TomCat25

Hi, Nexus community! I have a neat web project that I've spent a lot of time building for Skyrim and Oblivion fans called The Elder Stats. It's a character database where you can sign-up and create profiles for your characters and post almost all of the in-game stats you could imagine, upload photos and screenshots you've taken, receive comments from others who view your characters, and even keep a Journal for each of your characters to document your character's adventures and your progress with him or her. Each character you add to the site also has a signature image automatically generated for them that contains their profile photo image, along with some of their main stats from their profile, and it updates automatically once you update the character. It's pretty neat for placing in forum signatures to share some quick info on your characters and link to their more extensive profiles. ;) There are also extensive leaderboards for both Skyrim and Oblivion characters on the site, and a character search system as well. It's a great site for sharing the hard work you've put into your characters with other fans, and showing off what you've accomplished in Skyrim and/or Oblivion. It's geared toward getting your characters out there so that people can notice them, and helping you to build a nice record of your characters for your own enjoyment. I've put a lot of effort into it over the past few years, but it isn't very well-known, so I'm hoping to gain some publicity for it here where a lot of Elder Scrolls fans will be able to see it. We have a small user base right now, but I'm hoping to expand the site and to introduce many more people to the site. I'm still adding features, too (although slowly), so suggestions and feature requests are always welcome. I'm excited about growing the database of characters from the couple of thousand that it is now into many thousands of characters, in due time. So, if you wish, please check it out and consider adding your characters! And please let me know if you like my work. It's for the fans, so I hope it's well-received. The link is www.elderstats.com Note: I asked for permission from a Nexus Forums admin before posting this, so I'm not intending to spam or to cause a disturbance. I just want to share this neat project of mine with some fellow fans, and hopefully build an extensive database of Elder Scrolls characters soon enough. :)

Great, thanks a lot! I was able to find a couple of good places through Google with more information regarding message boxes. I think the most relevant one in my situation would be this: http://tesmods.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html Now, to address the problem of grabbing individual character data from a save file and sending it to a specified script on the web -- is this actually a more straightforward process than I'm making it seem? Basically, I want to be able to grab data from a save file which the user chooses, then send those pieces of data together as an HTTP POST request (or maybe even as a GET request) to a script (eg: mysite.com/script.php). I guess I'm confused about two things here: 1) How can I call a list of saved game files for the user to choose from, and 2) How can I write a function that can access the individual pieces of data in that save file (the sending of the HTTP request to the server is probably pretty easy). If anyone could provide me with some links to tutorials or posts that would put me on the right track, I'd greatly appreciate that. Thanks!

Hi, Nexus community! I run a small Elder Scrolls fan site that allows players to create profiles for their characters and add their characters' stats into the profiles (stats from in-game, such as total gold, individual skill levels, etc. etc.). Currently, all of these stats must be inputted manually by the player into each of their characters' profiles, and this can become quite tedious for some, especially those who update their characters' profiles rather frequently. So, in order to remedy this situation (at least for PC players, who are able to use Mods), I've decided that creating a Mod for Skyrim would be the best solution. Ultimately, this Mod should be quite simple. I am only looking to add something to the game's UI, such as a button next to a save file in the load saved games panel that, once clicked, automatically sends a request to my server containing some of the character's stats from that save file. So what's my question? Well, I've looked through a few of the topics explaining how to get started creating a Skyrim Mod, but they all seem to be heavily geared towards creating Mods that add actual content into the game (such as new textures, weapons, and other in-game models). What I'm looking to do is simply to modify the game's menu UI and to access character data from any save file, yet I cannot seem to find a good place to start with that. If anyone would be able to get me started on the right path, given my intentions, or if anyone has any suggestions or information that they would be able to throw my way, I would greatly appreciate it!