#drifter camp

[soshinysochrome]

Losing my shit laughing at this giant Ordis floof in the sky looming out of the clouds like Mufasa

Debating buying a note beacon to put over his head that says "SIMBA"

[sleepypotatostudio]

We’re all sharing the same sky, aren't we?

[tenno-aster]

Got Kahl a shawzin! Hopefully he and Daughter can bond over music.

[soshinysochrome]

So. I nuked my Drifter cabin and built a house. (Or Cabin 2.0, idk.)

[Realtor voice] "Here we have a 1 bed, 1 bath open-concept house, and look, it's got a water feature! Ignore the looming Ordis in the distance, we all just pretend he's not there--

"So in the entrance we have a small mudroom, which leads right into this big space where we have a kitchen, dining room and some room for activities! Look at the view out the window-- not that window, the other window...

"If we go upstairs --yes, it has stairs!-- you'll see that this bedroom is much larger than in the old cabin, with room for a dresser and armchair and some plants! It would have more furniture and a door but we ran out of capacity.

"And over here we have the bathroom, also much larger than the last one, and get this-- it even has a toilet!"

[soshinysochrome]

I wanna show y'all something special, since it seems people really liked my orbiter; if you take a slightly obscured path to the right of Kahl's Garrison, there's a trail that takes you down to an area with a cave and waterfall and some open space. That was where I decided to build my Drifter a cabin!

On an unrelated note, I'm really goddamned tired of Zariman missions.

(Some objects might be harder to recognize since, to improve performance while my PC is getting fixed, I turned off features like Enhanced Decals to improve game performance)

[soshinysochrome]

So despite how wildly inadequate youtube videos of orbiter design make me feel, I decided to upload my own screencaps anyway.

This is just the main body of the orbiter, there are a LOT of screencaps of other rooms; if people like this I'll add those too.

EDIT: Swapping in screencaps taken on my PC, where I have much better graphics settings (also I can't stop fucking around and tweaking decor here and there).

Yes, that's Nihil's oubliette under the couch. Fuck that guy.

[soshinysochrome]

How are you so good at ikeaframe/orbiter fashion... share some tricks on how to get pieces to get into position you want, most versatile decoration pieces (that can be used in many different ways, what are your favorites?); on a less serious note, how to farm all this standing for all the zariman wall panels ;A;'

So, quick disclaimer: I play Warframe on PC and have never played on console, so all of my answers will be oriented to PC controls.

Edit: This got quite detailed, so I may wind up making this a multi-part Thing.

Positioning:

Understand the anchor point; this is the point on an object that cannot pass through other objects and around which it is oriented. To find it, select an object and right-click to orient it; where the 3 different orientation guiding lines fall is an object's anchor point.

Understand orientation; if you hit Tab to turn on advanced mode it will show this, but I'll put it here for good measure. There are 3 planes of movement: up-down, left-right, and forward-backwards. R controls the orientation marked by the red arrow, F by the green arrow, and X by the blue. (If you have selected an item with your mouse, you can also hold X to 'push' an object, but I don't use this often as the direction and depth can be hard to predict.)

Grid and angle snapping are your friends! They're going to make your life a lot easier when you need to place objects at consistent distances, angles, etc. Now that you can angle things by degrees of 1 or 5, it's a lot easier now to make small adjustments without having to turn off angle snapping. Also: one way to ensure consistent distancing is to choose another feature (e.g. lines on the ground) and use that as a reference point. This is something that I use a lot especially when decorating my clan's dojo.

Using F to duplicate objects, and using C/V to scale them up/down will help when placing multiples of the same object so they will be the same size and orientation. It's also a time saver so you don't have to size and orient every single object you place. (If you're going to scale something all the way up or down, just hold R and use your mouse to quickly get it to size.)

Using Z to change how you can orient objects. 'World' will orient the object in relation to how it's been placed. 'Local' will orient the object based on its anchor point. (If this doesn't make sense, I encourage you to experiment to understand the difference!)

Sometimes, even when using grid and angle snapping, things won't quite line up right. That's when you want to turn off grid snapping to make small adjustments. Ideally, you would hover your mouse over the object and then hit R to turn on constrained movement. When doing this, I suggest only adjusting one plane at a time (R, X, F); for example, moving it left or right, then saving it to lock in that adjustment before trying to move it up/down or forward/backward.

If you've moved an object and dislike the result, instead of saving it, hit Esc. It will put the object back to where it was before you messed with it.

Experiment! Sometimes redzones will get in the way, but you never know what areas are available to be decorated until you give it a shot. Rotate objects every which way to see the different sides and features; for example, I had no use for the Entrati Serpentine Chair until I realized that I could use the underside to decorate the walls.

Sometimes an object just won't behave the way you want it to; if it's a symmetrical object, try turning it around. This is a big one when you're trying to get 2 objects to touch, but the anchor point is getting in the way. In the case of the Zariman wall panels, if you look at it from the side you'll notice that one side bevels out, while the other is completely flat; I put the curved side down, which is how I was able to have that nice flat, flush wooden flooring and on the ceiling.

Hopefully you find this helpful; I also suggest looking up tutorials on YouTube! They were especially helpful in making me understand how anchor points and orientation work, since they also have visuals for you to accompany the explanation.

I'll make another post addressing other parts of your questions :)

[soshinysochrome]

Had capacity remaining at drifter's camp and felt bad that Kahl and Co. were living entirely outside, so I made them a hut. (The roof is long enough that it covers the porch.)

(also for some reason my remaining capacity wasn't a multiple of 5, even if I took away the little eidolon wisp in the corner, and I have no idea what was causing it)

(also also I decided while taking screencaps that I preferred to put Gral's Thumper floof on the shelf rather than the Duviri flask, which is why the 3rd pic is different)