[SSE] House Mods

[Cyngen80]

Greetings!

 

I downloaded a mod that I really like for it's secret lair. It really has what I'm looking for in a "lair" a secret entrance/exit...There's some things that I would change in the lair like some weapon racks and placements of the mannequins....However, the house/mansion itself could use some more work... I've never modded before and have had the desire to try it, but my work schedule doesn't leave a lot of free time which I would rather spend it playing rather than more work. With that said I'm wiilling to put in the work but as I said I've never modded before so I don't know where to begin/start or how to go about it.

 

What I'm looking for is tips or anything on how to make changes to a house. Should I learn how to create a house, and if so where do I begin? It would be idea if someone could do the modding part and I could just explain what I want, but if all else fail do it yourself right?

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[Sovrath]

i don't think you need to learn how to make a house. If anything, this is a great opportunity to learn the creation kit.

 

Just open the mod in the creation kit, find the house in the cell view window and double click. This will open it in the render window.. You can either grab or move items in the render window or find them in the editor ID space (next to cell view) highlight and then you can move it in the render window. Sometimes if you grab items in the render window you inadvertently grab something else because the bounding box of another item is a bit large. You'll see.

 

In the cell view window, highlight something and hit "w"

 

You'll find some cells called warehouse something something. In one of them there are some book shelves, weapon racks, shield rack, etc. You could copy from those cells and paste it in the house. You could also highlight what you want to duplicate and hit "ctrl D" to duplication it and just grab and move it.

 

Now, if you're looking to have your character approach a npc and have them buy upgrades, that's a whole different thing and I'm afraid I can't help you on that. good luck and have fun!