redprincess79 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I really love cooking in Skyrim ever since I started using Ineed, one of the easiest need mods out there. The problem is that many of the mods that add recipes to the game are pretty old, or they are complete overhauls, or they use vanilla textures and desperately need to be updated. I'd like to create a new mod with simple recipes using resources already provided by the DLCs and Skyrim itself. Or, if it's easier, I'd like to update or expand on someone else's mod that has dropped the ball and/or disappeared from the modding community altogether. I'm thinking something along the lines of Cooking Expanded- which uses what is already there and adds custom soup textures.The issue is, I'm almost completely new to modding. I have CK and have dabbled in editing NPC's appearances, getting rid of the stupid "gray face" bug, and merging plugins. But this mod is a completely different thing altogether, and I assume that it takes different skills and tools. (I don't even know!) Where do I begin? I was reading a tutorial called The Milk Drinker's Guide to Modding Skyrim, but apparently that has been pulled from the Nexus, and google searches aren't giving me any tutorials that tell me how to begin with something like this. I've also found that people have a habit of referencing something I have no idea what they are talking about, and typically don't clarify. If anyone has any advice or wants to point me in the right direction, please do so! I could really use it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsbunny4president Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 it might be very helpful to to go on an adventurers trip through the filetree in the creation kit's objective window. check out what you find in the tree, for example under actor, constructible objects, magic and stuff. under items/constructible objects you will find what you were looking for. there are many very good tutorials (if i may say that - i am a beginner, too) about the same topics, but they might give an insight from different point of views and one might respond to one tutorial more rhan to others, even if they are all the same. so i advise you to try many different tutorials. it might be aswell a good idea to get an insight about "tesvedit". i hope you will have a lot of fun realizing your ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redprincess79 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks......can you link to some of the tutorials? Or ones you found helpful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugsbunny4president Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 tesvedit by gopher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOQO2S6HDBw cration kit by creationkit.com: http://www.creationkit.com/Category:Tutorials me mysellf is getting confused very easily by complex tutorials, but after a few days of darkness i am glad that i spend much time with the basics. when i try more/ something else in modding i need them anyway. have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff BigBizkit Posted August 3, 2015 Staff Share Posted August 3, 2015 type "recipe" in the filter in the CK. Lots of things will appear. The ones you should care about are the blue things (type = COBJ = Constructible Object). Those are Recipes. Take one you know from the game like the one for vegetable soup and check it out. It should be pretty self-explanatory. A list of needed ingredients + the item that is created (top right), the "bench keyword" (below), meaning the type of crafting station needed (cooking pot in this case, could also be forge, skyforge, alchemist table etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElioraArin Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 If you want to change the textures & food effects you will also need to find the dish that the recipe makes & make adjustments to that. I am currently working on a "simple recipe" mod for my own personal use that has turned into an "enormous recipe" mod. I advise to learn the basics, get into the kit & become familiar with what can be done, then hop out & plan everything you want to do before going back in & doing it! In my case I wanted to add new recipes & dishes, & the more I added the more I found I needed to go back & make adjustments to what I had already done, if you plan it out in advance you can avoid this annoyance :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redprincess79 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 On 8/3/2015 at 6:05 PM, ElioraArin said: If you want to change the textures & food effects you will also need to find the dish that the recipe makes & make adjustments to that. I am currently working on a "simple recipe" mod for my own personal use that has turned into an "enormous recipe" mod. I advise to learn the basics, get into the kit & become familiar with what can be done, then hop out & plan everything you want to do before going back in & doing it! In my case I wanted to add new recipes & dishes, & the more I added the more I found I needed to go back & make adjustments to what I had already done, if you plan it out in advance you can avoid this annoyance :DGood advice. I hope you share this mod with the community! More recipes= happy cookers! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElioraArin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I'm definitely not planning on uploading it to Nexus as it will be my first ever attempt at a mod, I am very much learning as I go, & I would hate to mess up anyone's game - besides, I couldn't be bothered with all the comments from people who don't agree with what I have done :D I'm also having trouble finding all the textures that I need, & I am not interested in trying to create my own, so I feel like it would look a bit too "unfinished" to put on the site, by my standards anyway! Because I'm such a perfectionist it's still a long way off being finished so who knows - if I do change my mind & decide to upload it when it's done I'll let you know :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redprincess79 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 I totally understand. I can't imagine having to deal with the amount of comments some of the authors of the big mods have to deal with......crazy! And some people are so rude! But good luck anyway. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElioraArin Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 It probably isn't really what you're after anyway - it's nothing fancy, I am keeping it to simple hot & hearty meals that I would want to eat in that kind of climate. It will clutter up the cooking menus ALOT as I use survival mods so I am including spit roasts & bowls of berries etc that require no ingredients other than one meat or one harvestable from the wild. Then there are more complex seasoned roasts, stews, pies & travel pastries for EACH variety of meat, in addition to vegan options, breads, oatmeals, steamed puddings, fruit & custard desserts, & snacks etc. Not to mention it's a complete overhaul of everything from vanilla meals to food effects, cost of food etc etc ... I foresee nothing but complaints if I uploaded this mod :D If I could even upload it in the first place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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