How do I use the creation kit to alter an area?

[Khailik]

I'm wanting to use the creation kit to do some work on the castle but I have absolutely no idea what to do. Could I get some help?

[JonathanOstrus]

That's an overly vague request. You'd probably be best off looking on youtube at some basic "how to" videos for learning what the creation kit can do. Maybe look for something about creating a simple room. Most of what you would learn to do for that is what you would need to do to modify any worldspace areas as well.

 

You'll also want to look at the Creation Kit wiki https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Landing_page There's some tutorials with text and pictures to help. I think there's even a video tutorial page with a bunch of links to youtube videos.

[RangerDulann]

You wanna put Cersei in it? Good idea.

[Nutulator]

magic

[jcdenton2012]

You know... nobody starts using the creation kit and is at first actually good at it. I'm not going to sugarcoat this, but you can only learn so much from manuals and youtube videos. The best solution is to take the tool and experiment with it. So long as you're making esps and not esms, you should't brick your own game by accident. Now scripting... can seriously jack up your ini's and characters saves, but since you're first starting out this shouldn't be a problem.

[RangerDulann]

Reverse engineering. That's how I started.

Taking apart mods from others. Looking at the vanilla stuff.

Lot of trial and error. Oh my armor is purple. Ah frack.. forgot to edit the bgsm.

 

Been working with the CK for about a month now. Once you get the hang of it its not that hard.

Could use some improvement.

 

My tips:

-Make a plan, write down your ideas.

-Start small. Make milestones. Those awesome modded swords are working? Move to the next phase.

-Beware of feature creep.