Editing existing mods

[Lemonpieman]

Here's the scoop: I downloaded Running Revised, but I don't appreciate the feature in which your Heavy armor and Light armor skills are depleted while sprinting. So I'm wondering, how would I go about editing this mod to remove this feature?

[Vagrant0]

As everything is controlled with scripting, doing so would likely break the whole mod if you don't know what you're doing. It does however make practical sense to lower defense skills when running since you can't really defend yourself as well when doing a full sprint as you could from a standing position.

[Lemonpieman]

So; there is absolutely no way to edit a mod?

[ptbptb]

So; there is absolutely no way to edit a mod?

 

Mods can be edited, but whether you can edit mods depends entirely on how much care and effort you are willing to put into it. It's not easy. At all.

 

Google tes4 construction set for tutorials, tools, etc.

[Fixer]

You can edits mods, you just have to know what you're doing.

 

I have one mod that I picked up from somewhere that I want to modify. I found the dialog option that I want to tweak but am unsure how to change it.

 

The line I want to change searches the entire cell for other actors (dead, alive, NPCs or monsters). If no one other than yourself or the person you are talking to is present it chooses one dialog option while if anyone else is present it goes to a second dialog option. I want to change the search parameters to search for 'observing' instead of 'present in cell'. Unfortunately, I do not know how to script that. Thus, when I find out HOW to script that, I can simply change that script in the dialog to do what I want. Until then, I have to do my research.

 

So, you can change a mod, but doing stuff you don't know how to do will break them. Make copies before you play with them and don't save until you are SURE it works right.

[Lemonpieman]

Well, before I go off and break anything, would anybody care to help me exactly what to do in this case?

[Fixer]

Well, for starters, look here:

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index...t_Game_Settings

 

That might help a lot.

 

For the life of me I cannot find the name of the variable that says, "you are being noticed, even though you aren't sneaking".

 

Seriously, can someone tell me what the name of the counter is that tells you how many people can see you at any given moment? I am googling like crazy and coming up with naught.