Basic Tutorial for screenarchery

nefsen · January 9, 2014

On the fly

A basic guide for screenarchers.

WIP

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Disclaimer: this guide doesn't have every console command in the game, and it doesn't teach you how to "take good pictures", use this guide like a tool and for reference.

Lets start:

Open the console with ~ (left to 1 button, below Esc and above Tab)

Console commands sorted by use (in my opinion):

showracemenu --> bring up character customization menu

tgm --> toggle god mode, no damage taken, no magicka consumed, no stamina used, no encumbrance, unlimited arrows.

tfc 1 --> toggle free camera pausing the game

tfc --> toggle free camera without pausing the game

sucsm # --> (# being 1-5) will adjust the camera speed in TFC 1 or TFC.

fov ## --> adjust the field of view, where ## is a number, default 75 or 60, I use 30 for close ups and 80+ for landscapes.Eg. fov 20 and fov 100

tm --> toggle menus

sgtm # --> allows you to control the gamespeed, making it easier to capture screenshots of action on slower speeds. Eg. sgtm 2 will make the game run in fastforward and sgtm 0.10 will make the game run in slowmotion, the values are 2.0 for FF or 0.0001 for slow motion.

help something --> this will show you all the referred help about your request, Eg. help fox, help imperial, help candle. It's useful to find armors, weapons or characters. You can scroll up and down with "page up" "page down" buttons.

player.additem ##### quantity --> this command add to your inventory the item of your desire but first you need to find the id number of the object using the command "help".

Eg. player.additem 0003AD5B 10 (this will give you 10 Daedra hearts)

player.placeatme ####### quantity --> this command will place next to you anything you want, ingots, dragons, rabbits, ale, anything (the objects will drop in the ground near you or in case of living things they will spawn next to you, don't be fool and place 1000 rabbits next to you, your machine will simply crash!!) Eg. player.placeatme 0003AD5B 100 (this will drop near you 100 Daedra hearts :3)

set timescale to ## --> sets the speed of how fast time advances in-game, default value is 20. Setting the value to 1 will make time advance at the same rate as the real world. Values down to 0 are possible, where less than 1 represents game time at a fraction of real time and 0 freezing the time of day completely.

fw ###### --> this command will change the weather, Eg. fw 10e1f2 (default clear weather) full list of weather: HERE

enable --> used to make disabled targets re-appear. Useful for when you made a pointing mistake when disabling targets.

disable --> this will make the target disappear, but still loaded with the cell (see also: MarkForDelete).

markfordelete --> Permanently deletes the selected item either instantaneously or upon reload. This command is cleaner than disable, as it removes the item completely instead of just hiding it from view.

tcl --> toggle collisions on/off, you can move your character freely around, fly in the sky or get inside the floor, perfect for finding items or bodies that have fallen through a wall or floor (If used while falling off a cliff, may cause a crash!!!!). Eg. HERE the result of using "tcl", "tc" and "setscale".

tdetect --> toggle AI Detection. If it is toggled off, NPCs won't be able to "see" you, or anyone.

coc ##### --> this will teleports you to the center of the cell. A list of coc codes is here. Eg. coc riverwood

tai --> toggle artificial intelligence, open the console a click on somebody, human or animal then use this, the character will "freeze". (If you use it without marking somebody the game will freeze ALL the ai.)

tc --> toggle control, you can control other characters or animals, only basic move. (as tai you need to mark somebody in the console) perfect to move other characters or animals to better spots to take screenshots.

Console commands by category:

--Camera--

animcam --> unstuck the camera in action mode (combat mode) you actually can look around when you char fire an arrow, and stuff like that.

fov ## --> adjust the field of view, where ## is a number, default 75 or 60, I use 30 for close ups and 80+ for landscapes.Eg. fov 20 and fov 100

tfc --> toggle free camera without pausing the game

tfc 1 --> toggle free camera pausing the game

sucsm # --> (# being 1-5) will adjust the camera speed in TFC 1 or TFC.

