[[LE] Wanting To Get Back Into 3D Modelling & Modding]

Hello!

I've made some mods before, just weapon mods and they aren't the best but I think not too bad for a first try.

I haven't made a new model or created a new mod in a looooong time and wanted to ask here for help on what programms are currently popular.
Also what tools people use to make textures for their weapons and explenations how the different maps work, (normal map, specular map and the normal colour map thingy I dunno what it's called)
I'd also be very greatful if people could re direct me to tutorials or help me with using said programms and adding the finished work to Skyrim properly.

If anyone can contribute anything that'd be really awesome. I wanna learn how to 3d model all kind of things not just weapons (which is all I tried yet) But also armour, creatures and other things!

Thank you

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

Ok there is one problem that occurred now, the blade, grip and pommel don't get textures anymore and the 0 on the glossiness of the grip didn't do anything

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

Omg, It worked, thank you

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

I will try that and tell how it worked

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

But even if I don't change it the parts stay black. I took the dragonbone greatsword as a starter and deleted the Shapedata files and inserted my models as usual. But the textures don't get put on them correctly and idk why

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

When you say you've done weapon mods before and this problem has never showed up, how did you do the weapon mods before and what are you doing now that is different?

 

Are you simply adding new textures, or are you altering stuff in the 'BSlightingShaderproperty'

Yeah I'm altering stuff in there. But only the Glossiness

[[LE] Weapon turns black when adding to Skyrim]

Hey!

I've been trying to do some weapon mods again, but this time a problem occurred that never occurred before.
When I load the .nif of my weapon in the creation kit, all textures get way darker, almost really black. And if I remove the glossiness (which I want to do for the grip of the sword) it turns beige-brown.

But in nifskope everything is fine. I tried stuff with the blade but the only thing that changed something was putting glossiness on 0 which also turned it beige in the creationkit.
Can anyone help me with this? I never had this problem before.

[[LE] Needing help with scripting for a follower mod]

I'm a bit unclear as to where this script is being applied.

 

You are telling it to set objectives to be displayed in quest GSQ01 but you don't define a quest property.. Since this extends an object reference, i don't see how it links to quest GSQ01.

 

I think I know what you're trying to do and it probably doesn't even need a new script.

 

Add your book as an alias into your quest.

One of the best ways to do this is to make a new empty container, give it an ID.

Put the container in game.

In your quest, make a new alias (Your book). Select "Create in" and specify the chest you just put in the game. When the quest runs, the container will have your book added to it. Your book needs no script attached to it, which is good.

Next, on the new book alias that you just made, add a script. It's a default script, so you don't add new scripts to the game and you don't worry about writing one and compiling!

The script is something like (top of my head here) "DefaultSetStageOnBookClosed". I think there's one that is the same name but with "NotAlias" on the end. You need the one that is for an alias.

That script will only let you set stage 20., but that's no issue. In the papyrus fragment of stage 20, just type "SetObjectiveDisplayed(20)"

 

If you don't want a container, simply plonk the book somewhere, create an alias as before and select "Forced Reference". Set it to your book. Then do the script as above.

 

Edit: just type in the Papyrus script manager "DefaultSetStage". You'll see the ones relating to a book! That was just from memory!

I've followed this. But now my follower/quest giver won't talk to me anymore. E to interact thing is there but he won't say the voice line anymore. Which is weird since the only conditions are that only he says it and GetStage GSQ01 < 10. And the book won't appear in the container

[[LE] Needing help with scripting for a follower mod]

Hey!

So I've started working on my first follower mod (with a small unmarked quest)
And I've been following this tutorial https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Bethesda_Tutorial_Planning_the_Quest.
But at the stage were you have to script an amulet (I chose a book) the script always fails to compile.
The property source is this (It's the same as in the tutorial I just replaced 30 with 20 so it fits my stages):

 

Scriptname GSQBookScript extends ObjectReference

Quest Property BookPickup Auto

Event OnContainerChanged(ObjectReference newContainer, ObjectReference oldContainer)

if (newContainer == Game.GetPlayer())

GSQ01.SetObjectivedisplayed(20)

GSQ01.SetStage(20)

endif

EndEvent

But when saving/compiling it I get this error

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\GSQBookScript.psc(7,22): SetObjectivedisplayed is not a function or does not exist

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\GSQBookScript.psc(7,22): cannot call the member function SetObjectivedisplayed alone or on a type, must call it on a variable

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\GSQBookScript.psc(8,11): SetStage is not a function or does not exist

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\GSQBookScript.psc(8,11): cannot call the member function SetStage alone or on a type, must call it on a variable

No output generated for GSQBookScript, compilation failed.

Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.

Failed on GSQBookScript

I hope someone can helo me. Thank you in advance

[[LE] How do you make a npc talk on interact?]

Yeah that's what I was looking for! Thank you!

[[LE] How do you make a npc talk on interact?]

Hey people!

I started making a follower mod and watched some tutorials but none of them showed one thing I want to know, which is talk on interact.
If you don't know what I mean by that is if you go to an NPC and press e, they (most of the time) say something without having to choose a dialogue option.
So they say something just by pressing e or whatever you have interact bound at.
So my question is as stated above, how can I make this happen? All the tutorials I've seen just made the people talk if you choose a dialogue option and not by just interacting with them.
I've seen one but he used already finished voice lines. But I want to make custom ones. So I hope someone can help me out!

[[LE] How do you make parts of a weapon non reflective?]

Use an environment map, not a specular map.

I've been thinking about that but I don't really know how they work or how to do something with em, Are there any tutorials I can find that explain em or tell/show how to use them?

[[LE] How do you make parts of a weapon non reflective?]

Hey!

I'm working on a sword mod and I have problems with the grip reflecting light like it's metal even tho it shouldn't reflect any light. In the specular map of the weapon the grip part is already black since (as far as I know) the specular map is about the reflecting of light.

I hope any of you can help me with that so the weapon will look better,

[Everything "white" reflects harsh red light]

So I've started up Skyrim and went to start a new game just to see that the game is dark and everything not black/dark reflects a harsh red light.
I've already reinstalled my ENB but nothing changed.
At night time everything is normal but at day time it looks like this (Both pictures were taken at 9am ingame time):
(Here the picture in higher res https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1802396196)

(Here the picture in higher res https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1802396302)

 

I hope somebody can help me with this since I had problems with skyrim just being too bright and now this happened

 

LOOT and TES5EDIT didn't find anything wrong either.

 

EDIT: It was the ELFX Weathers Plugin causing problems

[[LE] Needing help with seams in texture.]

Hello!

 

(I use Paint.net for the texturing)

I have already made 4 mods but I want to redo the texture on one of them since the sword looks pretty plastic like.

The problem is I don't know how to texture it so there are no seams, the problem I have is with the handle and I'll add a picture of the UV map right here

 

 

as said my problem is the handle (I think you can see what part it is)

And I don't know how to make a seamless transition between the 2 sides, it always looks pretty much like this

 

 

[CTD when leaving buildings,caves,etc]

There are two things you need to know about LOOT. It isn't perfect, and it will throw false positives for "dirty" mods. If a mod has, for example, new spawn points, then LOOT will say it's dirty when it isn't. So, it's very possible that you cleaned a mod which didn't need to be cleaned. Uninstall and reinstall any mods you cleaned. :smile:

 

Animallica is outdated. The author's more recent work is SkyTEST -- Realistic Animals and Predators. Do NOT clean this mod, no matter what LOOT says.

 

The most common reason for crashing when you leave an interior cell is that you simply have too much going on in the exterior cell. You may need to take a look at your texture mods, as they are common culprits. Also, look at any mod which adds new npcs to the world or one which makes changes to a lot of NPCs. I don't see one in your load order, but I'm also not familiar with all the mods you're running.

 

When you disabled the two most recent mods you installed, did you load a save from before you installed them? Skyrim saves a surprising amount of stuff in the character save files. So, even though you disabled the mods, there may have been parts of them that are hanging around in your save files.

 

One more thing -- if you have made any changes to your Skyrim.ini file other than what was recommended for a mod or a common edit such as changing the resolution on tattoos/make-up, then delete the .ini and start Skyrim from Steam to generate a new .ini file. Many well-meaning people publish .ini edits on the "this helped me, so it'll probably help you" premise. Unfortunately, some of those edits are unnecessary at best and downright dangerous to your game stability at worst.

 

Now, here comes the tedious part. Uninstall any mesh or texture mods which don't have .esp files. Then, disable all your mods -- don't uninstall, just disable -- except those you use for character creation such as RaceMenu, hairs, eyes and anything which has to run from the very start of the game. Start a new game with the vanilla start sequence. Get through Unbound. When you get to Riverwood after exiting the cave, begin to re-enable your mods a few at a time. No more than five at a time is best. Start with the ones you really can't do without. If you can re-enable everything with no problems, such as crashing on fast travel, then you can start adding back your mesh and texture mods. Do those no more than three at a time.

 

At some point in this process, you're going to hit critical mass, the point where the game begins to crash. Look at what you have enabled and what you have left to do and make some decisions. Try lower resolution textures if they're available. Consider not using some of your enhancers such as ELFX. Relighting Skyrim works very well and only uses vanilla assets, for example.

 

Good luck! :smile:

So I found out what the problem was. After posting this I realised that maybe something with the ENB I have installed was wrong, so I checked the enblocal.ini and found out that the videomb thingy was down at 0. I have no idea why it got put on 0. So then I put in the right amount and now it works. But still thank you, for the response and for letting me know that Animallica is outdated

[CTD when leaving buildings,caves,etc]

I have installed some mods for my skyrim and ever since I downloaded em my Skyrim crashes when leaving places and I go out to the open world. I don't know why. But the weird thing is even after disabling every new mod that I downloaded (so when my skyrim still worked normally) it still crashes when going out to the openworld. but it also happens if I just use the command "coc whiterun" in the start screen. Sometimes it even crashes with the screen freezing after entering the command.
I already cleaned every dirty mod with TES5Edit that LOOT found but it still CTD's if anyone can help it wuld be greatly appreciated.

Somethings that might be important:
PC specs:
Processor: AMD FX™-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM (AMD Radeon ™ R9 380 Series)
Mod load order:

0 0 Skyrim.esm

1 1 Update.esm

2 2 Dawnguard.esm

3 3 HearthFires.esm

4 4 Dragonborn.esm

5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

6 6 ApachiiHair.esm

7 7 RaceCompatibility.esm

8 8 BSAssets.esm

9 9 BSHeartland.esm

10 a Unique Flowers & Plants.esm

11 b arnima.esm

12 c ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

13 d notice board.esp

14 e HighResTexturePack01.esp

15 f HighResTexturePack02.esp

16 10 HighResTexturePack03.esp

17 11 RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp

18 12 mintylightningmod.esp

19 13 MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp

20 14 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

21 15 ELFX - Exteriors.esp

22 16 Death Mountain part2.esp

23 17 SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Complete.esp

24 18 DarkTower.esp

25 19 SkyFalls + SkyMills.esp

26 1a The power of nazeem.esp

27 1b Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp

28 1c Waves.esp

29 1d JobsofSkyrim.esp

30 1e Marco's Integrated Leveled Lists.esp

31 1f SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp

32 20 SMIM-Merged-All.esp

33 21 quest_thebiggertheyare.esp

34 22 UFO - Ultimate Follower Overhaul.esp

35 23 YourOwnSkyrim.esp

36 24 fallentreebridges.esp

37 25 SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp

38 26 quest_nomercy.esp

39 27 tos_amber_guard.esp

40 28 The Fifth Gate.esp

41 29 tos_laintardale_hf.esp

42 2a tos_oakwood_hf.esp

43 2b quest_seaofghosts.esp

44 2c MiraakFollower.esp

45 2d tos_granitehall.esp

46 2e LowHrothgar.esp

47 2f DragonsDawn.esp

48 30 Behemoth Dragon.esp

49 31 ogSplendorDragons.esp

50 32 BellyachesNewDragonSpecies.esp

51 33 RaceMenu.esp

52 34 RaceMenuPlugin.esp

53 35 SkyUI.esp

54 36 AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp

55 37 quest_pitfighter.esp

56 38 midas magic expanded.esp

57 39 quest_sorcery.esp

58 3a quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

59 3b LrsamwaysExpandedSkyrimWeaponry.esp

60 3c WeaponsOf3E.esp

61 3d bobsarmory.esp

62 3e DragonboneCrossbow.esp

63 3f DragonBoneEbonsteel.esp

64 40 DragonBoneEbony_Replacer.esp

65 41 dragonboneweaponscomplete.esp

66 42 Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp

67 43 isilNarsil.esp

68 44 The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp

69 45 SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp

70 46 WWW.esp

71 47 HDT Havok Object.esp

72 48 Differently Ebony.esp

73 49 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp

74 4a dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp

75 4b dD-Reduced Wound Size.esp

77 4d CinematicFireFX.esp

78 4e ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

79 4f ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

80 50 ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp

81 51 ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp

82 52 CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

83 53 ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp

84 54 CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp

85 55 Natural Lighting and Atmospherics.esp

86 56 TrueStorms.esp

87 57 TrueStorms-CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

88 58 Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp

89 59 CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp

90 5a CoT-WeatherPatch_NL3.esp

91 5b P1FlyingRing.esp

92 5c transmutedragonsoul.esp

93 5d DragonFire.esp

94 5e FNISspells.esp

95 5f The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp

96 60 Beards.esp

97 61 UFO - Dragonborn AddOn.esp

98 62 UFO - Dawnguard AddOn.esp

99 63 StartingLoadouts.esp

100 64 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp

101 65 Purewaters.esp

102 66 konahrik, the priest.esp

103 67 Apocalypse - The Spell Package (Workshop).esp

104 68 Warriors Legacy.esp

105 69 Solvistapp.esp

106 6a Alacrity.esp

107 6b TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

108 6c BSHeartland - Meshes.esp

109 6d Honorus.esp

110 6e Savage Wolves - Fox Fix.esp

111 6f DiverseDragonsCollection3.esp

112 70 Galanterie.esp

113 71 Epoch Weapon Pack.esp

114 72 BSHeartland - Textures.esp

115 73 CL Nettlebane.esp

116 74 GirlHeavyArmor.esp

117 75 HaveYouHeardOfTheHighElves.esp

118 76 UFO - Heartfire AddOn.esp

119 77 KK_Lola_companion_wolfdog.esp

120 78 Gurkling.esp

123 7b Kriegsmesser_V3.esp

124 7c tommy wiseau summonable.esp

125 7d Rielus Follower.esp

126 7e Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Flame Atronach Fix.esp

127 7f CL BladeofSacrifice.esp

128 80 Castle Drache.esp

129 81 quest_pitfighter_dlc01.esp

130 82 DragonAspectEnhancement.esp

131 83 Dark Face Bug Fix.esp

132 84 AncientTonguesGreatSword.esp

133 85 Animated Dragon Wings.esp

134 86 More Draconic Dragon Aspect - Powered Edition.esp

135 87 More Draconic Dragon Aspect - Wings and Tail.esp

136 88 DragonAspectToggle_DAT.esp

137 89 FNIS.esp

138 8a More Draconic Dragon Aspect - Flying Mod Addon.esp

139 8b SeranaUnsquared.esp

140 8c dD-No Spinning Death Animation Merged.esp

141 8d Modern Clothes.esp

142 8e Animallica.esp

143 8f AncientTonguesSword.esp

144 90 Useless Facts for your Loading Screen V2.esp

145 91 12FemaleBrows.esp

146 92 Eyes of Aber.esp

147 93 KS Hairdo's.esp

148 94 VsauceSneakAttack.esp

149 95 spooky.esp

150 96 Vsauce.esp

151 97 TrueStorms-SupremeStorms-CoT.esp

152 98 Grass Field.esp

153 99 PhinBirthSigns.esp

154 9a Ars Metallica - Legendary Edition.esp

155 9b Faction Crossbows.esp

156 9c tommy wiseau bow.esp

157 9d Ice and Fire.esp

158 9e Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim.esp

159 9f Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

160 a0 Alternate Start -- New Beginnings.esp

161 a1 ELFXEnhancer.esp

[Looking for a certain mod!]

No it's neither of them. It was a power. Once per day use. The animated thing was green in the magic menu. And I think it had a MCM menu

[Can someone help me understand this?]

I found out what the problem was. Weirdly enough it was the world map with roads which caused the CTD's. I don't know why but I guess I can play without it.
And yeah I use Vortex as a mod manager and I use SKSE too, it is kinda mandatory lol.

[Looking for a certain mod!]

