Trying to make my first mod, and am way over my head.

[Cionaoith]

Essentially, I want to move the stones of Barenziah. I hate the fact that two of the stones require you to initiate quests that are not related to the Theives Guild. And I thought, while I'm at it, it might be fun to share a mod that moves all 24 to new locations, potentially incorporating locations added by Dawnguard and Dragonborn.

 

Part of the issue arises when I look at the gem in the Blue Palace (just for an easy example). There are three items listed in the CS: TGCrown06Go, TGCrownGemAct06, and TGCrownValueItem.

 

My guess is that I need to delete all three of these in order to "move" the stone. Let's say I do that. The TGCrownValueItem in Blue Palace is 00103376, but the generic TGCrownValueItem is 00103370. To make matters worse, though, there is no TGCrownValueItem in Proudspire; only TGCrown07Go and TGCrownGemAct07. So, should I be left to believe that TGCrownGemActxx is the item I need?

But that is not an option when I attempt to add a gem to an actor's inventory (it only makes sense to have to pickpocket at least one of these suckers), only TGCrownValueItem shows up. So, is it enough to collect 24 instances of TGCrownValueItem, or do I need the 24 instances of TGCrownGemActxx?

 

If you can just get me started on that much, I am hoping I can have this modding thing figured out. Thanks for any help you can offer.

[Ceruulean]

Are you sure those are not the same items but with different names? A reference can have a unique name but the base item would still be TGCrownValueItem. Well anyways, check the "Use Info" of TGCrownValueItem and if there's 24 different locations of it, then you have your gem.

 

Anyway, it is likely that the quest accepts any stone, like the crimson nirnroot quest, or gathering ingredients for Ingrid or whatever her name is. You can try placing one in a test cell, start the quest, go to that cell and take the item and see if it registers.