--Interface--

tm --> toggle menus

--Objects Manipulation/Items--

help something --> this will show you all the referred help about your request, Eg. help fox, help imperial, help candle. It's useful to find armors, weapons or characters. You can scroll up and down with "page up" "page down" buttons.

player.additem ##### quantity --> this command add to your inventory the item of your desire but first you need to find the id number of the object using the command "help".

Eg. player.additem 0003AD5B 10 (this will give you 10 Daedra hearts)

player.placeatme ####### quantity --> this command will place next to you anything you want, ingots, dragons, rabbits, ale, anything (the objects will drop in the ground near you or in case of living things they will spawn next to you, don't be fool and place 1000 rabbits next to you, your machine will simply crash!!) Eg. player.placeatme 0003AD5B 100 (this will drop near you 100 Daedra hearts :3)

enable --> used to make disabled targets re-appear. Useful for when you made a pointing mistake when disabling targets.

disable --> this will make the target disappear, but still loaded with the cell (see also: MarkForDelete).

markfordelete --> Permanently deletes the selected item either instantaneously or upon reload. This command is cleaner than disable, as it removes the item completely instead of just hiding it from view.

getangle X,Y or Z --> returns the value of given rotational axis (x,y,z) of the target.

setangle X,Y or Z --> sets the value of given rotational axis (x,y,z) of the target (the change happens when the targeted object is picked up).

getpos X,Y or Z --> returns the X,Y or Z position of a person or object in the gameworld.

rotate X,Y or Z --> rotates an object or character (only Rotate Z for characters).

setpos X,Y or Z # --> moves the person or object to that position.

setscale 0.1/10 --> sets the scale of an object. '1' is default. If no object is selected, applies to your character. When used on an actor, it increases or decreases speed and damage.

--Time/Engine--

fw ###### --> this command will change the weather, Eg. fw 10e1f2 (default clear weather) full list of weather: HERE

set gamehour to ## --> subtitute # with the intented hour. Perfect to test and tweak ENB configs without touching the timescale.

set timescale to ## --> sets the speed of how fast time advances in-game, default value is 20. Setting the value to 1 will make time advance at the same rate as the real world. Values down to 0 are possible, where less than 1 represents game time at a fraction of real time and 0 freezing the time of day completely.

sgtm # --> allows you to control the gamespeed, making it easier to capture screenshots of action on slower speeds. Eg. sgtm 2 will make the game run in fastforward and sgtm 0.10 will make the game run in slowmotion, the values are 2.0 for FF or 0.0001 for slow motion.

tcl --> toggle collisions on/off, you can move your character freely around, fly in the sky or get inside the floor, perfect for finding items or bodies that have fallen through a wall or floor (If used while falling off a cliff, may cause a crash!!!!). Eg. HERE the result of using "tcl", "tc" and "setscale".

tll --> Toggle LOD, dramatically reduces draw distance for a performance gain and might solve glitches related to LOD.

--AI/Utilities--

tgm --> Toggle god mode, no damage taken, no magicka consumed, no stamina used, no encumbrance, unlimited arrows.

coc ##### --> this will teleports you to the center of the cell. A list of coc codes is here. Eg. coc riverwood

showracemenu --> bring up character customization menu

player.say 142b# --> (# being 1,2,3,4 or 5) will get your character to say a brief sentence which brings life to their face. Use this in conjunction with tfc 1 and sgtm to capture expressions.
Eg, player.say 142b3

player.setav mood 0/7 --> change the expression of your character (face), 3 is happy, 7 is angry, etc..

Playidle idleID --> play an animation (idle) on the specified actor.Eg. playidle idlestudy

For the full list of idles check this, for a more detailed guide on idles you can go here

tai --> toggle artificial intelligence, open the console a click on somebody, human or animal then use this, the character will "freeze". (If you use it without marking somebody the game will freeze ALL the ai.)

tc --> toggle control, you can control other characters or animals, only basic move. (as tai you need to mark somebody in the console) perfect to move other characters or animals to better spots to take screenshots.

tdetect --> toggle AI Detection. If it is toggled off, NPCs won't be able to "see" you, or anyone.

Console commands in alphabetical order: