Amateur modder needing help

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I wish to create a few custom items to make my play time more enjoyable. I'm not wanting some crazy mount or anything like that, I just want a nice sword with a matching dagger, shield and bow that has effects that I dictate (effects already in game like Soul Trap and stuff) and I want 2 sets of armor. I'll explain in detail what I aim to do:

 

One set would have just a robe with a few custom effects (Frost shield and Chameleon), with an equally modest looking pair of shoes that has a few custom effects (Feather and Speed) and gloves (Shield or Shock shield). The shield would have a Fire Shield effect. The Sword would be a 1 handed longsword with Soul trap on it. The dagger would have drain health. The bow would have Demoralize and maybe Paralysis on hit. If possible, I'd also like to create some arrows with dispel.

 

The second set of armor would be light armor . Helmet would have life detection and increases to Personality and Intelligence, Gauntlets would have increases to Strength and Agility, Cuirasse would have resistance to elements and agility, Greaves would have an increase to Acrobatics and Speed and boots would have water walking and feather.

 

Graphically, I don't intend to create new models for all of the above items. I'm thinking the robe would have the same model as White Monk's robe and the models for the shoes and gloves would probably be easy to find in the game too.

 

However, once I get to the weapons and the second set of armor, I'm not so confident. I would prefer lighter colored reskins of Elvish weapons, which I found too ... golden for my liking. On the armor, I'm considering the mithril models, as I want something that doesn't look too bulky but definitely looks like something a real high-ranking officer or king would wear to a war. If I do go with the mithril, I'd like to make the armor white and gold, with the shield matching it (perhaps a whitened Elvish shield).

 

My character is sorta inspired by Jean d'Arc and the "warrior-monk/rogue" archetype. For general purpose missions, diplomacy, stealth missions and all that I would don the monk robes with a bow (or a dagger, depending on the situation). However, when I venture into Oblivion Gates or other times when large-scale battles are to be expected, I plan on equipping the light armor and attack with the sword and shield, looking every bit the Holy Warrior medieval storytellers envisioned.

 

Now that the vision is explained, I shall explain my difficulties. I downloaded Construction Set, but I see no way to create new items in the Weapons category of the objects window. Also, I cannot get the Render window to function. It shows up on the work-screen, but if I drag anything to it nothing happens and the File menu says the render window is inactive. When I try to active it, nothing happens. Finally, I don't know where I can create my own custom enchantments for weapons and armor. Sure, I can select one of the ones that already exist, but most of them have only one effect or (from downloaded mods) are too overpowered.

 

I tried dismantling a couple custom-item mods I downloaded from this site, but I achieved no success. Any help would be appreciated, even if it is redirecting me to some location where someone has already taken the trouble of creating a snazzy white and gold light armor set. I only wish to use the mod for myself once it's made, as I'm borrowing a lot from other modders and don't wish to plagiarize, however if etiquette permits I would upload it to the site to share my success.

 

TLDR: Would someone please explain to me how to create custom weapon/armor enchantments, custom weapons and custom armor using the Construction Set and to recolor existing models to suit my tastes. Explain to me as one would to a five-year-old child who has never modded before.

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Disregard the reskinning. Apparently I'm not the only one who likes gold and white armor, and found some nice examples after I posted. However creating custom weapon enchants still concerns me, so assistance would be appreciated.

 

Also, is there any way to easily combine effects of different esp files?

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Disregard the reskinning. Apparently I'm not the only one who likes gold and white armor, and found some nice examples after I posted. However creating custom weapon enchants still concerns me, so assistance would be appreciated.

 

Also, is there any way to easily combine effects of different esp files?

You might want to check out the CS wiki. It seems like alot of your problems come from just not knowing how to use the CS or what various things within the CS are there for. The CS does not allow you to make new weapon meshes or textures, you will need additional software for that. There are a few tutorials on the wiki which cover this.

 

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Main_Page

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Right, I know about the meshes and textures. I was just hoping to create a new weapon enchantment. You know, Umbra has Soultrap for 120 seconds? I want to create a Weapon that has Soultrap + something else.

 

I found some sweet graphics, now I just need to be able to customize weaponry and I'll be set.