you drop an item on a cluttered surface like a desk, be careful to estimate its overall size including the width so that you do not hit and knock over another already placed item or two. Candlesticks you will find are very easy to place on shelves and desks and so on, and going shorter than their height works great. Try to remember to save before you drop near clutter, because if you miss and the item goes all crazy and knocks things over, you can just load your save, AND you should save after you line up your drop because its easier to adjust for another shot at it from the save as you are already lined up basically. Ps's: some items drop heavy and roll away and they basically bowl over your things as they go, so be careful !!! Baskets on floors are easy as long as you make it a short drop,maybe shorter than the basket itself for better results with those. Good luck and I hope this helped some people out.

Edited September 9, 2017 by megalithica