SSE A Couple Questions From A New Modder

[grognok]

So I've been dabbling with the creation kit for a couple years, never really finished any projects. Now I'm finally working on one and I plan on completing it. I've done research and have learned a lot in the past week about ai packages, scripts, and so on. But I keep running into issues with not knowing how to do what I want, and not getting any answers from Google.

 

Question 1: How would I go about creating an "Ambush" without using an ambush marker. For instance I have a Mudcrab that I would like to emerge from water once the player enters the room /self activation trigger. Cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this.

 

Question 2: I have a couple cobwebs and spiderwebs lying about for clutter, but in game they show up black or don't show up at all, why is this and how do I fix it?

 

Question 3: (probably going to Google an answer for this, as it just came up. Mind as well ask here too though) how can I place a removable torch that emits light itself without actually putting a light marker down. Because once the torch is picked up the light marker would remain.

 

Thank you for your time.

[ben446]

grognok not sure how helpful this is, you may even know about this, but ive recently started my first mod and have had to research anything and everything I do. ive found that darkfox127 on youtube has some great tutorials. they appear to be for oldrim ck but they work with se ck too. he also has his own website which is darkfox127.co.uk he has tutorials and that on there too. he takes you through step by step not just telling you what to do but showing you too. without his tutorials my own mod would still be locked away in my head. I'm sure he will have some tutorials that may be of some help for you

[grognok]

Thank you, I'll definitely go check those out!!

[Pradallama]

Dissecting other mods to see how things work is helpful too.

[ben446]

yeah it does but if like me your completely new to modding it can be very daunting dissecting anything incase something goes wrong. ive tried it a couple of times to try and figure out how to make a blackbook display and an elder scroll display but still cant work it out. the tutorials I mentioned before I personally believe are the best. your hand is held all the way through making or doing what ever is being done with the ck in the tutorial. it helps give some guidance. he goes into most if not all subjects in a long list of tutorials. they seem to be for oldrim but they still work for SE. speaking as someone who is still making their first mod I found his videos very helpful and would go as far to say that if it weren't for these tutorials I wouldn't be making my first mod. hes got guides on scripting and everything.

 

as you say dissecting other mods can be very helpful and give you an understanding of what your looking at and why it works when you dissect mods. a lot of places say to duplicate cut and paste objects from other cells, which I found didn't always work, this poster on youtube made me realise it weren't me but a known problem.