editing existing scripts

[Revenge096]

Okay so today I have been reading quite a lot about it and there's one thing I don't understand. Everyone is saying that's all about psc files and not pex files and if author of the mod added these source psc files that you should be able to change want you want. What I did is I did edit a psc file with notepad++ and saved it but it did not change anything about this specific spell (more precisely power). Then I opened a pex file with notepad++ and it's contents is mixed like first 11 lines are mixed symbols and normal text and the rest after 11 line is all symbols.

 

And here's what I'm trying to do:
The mod adds some races and those are more precisely paths and every path has their unique spells and powers. There's 1 path(let's name it "zzz") that have 1 unique power that the rest paths doesn't have.

I tried to permit other path (let's name it xxx) to use it so what I did is I use search option in notepad++ for this path's name (zzz) and replaced it all with other path name(xxx) but it didn't change anything because there's also an in game alert if you add this power with console player.addspell and tries to use it, it says "Only the followers of the path zzz can use it". And I also edited this script to say "xxx path" so not only the power didn't activate but the alert was also still reffering to the old "zzz" path just like I didn't change anything ...

 

Then I did the exactly same thing in the pex file and guess what ... atleast alert is now reffering to the new correct path's name "xxx". In the end I used pex decompiler http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/2909/? and get from it a pexd file which contains only normal text and I think that's the key because in the pex file I could find and replace only like 5 strings reffering to the path's name when in this pexd file I replaced like 10 values but now I don't know how to convert it back to a normal pex file. If I just change name to pex and replace it in scripts folder it's even worse then before because not only power still isn't working but even the alert isn't popping out.

[lofgren]

You had it right the first time. You need to edit the psc file and then use either the Creation Kit or a program called PapyrusCompiler (which comes with the CK) to convert the psc into a pex. However note that the script may not be the only thing preventing the race from using that power. There may be other restrictions that are not script-based.

[lofgren]

Also you will probably need to edit some properties on whatever the script is attached to.

 

If nothing I am saying makes any sense, then it is time to start with a remedial beginners scripting tutorial.

 

EDIT: So I just realized I wasn't completely certain about the definition of "remedial" and decided to look it up. I didn't actually intend to sound like a huge jerk here. What you need is a scripting tutorial for first timers, not a scripting tutorial for people with learning difficulties.

Edited June 19, 2015 by lofgren

[Revenge096]

Well... somehow I did it and you were right. After few hours of fighthing and setting directory paths for notepad ++ and papyrus compiler, finally I got compiled scripts but it wasn't enough. I used creation kit to localize this spell and the key was the magic effect of it. If you open a magic effect with CK in right lower corner there's a small window called "papyrus script" and it's shows script itself related to this magic effect. I went to it's properties and there were some empty value fields. I used auto-fill on them and it filled those fields with right values. After that, this power has been rewrited to this other path. Thank you very much for your help. I could not do it if it not you.