Shaydow

As far as I STILL know, as far as scripting, you can still only call on a perk to the player and not on any outside asset. There is still a way to do it, but then the perk for the NPC becomes constant, and not a toggle. This allows you to apply the perk to the NPC, but it is ALWAYS on, you can never turn it off. You need to make your perk an ability, and then apply that ability through the MagicEffect in the creation kit. Any perk can be applied this way, though with NPC's the ME ( MagicEffect) must be a constant and can never be a function call. As far as I know. If I am wrong maybe someone can point you in the right direction. I hope this helps.

I'm attempting to add a cool down to a castable spell yet I can't seem to figure out how. Using Wait doesn't work as the spell can just be recast again. I do not want to make it a shout. The only way I have currently been able to implement it is to have the script remove the spell, then use the wait function, followed by re-adding the spell. This is less than ideal however since if the player has the spell as a favorite, whenever it is removed then added again the spell is removed from favorites and must be re-added. Anyone know any other way to add a cooldown to a castable? Thanks in advance.

You won't notice much of a difference even at 25-28 FPS anyway. The human eye can only register around 30 FPS IIRC, even 22-25 should not be any noticeable lag. Anything over 30 FPS is over-rated and more of a " I can pull X FPS with my hardware! " type deal then a " I lag when I drop under 90 FPS ".

The problem with this, and my problem, is not so much adding a new perk, or even a work around for unarmed instead of a weapon, but what I have been trying to do is replace the attack ANIMATIONS from vampire lord. It seems that say what he suggested for NORD unarmed attacks would work just fine, and I MIGHT even be able to apply the perk onHit for vampire lord, IF I could get an onHit to register for the animations I'm trying to use. Beast races ( such as Vampire lord and all the ones I mentioned earlier ) seem to use their own unarmed attack type, so using an animation, even say Kajit unarmed, that is NOT one of those "beast" races, will NOT register a hit, even with such a perk applied.

It is world model in CK. World model represents how something looks in both the inventory AND on the the ground ( or as Shadowjin said, the _gnd model ). Not every model is namned that ( I name mine INV ). This is found in the CK under the armor addon section, under world model. Note that to throw something out of inventory on to the ground you model must ALSO have proper collision data in the nif. Also remove the skinned shader under lighting or it will also not appear. Good luck!

You can remove the dependency of a mod when you first go to load that mod in CK. Step 1 : load Creation Kit Step 2 : select the mod you want, check it as active file. DO NOT LOAD IT YET. Step 3 : On the right hand side of the mod you have selected as your active file you will see a list of dependencies. Click on the one you want to get rid of ( I.E : ApachiHair ). Now hit Ctrl+delete. CK will yell something at you about unable to find form types or something. JUST SAY YES. Step 4 : load the mod now that you have deleted the dependency. Step 5 : SAVE THE MOD. You do not need to change anything. The mod's .esp no longer requires that mod as a dependency to use. Good luck!

I have noticed through my own modding of Vampire Lord that "Beast" races ",( werewolf. Vampirelord, Hagraven, Spriggan, etc ) have a completely DIFFERENT subset of melee attacks. They seem to use their own type rather then player unarmed attack types. It is something I have been struggling with with one of the mods I'm working on as well, so correct me if I am wrong. Otherwise, this may be your problem.

You don't need a new crafting station to do this. A smelter would work just fine. HOWEVER, your mod will require a lot of work since you would need to add new recipes for every item you wanted the player to be able to melt down. SO what you need to do is create a new recipe. If it is an iron sword, create your recipe, say it is created at the smelter, requires 1 iron sword, and the created object for that recipe is 50 gold ( example, I have no idea what you actually want for balance ). You don't need to script anything for this, so it is all CK related, but be warned, you would have to do this for every item in the game. Creating a brand NEW station would require you to create the NEW station, AND still do what I said but your new recipes would require that station, instead of a smelter. Good luck. ~Shay

