Aeryn333 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am looking for houses, one preferable by water, for one of my companions, that likes to take a swim, now and then, tired of the vanilla houses..Also tired of getting a cool house, and my companions get stuck, and run into walls , or cannot get to the bed to sleep, or find their way to sit down and eat..for they haven't been mapped and pathed right for a companion to use..A list of mods you know are companion friendly mapped for companions would be appreciated..In town or close to towns, but not to far out of the way.. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am looking for houses, one preferable by water, for one of my companions, that likes to take a swim, now and then, tired of the vanilla houses..Also tired of getting a cool house, and my companions get stuck, and run into walls , or cannot get to the bed to sleep, or find their way to sit down and eat..for they haven't been mapped and pathed right for a companion to use..A list of mods you know are companion friendly mapped for companions would be appreciated..In town or close to towns, but not to far out of the way.. Cheers One of my companions LOVES this house, and to be honest I quite like it a lot myself!! Be warned it's a cottage on Anvil Bay, and so on the small side, but lovely, and very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeryn333 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 I am looking for houses, one preferable by water, for one of my companions, that likes to take a swim, now and then, tired of the vanilla houses..Also tired of getting a cool house, and my companions get stuck, and run into walls , or cannot get to the bed to sleep, or find their way to sit down and eat..for they haven't been mapped and pathed right for a companion to use..A list of mods you know are companion friendly mapped for companions would be appreciated..In town or close to towns, but not to far out of the way.. Cheers One of my companions LOVES this house, and to be honest I quite like it a lot myself!! Be warned it's a cottage on Anvil Bay, and so on the small side, but lovely, and very well done. Thanks Myrmaad..I actually just tried that house, as a matter of fact, I was drawn to it, for they seem to get lost in larger houses anyways..I like smaller..I was all happy, and Neeshka got caught twice, trying to follow me downstairs she was walking into the wall.. then couldn't seem to follow me out the door an literally got struck inside a wall, I mean half her body was outside and half inside,..poor thing.. I had to turn of collision go into the wall, and tell her to go home and she did the poof thing..I really wanted that one to work, but for some reason..I don't know if Rhianna will do any better in it..I can try..but it does have some collision issues..it seems..Ta for the reply though..guess I'll keep looking.. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Thanks Myrmaad..I actually just tried that house, as a matter of fact, I was drawn to it, for they seem to get lost in larger houses anyways..I like smaller..I was all happy, and Neeshka got caught twice, trying to follow me downstairs she was walking into the wall.. then couldn't seem to follow me out the door an literally got struck inside a wall, I mean half her body was outside and half inside,..poor thing.. I had to turn of collision go into the wall, and tell her to go home and she did the poof thing..I really wanted that one to work, but for some reason..I don't know if Rhianna will do any better in it..I can try..but it does have some collision issues..it seems..Ta for the reply though..guess I'll keep looking.. Cheers Oh. I read that with CSR companions that happens a lot, it happens to me a lot. If I just go back inside and then outside again they usually come out. But instead of that, I bound the Call Companion spell to a hot key, and use it alot in such situations. Inside the house, I didn't notice them getting stuck, because I tend to tell them to "wait here/make yourself at home" as soon as we walk in the door. I was busy at the spell station for about an hour--maybe two-- one day with Freya there with me, and she wandered around, sat in front of the fireplace, ate, sampled the potions, opened and closed every one of the display cases multiple times, and then suddenly snuck up behind me and said, Real Loud, "HELLO!" Scared the bejusus out of me. I tend to have a problem with startling easily anyway, and I about went off my chair!! Good luck with your search. I like the Garden Retreat by Anorial a lot! but be warned I did a helova lot of redecorating, added three beds, bookshelves, chests, and wine racks, but there is now space for three companions in the main house, and made the winter garden into a beautiful bedroom suite for myself. It turned out really beautifully, but it took a LOT of effort. Original views:http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c117/SeaBlossom/otherstuff/oblivion/a_GardenHome.jpghttp://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c117/SeaBlossom/otherstuff/oblivion/ogrody_gardenretreat1.jpg Look through this site.http://www.oblivionsrealestate.com/Non-Mem...on-members.html and maybe try this one which has the download of Garden Retreat if you want to try it. It's a polish site but Google with do a half decent job of translating for youhttp://www.elderscrolls.com.pl/site/index....view&id=280 I'm definitely going to try several of the houses on that page, one the Japanese style house, and the Lost Grove, as well. Heck I might try all of 'em, but I have so many in my game now that I haven't found yet that I forget where to even look. I keep a folder of readme's for all the mods I have installed, but it was an afterthought and I think I'm going to need a spreadsheet to track them. I'll try to take some pictures of the Garden Retreat upgrades I made, I got most of the furniture from Imperial Furniture, and the bookcases with Autobook Placing, I think. I have a mod in my "to install and try" folder called "Redecoration" which addresses the few shortcomings of Decorator Assistant (namely moving existing furniture) but I add so many mods that it's a long process of checking them. I'm still playing the game so I have to be very careful!