Uploading for a noob.

[begothprincess]

Hello, I have been woking on my own version of the popular mod Rayeks End. I have added some General Stores (cloud storage mod) chests to the mod and I wanted to upload my version of Rayeks End here. However I have never packaged a file before. I have used WinRar and I know the basics but I dont know what files I would need to include in the rar to have the mod work properly. I know I need the esm but I just dont know where to start. Can anyone give me a quick guide on how to do this? Thanks!

 

PS. yes i have permissions from Rayek to upload my modded version.

[Deleted5094879User]

Umm from what I remember, you need to put the file in a folder named Data and zip it, that should work. but I could also be completely wrong. my advice is manually download a mod and see how it is layered.

[Matth85]

You need the correct folder structure. It depends what your mod consist of.

Data --> Put your .esp/.esm here, and other folders you used.

if you have put it any kind of custom content, such as scripts, meshes or textures, you add more folders to it.

Data/textures

Data/Meshes

 

 

Now, if you want to upload a simple construction kit change, you simply need to upload the .esp. If the content you use are from another mod, your mod will require that mod to work. If you want yours to be stand-alone, given you got the permission, you can simply download the required mod again, then drag your .esp inside the data folder of that .rar file, which will overwrite it.

 

in short:

 

- Make a folder called Data.

- Drop the .esp you have made changes to in your new folder(Data).

- Right click it and make it to compressed .rar file.

 

If you have made changes to the original .esp from the original mod author, and got permission to upload your version of it:

- Get the original .rar. if you do not got it, download from the nexus manually.

- Open it, and navigate into the "data" folder.

- Drop your edited .esp into the .rar, overwritting the original .esp.

 

Now, repeating myself. the first one is given you have used the original mod as a base, and yours is dependant on it. That must be specified while you upload your file. The latter one requires permission from the author, since you are pretty much taking his/her mod and publishing it with a small edit, under your name.