Newbie with basic questions

[Huggyd37]

So with out beating around the bush, to much.

I am a just a player of skyrim been a fan of the series since Dagger Fall. I have and use Nexus Mod Manager with only basic mods (Dwemer Armory) I have also have bought Dawnguard as well as HearthFire and have them loaded.

 

I send some time on here doing some reading and decided to download the Creation Kit

(The.Elder.Scrolls.V.Skyrim.Creation.Kit.v1.9.32.0)

I have not loaded or done anything with it yet. But I just wanted to ask a few basic questions.

1- is there any chance by playing around with the kit that I can screw up my game?

2- in general how long does it take to put together a use able house and make it playable with in skyrim?

3- when adding a home made mod (like a house or cave, etc) is it bast to always add it to the bottom of the plugins list on the Mod Manager?

 

If there is any advice please add it in.

 

Thanks you all for all the work you do with Skyrim!!

 

[mcbraintheking]

Bah hyperlink messed my post. Editing real quick.

 

There we go:

1. If you set any of the original game module (esm) files as the active file, any changes you make will be written over them *if you save them*. When loading the module files, if you don't select an active file, any changes would be saved into a new plugin (.esp) file. The CK does back up any files it writes to, though, so it's not all that bad.

2. That depends a lot of the details of your modification, and your knowledge about the CK and how the game works internally It could take from a couple hours to a couple weeks, if you get stuck on a problem you don't know how to solve.

3. Generally yes. Always back up your saved games before installing a new mod, because sometimes a mistake by you or the mod author can cause a lot of irreversible issues with the saved games.

Edited January 5, 2014 by mcbraintheking

[Huggyd37]

ok.. thanks.... good info.

I think, I shall just stick with playing right now and when I get board then I will start to MOD around, that way I am not screwing up over 200hours of game time..... I think I would cry if I loaded a home made mod and I lost everything.