CC Survival Mode - do any console commands exist to modify values?

[Hexnessie]

Hi, I'm trying to do a very simple thing - lower the Exhaustion Need Rate. 

I'm not a mod writer. I can only edit config files, basic scripts etc that are plain text. So Skyrim's console is the best bet for me to do this.

I've found one mod that should do what I want (Lenient Survival) but I cannot get its MCM menu to show, so it applies ALL its default values, basically removing survival needs.

I'm at a loss. What can I do at this point? I don't have the knowledge to fix Lenient Survival to show its config menu in SkyUI (and certainly wouldn't know  how to  compile  the text script  files  to a viable format).

From my long search, I've only found that the "Survival_ExhaustionNeedRate" might  be the parameter I need to  adjust 

 

Any help and tips very much appreciated.

[Hexnessie]

Well, just in case this gets approved at any point and someone finds this post by searching, I have searched for 12 hours and found my answer:

The command you need to use is "set". 

Syntax:

set [survival_param] to [number]

For example, set Survival_ExhaustionNeedRate to 6

 

To find similar Survival-related params, type "help need"

 

[Karna5]

20 hours ago, Hexnessie said:

just in case this gets approved at any point and someone finds this post by searching

Thanks for sharing that, Hexnessie.

FYI with regard to searching for global variables in general, if you add the number 3 as an argument, it will filter the results to only display global variables.

For instance, you could type:  help need 3

On a semi-related note, there's something I've been trying to figure out for a long time, and maybe your research in survival mode found the answer.

When the game first offers me survival mode, it's too lethal on my new character, and I end up having to disable it. Legendary difficulty, no access yet to food and bed, and a new weak character means I have to disable survival mode just to stay alive.

Later, when I'm strong enough and have access to food and beds, I don't seem to be capable of re-enabling survival mode. The GUI says it's active, but in reality it's not. I don't get hungry or thirsty or tired.

I'm guessing maybe it's like Fallout 4 in which the game blocks you from restoring survival mode once you turn it off. But I can't find the console command to allow me to restore it.

Do you know of a way?

Thanks

[ArcaneTourist]

You might be interested in Survival Control Panel.

It's useful for base game survival mode, frostfall, sunhelm, etc.

 

P.S.  If some of your MCMs don't show, that's a known issue.  In the console, try doing "setstage ski_configmanagerinstance 1".  There are also MCM "kicker" mods.

Edited September 11 by ArcaneTourist

[ArdentFlame]

So if “set” is the command to use, what command do you use to check the value of the current variable?

For example, I tried get survival_exhaustionneedrate but “get” doesn’t show up as a valid command.

[Karna5]

15 minutes ago, ArdentFlame said:

So if “set” is the command to use, what command do you use to check the value of the current variable?

For example, I tried get survival_exhaustionneedrate but “get” doesn’t show up as a valid command.

Are you talking about using set to set global variables?
 

If so, the command I describe a couple of posts up gives you the current values of the environment variable you wish to set.

[7531Leonidas]

Have you tried using the help "survival_exhaustionneedrate" command, it may show the current value.  I don't use survival, so I couldn't check it for you.

[scorrp10]

6 hours ago, ArdentFlame said:

So if “set” is the command to use, what command do you use to check the value of the current variable?

For example, I tried get survival_exhaustionneedrate but “get” doesn’t show up as a valid command.

You can use 'help'