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyreil829 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 really depends on what tastle you have Aeryn castles? big houses? small houses? etc etc Col John Sheppard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 really depends on what tastle you have Aeryn castles? big houses? small houses? etc etc Col John Sheppard I'm sorry to disagree, but I do and strongly. Companion friendly homes can come in any size or style and they'd make me happy. The problem with companions is, the CELLS A companion-friendly home will allow a companion to roam freely while also being able to easily access food and a bed all within one cell. Sadly the larger the house mod, the more loading screen doors they love to put into them. And this is bad for a companion, because now they cannot freely roam to food and rest. Large homes tend to make a separate room for every activity. Many small homes do the same but not so much. I forgot to add there's another small one one of my girls really seemed to do well in, it was one of the Anvil Anbandoned house mods - it added a two story basement, and was probably one of Princess Stomper's designs. I'll try to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyreil829 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 if you disagree you disagree and your comment is fair if we are talking size wouldnt a castle work? its big for size so your followers will not walk into anything seats beds and food for them pretty simple to make i think if you want Aeryn i could open up CS and have a go but i need to know what you fancy in it tell me here or PM me either way i have a go! @Myraad cells is always a problem for Followers i only use Ruin or Soina they always stay in place @ Aeryn are you useing CM Parters or Toasty says Share? Col John Sheppard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 if you disagree you disagree and your comment is fair if we are talking size wouldnt a castle work? its big for size so your followers will not walk into anything seats beds and food for them pretty simple to make i think if you want Aeryn i could open up CS and have a go but i need to know what you fancy in it tell me here or PM me either way i have a go! @Myraad cells is always a problem for Followers i only use Ruin or Soina they always stay in place @ Aeryn are you useing CM Parters or Toasty says Share? Col John Sheppard I'm definitely going to play Ruin's Tale sometime when I finish all the vanilla quests and shivering isles. A castle can sometimes help but a lot of times it doesn't work so great because of the trouble with the cells. For example take the Castle in Kvatch Aftermath. It's a pretty great one as castles go, the Great Hall has a lot of seating and dining and free roaming non-companion NPCs but no beds and it's a closed cell. Then there are the three wings. The Count's private quarters has no dining options and only one bed. The guest suite wing has NPC's who share the few beds and plenty of liquor but no food or dining area. The servants quarters - well I've never seen an NPC in there but there are some ugly little beds in a dormitory setting and plenty of food and food storage, almost like a big kitchen, but it's pretty boring otherwise and I don't remember seeing a single chair. Companions like to sit down and eat. The like to have a bed available, and the main thing is if they are following you, you have to watch for the tricky collision that Aeryn posted about. I have a lot of trouble because I often have three girl companions with me. My posse. :D And it's tough to find a space that accommodates all of us comfortably, so I make do by finding small apartments/houses that are near each other. That is really sweet of you to offer to make her a custom home! it's hard to find just the right space. It was much different when I was only concerned about my own character. That's why I love the Garden Retreat home, it actually accommodates all 4 of us very nicely. It's modeled after the Weynon Priory and so all open except for the door leading to the "Winter Garden" downstairs (which I've made into my suite) and the door off the upstairs bedroom which goes out to the lovely balcony. There's even a back yard with garden seating and a stables. I even put my favorite tent up back there. I've taken a bunch of screenshots of "After" I redecorated and added the beds and chairs and chests and such. Garden Retreat home by Anoriel: (for some reason it's not available on Tesnexus, nor in the free download area of Oblivion Real Estate. http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5471/blivscreen2vq0.th.jpg http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5697/blivscreen3mm2.th.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2307/blivscreen4pr3.th.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3563/blivscreen5wh7.th.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2923/blivscreen6ds0.th.jpg http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/3630/blivscreen7fe2.th.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1034/blivscreen8ej8.th.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/407/blivscreen9ky5.th.jpg http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/697/blivscreen10sl4.th.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/464/blivscreen11cf7.th.jpg More in the next post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrmaad Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I forgot to mention that even with all three of my companions roaming this house with me, they've never gotten stuck anywhere in it. http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/5396/blivscreen14ld7.th.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5218/blivscreen17ya0.th.jpg http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8066/blivscreen16fy9.th.jpg http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/4428/blivscreen18lo6.th.jpg http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4075/blivscreen19ef3.th.jpg http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/72/blivscreen21cu4.th.jpg http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2853/blivscreen26tn5.th.jpg http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5089/blivscreen30rw4.th.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2622/blivscreen31bz0.th.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2586/blivscreen28aw0.th.jpg Hey Aeryn if your companion likes to swim of his or her own volition, you might want to think about this "open house". It's only room for one, so if you can leave your companion on their own it might work out well. There are a couple of downsides to this house, for one thing it's awfully bright. On the upside the main entrance door is easily opened by your companion or the dog that comes with the house. You can lock it with the console or the very hard lock spell and it will stay shut, but it's a non-loading screen door which makes it WONDERFUL!! But the bad thing is that much of the design is not very well done. The collision is pretty tight and not well-considered, even for the poor pet dog, and the world space the modder used is very rocky and steep-sided, making it difficult terrain and not very pretty, lacking nice beach and garden features. A better beach would have been to have located down on the Gold Coast north of Anvil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyreil829 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 quite roomy is something i need to add Col John Sheppard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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