coraxsa Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Okay, so i just installed the creation kit but when I go to data to make an 'Active File' I cant touch anything! Clicking on the files wont help(both left and right click do nothing), selecting 'Set As Active file' wont help. I'm only trying to click the Skyrim.esm! Should I be clicking on the 'Update.esm' instead? Because i did that and it kept giving me a ton of warnings. At the end of the warnings it gave me an error message that continued with the options to abort or retry. I aborted and it shut the whole program down! I restarted the program tried to select it again to see if i could copy down the error message. now it wont let me open that either! Is there something wrong with what i'm doing? Is it because i have active mods in my game, maybe? I dont know whats going on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofgren Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 OK, first of all, you can't make an esm an active file. Next, most of those errors can be safely ignored. Try loading skyrim.esm and update.esm, do not select any active file, and see what errors you get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coraxsa Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) dont i need an active file? Why would is be there if i didnt? And if i dont make an active file it doesnt do anything. It offers no items for any sort of modding edit. how do i load them without making them an active file? i cant open or touch any files. and when i do it shuts the whole program down! i'm ready to beat my head on the wall! Edited August 20, 2014 by coraxsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olnorton Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 When you go to save the changes you made it will ask you what to save it as, type MyMod.esp (or whatever you want to call it) & that will become the active file. You can just load skyrim.esm & then click save to enter an esp name before you change anything if you like. http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/6838-ck-basics-lesson-1/ This is a very good tutorial for getting started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coraxsa Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 okay...so the problem is i cant open anything to do ANYTHING. I cant look at anything at all. There are no accessible files, so i cant even get the beginnings of a mod off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olnorton Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 So you open the CK, go File/Data Double left click on skyrim.esm & click OK What happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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