Leveled Lists

[Medicalaid]

Hello there, folks! This is probably one of the first, if not THE first time I've posted on the Nexus Forums!

 

I'm just want to ask how can I go about adding weapons and armor to NPC leveled lists? I'm wanting to add the weapons and armor added in Vvardenfell Imports to the leveled lists for bandits, containers, and other NPC factions whose gear is determined by the leveled list.

[Surilindur]

You can add the items to their respective leveled lists in the Construction Set by checking what leveled lists are being used by what type of enemies (the NPC records in the CS will have leveled lists placed in their inventories just like normal items) and then just dragging and dropping the items to the lists they use (i think they were listed in the CS under a 'LeveledItem' category or something like it). Making a separate .esp for the leveled lists additions might help with compatibility and/or when Vvardenfell Imports gets an update. I would recommend using the Construction Set Extender by shadeMe to improve the 'modding experience' and greatly reduce the amount of frustration caused by using the CS. With it, you can also easily create an .esp with other .esps as its master - completely without the need to 'esmify' and 'espify'.

 

Another way would be using OBSE to add the items to leveled lists, although that might be too complicated unless one wants to allow the user of the plugin to choose what to add and where using some kind of a configuration file. Here is a list of OBSE functions with some examples: http://obse.silverlock.org/obse_command_doc.html

 

The easiest way is probably to just add the items to the leveled lists by dragging them in the CS. Then, you can add Bash tags to your .esp (typing them in the description is usually enough). You can find them in the advanced readme of Wrye Bash. By adding the right Bash tags, you can try to make sure Wrye Bash recognises that the new plugin (that adds the items to leveled lists) contains leveled list changes. It should then be able to combine the changes with changes made by other mods when building a Bashed Patch to remove compatibility issues with other mods changing the same leveled lists.

 

Hopefully that helps a little. I am not an expert with leveled lists.

 

Edit: This device of mine is clearly NOT designed for doing something else than just browsing the Internet. It changed all the letters to small ones the first time I posted this. And no, I do not think it was my fault. I think...

Edited March 27, 2015 by PhilippePetain