My advice : - Never release a mod where you know there is a "known issue". Don't say " I know this is an issue and I will fix it later". If you know something is broken, take the time to fix it BEFORE releasing the mod. Your only releasing a mod you made because you want the praise and recognition it brings. You won't get those if you release something with bugs you already KNOW exist. - Take the time to play test your mod. Even something simple can lead to CTD's. If you just load the game once and see your change, it doesn't mean you can just say " it's working! " and release it. You never know when a CTD is around the corner. - If your script fails to compile, don't just give up or try to find a "work around" to it. Take the time to learn WHY the script is having compiling errors. This will not only make your mod work the way you want, but also make you a better script writer. - Replacer mods are not the only thing you can do to get into the scene. Take the time to learn how to make your mod a standalone. You will gain more knowledge of mod-making this way. - Mods come from original ideas. Don't just make one small change to someones mod and release it and think " I did a lot! ". No one is really going to respect you for that. - If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Your first few mods may not be a HUGE success, but who knows, that 4th one may be the next big thing. I.E : DON'T GIVE UP. Hope this helps. Peace, ~Shay

You need to unpack skrim.BSA Find a BSA unpacker of your choosing and then unpack the meshes. Find the .nif your looking for and alter it. Alternatively, you can just create a new .nif that you want to replace with, find the file structure for it in Skyrim ( something like meshes/armor/dragonplate/dragonplatemale.nif or something ) create that file structure in your skyrim directory, and add it in. Skyrim will always use the file structure to show models in game over skyrim.bsa, this is how file replacers are made. Good luck.

I am really not the best at papyrus, but I think you can replace GetActorReference with GetReference, though I may be wrong. I was interested in this, this was the best I could find, since .addperk only seems to apply to the player, and not an objectreference. http://www.gameskyrim.com/addperk-npc-t259951.html Good luck

If anyone is interested, I tried my own " I wonder if this will work " . Packaged it as a BSA in CK, used a BSAunPacker, added in the tints, then used archive tool to package it again and everything worked out fine. I have no idea why CK won't included any custom tints ( or facegen meshes for that matter fyi ), but at least it allows me to see in an easy to read style my file structure and add in only what was missing. Good luck, Shay

Hello all, I am having a SLIGHT problem with a mod I am making. The mod contains a new race I made AND transformations, and the transformations use custom bodies as part of the armor mesh. The problem is, I'm using custom Head.tri files and when using the transformations, the head skin color and the body skin color of the body attached to the armor, don't match. I used TexBlend and got them pretty close, but still there is an "off" to it. Now I thought this might be an issue with certain facegen tints, however, when I change the file path on my race to use a different tint, the file-create archive to make a new .BSA in CK does NOT include the custom path or the custom tints. What could be causing this? Anyone have any ideas how I can fix this? I had thought about packing my data as a BSA in CK, then unpacking it so I could see the file structure, adding my tints, then repacking it as a BSA using the Archive Tool, but I am unsure if this will work seeing as how CK doesn't want to include the new paths for the tints in the first place. The tints in question are lips, eyesocket, and eyeliner, as I THINK these are the ones causing the discoloration. Please, PLEASE, correct me if I am wrong. Thank you for your time. Peace, Shay

Ok I'm still having problems now with the inventory showing the armor to low. It now rest slightly below the stats for the armor.

No I removed them. However you just made me have a thought. I dont think I removed the whole branch. Should I? Also I didn't add the BSInvMarker untill I was trying to figure out why it wouldn't work correctly. Would this matter? ( attached as extra data to my Scene Root ). Holy crap on a jumping stick! I am such a tard. I'm glad you said something though. I HAD Missed ONE BSDismemberSkinInstance in my .nif lol. If you hadn't said anything I wouldn't have even checked for it. My man, you are a LIFESAVER! Thank you so much! I appreciate your help! Thankful, Shay

Would I also have to remove NiSkinPartitions? I hadn't thought of that.