Hey!
I set up skyrim new because of problems I had, the thing is that I didn't write down which mods I used. I got most back but one is missing that I really can't find.
It's a mod that allows you to transform a dragon soul into a perk point.
I remember that you unlock the power either through beating the Dragonborn quest line, the first time you read the book "Waking Dreams" and you get the power as a reward, or you got it after reading the oghma infinum I don't remember how you get it directly.
Important notes: It's a normal power, NOT a lesser power and the default is 1 dragon soul = 1 perk point.

[Can someone help me understand this?]

Ok thank you, I did the same thing but TES5EDIT didn't find anything wrong.

And yeah I use LOOT.

My Loadorder is:

 

Skyrim.esm

Skyrim.exe

Update.esm

Dawnguard.esm

HearthFires.esm

Dragonborn.esm

Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp

Unique Flowers & Plants.esm

ClimatesOfTamriel.esm

ApachiiHair.esm

World_Map_Height_Pitch_Tweak_130_50.esp

HighResTexturePack01.esp

HighResTexturePack02.esp

HighResTexturePack03.esp

KS Hairdo's.esp

RaceMenu.esp

RaceMenuPlugin.esp

Eyes of Aber.esp

12FemaleBrows.esp

StartingLoadouts.esp

TrueStorms.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp

TrueStorms-CoT-WeatherPatch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Cold.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp

ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp

EnhancedLightsandFX.esp

ELFX - Exteriors.esp

SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Complete.esp

Differently Ebony.esp

AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp

Supreme Storms - Cot Version.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_SupStorms.esp

TrueStorms-SupremeStorms-CoT.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_Snow-40.esp

CoT-WeatherPatch_NL3.esp

Purewaters.esp

SkyFalls + SkyMills.esp

The power of nazeem.esp

JobsofSkyrim.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Waterfall Effects.esp

SMIM-Merged-All.esp

quest_thebiggertheyare.esp

Beards.esp

MintyLightningMod_COT_Patch.esp

YourOwnSkyrim.esp

fallentreebridges.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp

quest_nomercy.esp

tos_amber_guard.esp

tos_laintardale_hf.esp

tos_oakwood_hf.esp

CinematicFireFX.esp

Grass Field.esp

mintylightningmod.esp

PhinBirthSigns.esp

SkyUI.esp

Skyrim Particle Patch for ENB - Flame Atronach Fix.esp

dragonboneweaponscomplete.esp

quest_seaofghosts.esp

tos_granitehall.esp

quest_pitfighter.esp

midas magic expanded.esp

quest_sorcery.esp

quest_andtherealmsofdaedra.esp

SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp

konahrik, the priest.esp

Apocalypse - The Spell Package (Workshop).esp

TheEyesOfBeauty.esp

quest_pitfighter_dlc01.esp

Useless Facts for your Loading Screen V2.esp

Vsauce.esp

VsauceSneakAttack.esp

spooky.esp

tommy wiseau bow.esp

tommy wiseau summonable.esp

HaveYouHeardOfTheHighElves.esp

jaxonzrenamer.esp

Open Cities Skyrim.esp

Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp

Alternate Start -- New Beginnings.esp

ELFXEnhancer.esp

Requiem.esp

Requiem - Legendary Bugsmasher Edition.esp

Requiem for the Indifferent.esp

My PC specs are:
Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM (AMD Radeon R9 380 Series)

[Can someone help me understand this?]

So when I start Skyrim it CTD after 5secs-1min and I don't know why. So I changed the ini for there to be a papyrus file of why it crashed. The thing is that I don't know what it says/ I don't understand what's causing it. I hope someone can help.

[All my mod Plugins are gone]

Yes I have

[All my mod Plugins are gone]

Yeah I downloaded the mods, enabled the mods and then the plugins and now the plugins dissapeared. Yes I had and still have auto deploy enabled.

My mod staging folder is on the D drive and the Download Folder on the C drive. I chose hardlink deployment in the settings and yes I have handle on.

What do you mean by Extentions? and yes the problem is still the same if I restart vortex.

[All my mod Plugins are gone]

I installed 50+ mods for skyrim on vortex and now as I can see the mods are in the mod part of the Mod Manager but not a single plugin of any of the mods are in the plugin part of the manager only the Plugins of the Workshop mods. The Skyrim folder also only has the plugins of the Workshop mods and the mod folders in my vortex folder are completly empty. I tried deploying the mods more than once but still no Plugins. Is there any way to fix this?