[LE] New modder, no idea what I'm doing

[Doug4347]

Intro
Hello, people of the internet, it is I, a random newb who has never created a mod for any game before, and has now suddenly decided to make an overly complicated mod for Skyrim for no apparent reason.

 

Mod Description

Anyway, I have 0 experience in scripting with Paprus (apart from the 5 minutes I spent on the hello world tutorial) and I have even less experience in Java, but here's the mod/app/thing I want to make:

I want to make an app on my tablet or smart phone or whatever (Android - Java based), and this app will interact with the mod installed on the game.

 

The mod will track all the stats in the game, the inventory items, the player's level and skill progress, and whatever else there is to be tracked, including the player's position in the world. It will then send all of this information over to the app through a LAN connection.

 

The app will then have several tabs where you can interact with your inventory, the world map, your journal, and even nearby objects like a forge, tanning rack, enchanting table, or whatever else you can interact with.

 

I also want to add two "modes" onto the app in the settings thing where you can switch between "cheat mode" and "normal mode" which will just be minor things like showing all world icons, or showing exactly what the outcome of a potion might be (Instead of just "Unknown effect") and so on. That's more for later though.

 

Dilemmas

So my main issue is that I have no idea what I'm doing. I have 4 years of programming experience, but I've never created a mod for any game, and I'm used to Notepad++, not the CK.

 

So as for why I'm posting this: I'd like to know if something like this is even possible. Is it even possible to get Papyrus (Maybe through SKSE or whatever else) to interact with a Java based app on another device? I mean, if it's not possible, there's probably no point in putting in hours of time and effort just to find out it was pointless.

 

Any tips, tricks, or advice?

[cumbrianlad]

Way over my head, mate, but all the best with it!

[agerweb]

You could use SKSE/FISS functions to export information from the game to xml files. Then write a java app to read the exported files. Would require a reasonable level of expertise in both areas, good luck!