No I removed them. However you just made me have a thought. I dont think I removed the whole branch. Should I? Also I didn't add the BSInvMarker untill I was trying to figure out why it wouldn't work correctly. Would this matter? ( attached as extra data to my Scene Root ).

Yes and no matter what I set it to it still appears the same in CK / Game. I'm not sure why. Also when I try just taking say DragoneBonearmoGO and deleting the mesh, then importing my meshes into it, I get recursive link errors up the you know what and CK crashes, as well as Skyrim CTD. Again, I have no clue why this one armor set wont work.

Greetings all, I am having problems with a set of custom armor I have made. I have done this many times and made specific mods, so I am not new to this. My problem is this : when adding ONE specific piece of my armor ( the chest ) to world models for inventory and _gnd , the chest appears VERY VERY tiny, or you could say very far off. None of my other pieces do this, even another chest from a different set of custom armor I have made. I tried taking the .nif of most every other piece I have that works just fine and deleting my meshes and replacing them with the chest meshes I want to work, but I either get a CK crash when trying to update to a new world model for it, or a CTD. I can not for the life of me figure this out. Any help from anyone who has experienced this problem would be most appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my question. Peace, Shay

If you make it require that other mod, then no explicit permission is required - and of course linking to a required file is a good way to ensure downloads for both. Giving credit is only fair. What is a good idea is at least trying to sent a message stating your intentions to make the other mod a required file of your own. Even if you do not get a reply, at least you have a chance of the author knowing of your idea. It might lead to them contacting you, which may conclude with the permissions you seek being given (hopefully, always a chance of a "no" of course...) You just have to make sure the content, and the place you link to - are safe to do so. Ripped content, or a site that supports\hosts such are not going to be allowed. So I'd recommend getting them checked with us first beforehand, just to be safe. I have not modded / visited Nexus in a while, but started playing Skyrim a week or so again ( wanted to start a new game before the release of Dawnguard ) and came back. Checked all my old posts ( I had made a few new ones ) and then saw this response in a thread I had given up on long beforehand. Thank you for the clarification. While many of my own " personal " mods would require a complete file path overhaul ( modders know what I mean, I've been known to use textures from one item set on another ) it is not IMPOSSIBLE to release what I have done, something for a long time I thought would be here on nexus, so never released anything I did ( I LIKE nexus damnit ). Peace, Shay P.S: If you have any questions on my "personal" mods, you can send me a PM. I don't think private sharing is against the TOS.... or am i wrong? P.P.S: Sorry for what would seem like a Necro, I've just been out of the loop for a while.

Hello all, jimhsu, I KNOW I'm on nexus, I love nexus, I have no desire to get in trouble here, hence why I asked. Mareth, I assume as much, it is why I made the comment about workshop in the first place. Dante... I know what those ... mean :P I'm trying to avoid trouble is all. Now on to my 2nd question in regards to your response; what if I made my mod REQUIRE the download of the mod that held the asset in question ( it would mean redoing a LOT of my file paths, but I can deal with that), and pointed to a download of it in the mod discription? I've seen this done I before, does it still require permission this way? Seems a little redundant if so. I understand giving credit where it is do, but your already doing that if the asset in question is required to be downloaded from the original author. Thanks again for your time and to those who took the time to respond. Peace, Shay

Title. If I'm using assets from say someone in Korea, had to use google translate just to know what to download etc, and then made a mod that draws upon those assets and have no clue how to get permission, is it safe to release the mod? I read the upload FAQ and it says it REQUIRES I have permission from everyone ( NOT just credit ). This would be an almost impossible task to begin with ( my mod draws upon I would say a total of 10-12 different assets not created by me ), but having someone I have no way of contacting and the asset I'm drawing from NOT available here on nexus ( or workshop for that matter, but I digress ), I have no clue as to what I can or can not do. Thank you for your time. Peace, Shay