Shadowbeast's Showcase

Shadowbeast · Post by **Shadowbeast** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:08 pm

Hi, I've been following this project for a while now and have been messing around with the construction set so I figured I'd give it a shot and try to help out.

I'll be trying out for Interiors and Exteriors for Oblivion. This is a middle class Anvil style home added on a small island at the end of the Strid River just southeast of Anvil.

There's a map marker marked "showcase" to fast travel there.
Also, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to add an NPC, but I did just to make it feel complete.

Edit:
I think that should do it.

Four Greyhounds · Post by **Four Greyhounds** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:18 pm

Hi there. Somebody will be by to take a look at your showcase. Normally I'd do it, but the last couple showcases I reviewed never came back :/. Ah well. You can have this dance, Felix.

And yes, NPCs are added by the modder, as well as (I believe) pathing and AI packages for eating, sleeping, etc.

Oh and thanks for the tip. I'll try it out a little later.

jonarus_drakus · Post by **jonarus_drakus** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:43 pm

Welcome to the wacky world of TR!

I'll give it a look momentarily, and asuming no extra posts in my absence, i will simply addedit it here.

EDIT: And on that note, here we go!

EXTERIOR
> No obvious phisical errors.
> Decent layout of the textures and accompanying shading.
> Does look a little odd with so little vegitation, add a tree and/or a small (fenced - to show you can line fence segments up properly) garden.
> The docks, while technicaly error free, look a little off. The main posts dont 'line up' along the whole length on the dock.

Overall, well made and relitively well cluttered. You deffinitely have full TECHNICAL proficiency. While I'm stopping short of an actual recomendation at this early stage, i do think somebody else should look at this exterior, if only to make sure i didn't miss anything.

INTERIOR
> Northmarker placed and properly aligned, good.
> All of the sacks you have placed need to be "F'ed" more as the dont have perfectly flat bottoms. Basicaly, they need to bleed into the surface slightly.
> Both of the MC Rug circle 02 float slightly. Basicaly, if you can keep "F-ing" it without any part of it flickering (or disapearing all together) then you need to keep going. Keep in mind, that once you fix the rugs, anything and everything ON them will need to be fixed too.
> In both fireplaces, you have doubled up with the logs, which bleed into each other as a result.
> The flames in the lower fireplace need to be lowered so that the 'base' of the flames sits on (not in) the stonework of the fireplace itself. Don't worry about the flames 'bleeding' through the logs, it looks fine in-game.
> Both of the chairs on the red rug downstairs float very slightly (as does the 2person chair upstairs), basicaly ALL activator furnature need to be "F'ed" a MINIMUM of 3 times or until the bottom of the little green box under the seat "hits" the floor (bleeds into the floor).

A very nicely done interior, well clutered and interesting (well as interesting as a generic home can be

) Fix up the errors i have listed and your good!

JD

Shadowbeast · Post by **Shadowbeast** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:04 am

Thanks for the review, and the tips! I'll get to work on this right away, and fix all my mistakes. I'll just repost it in my original post.

VulcaN · Post by **VulcaN** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:24 am

Just a word of advice, don't repost fixed mod in your old post. It tends to go unnoticed and its just easier to comprehend if you post it in a new or lastest reply. It also says this in one of the showcase guidelines if I am not mistaken.

Happy Modding!

Shadowbeast · Post by **Shadowbeast** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:21 am

Oops, sorry. Thanks for the advice. Here we go, the fixed one.

jonarus_drakus · Post by **jonarus_drakus** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:26 am

Very nice, I'll readily admit that I'm impressed. However, i am not the one you must please...

There were only a couple of errors that i noticed inside That wernt inherient mesh/texture errors that you cant do anything about):

> The logs in both the upper and lower fireplaces floated a little, while this is as much due to the model itself, it would still be good to keep in mind that we like to see you at least TRY to work around such issues.

The only MAJOR skill you have yet to show is an ability to work with moduar interior sets (basements, caves, ruins, etc). However, going by the level of proficiency you have shown elsewhere, I'm going to be nice and assume you know how to use gridsnap and the like. With that: Recomended for promotion for interiors. Your in the big mans hands now (Thig that is).

As for your exterior, you had already shown technical proficiency there, and you went add added/changed what i mentioned as well, so baring any glaring errors that i somehow missed, I'm gonna go ahead and give you a recomendation for exteriors too.

Heres hoping i didnt give a bad review and miss a bunch of stuff...

JD

Shadowbeast · Post by **Shadowbeast** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:04 am

Thanks for the recommendations! And I really appreciate you reviewing this for me, you were very thorough and it helped me learn a few new things. I've been working with grid snapping a lot since I've been using the construction set, so I know how to snap to references and such.

As for the logs, I was wondering when I was placing them if I should try to rotate it into different directions to try and get it to work as best as possible, but I wasn't exactly sure on TR's policies about placing models with errors. I will definitely try to do what I can to keep this from happening in the future.

jonarus_drakus · Post by **jonarus_drakus** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:52 am

Unfortunately, some of the vanila oblivion meshes are inherantly flawed. I'm pretty sure that the official policy is not to hold such things against modders (its certainly not *my* policy). Of course, if you take such an item and manage to (successfuly) work around the errors, then thats an even bigger plus that simply removing the flawed item.

Hopefuly an admin (probably Thrig) will come do the 'final review' for you soon. But it is thanksgiving in the US so it could be a little while.

JD

Lady Nerevar · Post by **Lady Nerevar** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:45 pm

the interior was good, the exterior still had a few minor problems. its still a bit jaggedy in parts, especially on the south side. there is also a visible texture seam near the beach rocks on the south side. im also not to sure about the use of CH cliffs - the GC rocks used elsewhere on the island would work just as well imo.

Shadowbeast · Post by **Shadowbeast** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:06 pm

oops missed the seam. I also changed the CH Cliffs to GCRocksDirtMoss01NoGrass. I got the idea to use the CH cliffs from the lighthouse in Anvil, maybe just a fault on Beth's part? I'm also trying to fix up the jaggedness in the south side.

Before I post the fixed version, I was wondering if I did the path gridding in the house right? And should I do it outside the house as well?

jonarus_drakus · Post by **jonarus_drakus** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:29 am

Basic pathgridding should be included with all Oblivion claims. Keep in mind i did say basic, any 'fancy' stuff would only be added if deamed neccisary for a quest or whatever.

Admin Edit: Don't talk about private matters outside of private forums

Thanks for your time and patients,

JD

Thrignar Fraxix · Post by **Thrignar Fraxix** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:55 am

JD, when things are in a private forum, that generally means we don't want people to talk about them in a public forum. I will edit your post now.

edit: also it is spelled patience