KillerSkark1978 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ok so I been looking into what can be done using Console Commands, and just have a couple of questions I was hoping someone would be able to answer First up, can I undo any and all Console Commands I make in the game and just default back to its original setting? Secondly if I start a new game, will any changes I make via Console Commands be carried into the new game or will everything go back to normal? Dont really want to start making any Console Changes like adding Items to characters unless there is a dead cert way of changing everything back to normal, a, hoping there is a really easy way to do this, dont mind if it means restarting the game. Just one last really stupid question, maybe obvious but just want to make sure since I am a total noob to this, if worse case be will uninstalling and reinstalling the game undo all console command changes. Thanks for any info you can add to the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dambuster Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Most console commands are reverted back if you reload a save previous to that one without any problems. The exception are toggle commands like toggle god mode (tgm) which remains activated until deactivated (by re-entry into the console) which remain on in a gaming session e.g: until you quit Skyrim and restart again. Reverting console commands without reloading a previous save is most easily done by using the reversing command e.g: player.addspell xxxxx is removed by player.removespell xxxx. Also if you add an item or whatever to yourself or an NPC it is only valid in a save post addition and of the same character adding a new hat to Jarl Balgruuf will only change that save not the others. Some console commands also require re-entry every gaming session though I couldn't list them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya29 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Other than mentioned above some console commands are a switch eg: fc90c.enable or set MQ106TurnOffRandomDragons to 1 To reverse you change enable to disable and 1 to 0 The number one rule as said above is before making any change do a proper save, then if you make a mistake just reload the save game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerSkark1978 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 thanks guys, so really I can do no harm to the game with these commands if my plan is to restart the game anyway, when I restart a new game from the beginning all changes I make now will be set back to the games default when I start the game again, or are there any exceptions to this rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya29 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 thanks guys, so really I can do no harm to the game with these commands if my plan is to restart the game anyway, when I restart a new game from the beginning all changes I make now will be set back to the games default when I start the game again, or are there any exceptions to this rule? Any console commands made are made with that character only and do not effect any new or other characters you may be using. The only things that will stay with a new game start are new meshes, textures and esp/esm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Depend on the command type. Some are toggleable, some are reversible and some can be redone to previous states and some are definitive and can't be undone other than resorting to previous saves. For example, commands which add assets normally have complementar remove command Command like SetAV cannot be reversed but can be SetAV again to known previous value. quest SetStage is among those which can't be reversed most of times. I mean, most quests can't be returned to previous stages (sometimes the stages can be reentered, marked as so, but the quest in general can only progress). Because of this is advisable to dabble with quest stages only after everything else failed, one should never abuse this command. Although I can't point specific cases in Skyrim, is not impossible that while doing certain quests they set parameters, initialize events or many other "small" things which can break the game ahead. Now that CK is out, one should at least try to look into the quest, taking note of what it does and what it "should" do, before indiscriminately advancing it's stages and being surprised by bad and "unexplainable" issues lurking not far ahead. Of course not so dramatic in miscellaneous quests, but one should be careful with the important ones, mainly the main... Special care with quest related items or even effects... sometimes one is not supposed to have it or have not flag telling he had it once, for this could break quests too or create "funny" situations. Edited February 13, 2012 by nosisab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerSkark1978 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Think I have a much better Idea about this now guys, thanks for all your help. I am planning no restarting the game anyway because I want to just try out different races and experiment with different ways to build up and focus in on different skills. Before I do though would like to try a few things with the console to learn a little more now to see if there is anything I feel I could use in a serious run thought the game without breaking the game, was just thinking along the lines of character items replacement to have complete control over Items been used by companions I choose to take on quests and maybe a few changes on the relationship levels of people in and around the popular cities, like maybe been hated by certain Nords around Whiterun and Riverwood because I am Khajiit for example. Trying out a number of new mods also mainly weapons and armour based to see if I want to bring them into my next adventure though skyrim :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 used with care and a certain background and understanding of the game mechanics, it is a bless, otherwise it can be a one way ticket to hell (as the saying goes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerSkark1978 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 used with care and a certain background and understanding of the game mechanics, it is a bless, otherwise it can be a one way ticket to hell (as the saying goes). But worse case scenario is that uninstalling and reinstalling the game (via steam) will revert back to default whatever the damage, am guessing there is no way that can not be the case, am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anya29 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 used with care and a certain background and understanding of the game mechanics, it is a bless, otherwise it can be a one way ticket to hell (as the saying goes). But worse case scenario is that uninstalling and reinstalling the game (via steam) will revert back to default whatever the damage, am guessing there is no way that can not be the case, am I right? All console commands do is change a switch on the game executable. That switch data is stored in the save game it doesn't make a hard coded change in the game .exe If you do encounter an unrelated file problem (not connected with console commands) you can always verify the game cache in steam and it will fix it you don't really need to do a reinstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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