Modders resource problem

[mikolajgos]

Hi everyone,

I've been working on a mod, only for my use (just a simple house) and I've tried to use some custom furniture etc. The problem is that when i put new items in any cell, then save the progress and turn the CS off, the items doesn't save at all.

After turning the CS again, there are no things I've put there before. The mods I used:

 

Castle Seaview

 

Wall Shelf

 

Highland Furniture

 

Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine stuff works to me.

 

I hope you will help me to fix it ;/

 

Thanks for your help, mikolajgos

[DavidBudreck]

You cannot use items from one mod in a different mod. That is the way Oblivion is designed. This is often referred to as "mod isolation" and is a royal pain.

 

To use items from a different mod you have to "import" them into your mod. You do this by placing the items as you have been doing. The difference is, click on "Edit Master" then give the item a unique name. When you close the box, the CS will say that you have changed the FormID and ask you if you want to create a new Form.

 

Say Yes.

 

You have now added the item to your mod. Use copies of the new item anywhere in your mod.

 

It becomes a real pain if, for instance, there are several dozen chairs in a room that you want to duplicate. I have found that the easiest way to do this is:

1. Drag one of your new custom items into the cell and duplicate it by hitting Control-D (Don't edit it yet)

2. Select one of the items to be replaced from the cell contents window, NOT the render window. Right-Click to Edit.

3. Move this Objects edit window off to the side so that it is not covering the render window

4. Double-click to edit the duplicate of your item you made in step 1.

5. You now should have two edit windows open side by side, one for the original, one for the duplicate of your item

6. Move back and forth between these windows copying the XYZ positions, Scale, and XYZ angles and pasting in your duplicate

7. This places your duplicate item in Exactly the same position as the original.

8. Close the edit windows

9. Right-click on the original object and delete it.

 

This looks like more trouble that it really is. Once you get the hang of this, and get in the grove, you can do this pretty quickly.

 

It is still a Royal Pain, don't get me wrong, but it's better that trying to move twenty new objects around in the cell and place them properly.

[mikolajgos]

Thanks very much for the instructions! You helped me a lot : )

 

mikolajgos